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Pleasant Grove Cemetery -originally named Oakland or Oak Woods cemetery- McGregor, Mendon Twp. Sec 21 SE/SE Platted 1859
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This is an ongoing project to list of burials in Pleasant Grove cemetery. Contributions & corrections are welcome. Sources used to compile these records are: *WPA cemetery records, transcribed by
Phyllis Montour * View gravestone photos for Pleasant
Grove cemetery * |
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Oaker, Jeanette | |||
| Oakley, William H. | |||
| O'Brien, Alta M. | |||
| O'Brien, Frank L. | |||
| O'Brien, Lucinda | 1833 | 12/28/1889 | lot 46 |
| O'Brien, M. J. | 1833 | 07/12/1889 | lot 46 |
| Oehring, Caroline | 1851 | 1910 | lot 69 |
| Oehring, Lorenz | 1836 | 1890 | lot 69 |
| Oelke, Beulah Maxine nee Hinsch | 08/01/1905 | 01/02/1938 | w/o Merle J.; d/o Charles & Adelia (Gifford) Hinsch |
| O'Leary, Elaine Ecker | 1892 | 1936 | lot 3 |
| O'Leary, Timothy | |||
| Oleson, Benjamin 'Ben' | 05/05/1856 | 05/04/1935 | h/o Nellie; lot 3 ot 3; s/o Ole & unkn |
| Oleson, Clifton P. (born Flatt) | 09/07/1900 | 02/13/1969 | adoped s/o Ben & Nellie, s/o Nellie's sister Grace who died at his birth; twin brother of Clayton (d. 1901, bur. Clinton, IA); US Army Air Force, WWI & WWII |
| Oleson, Esther R. | 1900 | 1969 | w/o Clifton |
| Oleson, Nellie nee Childs | 04/01/1863 | 03/??/1946 | w/o Ben; d/o Rolan R.; died in Edmonds, WA |
| Oliver, Orvil M. | |||
| Olliver, Anna Mary nee Bragaw | 07/12/1864 | 08/05/1916 | lot 14; w/o Edward W. |
| Olliver, Edward Wesley | 06/21/1859 | 01/22/1930 | h/o Anna M.; died Colesburg, IA |
| Olsen, Lillian | |||
| Olson, Frances Grace | |||
| Olson, LaVerne E. | |||
| Orr, Mrs. John | |||
| Orthoff, Carl | |||
| Oxberger, Nicholas | |||
| Pagel, Florence L. | |||
| Pagel, Paul F. | |||
| Parson, Hannah | 1834 | 1864 | lot 96; [could be Parsons] |
| Patrick, James Perkins | 10/27/1836 | Feb or Mar 1929 | lot 5; h/o Louisa; died Portland, OR; Captain, Civil War |
| Patrick, Louisa Meacham nee St. John | 1836 | 04/26/1902 | lot 5; w/o James P.; died in Des Moines, IA |
| Payne, Ruth S. | |||
| Payne, Twin Infants | |||
| Pazour, Peter G. | |||
| Pearsall, Alonzo B. | 06/19/1833 | 03/30/1902 | lot 17; h/o Thankful |
| Pearsall, Amelia | 1823 | 02/08/1911 | lot 11 |
| Pearsall, Amos | 1822 | 05/07/1895 | lot 11 |
| Pearsall, Charles Amos | |||
| Pearsall, Mary Gilchrist | 1859 | 11/04/1932 | lot 8 |
| Pearsall, Minnie Bell | |||
| Pearsall, Thankful F. nee Williams | 03/08/1832 | 05/11/1889 | lot 17; w/o Alonzo B. |
| Pearson, Per "Pete" | |||
| Pearson, Viola Myrtle nee Dempsey | 03/20/1895 | 01/30/1989 | widow; d/o Milton O. & Minnie L. (Kort) Dempsey; d. Lansing, IA; Thornton Funeral home; ACDR & SSDI |
| Peck, Agnes Christine nee Hultgren | 10/08/1961 | Age 60y; 1st w/o Charles H. | |
