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Cemetery Index


Hillcrest Cemetery
aka Volga City cemetery

12818 Cass St., Volga, Sperry Twp., Sec 9 NE NE 9-92-6

Hill Crest cemetery - photo by Jim Steele SR

C & D surnames
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The cemetery is a short distance east of Volga City on Cass St. It is on the south side of the road, directly across from Sacred Heart Catholic / School House Yard Cemetery.

Birdseye view of Hillcrest cemetery - from Bing Maps
Birdseye view from Bing Maps

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*Obituaries have been posted for some of the people buried in this cemetery
Clayton co. Obituary Index & Allamakee co. Obituary Index


~The original list of burials was contributed by Charlene Barnhart from an unknown source
~WPA records were transcribed and added to the original list by Phyllis Montour; lot numbers, if given, are from WPA records
~Additional burials and information have been added by the Clayton co. Coordinator from Clayton county death records, Death Certificates, gravestone inscriptions, obituaries, newspapers, census and SSDI records
~Additional information and/or names were contributed by Judy Mellinger, a Cummings & Davis family researcher (June 2005)

C & D surnames

Name Birth Death Comments
Calder, Artimus 10/??/1889 10/29/1889 aged 3wks; s/o Rev. & Mrs. A.B.
Calvin, Way      
Campbell, Emma      
Campbell, Eva      
Campbell, James Franklin 'Frank' 11/08/1857 07/25/1939 s/o James & Malissa; died in Marathon, IA
Campbell, James F. 12/21/1811 03/20/1882 h/o Malissa
Campbell, Malissa M. nee Nichols 11/29/1824 12/18/1898 w/o James F.
Campbell, Nancy Viola nee Bissell 04/13/1856 01/12/1887 w/o Austin; died after giving birth to a daughter on 1/3/'87
Campbell, Theodore      
Campbell, Willie      
Candee, Hazel H. nee Leete 12/24/1894 01/17/1969 w/o Roy
Candee, Keith William 04/08/1925 04/10/1925 s/o Roy & Hazel
Candee, Royce Earl 'Roy' 05/05/1890 06/21/1968 h/o Hazel
Carmichael, Henry      
Carmichael, James Harper 08/05/1840 09/14/1925 h/o 1st Lucinda Miller, 2nd Mrs. Martha Dickinson (d. 1926, bur. Illyria); Co. C,12th IA Infantry
Carmichael, Lucinda nee Miller 1840 02/08/1911 1st w/o James H.; his obituary gives her death date as 02/10/1910, but her death notice gives 02/08/1911
Carpenter, Joseph A. 'Joe' 07/06/1946 05/07/2021 h/o Pamela; s/o Earl Carpenter & Jennie (Schippers) Couser
Carpenter, Pamela Jean nee Way 12/02/1948 09/06/2018 w/o Joseph; d/o Calvin & Norma (Moore)
Carter, Ruth Louise nee Page 06/27/1920 04/14/1947 w/o Marvin; d/o Mr. & Mrs. Myrl Page; drowned in Cedar River, Waterloo, IA
Caudle, Estella      
Cavanaugh, baby   01/3?/1917 per burial notice in newspaper
Champlin, Clara Ruth Patricia nee Fellars 1910 1989 w/o 1st Harold Champlin, 2nd Albert B. Parker (d. 1982), 3rd George Foushee; she's buried w/1st husb.; see entry for Clara Foushee this cemetery for more info.
Champlin, Harold Raymond 06/29/1899 06/30/1966 h/o Clara R.P.; s/o Walter & Mary; lived most of his life in N.J.
Chapman, Fanny B. nee Ross 11/09/1821 05/16/1895 w/o Jeremiah
Chapman, George 09/23/1843 11/24/1862 s/o Jeremiah & Fanny; Co. D, 21st IA Infantry; memorial marker (cenotaph), according to an 1892 newspaper article he is "buried in the South"; see also his biography in the Military section of this website
Chapman, Glenn Robert 10/26/1891 11/06/1906 s/o Joseph J. & Julia
Chapman, Ingle 12/15/1830 10/23/1896 h/o Mary
Chapman, Jeremiah 07/25/1810 01/10/1880 h/o Fanny
Chapman, Joseph      
Chapman, Joseph      
Chapman, Julia nee Robbins 03/08/1808 06/07/1905 w/o Lewis; d/o David
Chapman, Julia Ann nee Leete 08/25/1864 04/24/1945 d/o Joseph J.; d/o Robert & Emma (Charter)
