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POSTVILLE CEMETERY
Section 4, Grand Meadow twp., Clayton co. Iowa
Area E

Geographically located immediately across the Allamakee - Clayton county line, in Clayton co. the Postville cemetery was included in the Woodmansee book, serving residents of Postville and surrounding area. Postville is in Post twp. Allamakee co. & the cemetery is in Grand Meadow twp. Clayton co. Iowa.

Postville cemetery - photo by S. Ferrall


Rough drawing showing the cemetery areas


Source: ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS, 1845-1988, by Dale P. Woodmansee, Waukon, Iowa; Copyright© 1989 Dale Woodmansee

Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall and proofread by Linda Earnheart. Electronically reproduced with permission of Eleen Woodmansee granted to Roxanne Barth (former IAGenWeb Allamakee and Clayton County Coordinator), 1999.

Dale Woodmansee performed a wonderful service in surveying all the tombstones in the cemeteries in Allamakee county and publishing the data; but with any undertaking of this magnitude, there likely are errors, conflicting information or descrepancies. User-contributed information has been added on the Woodmansee Notes pages.

Important Notes:
1) Hundreds of photos of the graves in Postville cemetery have been submitted to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. There are also photos of gravestones marking burials made after the Woodmansee book was published in 1989. To view all of the gravestone photos submitted for the Postville cemetery, click here or to view an entry photo of the cemetery, click here. (new windows will open). There are also gravestone photos from this cemetery posted on FindaGrave.

2) Woodmansee Notes have been submitted for 'Area E' of this cemetery. A red Research Alert! next to the entry indicates there is a research note for that person.

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Burials recorded by Woodmansee as of Dec. 31, 1988:

page 633
Name                                      Born              Died           Remarks

Aitchison, Myrtle Gosden              1887 Dec 12       1974 Sep 28        FS DR
Anderson, Grace Esther Jegl           1901 Jan 08       1986 Nov 28        DR Mrs. Theodore
Anderson, Theodore R                  1902 Sep 09       1988 May 22        FS DR
Ball, Bernice Eudora Wells            1918 Oct 23       1970 Aug 22        FS Mrs. Leo R
Ball, Leo R                           1918 Jan 17       1970 Aug 22        FS Parent of Joseph
Barr, Deborah Ann                         1956          1986 Feb 11        NM
Barr, Hope Ann                        1978 Aug 09       1978 Aug 09        FS Dau of Craig DR
Bente, Greg Morris                    1975 Jan 12       1977 May 01
Bissell, Diane L                             ?                 ?           Mrs. John W
Bissell, John W Jr                        1955          1983 Aug 28        FS DR Vet?
Brandenburg, Arno L                   1902 Jun 03       1977 Jun 02        FS DR
Brandenburg, Iva Marie                1918 Dec 13       1984 Feb 22        FS Crawford DR Mrs.
Brandt, Helene D B;euchheim               1912                 ?           Mrs. Raymond
Brandt, Mildred C                         1919                 ?           Mrs. Verni W
Brandt, Raymond Louis R               1907 Nov 21       1982 Mar 13        FS DR
Brandt, Verni W                           1911                 ?
Brincks, Elva Turner                      1933                 ?           M Mrs. Nicholas
Brincks, Nicholas                         1919          1984 Jan 28
Brown, Ema Bjergum                    1905 Dec 17       1986 Feb 27        FS DR Mrs. Octave L
Brown, Octave L                           1903          1949 Jun 02        FS Parent of Virgin
Buren, Francis C                          1902                 ?
Buren, Wanda H                            1909                 ?           Mrs. Francis
Burling, Merna A                             ?                 ?           SSA Robert
Burling, Richard F                           ?                 ?           SSA Robert
Burling, Robert Hale                  1918 Jul 19       1986 Jun 26        GR WWII Vet
Casten, Elaine M                          1928                 ?           SLA John
Casten, Irene Pauline                 1903 Oct 21       1979 Sep 21        FS DR Mrs. Lorenz
Casten, John H                            1929          1979 Apr 22        FS
Casten, Lorenz H                      1894 Apr 26       1974 Mar 04        FS DR Vet?
Clark, Ella Mae Ryan                      1905          1980 Apr 10        Mrs. Thomas
Clark, Thomas D                       1902 May 16       1987 Apr 01        Obit Dr
Clements, Jeannette E Lense               1981                 ?           Mrs. Lucius
Clements, Lucius P                    1924 Jun 12       1984 Jul 19        FS DR
Cook, Everett U                           1905                 ?
Cook, Jeannette C                         1909          1985 Sep 27        Mrs. Everett
Davenport, James H                    1921 Apr 12              ?           SSA Ruth
Davenport, Ruth Elaine                1922 Jun 11       1984 Mar 09        FS DR Mrs. James H
Davis, ?                              1935 Jan 08       1935 Jan 08        NM DR
Davis, Harry O                        1910 Dec 02       1980 Oct 27
Davis, Marie C.W.                     1911 Sep 26              ?           Mrs. Harry O
Dickman, Bertha M                         1899                 ?           Mrs. Erwin F
Dickman, Erwin F                          1893                 ?
Doerring, Arno William                1896 Jan 07       1977 Nov 25        FM GR WWI Vet
Doerring, Bernadine                       1898              1971           Mrs. Arno
Douglass, Dorothy Herrick                 1893          1980 Nov 01        FS Mrs. Harvey H
Douglass, Harvey H                    1886 Oct 18       1973 Nov 21        FS DR
Drebenstedt, Gustav W                     1914                 ?           SSA Helen
Drebenstedt, Helen P                      1912                 ?           Mrs. Gustav
Dreier, Eugene L                      1933 Oct 26              ?           Parent of Douglas,
Dreier, Sally J                       1944 May 20       1981 Jun 24        Parent of Douglas,