| Peck, Charles Henry 'Charley' | 06/30/1898 | 11/07/1983 | Age 85y; h/o 1st Agnes, possible 2nd marriage Catherine L. Wood; s/o Minnie Peck & unkn. |
| Peck, Charlotte A. | |||
| Peck, Helen Theresa | |||
| Peck, Josiah | 04/??/1893 | lot 36; 2nd h/o Emily (Chase) Darling (d. 1921, bur. Crawford co. WI); Co. E 32nd IA Inf. | |
| Peck, Minnie | 06/12/1875 | 11/14/1905 | d/o Josiah & Emily (Chase) |
| Peck, Ray | |||
| Peick, C. T. | 1861 | 12/05/1912 | lot 8; h/o 1st Millie Limbach (d. 1894, bur. Garnavillo); 2nd Minnie |
| Peick, Minnie S. nee Seeley | 04/04/1871 | 1917 | lot 8; 2nd w/o C.T.; d/o Cyrus Seeley |
| Peirt, Godfrey | 1813 | 1889 | lot 15 |
| Peirt, Mary | 1811 | 1882 | lot 15 |
| Perine / Perrine / Perrin | |||
| Perrin, Daniel | 1834 | 1891 | lot 18 |
| Perrine, Delpha E. nee Carpenter | w/o L.D. | ||
| Perine, Dorothy Bernice | 11/07/1924 | 12/30/1924 | d/o Richard & Margaret (Scott); died of inonition due to premature birth |
| Perine, Emily Jane nee Starkey | 06/28/1839 | 08/12/1926 | d/o James & Esther (Carbon) |
| Perrine, James 'Jimmy' | 09/26/1909 | 09/08/1918 | s/o L.D. & Delpha |
| Perrine, Lewis | |||
| Perine, Teddy | 02/20/1917 | 01/29/1919 | s/o Richard & Margaret 'Maggie' (Scott); died of pneumonia |
| Perkins, Inez Margie | |||
| Perkins, William S. | |||
| Perry, Ira | 1800 | 07/16/1868 | lot 18; aged 88y 7m; 1st h/o Catherine Reynolds (see Catherine Henderson, d. 1908) |
| Perry, John | 1809 | 03/07/1895 | |
| Perry, William | 12/27/1855 | lot 18; aged 21y 1m 27d; s/o Ira & Catherine | |
| Pesch, Barbara Ann nee Williams | 07/22/1899 | 10/30/1945 | w/o Walter; d/o Charles & Stella Williams |
| Peterson, Anna K. | |||
| Peterson, Estelle Ramage | 1846 | 1900 | lot 30 |
| Peterson, Getha Irene nee Sharrow | 10/09/1853 | 07/03/1904 | w/o John A. |
| Peterson, John A. | 01/01/1851 | 12/08/1904 | lot 25; h/o Getha I.; died at Soldiers Home, Marshalltown, IA; Co. L, 8th IA Cav. |
| Peterson, S.J. | |||
| Peterson, Samuel | 1837 | 1924 | lot 30 |
| Petsche, Marietta L. | |||
| Pettiter, Miles E. | |||
| Phelps, William Wallace | 12/08/1885 | 03/08/1938 | lot 41; Co. K, 13th U.S. Inf., WWI |
| Philips, Clarence | |||
| Phillburn, Dennis | |||
| Phillips, Elva Samantha nee Knapp | 09/25/1876 | 12/10/1929 | lot 8; w/o Jacob; d/o Geo W. & Rebecca J. (Mudge) |
| Phillips, Fred Leroy | 12/01/1895 | 08/07/1936 | lot 8; h/o 1st Germaine (?divorced), 2nd Ruth unkn; s/o Jacob & Elva; 2nd Lieut., U.S. Army QM Corps, WWI |
| Phillips, Germaine Marie | 09/15/1892 | 09/02/1987 | 1st w/o Fred (?divorced); born in France |
| Phillips, Jacob Franklin | 08/23/1872 | 07/31/1933 | lot 8; s/o John & Emily (Sawvell) |
| Phillips, Marie Margaret | 03/21/1901 | 03/10/1937 | lot 8; d/o Jacob & Elva; died at the hospital in Independence, IA |
| Pierce, Esther Augusta Irene | 03/06/1995 | age 86y | |