Chapman, Lewis M. 1800 1869 h/o Julia
Chapman, Louis      
Chapman, Mary   09/29/1927 d/o Jeremiah & Fanny
Chapman, Mary J. nee Jellings 12/05/1833 03/19/1912 w/o Ingle
Chapman, Nellie E. 1868 05/27/1874 d/o Ingle & Mary
Chappell, Arthur     h/o Gertrude
Chappell, George Arthur 03/07/1915 02/21/2008 h/o Loretta; s/o Arthur & Gertrude
Chappell, Gertrude nee Rogers 06/23/1888 06/06/1924 w/o Arthur; d/o Samuel & Ellen
Chappell, Loretta nee Keilholtz 06/03/1916 07/26/1998 w/o George A.
Chase, Beverly June nee Whitford 06/06/1918 1994 w/o Floyd; d/o James & Mildred (Bentley)
Chase, Elmer 1910 1972 s/o Willis & Eliza
Chase, Floyd 1912 09/13/1989 h/o Beverly
Chase, Eliza 'Lizzie' nee Meyer 1884 1967 w/o Willis
Chase, Ralph Eugene 03/24/1918 12/21/2006 s/o Willis & Eliza
Chase, Willis 1879 1958 h/o Eliza
Chesler, Lucie Sebia nee Waltenbaugh 04/01/1882 03/14/1930 w/o Frank; d/o Jacob & Lydia (Gray); died in Mason City, IA
Chesley, Norman 1828 04/21/1865 h/o Lucy Ann Phillips (later married F.T. Goodwin, see her entry this cemetery); Co. A, 47th IA Infantry
Childers, Phillip B. 1819 03/20/1857  
Chillson, R.A.      
Chillson, James 12/11/1881   s/o Sumner C. & Mary (McCrae)
Chillson, Phillip D. 03/13/1876 04/18/1897 s/o Sumner C. & Mary (McCrae); died at Lansing, MN
Christeleit, Dennis      
Christeleit, Harold William 08/31/1924 12/29/2010 h/o Norma; s/o William & Rose
Christeleit, Louse 02/15/1895 09/1980  
Christeleit, Norma Alice nee Nydegger 09/20/1924 11/12/2009 w/o Harold
Christeleit, Rose Nell nee Poor 09/21/1900 11/1985 w/o William
Christeleit, Tammy Lynn 07/26/1975 07/21/1993 d/o Dennis & Lorna (Baade)
Christeleit, William H. 10/10/1894 10/23/1972 h/o Rose; U.S. Army, WWI
Clapper, Mary Bissell nee Latson 1804 11/11/1886 w/o 1st Timothy Bissell, 2nd unkn Clapper; Note: maiden name from her son James' death cert.
Clark, E.S. 'Cood' 09/09/1879 01/04/1946 h/o 1st Eda, 2nd Leta (Keilholtz) Myers (d. 1971, bur. in Florida); s/o James P. & Mary
Clark, Edith 'Eda' M. nee Susie   02/08/1943 Age 63y; 1st w/o E.S.
Clark, Eva      
Clark, Fred Carroll 07/16/1904 11/26/1923 s/o E.S. & Eda; committed suicide
Cleveland, Jemina      
Clinton, Caroline nee Nading 01/01/1855 04/21/1930 w/o Edwin E. (d. 1919, bur Union cem.); d/o John & Margaret (Quigley); Note! burial place should be verified, death cert. is difficult to read, obit gives Hillcrest cem. "at Littleport" but her husband buried Union. Union seems more likely. Gravestone not found for her in either cem.
Clinton, Donna Ruth - 08/21/1946 infant d/o Vernon & Ruth
Clinton, Jeffrey Lee 05/29/1964 07/30/2017 s/o Sheldon Clinton & Marilyn Busby; died in Chandler, AZ
Clinton, Kent John - 01/25/1955 infant s/o Vernon & Ruth
Clinton, Nyal Richard 05/23/1944 08/11/2019 h/o Barbara Hawkins (divorced); s/o Vernon & Ruth; U.S. Navy, Vietnam
Clinton, Ruth Marie nee Baars 1918 04/20/2014 w/o 1st Vernon, 2nd Hermie Harris, 3rd unkn Moeller; buried with Vernon
Clinton, Vernon L. 07/08/1912 04/02/1971 1st h/o Ruth; WWII veteran
Coab, William      
Cole, Allan Robert   02/06/1931 2m 22d; s/o Robert & Ruby (Adams); likely buried near his maternal grandparents James & Mary Adams
Conn, William 1848 08/06/1868  
Cook, Frankie      
Copeland, daughter 05/28/1893 06/01/1893 4 day old d/o John & Mattie
Copeland, Marie   03/27/1896 17 mo. old d/o John & Mattie
Copeland, Edward 06/21/1826 05/01/1885 h/o Margaret; s/o Joseph & Ann (Kinsley)
Copeland, Eliza 03/23/1861 10/19/1865 d/o Edward & Margaret
Copeland, Glenn 09/14/1886 08/02/1890 3y 10m 18d; s/o John & Mattie
Copeland, Grace 03/07/1889 10/20/1897 d/o John & Mattie
