new content added 08/16/2025
new content added 08/16/2025
Pioneer Rock Cemetery aka Ceres or Independence cemetery Ceres, Sec. 34, NW/SW, Garnavillo twp.
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Many gravestone photos have been contributed for this cemetery - View gravestone photos for Pioneer Rock / Ceres cemetery
Obituaries have been contributed for people buried in this cemetery - Clayton co. Obituary Index
Sources:
~WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour (the lot numbers are also from the WPA records)
~Other burials, dates & additional information have been added from gravestone inscriptions, death certificates and obituaries
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Andregg, Betty L. | w/o Gerald | ||
| Andregg, Gerald J. | 11/08/1933 | 04/05/2009 | h/o Betty; U.S. Marine Corps veteran |
| Backhaus, (Willard? or Richard?) | 11/22/1861 | 03/07/1863 | unable to determine first name accurately |
| Backhaus, Anna Maria 'Mary' nee Schmidt | 03/07/1844 | 11/04/1919 | w/o Henry C.; d/o Hermann |
| Backhaus, Herman H. | 07/02/1862 | 11/06/`863 | |
| Bachaus, Henry Casper | 04/22/1833 | 07/23/1898 | h/o Anna M. |
| Backhaus, Carl Henry | 02/13/1837 | 06/26/1917 | h/o Katherine |
| Backhaus, Hanna | 1819 | 07/21/1866 | aged 47y; w/o C.H. |
| Backhaus, Katherine nee Walker | 09/15/1844 | 11/17/1911 | w/o Carl |
| Batley, Georgann W. | w/o Nathan | ||
| Batley, Nathan Cobb | 12/25/1920 | 12/07/2001 | h/o Georgann; Tec-3 U.S. Army, WWII |
| Bauer, Carl | 02/16/1811 | 11/18/1889 | inscription is on the back of the Wm. Lewin stone |
| Bierbaum, Anna F. | 03/07/1862 | 03/04/1910 | d/o Gerhardt H. & Caroline |
| Bierbaum, Anna Catharina M. | 09/04/1860 | 09/22/1864 | d/o Christoph & Florentine |
| Bierbaum, Gerhard H. | 11/26/1825 | 11/23/1907 | h/o M.M. Caroline; s/o John & Elizabeth (Davendal) |
| Bierbaum, M. M. Caroline nee Walker | 1836 | 03/17/1917 | w/o Gerhard |
| Bierbaum, Maria Elisabeth | 04/14/1858 | 04/27/1859 | aged 1y & 23d |
| Borcherding, Burnell F. | 12/21/1940 | 05/06/2009 | h/o Helen; Veteran |
| Borcherding, Helen S. | w/o Burnell | ||
| Clefisch, infant | 03/??/1901 | infant of Henry & Anna | |
| Clefisch, Albert | - | - | no dates on stone |
| Clefisch, Anna nee Kregel | 1882 | 04/??/1956 | w/o Henry |
| Clefisch, Anna | 1879 | 1898 | |
| Clefisch, David Earl | - | 12/03/1942 | stillborn s/o Earl & Romilda; Note: he is named in Cert. of Stillbirth Death |
| Clefisch, Earl O. | 1918 | 2007 | h/o Romilda |
| Clefisch, Elmer | - | - | no dates on stone |
| Clefisch, Fred | 03/08/1876 | 01/10/1947 | h/o Louisa C. |