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Name                                      Born              Died           Remarks

Dundee, Albert H                          1916                 ?           SLA Mary
Dundee, Harvey L                      1922 Feb 11       1984 Jun 21        FM DR
Dundee, Larry Dean                        1955          1972 Sep 09        FS Son
Dundee, Mary Ann                          1942                 ?           Mrs. Albert
Dundee, Wayne Allen                   1960 Dec 16       1982 Apr 27        FS DR
Duwe, Dorothy A                           1934                 ?           Mrs. LeRoy J
Duwe, LeRoy J                             1931          1982 Aug 23        FS Parent of Barb,
Ellis, Agnes R Olson                      1909          1983 Jul 06        FS
Ellis, Kenneth                            1908                ?            SSA Agnes
Everman, Helen E Becker                   1922                 ?           SSA Lloyd
Ewing, Doris F                            1918                 ?           Mrs. James
Ewing, James E                            1917                 ?           Parent of Bonnie, e
Feickert, Irene E                         1921                 ?           Mrs. Theodore
Feickert, Theodore                        1915                 ?           SSA Irene
Fischer, A. Chris                         1900              1976
Fischer, Mildred P                        1907                 ?           Mrs. A Chris
Flack, Christina Rose                 1980 Jul 20       1980 Sep 24        FS DR
Flack, Marvin D                           1917                 ?
Gordon, Betty J                              ?                 ?           Mrs. Donald
Gordon, Donald M                          1928          1972 Apr 16        FS
Greinus, Irene L                          1918                 ?           Mrs. Paul
Greinus, Paul F                           1908                 ?
Groth, Dorothy R                          1905                 ?           Mrs. Fred W
Groth, Ernest                         1862 Oct 06       1937 Jun 13        NM	Research Alert!
Groth, Fred W                             1899                 ?           Parent of Lyle & Gene
Haltmeyer, Betty Engen                    1931                 ?           Mrs. Eugene E
Haltmeyer, Ernestine W                    1910                 ?           Mrs. Ervin
Haltmeyer, Ervin L                    1905 Aug 27       1975 Apr 14        FS DR
Haltmeyer, Eugene Ernest              1929 Aug 02       1985 Jul 31        Obit FS DR
Haltmeyer, Gary C                         1938          1974 Mar 31        FS Dr
Haltmeyer, Mark Alan                      1947          1982 Oct 20        FS Viet Nam Vet Ash
Haltmeyer, Wayne A                    1926 Feb 01       1976 Mar 17
Halverson, Eunice M                       1921                 ?           Mrs. Louis
Halverson, Louis G                        1916                 ?
Hammond, Leo B                            1922                 ?
Hangartner, Gertrude                      1921                 ?           SSA Robert
Hangartner, Robert                        1916          1977 Dec 12        FS
Harnack, Frances R                        1920                 ?           Mrs. Harlan
Harnack, Harlan H                         1919                 ?           Parent of Clifford,
Harnack, Patricia Roberta             1967 Oct 21       1987 May 31        Obit FS BR
Harris, Gretchen E Hangartn               1909          1972 May 02        FS Mrs. Roger
Harris, James A                           1945          1979 Dec 25        FS
Harris, Leo Roger                     1919 Oct 06       1979 Jun 19        FS "Dutch" DR
Harris, Lillian Monson                    1924                 ?           Mrs. Leo
Harris, Roger M                           1909                 ?
Heins, Bernita Darlene Monr           1929 Mar 21       1981 Aug 17        FS DR Mrs. Glen E
Heins, Ernie L                            1919                 ?           SSA Lola
Heins, Glen E                             1925                 ?
Heins, Lola A                             1924                 ?           Mrs. Ernie
Helgerson, Mabel L                        1912                 ?           Mrs. Milton