Copeland, John 12/21/1858 11/09/1925 h/o Mattie; s/o Edward & Margaret; Note: "Mrs. Mattie Copeland of Bozeman, Montana brought the remains of her husband, who passed away a few years ago, here for burial in the family lot in Hill Crest cemetery." ~Register, 5/2/1929
Copeland, Leon Richard 01/03/1904 12/25/1913 adopted s/o John & Mattie; died in Anamosa, IA of diabetes
Copeland, Margaret nee Hayes 12/19/1824 10/06/1907 w/o Edward; d/o Edward & Katherine (Whitmore)
Copeland, Marie 10/29/1894 03/27/1896 d/o John & Mattie
Copeland, Mattie nee Marble 10/30/1866 09/15/1937 w/o John; d/o E.W. & Mary; died at Missoula, MT
Corbin, Kay Eileen (adopted McDonald & Moore) 10/12/1945 10/07/2000 Adopted d/o Joseph & Dorothy (Hoskin) McDonald, and later by Dorothy's 2nd husb. Ronald Moore; she married X2
Corbin, Lizzie   06/03/1885 5y 10m 3d; d/o Henry; died of pneumonia
Corbin, Vanilla   10/05/1885 2½ mo.; died of pneumonia
Cornelius, Herman   05/01/1892 obit gives burial in "Littleport cemetery"
Craig, Joseph Harwood MD 10/05/1850 03/16/1916 lot 209; h/o Mary E.; s/o Rev. Adam & Mary E.
Craig, Mary Elizabeth nee Sanborn 11/04/1858 11/18/1916 lot 209; w/o Joseph; d/o Lucius & Mary J.
Craig, Ray Doak 1879 05/19/1897 lot 209; s/o Joseph & Mary
Crain, Ann Thulbon nee Bedwell 1810 or 1812 10/01/1897 lot 153; w/o 1st David Thulbon (see his entry, this cemetery), 2nd William Crain
Crain, Arthur Elmer   11/2?/1915 lot 135; died in Chicago, IL
Crain, Delos     s/o James & Jane
Crain, Ethel      
Crain, Harriet nee Thurlbon 1840 07/20/1870 lot 140; 1st w/o James
Crain, Harry 10/25/1869 09/13/1897 lot 135; h/o Eliza Cann
Crain, James 03/29/1839 12/20/1913 lot 154; h/o 1st Harriet, 2nd Jane, 3rd Melissa; s/o Wm & Ruth
Crain, Jane nee Broker 02/14/1852 08/23/1905 lot 154; 2nd w/o James; d/o Thos & Phoebe (Jellings)
Crain, Melissa J. White nee Hoyt 08/04/1837 06/24/1927 1st h/Sidney White; 2nd h/James (she's buried w/Sidney, see entry)
Crain, Ruth nee Tew 1819 1880 lot 140; 1st w/o William
Crain, Will      
Crain, William 09/01/1818 03/28/1905 lot 154; h/o 1st Ruth, 2nd Ann
Crain, Willie   02/27/1875 s/o James & Jane
Crandall, Dale      
Crandall, Margaret      
Crandall, Mary E.      
Crandall, Wallace H. 1857 01/13/1931  
Crandall, Walter Daniel 10/26/1861 06/17/1913 barber
Crandall, Willard      
Crosby, Mary L. 1832 12/30/1911  
Crousaz, Jean S. REV   03/??/1909 h/o Lambertine
Crousaz, Lambertine nee Moltzer 07/31/1838 05/10/1916 w/o Jean S.
Cummings, Abbie Rose 1875 1876 d/o George & Sarah
Cummings, Cerena Amanda nee Butler 09/30/1852 04/11/1874 1st w/o Thomas
Cummings - DeLancey, Elsie Mae nee Upton 01/31/1916 01/10/1984 w/o 1st Francis Cummings, 2nd Lawrenz DeLancey; d/o Charles & Elsie (Adams); buried w/2nd husband
Cummings, Eva E.   1875 aged 1y 8m
Cummings, Francis Goodrich 'Bill' 09/20/1895 11/12/1964 h/o Elsie; s/o Thomas & Sarah; WWI veteran
Cummings, George Albert 09/11/1846 02/19/1903 2nd h/o Sarah M.; s/o Goodrich & Sophia; died Sioux Rapids, IA
Cummings, J. B. 1882 01/26/1907  
Cummings, Jerena / Gerena A.   1874 aged 21y
Cummings, John Briggs 07/01/1853 06/16/1908 h/o Margaret; died at Fargo, ND
Cummings, Margaret Rosette nee Aldrich 1860 1925 w/o John B.
Cummings, Nancy 12/23/1844 11/28/1920 see entry for Nancy A. Massey
Cummings, Sarah M. Drake nee White 05/03/1843 12/06/1905 1st h/ Homer Drake; 2nd h/ George Cummings
Cummings, Sarah J. nee Robinson 03/03/1860 09/25/1914 2nd w/o Thomas; d/o William & Margaret (Gallaher)
Cummings Thomas W. 01/02/1841 12/27/1923  h/o 1st Cerena, 2nd Sarah; s/o Frederick G. & Sophia (Douglas)
Cummings, William Leroy 'Roy' 07/15/1892 01/26/1907 s/o Thomas & Sarah
Cunningham, Harley 1889 1954  
Cunningham, Richard M. 1822 10/26/1876 1st h/o Lydia Gould (see Lydia Ruff); Co. D, 21st IA Infantry
       