| Clefisch, Gary Harley | 09/10/1950 | 12/04/2000 | s/o Harley & Hattie |
| Clefisch, Hattie Marie Carrie nee Winch | 12/04/1921 | 10/25/2009 | w/o Harley L.; d/o Ernest A. & Rebecca (Thein) |
| Clefisch, Harley L. | 12/11/1917 | 04/18/1977 | h/o Hattie |
| Clefisch, Harvey J. | 12/11/1917 | 12/03/1944 | s/o Fred & Louisa; Pfc. U.S. Army, Field Artillery, KIA |
| Clefisch, Henry August Elmer | 01/14/1905 | 02/23/1905 | s/o Henry & Anna |
| Clefisch, Henry F. | 1874 | 1957 | h/o Anna |
| Clefisch, Herbert Frederich | 03/16/1906 | 01/01/1929 | s/o Henry & Anna |
| Clefisch, Jessie Elizabeth nee Keehner | 1915 | 11/19/1996 | w/o Virgil |
| Clefisch, John J. | 07/22/1847 | 05/26/1920 | h/o Engel; s/o Fred & unkn. |
| Clefisch, Katherine Elisabeth 'Kay' nee Yohe | 02/27/1922 | 11/02/2009 | w/o Kenneth; d/o George & Elsie (Luther) |
| Clefisch, Kenneth A. | 07/22/1921 | 10/04/2001 | h/o Katherine; s/o Fred & Louisa; Veteran U.S. Army, paratrooper, 82nd Airborne WWII |
| Clefisch, Lavern J. 'Red' | 2nd h/o Luva | ||
| Clefisch, Leona Sophia nee Levin | 02/07/1894 | 1965 | w/o William H.; d/o John |
| Clefisch, Laura Sophia Maria | 03/17/1908 | 02/21/1909 | d/o Henry & Anna |
| Clefisch, Louisa C. nee Lewin | 1891 | 01/06/1946 | w/o Fred |
| Cefisch, Luva E. Hansel nee Kulper | 01/23/1920 | 02/02/2008 | w/o 1st Merlin Hansel, Lavern J.; d/o John & Martha (Hansel) |
| Clefisch, Marie Engel nee Tuecke | 08/11/1849 | 03/27/1933 | w/o John; d/o Ferd & unkn. |
| Clefisch, Romilda L. | 1922 | 2006 | w/o Earl O. |
| Clefisch, Sidney | 1916 | 1917 | s/o W. & L. |
| Clefisch, Sophia M. | 03/10/1879 | 04/15/1901 | |
| Clefisch, Verla Jean | 03/25/1936 | 11/23/1939 | d/o Virgil J. & Jessie |
| Clefisch, Vern | s/o Lavern & Luva | ||
| Clefisch, Virgil J. | 05/17/1917 | 12/01/1969 | h/o Jessie; s/o William & Leona; suicide |
| Clefisch, William H. | 08/16/1884 | 10/08/1940 | h/o Leona; s/o John & Engel; suicide by hanging |
| Duwe, August | 05/31/1866 | 09/15/1928 | |
| Duwe, Henry | 04/10/1833 | 11/06/1896 | h/o Louise |
| Duwe, Herman | 1949 | h/o Marie | |
| Duwe, Louise | 12/04/1838 | 11/06/1920 | w/o Henry |
| Duwe, Marie A. | 1978 | w/o Herman | |
| Eberlind, Louis | 1874 | 1877 | |
| Engler, Caroline Freda nee Handke | 1912 | 10/??1969 | w/o Fred |
| Engler, Fred R. | 03/26/1905 | 04/24/1961 | h/o Caroline; w/o Louis |
| Engler, Jordan Lee | 12/06/1936 | 01/08/1937 | s/o Fred & Caroline |
| Freidlein, Derek Jesse | 09/11/1988 | 05/05/2003 | aged 14y; s/o Jeff & Kari (Grave) |
| Gieseke, Blake Levi | 11/29/2011 | infant s/o Levi & Michelle | |
| Hagen, Caroline E. | 1871 | 1951 | w/o Henry |