| Pierce, George | 1838 | 1886 | Co. F 30 Wis. Inf.; lot 4 |
| Pierce, Henry L. | |||
| Pierce, Nancy | 1844 | 1929 | lot 4 |
| Pillard, Eugene | |||
| Pixler, Amos Nathan | 1823 | 04/26/1916 | h/o Sarah |
| Pixler, Charles Edward | 03/16/1906 | 10/11/1991 | h/o Edith; s/o Wm & Ida |
| Pixler, Edith Iola nee Clinton | 04/13/1908 | 06/30/1998 | w/o Charles E.; d/o John E. & Emma (Nightingale) |
| Pixler, Ella | in Charles & Edith lot | ||
| Pixler, Emma | in Charles & Edith lot | ||
| Pixler, Ida May nee Barnhouse | 1877 | 1962 | w/o William E.; d/o Philip & Mary (Brookner) |
| Pixler, Janel Ann | - | 01/12/1940 | stillborn twin d/o Nathan & Clara C. (Christen); twin 1 born alive; source: Stillborn Death Certificate |
| Pixler, John | - | see comments | same style stone as Ella & Emma in Charles & Edith lot; Notes! this may be their stillborn son, born 4/13/1942, Cert of Stillborn Death does not name him & gives burial in National cemetery - Verification is needed |
| Pixler, Phoebe L. | 03/12/1872 | 04/01/1934 | lot 131 |
| Pixler, Samuel Nathan | 03/04/1874 | 03/11/1958 | |
| Pixler, Sarah Ann nee Markle | 1845 | 1933 | w/o Amos; d/o Eli & Eliza (Adams) |
| Pixler, William E. | 1868 | 1936 | lot 130; h/o Ida |
| Platt, George Gould | |||
| Platt, Hazel M. | |||
| Ploog, daughter | 02/24/1898 | 03/08/1898 | 2 wk old d/o Henry & Mary; Obit = buried Catholic cemetery, correct cemetery should be verified |
| Ploog, Anna nee Thompson | 1853 | 1893 | lot 24; w/o W.A.; d/o Hugh & Katherine (Parker) |
| Ploog, Bertha V. | |||
| Ploog, Henry C. | 03/08/1859 | 11/11/1921 | lot 5; h/o 1st Mary Thompson; 2nd Elizabeth J. Harley or Harding; s/o Herman J. & Christine (Shumaker); Obit = buried St. Mary's; Death cert = burial Pleasant Grove; Gravestone = Pleasant Grove |
| Ploog, Hugh Thompson | 11/10/1886 | 01/24/1919 | lot 5; s/o Henry & Mary |
| Ploog, Mary nee Thompson | 07/22/1861 | 04/12/1912 | lot 5; 1st w/o Henry C.; d/o Hugh & Katherine (Parker); Note! Obit = funeral at St. Mary's, burial Oak Hill/Pleasant Grove; Gravestone = Pleasant Grove |
| Ploog, W. A. | 1842 | 1887 | lot 24; h/o Anna |
| Plumb, Edwin B. | 1835 | 1911 | lot 66 |
| Plumb, Mary Hatfield | 1842 | 1908 | lot 66 |
| Pohlman, Charlotte | 1824 | 02/08/1904 | lot 54; w/o Frederick |
| Pohlman, Frederick | 1828 | 02/01/1899 | lot 54; h/o Charlotte |
| Pohlman, John Frederick | 03/16/1880 | 79y 1m; burial here very likely, but not verified | |
| Polfer, Herman M.G. | 08/12/1927 | 10/19/2004 | h/o Mary E. |
| Porter, Esther | 1893 | 1915 | lot 12 |
| Pool, Ruth Gretchen Galer nee Bickel | 1908 | 1997 | w/o 1st Frank R. Galer, 2nd Stuart; d/o Milton V. & Miriam (Woodruff) |
| Pool, Stuart Dakin | 1907 | 1995 | 2nd h/o Ruth |
| Potter, ?? | s/o C. L | ||
| Pottit, Rose Albright | |||
| Powers, Infant | |||
| Powers, James L. | 09/26/1978 | age 81y; h/o Mabel; died in Austin, MN | |