Daggett, Albert Eugene 'Gene' 12/26/1861 04/08/1937 h/o 1st Carrie Fowler, 2nd Jennie; s/o Tilson
Daggett, Charlotte Jennie nee Adams   11/02/1945 age 79y; 2nd w/o Gene
Davidson, Dickey      
Davidson, Gilbert 'Gill'   1883 h/o Sarah
Davidson, Melissa M. nee Chapman     w/o Wm. S.
Davidson, Sarah   04/09/1891 w/o Gilbert
Davis, Edwin Goodrich 07/01/1917 03/01/1987 h/o Erma; s/o Fred & Jennie; U.S. Army, WWII
Davis, Erma Clara nee Alwes 1918 2014 w/o Edwin
Davis, Francis Timothy 07/07/1840 07/28/1917 h/o Eliza; Co. I, 11th MN Vol. Inf.
Davis, Frederick Josiah 08/23/1876 02/12/1920 s/o Francis & Eliza; died of the Spanish flu
Davis, Hannah Eliza nee Cummings 11/28/1842 07/27/1919 w/o Francis
Davis, Jennie nee Cummings 1887 11/28/1965 w/o Fred
Davis, Maria   1886  
Davis, Virgil Carlyle 03/18/1909 10/25/1909 s/o Fred & Grace (Wilson)
Dean, Clifford      
Dean, Florence      
DeLancy, Elsie Mae Cummings nee Upton 01/31/1916 1984 see entry for Elsie Cummings - DeLancy above
Dill, George Leslie 03/12/1863 11/14/1928 s/o William & Orvilla
Dill, Lucy Orvilla nee Chapman 03/22/1827 04/20/1914 w/o William; d/o Louis & unkn. Clark
Dill, William N. SR 04/12/1822 08/18/1895 h/o Orvilla; Co. H, 7th IA Cavalry
Dixon, Stuart      
Dohrer, Bessie nee Taylor 01/23/1879 07/14/1953 1st h/Henry V. Dohrer, 2nd h/Chester Peake (see Peake)
Dohrer, Henry V. 08/01/1873 07/26/1944 1st h/o Bessie Taylor (see Peake)
Dohrer, Leon Henry 03/02/1904 08/15/1939 s/o Henry V. & Bessie
Donnell, Minnie Caroline Probert nee Steckelberg 08/18/1887 05/01/1937 lot 71; w/o 1st Ernest Probert, 2nd Dr. J.W. Donnell; d/o John & Mary (Haferland); buried w/Ernest Probert
Dotteur, John      
Doty, Allen   11/02/1909 s/o James & Grace
Doty, Grace nee Goodwin   05/04/1896 w/o James; d/o F.F.
Doty, James Madison 01/07/1855 09/01/1928 h/o Grace; s/o Levi & Rebecca (Jones); died in Greensboro, NC when hit by a car; Note! unless his remains were later buried in Hillcrest cem., his obit & death certif. give burial at Dobson, Surry Co., NC
Douglas, Effie      
Drake, Baby      
Drake, Chancy L. 08/25/1803 08/16/1875  
Drake, Frank Warner 'Frankie'   07/26/1870 1y 11m; s/o Leon H. & Mary
Drake Hardy      
Drake Homer B. 1842 04/10/1871 1st h/o Sarah White (see Cummings), her obit gives his death yr. 1870
Drake, Orpha nee Boardman 04/17/1807 04/19/1895  
Duff, Albert Irving 01/20/1880 04/01/1967 h/o Martha S.
Duff, Andrew M. 'Mel' 12/19/1857 05/25/1907 h/o Rebecca
Duff, Augusta Christine 'Gusta' nee Braba 08/29/1886 04/18/1955 w/o Robert W.