| Hagen, Henry | 09/30/1856 | 07/18/1936 | h/o Caroline; s/o John & Mary (Schmidt) |
| Hagen, Henry G. | 08/28/1898 | 02/19/1899 | s/o H. & C.E. |
| Hagensick, Anna Margeretha nee Winch | 10/18/1831 | 03/31/1880 | lot 20; 3rd w/o J. Matthias |
| Hagensick, John Matthias | 08/05/1826 | 09/28/1897 | lot 20; buried w/3 of his wives; survived by his 4th wife Melvina (d. 1915, bur. Guttenberg City cem) |
| Hagensick, Margeretha Barbara nee Froesch | 1826 | 1862 | lot 20; 2nd w/o J. Matthias |
| Hagensick, Wilhelmina nee Winch | 1841 | 08/06/1863 | lot 20; 1st w/o J. Matthias |
| Handke, Albert W. | 02/11/1918 | 09/18/2007 | |
| Handke, Edward John | 05/03/1920 | 02/13/2010 | Tec-3 U.S. Army, WWII |
| Handke, Lorenz A. 'Larry' | 08/15/1922 | 11/13/1985 | |
| Handke, Margaret Joan | 10/03/1927 | 02/22/2012 | |
| Hansel, Gary J. 'Buck' | 07/11/1941 | 01/08/2013 | |
| Hinzman, Roger C. | 08/06/1945 | 05/09/2013 | SFM3 U.S. Navy, Vietnam |
| Hyde, Anita nee Lundt | 1907 | 1981 | w/o Dale |
| Hyde, Dale E. | 1903 | 1959 | h/o Anita |
| Hyde, Keith D. | 10/11/1928 | 04/18/2013 | s/o Dale E. & Anita; US Army veteran |
| Johnson, Stacy Lynn | 04/28/1984 | 05/17/2001 | d/o Tom & Sheila |
| Kim, James 'Augie' | 1971 | 2000 | |
| Kraus, August | 1884 | 1958 | h/o Earana |
| Kraus, Daniel Lee | |||
| Kraus, Donald T. | 07/28/1910 | 04/11/1979 | |
| Kraus, Earana | 1887 | 1979 | w/o August |
| Kraus, Eunice L. | w/o Lincoln | ||
| Kraus, John H. | 1961 | 1976 | |
| Kraus, Lincoln R. | 1925 | 1987 | h/o Eunicee L. |
| Kraus, Marvin A. | 08/17/1911 | 07/05/1944 | U.S. Army, KIA; originally buried at Blosville, France; re-interred at Ceres in April 1948. |
| Kraus, Rollyn E. | h/o Roseann | ||
| Kraus, Roseann L. nee Balk | 05/28/1955 | 05/05/2013 | w/o Rollyn; d/o Andrew C. & Anna (Cuchna) |
| Levin, Friedricke Ch. J. nee Putzier | 1855 | 04/04/1889 | |
| Lewin, Ernastina | 1869 | 1899 | lot 43; "Mother"; w/o John |
| Lewin, Hildegard 'Hilda' | 1892 | 12/21/1910 | lot 43; d/o John & Ernastina |
| Lewin, John | 1851 | 1927 | lot 43; "Father"; h/o Ernastina |
| Lewin, John Robert | 01/21/1953 | 03/01/2015 | s/o Robert & Delorres (Moser) |
| Lewin, Maria | 10/10/1838 | 08/15/1906 | lot 43; w/o William |
| Lewin, Martha | 07/03/1899 | 1970? | w/o Raymond |
| Lewin, Raymond John 'Ray' | 05/18/1897 | 09/05/1991 | h/o Martha |
| Lewin, William | 05/28/1827 | 01/18/1896 | lot 43; h/o Maria |
| Mewhirter, Kristine Elsie nee Clefisch | 10/22/1953 | 09/22/1986 | w/o Jim (divorced); d/o Kenneth & Katherine (Yohe) |
| Mewhirter, Kyle J. | 08/19/1981 | 08/13/2003 | s/o Jim & Kristine |
| Meyer, Annie | 1875 | 1877 | |
