Colorado County Cemeteries

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Ijams Cemetery

Independent Methodist Cemetery

Arthur, Drew Julius; born: Nov 25, 1868; died: Dec 27, 1893;

Arthur, Earnest M.; born: Dec 25, 1894; died: Jun 8, 1950;
Son of Jack Arthur

Arthur, Hy Lee; born: c. 1871; died: Mar 7, 1916;
Son of Jack and Lou (Carson) Arthur

Arthur, Jack; born: Mar 1841; died: May 12, 1929;

Arthur, James Allen; born: Mar 28, 1865; died: Nov 15, 1892; (tombstone photo)

Arthur, John Z.; born: Jan 16, 1865; died: Jan 31, 1936;
Son of Jack and Lula (Johnson) Arthur

Arthur, Mary; born: Dec 5, 1865; died: Apr 16, 1948;
Daughter of Archie and Lucy (Reed) Brown

Arthur, Shelly B.; born: Aug 17, 1881; died: Jun 27, 1937;
Son of Jack and Lue (Carson) Arthur

Brown, Edna Mae; born: Aug 13, 1908; died: Apr 18, 1982;
Daughter of Virge and Mellisa (Shepherd) Hamilton, married Lester Brown

Brown, Lester; born: Apr 2, 1933; died: Apr 23, 1968;
Son of Lester and Edna (Hamilton) Brown [Parents' names from death certificate]

Brown, Lester; born: Jan 31, 1901; died: Jun 22, 1986;
Son of Calvin and Nancy (Hayes) Brown

Brown, Lucille W.; born: Jan 19, 1931; died: Mar 16, 1963; (tombstone photo)

Brown, Mary; born: Mar 1851; died: unknown; (tombstone photo)

Brown, May Bell; born: Apr 8, 1937; died: Dec 23, 1967;

Burnett, Henry; born: Aug 8, 1898; died: Jun 19, 1970; (tombstone photo)
Veteran of World War I

Cavett, P.M.; born: Feb 10, 1883; died: Feb 15, 1904; (tombstone photo)

Granger, Abner; born: 1822; died: Jun 3, 1885;
Former slave of O.B. Crenshaw

Granger, Freeman; born: May 1862; died Aug 11, 1900;
Son of Dick and Martha Granger

Granger, Isham; born: Jun 12, 1854; died: Jul 17, 1928; (tombstone photo)

Granger, Isham Gilmore II; born: Mar 25, 1919; died: Dec 11, 1958;
Son of S.H. and Eva (Taylor) Granger

Granger, J. W.; born: Feb 26, 1876; died: Nov 6, 1903; (tombstone photo)

Granger, Katie; born: Apr 21, 1858; died: Sep 28, 1901; (tombstone photo)

Granger, Mary A.; born: 1856; died: Sep 5, 1912;
Daughter of Abner and Penny Granger

Granger, Mary Jane; born: c. 1845; died: Apr 23, 1914;
Daughter of Charlie and Liza (Whedley) Terrell

Granger, Penny; born: 1820; died: Dec 2, 1886; (tombstone photo)
Married Abner Granger, slave of the Andrews and Crenshaws

Granger, Will; born: 1855; died: Dec 12, 1932;
Son of Dick and Easter (Crenshaw) Granger

Greene, Charotte; born: 1850; died: Mar 4, 1912;
Née Granger

Greene, Magnolia; born: Oct 6, 1869; died: May 14, 1918; (tombstone photo)

Hillard, unknown; born: Nov 1910; died: Apr 27, 1924; (tombstone photo)

Hughes, Caroline; born: c. 1840; died: Jul 2, 1925;

Hughes, Greene; born: Sep 27, 1894; died: Sep 22, 1938;
Son of Peter and Caroline (Haley) Hughes

Hughes, Peter; born: unknown; died: 1908;

James, Lula; born: Aug 30, 1877; died: Jul 14, 1917; (tombstone photo) (tombstone photo)