page 635
Name                                      Born              Died           Remarks

Helgerson, Milton N                       1909          1976 Sep 09        FS SSA Mabel
Hesse, Arthur William                 1903 Aug 01       1982 Aug 13        FS DR
Hesse, Esther M Bechtell                  1903                 ?           Mrs. Arthur
Hogan, Frank L                        1892 Jan 02       1971 Aug 13        FS DR
Hogan, Marie Margaret Fitzg           1895 Aug 28       1984 Mar 18        FS DR Mrs. Frank L
Ihde, Elaine S                            1949                 ?           Mrs. Larry
Ihde, Larry F                             1940          1982 Oct 02        FS
Jarmes, Beatrice Minnerman                1907          1974 Jun 23        FS Mrs. Glen
Jarmes, Glen J                            1911          1984 Jun 10        DR
Kiesau, David Wilson                      1942          1979 Nov 09        FS Ashes DDS
Kiesau, Frederick W                   1867 Oct 13       1962 Jan 29        FS DR
Kirkestue, Leonard B                  1895 Mar 30       1978 Nov 24        USArmy WWI
Kirkestue, Selma                          1907                 ?           Mrs. Leonard
Kneeland, Helen Catherine             1895 Sep 01       1984 Sep 29        FS DR Mrs. Wm A
Kneeland, Robert W                        1924              1944           WWII Vet 345 Bomb G
Kneeland, William A                          ?                 ?           WWI Vet Gas Det 42
Knight, Renee Jeanine                 1947 Apr 01       1987 Aug 09        Obit FS
Knight, Roy Demilt                    1917 Feb 29       1976 Oct 07        FS WWII Vet DR
Koopman, Dean Donavin                 1942 Mar 15       1953 May 18        FS DR NM
Koopman, Ellen Mae Krambeer           1909 Jan 30       1981 Jan 19        FS DR Mrs. Gerhard
Koopman, Gerhard Henry                1902 Jul 08       1984 Oct 27        FS DR
Krambeer, Brenda Sue                  1963 Sep 07       1980 Jun 01        FS Dau DR
Krambeer, Elmer W                         1915                 ?
Krambeer, Rosalyn D                       1921                 ?           Mrs. Elmer
Kregel, Gordon A                      1926 Feb 01       1976 Mar 17        SSA LaVon
Kregel, LaVon E                       1931 Aug 23              ?           Mrs. Gordon A
Krousie, Mildred E                        1922                 ?           Mrs. Robert
Krousie, Robert W                         1923          1981 Feb 11        FS Paretnt of Rober
Kuhse, Ivanelle                           1917                 ?           Mrs. Lorenz
Kuhse, June & Joan                    1971 Jun 17       1971 Jun 17        Inf Daus of J FS DR
Kuhse, Lorenz R                           1910                 ?
Larson, Hilbert A                     1913 Jun 11       1973 Dec 03        FS WWII Vet DR
Larson, Ruth I                            1911                 ?           Mrs. Hilbert
Lenth, Gayle A                        1942 Nov 14       1971 Dec 16        SLA Helen
Lenth, Harold W                              ?                 ?           SLA Helen
Lenth, Helen M                               ?                 ?           Mrs. Harold W
Leubka, Elmer William                 1902 Jan 30       1988 Apr 22        FS DR
Leubka, Roy Henry                     1906 Aug 18       1984 Dec 24        FS DR
Leubka, Thelma                            1904                 ?           Mrs. Elmer
Leubka, Viola M Shaffer                   1912              1984           Mrs. Roy
Lubka, Gary L                             1959          1977 Sep 18        FS
Lubka, Marie A                            1927                 ?           Mrs. Merle
Lubka, Merle G                            1924                 ?           Parent of Leland, e
Luhman, Hubert Clark                  1895 Dec 06       1979 Mar 30        FS DR
Luhman, Thelma F Sanderson                1903                 ?           Mrs. Hubert
Mackey, Hazel E Hangartner                1903              1975           Mrs. James
Mackey, James B                       1913 Apr 21       1970 Dec 31        FS WWII Vet
Martin, Carrie M Frederick            1891 Mar 28       1975 Dec 21        FS DR Mrs. Fred
Martin, Evelyn Wieser                        ?                 ?           Mrs. Frederick
Martin, Frederick Louis               1914 Jun 19       1985 Nov 03        FM Obit DR


page 636
Name                                      Born              Died           Remarks