| Moore, Fred B. JR | 08/10/1959 | 11/25/1998 | h/o Dana; s/o Fred SR & Shirley |
| Moore, Fred B. SR | 04/03/1918 | 02/26/2008 | h/o Shirley |
| Moore, Shirley A. | w/o Fred SR | ||
| Muller, Johann | 12/10/1867 | 11/30/1886 | lot 21; s/o Johann H.W. & E. Muller |
| Muller, William J. | s/o Louis & Dorothea | ||
| Nieman, Constance J. 'Connie' nee Borrett | 06/05/1932 | 07/14/1997 | w/o Lowell |
| Nieman, Edward H. | 1897 | 1964 | s/o Gerhardt & Augusta; Veteran |
| Niemann, Elsa | 1897 | 1973 | |
| Niemann, Louis | 1892 | 1989 | |
| Nieman, Lowell L. 'Chic' | h/o Connie | ||
| Niemann, Augusta | 1865 | 1950 | w/o Gerhard |
| Niemann, Hermann H. | 1801 | 06/22/1890 | lot 2 |
| Niemann, Gerhardt | 1848 | 1932 | lot 15 |
| Niemann, Maria Engel nee Overbeck | 12/06/1817 | 10/02/1909 | lot 2 |
| Overbeck, August William | 04/08/1860 | 11/06/1912 | lot 40; h/o Katharine A. |
| Overbeck, Carolina | 03/14/1856 | 02/02/1868 | lot 40; d/o Johann & Catharina |
| Overbeck, Catharina | 1816 | 07/31/1886 | lot 40; w/o Johann A. |
| Overbeck, Johann A. | 06/30/1813 | 01/03/1868 | lot 40; h/o Catharina |
| Overbeck, Katherine A. nee Walker | 03/09/1862 | 05/12/1900 | lot 40; w/o August W. |
| Overbeck, Marie E. | 1840 or 1845 | 04/12/1862 | lot 40; d/o Johann & Catharina |
| Overbeck, Marie E.C. | 04/04/1849 | 12/16/1867 | lot 40; d/o Johann & Catharina |
| Palas, Anlieas | 10/15/1788 | 10/22/1868 | |
| Plevisch, Engel | 1849 | 1933 | lot 24 |
| Plevisch, John J. | 1848 | 1920 | |
| Pohle, Louis H. | 1863 | 1867 | |
| Pufahl, Alfred C. | 12/23/1894 | 12/30/1979 | h/o Ruth |
| Pufahl, Ruth L. nee Koth | 11/20/1897 | 12/31/1975 | w/o Alfred; d/o Herman & Helen (Henkes) |
| Putzier, Cristina Marie 'Mary' nee Levin | 07/18/1822 | 08/15/1905 | lot 65; w/o Carl; d/o Johann & Katherina D. (Flinth) |
| Putzier, John Karl 'Carl' | 10/13/1823 | 09/29/1902 | lot 65; h/o Marie |
| Reinitz, Gustav V. | 1876 | 1957 | h/o Otillie |
| Reinitz, Otillie | 1877 | 1955 | w/o Gustav |
| Roeder, Brian Cyril | 09/23/1952 | 11/20/1952 | s/o Clyde & Marian |
| Roeder, Clyde L. | 1925 | 04/30/2009 | h/o Marian; urn |
| Roeder, Marian M. nee Engler | w/o Clyde; d/o Fred | ||
| Roeder, Marla Kay | 05/06/1955 | 06/04/1973 | d/o Clyde & Marian |
| Rolfe, Karen nee Hefel | w/o Milo | ||
| Rolfe, Kevin R. | s/o Milo & Karen | ||
| Rolfe, Michael | s/o Milo & Karen | ||
| Rolfe, Milo R. | 11/22/1954 | 07/21/2008 | h/o Karen |
| Rulon, Elizabeth A. 'Mary' nee Bloodworth | 09/28/1937 | 12/30/1917 | w/o James M.; Obit = died at County Home; burial in Ceres has not been confirmed, but very likely as husband's death cert. gives his burial here |