Moony, James; born: Aug 31, 1925; died: Jan 6, 1945; (tombstone photo)
Son of Monroe and Vera Lee (Arthur) Moony [Parents' names from death certificate which gives Aug 3, 1925 as date of birth]

Moony, Johnie Mae; born: Jul 31, 1924; died: Sep 3, 1940; (tombstone photo)
Daughter of Monroe and Sallie (Nunn) Moony

Moony, Monroe; born: Jul 19, 1899; died: Oct 27, 1938; (tombstone photo)
Son of John and Sally Moony, married to Vera Lee Mooney [Parents' and wife's names from death certificate which gives his birh date as Jul 15, 1900]

Wright, Lucille; born: Jan 19, 1931; died: Mar 16, 1963;
Daughter of Lester and Edna (Hamilton) Brown [Information from death certificate]

Jacobs Cemetery

Jacobs, Jacob; born: Nov 30, 1838; died: Sep 10, 1886; (tombstone photo)

Johse /Jokse Cemetery

Johse, Charles; born: Jan 17, 1833; died: Aug 1, 1892;

Johse, Eliza; born: Oct 8, 1841; died: Nov 24, 1923;

Kurtz, Hulda Johse; born: 1871; died: 1902;

Judyville Cemetery

  • Location: on the east side of County Road 255, about nine-tenths of a mile north of its intersection with Highway 90A Map: 2996-311, Rock Island Quadrangle (not marked)
  • Earliest known year of death: unknown
  • Racial mix: all black
  • Surveyed by Emily Taylor, Laverne Taylor, Harold Taylor, Regena Williamson, Norma Hooper, and Bill Stein on May 10, 2006
  • Number of known burials to date: 2
  • Comments: The cemetery is enclosed by a barbed wire fence, about sixty by forty feet. It has three grave markers, two of stone, neither of which contain any text, and one cross made of pipe. According to Emily Taylor, the cemetery once had several more markers, all of which were removed by one of her relatives because they had been handmade by one of her ancestors. Ms. Taylor said there were a dozen persons buried on the site, including Dan Thomas (a preacher who died about 1930), Fred Thomas, and Reuben Green. The last known burial was in about 1945, when a man who was visiting the area unexpectedly died. According to Ms. Taylor, the sheriff investigated the death and directed those present to wrap him in a sheet and bury him.

Edwards, George; born: c. 1874; died: Sep 24, 1935;
Son of Pink and Cotnelia Edwards

Edwards, Sarah Viola; born: Mar 1893; died: Nov 19, 1940;
Daughter of Dan and Martha (Brown) Thomas, married George Edwards

Kaiser Cemetery

  • Location: on the west side of Brunes Mill Road, less than one-tenth of a mile south of its intersection with Dungen Mill Road
  • Earliest known year of death: 1860
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Surveyed by Bill Stein in 1988
  • Number of known burials to date: 69

Adamek, Earline; born: Jul 6, 1923; died: Mar 6, 2000;
Daughter of William and Otelia (Georg) Lilie, married Johnnie J. Adamek, Sep 6, 1948

Adamek, Johnnie J.; born: Oct 15, 1921; died: Jun 11, 2000;
Son of John and Mary (Supak) Adamek

Aschenbeck, Alfred J.; born: Nov 9, 1898; died: Apr 15, 1956;
Son of Friedrich and Emma (Huls)Aschenbeck

Aschenbeck, Arnhold Elo.; born: Jan 16, 1918; died: Jun 10, 1980;
Son of Friedrich and Johanna (Gorg) Aschenbeck,veteran of World War II

Aschenbeck, Charles; born: Oct 29, 1851; died: Sep 6, 1926;

Aschenbeck, Christian; born: Dec 27, 1817; died: Jul 19, 1877;

Aschenbeck, Emma H. S.; born: May 31, 1877; died: Dec 13, 1900;
Nee Huls, married Friedrich Aschenbeck, Nov 10, 1896