Marting, Elmer F                          1908                 ?
Marting, Helen D                          1910                 ?           Mrs. Elmer
McNally, Beverly J                    1940 Aug 23              ?           Mrs. Roland
McNally, Leo F                            1914                 ?
McNally, Roland L                     1939 Aug 22       1981 Nov 05        Parent of Jeffrey &
McNally, Violet I                         1918                 ?           Mrs. Leo
McNeil, Edward Francis                1948 Dec 19       1985 Mar 06        FS DR
McNeil, Margaret M                        1909          1910 Oct 10        FA
McNeil, Susan Wendel                         ?                 ?           Mrs. Edward F
Messler, Irene                            1916                 ?           Mrs. Jack
Messler, Jack                             1918                 ?           Parent of Wayne, et
Meyer, Beulah E                           1915                 ?           Mrs. Vernas
Meyer, Vernas W                       1914 Mar 02       1973 Dec 26        FS DR
Moeller, Margenelle                   1925 Sep 21              ?           Mrs. Orlando
Moeller, Orlando J                    1927 May 10       1981 Jan 14        FS Parent of Roger
Monroe, Alvin C                           1921          1978 Oct 26        FS WWII Vet USN
Monroe, Ambrose                           1902          1928 Jan 23
Monroe, Shirley M                         1923                 ?           Mrs. Alvin
Muchow, Joe                           1899 Sep 04       1980 May 04        FS DR
Muchow, Mary Ann Saueresig                1910          1982 Sep 20        FS Mrs. Joe
Nelson, Adrian William                1942 Aug 28       1976 Sep 12        FS DR VN Vet
Nelson, Sharon K Gordon                      ?                 ?           Mrs. Adrian W
Nemer, Candy K. Bachtell              1957 Aug 10       1982 Apr 01        Dau of Daryl Backte
Nyberg, Allard S                          1917          1982 Feb 24        FS	Research Alert!
Nyberg, Juanita M Bivens                     ?                 ?           Mrs. Allard
Overeen, Ann E Anderson                   1908                 ?           Mrs. Harry L
Overeen, Harry L                      1903 Oct 03       1976 Mar 10        FS DR
Overeen, Mildred Alice                1907 Nov 01       1970 Dec 21        FS DR Mrs. Truman
Overeen, Truman W                     1901 Jan 12       1972 Dec 25        FS DR
Pearson, Bernice Moon                     1919                 ?           Mrs. Roger
Pearson, Ethel Mae                    1922 May 19       1988 Aug 07        FS Jahnke
Pearson, Melvina D Neuhring           1934 Feb 11              ?           Mrs. Ralph
Pearson, Ralph Victor                 1921 May 01       1987 Jan 22        FS DR
Pearson, Ricky L                      1956 Jun 06       1981 Jun 13        Father of Kimberley
Pearson, Roger O                      1916 Sep 12       1980 Sep 08        FS DR
Penrod, Elnora R                             ?                 ?           SLA Floyd
Penrod, Floyd L                       1951 Jun 27       1973 Jun 16        USNavy
Penrod, R. T.                                ?                 ?           Bob SLA Floyd
Plaht, Bradley A                          1955                 ?           Bro
Plaht, Harvey F                       1922 Dec 31       1980 Nov 05        FS DR
Plaht, Joan H Meyer                       1932                 ?           Mrs. Harvey
Plaht, Scott J                            1960                 ?           Bro
Reinertson, Daniel Aaron              1976 Mar 23       1979 Feb 18
Reinertson, Selmer T                  1913 Mar 31       1974 Aug 22        FS DR
Reinhardt, Darla Jean Ellis           1956 Sep 22       1979 Sep 14        Mother of Jesse
Ruckdaschel, Jane A Ellis                 1931          1986 Jan 20        Mrs. Lyle
Ruckdaschel, Lyle F                       1929          1982 Jun 02        FS Parent of Dick,
Sander, Elmer Christopher             1909 May 05       1988 Nov 13        FS Obit DR
Sander, Gladys C                          1912                 ?           Mrs. Elmer
Schara, Evelyn L Dickens              1920 Jan 15       1975 Feb 08        FS DR Mrs. Harlan