| Powers, Mabel L. nee Wilkinson | 04/15/1902 | 04/04/1994 | w/o James; d/o Robert & Carolyn (Sundae)died in Premier Care, Beloit, Wi |
| Powers, Robert James | 08/06/1923 | 08/06/1923 | lived 20 min.; s/o James & Mabel |
| Prandy, Babe | |||
| Presho, Bonnie Irene nee Haupt | 12/04/1878 | 04/21/1913 | lot 86; w/o John; d/o Milton J. & Laura A. (Fill); died of complications of pregancy |
| Presho, Celina / Salina nee Giroux | 1844 | 02/25/1929 | w/o John H.; d/o Michael & Jane |
| Presho, Charles | 1865 | 09/13/1886 | lot 5; s/o John & Celina |
| Presho, Gregory Earl 'Gregg' | 1915 | 1947 | s/o Sidney & Sophia |
| Presho, Harry | 1876 | 07/03/1892 | lot 5; s/o John & Celina |
| Presho, John | 1881 | 1940 | h/o Bonnie |
| Presho, John Henry | 01/01/1843 | 04/06/1907 | "Father"; h/o Celina; lot 5; Co B, 21st IA Inf. |
| Presho, Leo Lyle | 09/04/1930 | 08/28/1986 | s/o Raymond & Edna (Albright) |
| Presho, Raymond Orville | 02/21/1909 | 08/17/1937 | h/o Edna G. Albright; s/o Sid & Sophia |
| Presho, Ray | 1883 | 1913 | lot 5; s/o John & Celina |
| Presho, Sidney J. 'Sid' | 1885 | 1967 | h/o Sophia |
| Presho, Sophia | 1889 | 1965 | w/o Sidney |
| Presho, William | 07/01/1862 | h/o Mary | |
| Presho, William | 10/18/1872 | 08/26/1931 | s/o John H.& Celina; never married |
| Prindle, Dorleskie nee Edgerton | 03/02/1835 | 08/07/1909 | w/o George |
| Prindle, George | 03/12/1895 | h/o Dorleskie | |
| Pringle, Lizzie | 1851 | 1889 | lot 16 |
| Proudfoot, Andrea | |||
| Proudfoot, Beatrice | |||
| Proudfoot, Fredick William | |||
| Prouty, James Albert | 09/16/1920 | 05/23/1971 | h/o Lauryne; US Navy, WWII |
| Prouty, James Merrill | 1867 | 1941 | h/o Zilla A. |
| Prouty, Kathryn Rose 'Kate' nee Carlson | 07/26/1884 | 10/05/1979 | w/o Vern A.; d. Postville hospital; Thronburg Funeral home; ACDR |
| Prouty, Lauryne Lorea nee Rush | 11/03/1930 | 04/26/1998 | w/o James A. |
| Prouty, Mary E. | |||
| Prouty, Verne Allen | 12/18/1890 | 12/10/1960 | h/o Kate; s/o James M. & Zilla |
| Prouty, Winfield L. | 04/23/1862 | 10/01/1946 | h/o 1st Margaret Boyle, 2nd Mary Wilson |
| Prouty, Zillah Ann nee Mumby | 1869 | 1947 | w/o James M. |
| Pullen, Emerson | 06/06/1868 | 01/10/1940 | h/o 1st Fern, 2nd Carrie; s/o Elija & Elizabeth (Hamilton) |
| Pullen, Fern nee Ferrel | 09/04/1871 | 05/25/1932 | 1st w/o Emerson; d/o James & Josephen (Moore) |
| Purkapile, Joan Marie nee Eichendorf | 07/03/1928 | 05/14/2010 | w/o Ivan L. (died 2000, buried Janesville, WI, they were possibly divorced); d/o Harry & Marie (Duchesne) |
| Quigley, Blanche nee Jacobs | 1857 | 05/17/1911 | lot 6; w/o Robert P. |
| Quigley, Georgia | d/o Robert & Blanche | ||
| Quigley, Iola | d/o Robert & Blanche | ||
| Quigley, Joseph Hale | 09/30/1883 | 05/14/1929 | divorced; s/o Robert & Blanche |
| Quigley, Mary Frances nee Johnson | 06/05/1852 | 01/04/1920 | lot 6; w/o William W.; d/o Simon & Maria (Hulburt) |