| Rulon, James Monroe | 11/13/1834 | 06/24/1914 | h/o Elizabeth 'Mary'; s/o William & Mary (Ashcraft); Note: no extant gravestone found, Death cert = burial in Ceres cemetery |
| Sadewasser, August | 01/10/1858 | 11/05/1882 | |
| Schall, Fredreka nee Timm | 1842 | 06/01/1902 | lot 63; 2nd w/o Joachim |
| Schall, Joachim | 02/13/1835 | 03/27/1914 | lot 63; h/o 1st Elizabeth Jahnke (d. 1870), 2nd Frederike; died in Muscatine, IA |
| Schaub, Stephanie Jo | 03/09/1981 | 07/13/2004 | d/o Fred & Brenda |
| Schievelbein, Michael | 07/11/1821 | 09/10/1886 | died intestate leaving no widow or children |
| Schlake, Elisabeth | 08/24/1811 | 09/04/1895 | lot 3; w/o Joseph |
| Schlake, Joseph | 02/15/1823 | 11/15/1896 | lot 3; h/o Elisabeth |
| Schlake, Lenore | 1800 | 12/13/1884 | lot 3 |
| Schmal, Elfrieda nee Hagen | 1905 | 03/19/1992 | aged 87y |
| Schmidt, John Henry | 06/07/1842 | 09/22/1863 | lot 48; United States Army, Co. K, 17th MO Reg. Volunteers |
| Schroeder, Albert | 04/09/1890 | 04/12/1908 | lot 14; ssa Ida |
| Schroeder, Caroline M. | 1864 | 02/16/1898 | lot 45; w/o H.F. |
| Schroeder, Henrietta | 02/15/1821 | 03/06/1903 | lot 45; w/o J.F. |
| Schroeder, H.F. | 07/10/1863 | 05/26/1950 | h/o Caroline M. |
| Schroeder, Ida | 02/10/1898 | 07/20/1908 | ssa Albert |
| Schroeder, J. F. | 03/21/1822 | 01/31/1888 | lot 46; ssa Henrietta |
| Schroeder, Wilhelm | 11/17/1887 | 04/21/1908 | ssa Albert & Ida |
| Schutte, Anna Marie nee Stenner | 12/26/1821 | 05/27/1905 | lot 17; w/o Henry |
| Schutte, Heinrich 'Henry' | 1818 | 11/07/1893 | lot 17; h/o Anna |
| Storck, Georg F. | 01/10/1865 | s/o G. & W.; DOD is best guess | |
| Storck, J. Georg | 04/07/1851 | aged 41y 11m | |
| Storck, Phillip | 01/11/1847 | age 11y 3d; s/o J.G. & B. | |
| Thiese, David L. | 04/19/1942 | 06/16/2006 | h/o Norma L.; Veteran |
| Thiese, Ferdinand Otto 'Ferdy' | 12/22/1914 | 12/24/1999 | aged 85y; h/o Gertrude L. |
| Thiese, Gertrude L. | 10/02/1917 | 04/16/2000 | aged 82y; w/o Ferdinand |
| Thiese, Norma L. | w/o David | ||
| Troester, Alvin Edwin | 08/02/1905 | 05/28/1998 | |
| Troester, Emil C. | 08/18/1907 | 09/11/2000 | h/o Ruth |
| Troester, Ruth Marie Louise | 12/05/1920 | 12/15/1998 | w/o Emil |
| Tucke, Jos. H. | 06/27/1876 | 09/14/1878 | |
| Tucke, Jobst / Joseph Henry | 01/15/1851 | 10/10/1905 | h/o Sophia |
| Tucke, Sophia nee Schroeder | 06/15/1856 | 08/27/1939 | w/o Jobst H. |
| Tuecke, Anne | 1884 | 1958 | |
| Tuecke, Ernestina nee Bergman | 04/24/1852 | 03/17/1941 | w/o Joseph H. |
| Tuecke, Joseph Henry | 07/18/1848 | 05/30/1896 | lot 52?; h/o Ernestina |