Duff, Cecilia nee Probert 09/25/1842 07/30/1929 w/o William; d/o William; died in Garden City, KS
Duff, Cecil W. 05/10/1909 10/26/1969 h/o Loretta
Duff, Elizabeth nee Hayes 05/28/1862 11/19/1957 w/o William; d/o John
Duff, Eunice Luella   03/30/1894 aged 2y 10m 26d; d/o William & Elizabeth
Duff, George 1874 04/29/1889 15y; s/o Wm. & Cecilia; died of diphtheria
Duff, Harriet L. 'Hattie' nee Goodwin 05/14/1874 07/11/1960 w/o Robert R.
Duff, Isabella Christina 09/08/1921 03/21/1922 d/o John & Zepora
Duff, Isabella nee Probert 10/20/1831 04/05/1904 w/o Robert
Duff, Janet 1870 1946  
Duff, Jennet 'Janet' 12/27/1852 06/08/1904 obit DOB = 12/28/1853
Duff, John P. 12/03/1875 10/10/1962 h/o Zepora
Duff, Lillian L. nee Christen 05/14/1917 03/31/2002 w/o Robert 'Jim'
Duff, Loretta C. nee Nus 11/30/1905 07/26/1985 w/o Cecil W.
Duff, Marion 06/02/1854 02/27/1926  
Duff, Marion nee Dempster 09/20/1806 02/25/1892 w/o William
Duff, Martha S. nee Samp 07/14/1886 11/26/1979 w/o Albert I.; d/o August & Augusta
Duff, Rebecca nee Peterman 08/03/1858 05/20/1918 w/o Andrew
Duff, Robert 06/18/1827 11/08/1905 h/o Isabella
Duff, Robert 12/03/1875 08/1967  
Duff, Robert James 'Jim' 09/13/1914   h/o Lillian; s/o Robert R. & Hattie
Duff, Robert C. 10/06/1937 08/28/1969 s/o Cecil & Loretta
Duff, Robert R. 02/25/1869 05/27/1937 h/o Harriet; s/o Robert & Isabella
Duff, Thomas 11/17/1870 01/19/1948  
Duff, William 02/04/1856 04/20/1941  
Duff, William 02/11/1843 01/29/1899 h/o Cecilia; Pvt Co F, 16th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Civil War
Duff, William R. 1869 1873 s/o Wm. & Cecilia
Duff, Willis Robert   04/22/1886 age 3y; s/o Andrew & Rebecca; was scalded to death by a pot of coffee
Duff, Zepora L. nee Rosenow 05/30/1880 04/24/1941 w/o John P.
Dunbar, Terry Lee 12/01/1970 10/10/2009 s/o Donald Q. & Hazle B. (Overton)
Dunn, Edward - -  
Dunn, Harold   03/2?/1933 7 y/o; s/o Forrest & Jessie (Harvey); died in Snohomish, WA
Dunn, Walter Ervin / Irving 03/15/1923 11/04/1924 s/o Forrest & Jessie (Harvey); drowned
Durland, Cornelia nee Lamphis 01/13/1836 01/07/1911 2nd w/o John; d/o Loyd & Linda (Everett)
Durland, John SR 1823 04/06/1894 h/o 1st Emily, 2nd Cornelia
Dutka, Elwood Peter 12/25/1926 02/20/2002 2nd h/o Marjorie; s/o Peter & Marian (Thein)
Dutka, Marjorie Marie Hansen nee Conklin 07/23/1927 12/17/2011 w/o 1st Earl Hansen (divorced), 2nd Elwood; d/o Allen & Lillian (Baldwin)

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