| Quigley, Robert Pollock | 12/31/1844 | 09/10/1926 | lot 6; h/o Blanche; s/o Joseph B. & Nancy (Griffith); Co. D 16th Ia. Cav.; Co K 15th IA Inf. |
| Quigley, William Winter | 07/22/1840 | 09/03/1925 | lot 6 ; h/o Mary Frances s/o Joseph & Nancy (Griffith) |
| Radloff, infant | |||
| Rakow, Al | |||
| Rakow, Arlie M. nee Knoebel | 04/21/1984 | age 92y | |
| Ramage, Alice A. | |||
| Ramage, Barbara A. | |||
| Ramage, Barbara nee Stickler/Strickler | 08/14/1874 | 09/24/1940 | w/o Joseph A. Jr.; d/o Jacob & unkn.; CCDC |
| Ramage, Joseph A. Sr | 1842 | 1878 | lot 70; h/o Mary J. |
| Ramage, Joseph A. Jr | h/o Barbara; s/o Joseph & Mary J. | ||
| Ramage, Mary Jane nee Patton | 03/24/1846 | 05/08/1923 | lot 70; w/o Joseph; d/o James & Elizabeth A. (Bryson); CCDC |
| Ramage, Paul S. | |||
| Ramage, Rebecca Jane | 1841 | 05/22/1938 | lot 20 1/2 |
| Rardin, Sarah Viola | 1858 | 1930 | lot 37 |
| Ray, Daniel | |||
| Ray, Harriet K. | 1898 | 1928 | lot 58 |
| Ray, Lena Caroline | |||
| Raymant, Reuben | |||
| Reed, George | 06/30/1861 | 03/12/1896 or 03/18/1896 | accidentally killed in the North McGregor Railroad yard |
| Reetz, Frederick G. | 1884 | 11/25/1956 | |
| Regal, Edward W. | |||
| Regal, John Willian | |||
| Reinhardt, David Alan | 10/07/1952 | 01/20/1953 | s/o William & Lois |
| Reinhardt, Lois Lucille nee Blackwell | 07/22/1913 | 06/20/2003 | w/o William H.; d/o Ralph & Nellie (Haulse) Blackwell |
| Reisdorf, Lillian A. nee Kapinus Edgar | 1892 | 1962 | w/o 1st Jay L. Edgar, 2nd Albert Reisdorf (died 1959, bur. Memorial Park cem., Mason City, IA); she shares a gravestone w/1st husb. See also entry for Lillian Edgar |
| Renfro, Shirley | |||
| Reynolds, Dale A. | |||
| Reynolds, H. H. | 01/06/1897 | aged 55y 8m 1d | |
| Reynolds, Harry E. | 1877 | 1920 | lot 60 |
| Reynolds, Lillian Hamilton nee Eichendorf | 01/07/1976 | w/o 1st unkn Hamilton, 2nd Ralph; d/o John & Amelia | |
| Reynolds, Ralph R. | 02/06/1881 | 07/20/1939 | h/o 1st Edna Elsham (d. 1965), 2nd Lillian; s/o Haskel & Elizabeth (Pester); died Iowa City, IA |
| Rhoda , Gayle, Jr. | |||
| Richards, Alice J. nee Kersten | 08/05/1907 | 11/09/1960 | w/o George; d/o Fred & Caroline; died in LaGrange, IL |
| Richards, Charles P. | 1861 | 1921 | lot 24; s/o Frederick & Sarah |
| Richards, Ella nee Bickel | 11/26/1867 | 05/??/1953 | w/o Fred S.; d/o Daniel & Martha |
| Richards, Frank R. | 10/15/1869 | 08/12/1930 | lot 2; h/o Josephine; died at Wheeling, W.Va |
| Richards, Frederick S. | 08/27/1868 | 02/17/1937 | lot 16, h/o Ella |
| Richards, Frederick | 1812 | 12/04/1896 | lot 24; h/o Sarah |
| Richards, George Arthur | 01/29/1903 | 01/17/1980 | h/o Alice J.; he may have remarried to Alice Kiple in 1964 |
| Richards, Josephine S. nee Eull | 05/50/1877 | 02/03/1954 | w/o Frank R.; s/o Simon & Mary; died Manchester, IA |