| Tuecke, William F. | 1893 | 1921 | lot 52; WWI Veteran |
| Tucker, Frederick | 1806 | 05/17/1884 | lot 11; h/o Marie |
| Tucker, Maria E. | 06/16/1816 | 05/25/1863 | lot 11; w/o Frederick |
| Tucker, Maria | 04/22/1860 | 03/29/1863 | d/o Frederick & Maria E. |
| unknown, Jentma A.S. | 12/05/1887 | 01/11/1890 | |
| Walke, Adeline | dates no longer legible; d/o G.H. & Cath. | ||
| Walke, Anna | 1845 | 1899 | lot 5 |
| Walke, Bertha M. | 1881 | 1968 | w/o Fred |
| Walke, Catherine | 05/01/1875 | lot 5; aged 74y 10m; w/o Gerhard H. | |
| Walke, Clarence J.F. | 12/16/1898 | 01/07/1899 | |
| Walke, Delos H. | 1905 | 1983 | h/o Julia |
| Walke, Evelyn | 1908 | 1976 | |
| Walke, Fred G. | 1878 | 1959 | h/o Bertha |
| Walke, Johann J. | 04/??/1864 | 10/28/1881 | lot 5; s/o Johann H. & Maria |
| Walke, John H. | 07/24/1834 | 03/24/1896 | lot 4; 1st w/Mary, 2nd w/Mina |
| Walke, Julia A. | 1908 | 06/06/2000 | w/o Delos |
| Walke, Louisa | 08/18/1875 | 11/15/1899 | lot 22; w/o H.H. |
| Walke, Margaretta | 1886 | 1888 | |
| Walke, Maria M. nee Tuecke | 1844 | 04/10/1864 | lot 5; age 20y; 1st w/o John H.; d/o Joseph |
| Walke, Rudolf H. | 09/09/1866 | 08/23/1867 | |
| Walke, Wilhelmina 'Mina' nee Wuensch | 1847 | 11/21/1920 | lot 5; 2nd w/o John H.; d/o Philip |
| Walter, Audrey Mae nee Settle | 03/17/1936 | 06/06/1995 | 1st w/o Edwin; U.S. Navy RN, Korea |
| Walter, Dorothy | 1909 | 2004 | w/o Edward |
| Walter, Edward | 1901 | 1978 | h/o Dorothy |
| Walter, Edwin Reed | 06/21/1935 | 01/25/2012 | h/o 1st Audrey Settle, 2nd Arta Andrada; U.S. Navy, Korea |
| Wehrkamp, Anna Marie nee Schlake | 01/24/1835 | 05/27/1905 | 2nd w/o John H. |
| Wehrkamp, Elenora M. | 1867 | 1944 | d/o John & Anna |
| Wehrkamp, Herman J. | 07/03/1869 | 04/17/1896 | ssa Anna & John H. |
| Wehrkamp, Johann Heinrich 'John' | 04/15/1812 | 04/26/1905 | h/o 1st Elenora Sohmaear (d. bef. 1858), 2nd Anna |
| Wehrkamp, Louis | 11/10/1872 | 11/25/1901 | ssa Anna & John H. |
| Wehrkamp, Mary | 03/02/1864 | 09/27/187? | ssa Anna & John H. |
| Wiegmann, infant | 03/13/1861 | d/o J.H. & Anna Mary | |
| Winch, Ernst | 01/02/1834 | 08/19/1896 | lot 32; h/o Wilhelmine Wunch |
| Winch, George | 08/21/1880 | 08/31/1909 | lot 32; s/o Ernst; died at Insane Asylum, Independence, IA |
| Winch, Henry | 1886 | 1960 | |
| Winch, William C. | 01/27/1889 | 03/11/1965 | Co F, 352nd Inf., WWII veteran |
| Winch, Wilhelmina nee Sadewasser | 02/11/1858 | 03/30/1936 | lot 32 |
| Wunch, Heinrich | 1802 | 05/20/1882 | lot 32; aged 80 yrs |
| Wunch, Wilhelmine | 03/31/1882 | lot 32; aged 36y 1m; w/o Ernst Winch/Wunch |
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