Aschenbeck, Fred; born: Jun 26, 1874; died: Jun 24, 1938;
Son of Carl Aschenbeck, married Emma Huls, married Johanna Georg

Aschenbeck, Johanna; born: Jan 3, 1886; died: Jan 13, 1971;
Nee Georg, married Fred Aschenbeck Aug 20, 1907

Aschenbeck, Meta; born: Apr 18, 1816; died: Jun 22, 1903;
Nee Main

Aschenbeck, Ruby J.; born: Sep 28, 1910; died: Jul 16, 1978;

Aschenbeck, Sophie Louise; born: Aug 1, 1853; died: Nov 11, 1916;
Née Kaiser, married Charles (Carl) Aschenbeck

Aschenbeck, Tillie; born: Dec 24, 1901; died: Jan 27, 1980;
Daughter of Willie A. and Emily (Schmidt) Meyer, married Alfred J. Aschenbeck, Nov 9, 1921

Bowe, Alvin; born: unknown; died: unknown;

Bowe, Anna Magret; born: Mar 6, 1858; died: May 5, 1903;
Née Kaiser, married Ernst Bowe

Bowe, Heinrich; born: Dec 1831; died: unknown;

Bowe, Mary; born: 1835; died: Jul 20, 1903;
Née Steffens, married Heinrich Bowe Oct 16, 1853

Burger, Emil; born: 1870; died: Feb 21, 1937;
Son of Christoph and Minnie (Schelp) Burger [Parents' names month and day of death and birth date of Jul 10, 1869 from death certificate]

Burger, Maria Wilhelmine Johanne; born: Sep 15, 1869; died: Sep 16, 1922;
Daughter of Wilhelm Heinrich and Maria (Steffens) Bowe, married Emil Burger

Georg, Alma Lucille; born: Sep 10, 1914; died: Aug 5, 1989;
Daughter of Ira J. and Mike Midyett, married Leo Samuel Georg, Jun 24, 1942

Georg, Elsie; born: Aug 19, 1905; died: Mar 7, 1989;
Daughter of Otto and Johanna (Becker) Werland, married Walter W. Georg, Feb 11, 1930

Georg, Henrietta; born: Jan 16, 1893; died: Jun 9, 1978;
Née Brune, married Willie Georg, Nov 2, 1916

Georg, Leo Samuel; born: Jan 23, 1907; died: Jun 11, 1978;
Son of John and Ida (Venghaus) Georg, married Alma Lucille Midyett Jun 24, 1942

Georg, Walter W.; born: Jul 13, 1902; died: Jul 25, 1964;
Son of John and Ida (Venghaus) Georg, married Elsie Werland Feb 11, 1930

Georg, Willie; born: Mar 14, 1893; died: Mar 8, 1982;
Son of John and Ida (Venghaus) Georg, married Henrietta Brune Nov 2, 1916

Kaiser, Anna; born: Jan 10, 1831; died: Feb 20, 1867;

Kaiser, Ludwig; born: Oct 1, 1824; died: Jan 29, 1860;

Kaiser, Maria; born: Mar 6, 1858; died: Nov 19, 1881;
Married Carl Kaiser

Kech, Ida; born: Mar 14, 1874; died: Apr 18, 1962;
Married Max Kech

Kech, Max; born: Aug 1877; died: Apr 14, 1949;
Son of Max and Maria (Schulz) Kech

Koehl, Leslie R.; born: May 10, 1916; died: Sep 10, 1979;
Veteran of World War II

Ladewig, Harry Lester; born: Mar 19, 1925; died: Jun 8, 1986;
Son of Julius August and Ida (Bernhausen) Ladewig, veteran of World War II

Ladewig, Ida; born: Apr 9, 1884; died: Nov 9, 1951;
Daughter of Reinhardt and Louisa (Wienderich) Bernhausen, married Julius August Ladewig, Apr 10, 1898