| Richards, Ralph Rex | 1909 | 08/05/1935 | lot 16; h/o Irene; s/o F.S. & Ella |
| Richards, Sarah nee Pettee | 1829 | 1871 | lot 34; w/o Frederick |
| Richardson, A. P. | 1817 | 12/03/1870 | lot 41 |
| Richmueller, W. Gordon | |||
| Riesch, Ernest | |||
| Riley, Dennis | |||
| Riley, James | |||
| Rischmueller, Gertrude | |||
| Risle, Wilfred Delmar | |||
| Robin, Josephine C. | |||
| Robbins, Ruby Olive nee Drallmeier | 09/20/1906 | 11/13/2002 | 1st h/Harold Fields (divorced), 2nd h/Lester Robbins; d/o Henry F. & Emma M. (Haltmeyer) Drallmeier |
| Robinson, John William | 01/30/1939 | age 64y | |
| Rodenberg, Gregory John 'Ole' | 07/20/1958 | 02/19/2013 | s/o Benny & Lucy (Kellogg) Rodenberg |
| Rodenberg, Jeffrie | |||
| Rogers, Alvah Clark | 09/15/1817 | 03/29/1884 | lot 3; h/o Maria |
| Rogers, Alvah F. | 04/27/1859 | 05/03/1915 | h/o Kittie; s/o Alvah C. & Marie |
| Rogers, David G. | 1826 | 1892 | lot 17; w/o Virginia; served 35+ yrs. in the U.S. steamboat & rail mail service |
| Rogers, Kittie nee Blackburn | 01/13/1867 | 02/13/1906 | w/o Alvah F.; d/o J.R. |
| Rogers, Marie A. nee Plum | 12/02/1819 | 08/06/1894 | lot 3; w/o Alvah C. |
| Rogers, Raymond A. | 1858 | 1871 | lot 17 ; s/o David & Virginia |
| Rogers, Virginia nee Hill | 1834 | 02/13/1902 | lot 17; w/o David; d/o Dr. Allen Hill, foster d/o Hon. Thos. McCraney |
| Roggensack, Louise | |||
| Rose, Cletus Alan | 02/10/1944 | 10/21/2009 | 1st w/Elaine E. Eadie, 2nd w/Victoria (Gohde) Hafke; s/o C. Harold & Dorothy (Carwick) Rose |
| Rosenkranz, Adam | |||
| Ross, Charles A. | |||
| Ross, Kathryne Minetree nee Scrogum | 04/29/1886 | 08/29/1964 | d/o Jacob & Charlotte Scrogum |
| Ross, Mayme | |||
| Roy, Daniel G. | |||
| Roy, Harriet | |||
| Roy, Mable L. | |||
| Rubendall, Bernice I. nee Schultz | 1983 | ||
| Rubendall, Donald Larry | 11/30/1918 | 02/24/2004 | h/o Berniece; s/o George & Cora (Entwistle) Rubendall; US Army WWII |
| Rud, Emelia | |||
| Rudnick, Herman | 1877 | 1934 | lot 18 |
| Rudnick, Mae nee Gallagher | 07/28/1892 | 10/17/1978 | widow; d. Waukon (ACDR) |
| Rudolf, Fred'k C. | 1878 | 1896 | lot 29 |
| Rudolph Alexander K. | 1848 | 1926 | lot 29 |
| Rudolph, Mary Jane Carr | 1852 | 1927 | lot 29 |
| Ruef, Anna Mari | 1808 | 1893 | lot 37 |
| Rueggemeier, Neola M. nee Schott | 12/20/1895 | 05/21/1960 | w/o E.C.; d/o Henry F. & Emma (Barron) |
| Russell, Harvey S. | 1849 | 10/29/1910 | lot 1 |
| Russow, Michael Otto | 06/14/1882 | 07/28/1978 | h/o Winifred; s/o Fred & Mary (Schaepers) Russow |
| Russow, Winifred F. nee Rollins | 03/17/1970 | w/o Michael O. | |
| Rutz, David Frederick | |||
| Rutz, David Frederick | |||
| Rutz, Fred | |||
| Rutz, William Nile | |||
| Ryan, Erasmus D. | 1823 | lot 13; Co. K 1st IA Cav. | |
| Ryan, Eliza | |||
| Ryan, John | 06/03/1934 | age 68; DM Reg. 6/5/1938; no cem. Name | |
| Ryan, Terra |
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