Ladewig, Julius August; born: May 13, 1884; died: May 5, 1940;

Ladewig, Millie; born: Mar 18, 1912; died: Dec 29, 2006;
Daughter of Vince and Agnes (Holub) Prihoda, married Leo Mayer, married Harry A. Ladewig, Aug 26, 1959

Lane, L. B.; born: Jul 30, 1923; died: Apr 24, 2006;
Son of Joe N. and Elizabeth Lane, veteran of World War II, called Pop

Lee, Stacy; born: Feb 23, 1935; died: Aug 8, 1991;
Son of John G. and Nellie (Hughes) Lee, Korean veteran

Leist, Caroline; born: Dec 19, 1808; died: Sep 27, 1893;
Nee Sommerberg, married Lehar Leist

Lilie, Adolphine Gerhardine Sophia; born: Apr 15, 1850; died: Feb 27, 1902;
Daughter of Theo and Gesine (Fehrenkamp) Becker, married Henry Priesmeyer, married Friederich Fritz Lilie

Lilie, Dela; born: Sep 27, 1911; died: Feb 24, 2005;
Daughter of Willie and Emilie (Schmidt) Meyer, married Ewald Lilie, Apr 12, 1932

Lilie, Elizabeth Ann; born: Nov 7, 1968; died: Nov 7, 1968;
Daughter of Deanna Lilie

Lilie, Elmo O.; born: Jan 29, 1921; died: Jan 31, 1993;
Son of William and Otilie (Georg) Lilie

Lilie, Elo Wilhelm; born: Oct 11, 1912; died: Jan 24, 1984;
Son of Wilhelm and Otilie (Georg) Lilie

Lilie, Elvira M.; born: Mar 6, 1916; died: May 29, 1981;
Née Holub, married Elo Wilhelm Lilie

Lilie, Ewald Johann Friedrich; born: Apr 26, 1908; died: Jan 22, 1970;
Son of Wilhelm and Otilie (Georg) Lilie

Lilie, Friederich; born: Jul 24, 1857; died: Mar 13, 1927;
Son of Friederich and Friedericke (Malsch) Lilie

Lilie, Hubert Martin; born: Dec 11, 1911; died: Nov 17, 1917;
Son of Fritz and Ida (Bowe) Lilie

Lilie, Ida; born: Jan 29, 1875; died: May 1, 1958;
Daughter of Wilhelm Heinrich and Maria (Steffens) Bowe, married Friederich Fritz Lilie Nov 5 1907

Lilie, Johanna; born: Feb 17, 1891; died: Jul 31, 1891;
Daughter of Fritz and Adolphine (Becker) Lilie

Lilie, Leander; born: Oct 9, 1932; died: Mar 20, 1996;
Son of Ewald and Dela (Meyer) Lilie

Lilie, Lee Roy Arthur; born: Nov 15, 1928; died: Jan 4, 2007;
Son of William and Otillie (Georg) Lilie

Lilie, Mildred; born: Dec 10, 1927; died: Oct 7, 2006;
Daughter of Louis and Louise (Hudec) Genzer, married Lee Roy Lilie, Feb 14, 1970

Lilie, Otilie M.; born: May 16, 1889; died: Mar 31, 1981;
Née Georg, married Wilhelm Lilie

Lilie, Wilhelm M.; born: Dec 27, 1888; died: Jun 21, 1948;
Full name Theodore Karl Wilhelm Lilie

Mai, George; born: Apr 21, 1902; died: Aug 18, 1950;

Mai, Marlo; born: Nov 19, 1972; died: Nov 19, 1972;

Mai, Selma; born: Sep 31, 1900; died: May 21, 1939;
Daughter of Max and Eda (Goodmann) Kech, married George Mai [Parents' names (mother could be Ida) and husband from death certificate]

Meyer, Dietrich; born: Oct 19, 1881; died: Apr 24, 1961;
Son of Johann Dietrich and Marie (Noska) Meyer

Meyer, Elo H.; born: Jun 9, 1888; died: Sep 4, 1958;
Son of August and Rebecca Meyer, veteran of World War I

Meyer, Elo Jr.; born:Jun 26, 1939; died: Jun 26, 1939;
Son of Elo and Otilia (Krueger) Meyer [Information from death certificate]

Meyer, Emily; born: Feb 24, 1876; died: Aug 20, 1941;
Daughter of Joe and Annie (Zeiner) Schmidt, married Willie A. Meyer [Parents' names from death certificate]

Meyer, Ewald; born: Jan 2, 1903; died: Oct 29, 1991;
Son of Willie A. and Emelia (Schmidt) Meyer, veteran of World War II

Meyer, Leo; born: Jul 27, 1907; died: Nov 1, 1980;

Meyer, Leo T.; born: Dec 28, 1905; died: Feb 13, 1982;
Son of Dietrich and Sophie (Aschenbeck) Meyer

Meyer, Linda; born: Nov 10, 1908; died: Feb 19, 1972;
Daughter of Dietrich F. and Sophie (Aschenbeck) Meyer [Parents' names from death certificate]

Meyer, Sophie; born: Sep 26, 1885; died: Dec 22, 1951;
Daughter of Carl and Sophie Louise (Kaiser) Aschenbeck, married Dietrich Meyer, Oct 19, 1904

Meyer, Willie A.; born: Apr 14, 1879; died: Aug 24, 1970;
Son of August and Rebecca (Meyer) Meyer, married Emily Schmidt Sep 24, 1901 [Parents' names from death certificate]

Norsworthy, Selma; born: unknown; died: unknown;

Peters, David John; born: Aug 24, 1960; died: Aug 24, 1960;
Son of Adolf and Dorothy (Lilie) Peters

Peters, Dorothy; born: Dec 30, 1938; died: Mar 10, 2000;
Daughter of Henry and Lillian (Holub) Lilie, married Adolf Peters, Jun 23, 1957

Priesmeyer, Henry; born: Dec 12, 1845; died: Jun 16, 1878;

Roithner, Emil; born: unknown; died: Sep 23, 1893;
Son of Max and Louise (Hagemann) Roithner

Schuette, Dick; born: Apr 4, 1906; died: Oct 29, 1995;
Son of Dickrich and Emma (Bowie) Schuette, veteran of World War II

Supak, Jerome E.; born: Dec 8, 1920; died: Nov 10, 1990;
Son of Joe and Francis (Polasch) Supak, veteran of World War II

Supak, Monica Lynn; born: Jul 18, 1967; died: Jan 16, 2006;
Daughter of Don and Sandy (Daniel) Hyden…married Ronny Supak, Jul 21, 1984
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Kansteiner Cemetery

  • Location: about .75 miles north of a point on Kansteiner Road that is about one half a mile west of its intersection with Reese Lane, but on private property and thus inaccessible to public traffic
  • Earliest known year of death: 1866
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Surveyed by Dianna Foster in November 1991
  • Number of known burials to date: 9

Henneke, Gustav Adolf; born: May 27, 1849; died: Jan 10, 1916;
Married Rosina Speebel Hutman Jan 31, 1877

Kansteiner, Ben G.; born: May 1, 1863; died: Mar 19, 1917;
Son of Johann Heinrich and Maria I. (Marosky) Kansteiner [Gottlieb Johann Heinrich Bernhard Kansteiner]

Kansteiner, Fritz H.B.; born: Feb 9, 1862; died: Mar 10, 1882;
Son of Johann Heinrich and Maria I. (Marosky) Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Hermann H.E.; born: Mar 6, 1858; died: Dec 9, 1896;
Son of Johann Heinrich and Maria I. (Marosky) Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Johann Heinrich; born: Feb 7, 1835; died: Mar 25, 1886;
Son of Jurgen Heinrich and Catherine Maria (Mester) Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Maria I.; born: Aug 29, 1839; died: Nov 30, 1880;
Née Marosky, married Johann Heinrich Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Maria M.; born: Aug 25, 1866; died: Sep 24, 1866;
Daughter of Johann Heinrich and Maria I. (Marosky) Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Wilhelm F.A.T.F.; born: May 4, 1871; died: Apr 6, 1891;
Son of Johann Heinrich and Maria I. (Marosky) Kansteiner

Kansteiner 2 Cemetery

  • Location: about one-third of a mile north of Piney Woods Road, at a point about 1.5 miles down the road from and west of its intersection with Mentz Road
  • Earliest known year of death: 1882
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Number of known burials to date: 3

Kansteiner, Friedrich Wilhelm; born: May 20, 1830; died: Jul 24, 1889;
Son of Jurgen Heinrich and Catherine Maria (Mester) Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Heinrich; born: Jun 20, 1864; died: Oct 30, 1882;
Son of Friedrich Wilhelm and Henriette (Buescher) Kansteiner

Kansteiner, Henriette; born: Mar 12, 1835; died: Sep 17, 1914;
Née Buescher, married Friedrich Wilhelm Kansteiner

Kelch Cemetery

  • Location: on the east side of Winslow Road, about two-tenths of a mile east of its intersection with FM 949
  • Earliest known year of death: 1873
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Surveyed by Tracey Wegenhoft on April 6, 1994
  • Number of known burials to date: 4
  • Left is Justin Briscoe who discovered the cemetery ca 1997

Before and After.

See what a little loving care can do!

Kelch, Felix; born: Jun 26, 1849; died: Feb 10, 1874; (tombstone photo)
Son of Christian and Ellender (McMillan) Earp Dickson Kelch, married Sarah Heiman Jan 20, 1872.

Kelch, Ida; born: Apr 26, 1873; died: Oct 3, 1873;
Daughter of Felix and Sarah (Heiman) Kelch

Hoover, Annie; born: Feb 3, 1877; died: Feb 22, 1877; (tombstone photo)
Daughter of Tucker and Sarah (Heiman) Kelch Hoover

Delano, Leon; born: Mar 2, 1900; died: Sep 16, 1904;(tombstone photo)
Possibly child of Uriah "Ry" and Dora (Kelch) Delano

Kellner Cemetery

Kollmann Family Cemetery

  • Location: on the south side of Kollmann Lane, about two-tenths of a mile east of its intersection with FM 109
     Map: 2996-341, Frelsburg Quadrangle (not marked)
  • Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 737208E, 3293470N (NAD83/WGS84)
  • Earliest known year of death: 2007
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Comments: The cemetery was created in 2007 for the burial of Joshua Thomas Kollmann.
  • Number of known burials to date: 1
Kollmann, Joshua Thomas; born: Feb 26, 1982; died: Nov 30, 2007;
Son of Michael Dean and Diane Marie (Stancik) Kollmann

Kretzschmar Cemetery

  • Alternate name: Gaedecke Cemetery
  • Location: on the west side of Reichardt Lane near the county line
  • Earliest known year of death: 1880
  • Racial mix: all white
  • Audited by Larry Uhlig, Anders Saustrup, and Bill Stein on March 15, 1990
  • Number of known burials to date: 6

Kordt, Dorothea Sophie; born: Feb 8, 1815; died: Jun 10, 1880;

Korth, Christian; born: Nov 17, 1815; died: Nov 17, 1889;

Kretzschmar, Amalia; born: unknown; died: Dec 21, 1911;
Née Augerman, married Karl Kretzschmar

Kretzschmar, Antonie; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Infant daughter of Karl and Amalia (Augerman) Kretzschmar

Kretzschmar, Karl; born: unknown; died: unknown;

Kretzschmar, Paula; born: 1892; died: 1892;
Daughter of Paul Kretzschmar

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