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Name                                      Born              Died           Remarks

Schara, Harlan Charles                1913 Sep 23       1981 Jul 20        FS DR
Schneider, Bernice A                      1922                 ?           Mrs. Robert
Schneider, Robert F                       1919                 ?
Schroeder, Angela Jean                1980 Sep 09       1981 Sep 15        FS Dau of Steven DR
Schroeder, Dale Eugene                1927 Sep 14       1985 Mar 01        FS DR
Schroeder, Jeraldine Koopma               1935                 ?           Mrs. Dale E
Schultz, Darlene L                        1928          1973 Dec 31        FS Mrs. Donald
Schultz, Donald Allen                 1925 Mar 26       1986 Oct 20        DR
Schultz, Todd William                     1962          1972 Oct 31        FS Obit
Schupback, Helen Marie                1913 May 04       1978 Jul 04        FS Mrs. Herman
Schupback, Herman W                       1912                 ?           Parent of Marlene,
Severn, Edna M Clark                      1900                 ?           Mrs. Francis
Severn, Eugene C                          1928                 ?           WWII Vet USAF
Severn, Francis W                     1900 Apr 23       1980 Jul 20        FS DR
Smith, Josephine N                        1922                 ?           Mrs. Rodney
Smith, Rodney I                           1920                 ?
Smith, William Lee                    1952 Jan 12       1952 Jan 12        FS DR NM
Sonnkalb, Paul L                      1895 Dec 13       1970 Dec 20        FS DR
Sonnkalb, Thelma M Jamison            1895 Aug 27       1971 Jan 02        FS DR Mrs. Paul
Stadtmiller, Georgean E                   1920                 ?           Mrs. Lawrence
Stadtmiller, Lawrence W                   1912                 ?           SSA Georgean
Starnes, John                             1920          1977 Feb 15        FS WWII Vet SMI
Storla, Clarence M                        1911                 ?           SSA Madonna
Storla, Elizabeth J                       1911          1974 Oct 10        FS Mrs. Clarence
Storla, Madonna L                         1914                 ?
Stumme, Arthel L                          1927                 ?           SSA LaVern
Stumme, LaVern E                          1927                 ?           Mrs. Arthel
Suckow, Bernita Louina                1914 Apr 05       1988 Aug 19        FS Mabb
Suckow, Joanne M                          1934          1983 Nov 07        FS DR Mrs. Raymond
Suckow, Jolien M                      1961 Sep 18       1973 Nov 02        FS Julien Marie
Suckow, Lester Fritz                  1915 Feb 12       1986 Dec 03        Obit M DR
Suckow, Lillian M Hanson                  1916                 ?           Mrs. Lester F
Suckow, Raymond F                         1932                 ?           Parent of Peggy, et
Tehel, Frank A                            1924          1977 Sep 16        FS WWII Vet USN
Tehel, Marilyn H                      1924 Oct 06              ?           Mrs. Frank
Thoma, Hertha A                           1905          1981 Aug 31        FS Mrs. Lawrence
Thoma, Lawrence G                         1898          1979 Dec 16        FS SSA Hertha
Turner, Harold B                          1907          1982 Mar 31        FS SSA Ruby
Turner, Ruby W Martins                    1909                 ?           Mrs. Harold
VanWey, Neil Bryant                   1971 Jan 07       1971 Jan 07        FS DR
Voss, Bernard L                       1942 Jan 20              ?           SLA Myra
Voss, Jody Ann                        1971 Apr 24       1971 Nov 24        SLA Myra
Voss, Myra Ann                        1946 Oct 10              ?           Mrs. Bernard L
Waters, Ambrose M                         1907                 ?           SSA Hazel
Waters, Bernard J                         1894                 ?           SSA Edna
Waters, Edna Marie Hein               1895 Apr 21       1987 Sep 28        Obit FS Mrs. Bernar
Waters, Hazel L                           1910                 ?           Mrs. Ambrose M
Waters, Kathryn J                         1914                 ?           Mrs. Paul
Waters, Paul R                            1915                 ?
Wendel, Earl G                            1904          1974 Aug 15        FS


page 638
Name                                      Born              Died           Remarks

Wendel, Kenneth S                         1929                 ?           SLA Earl
Wendel, Marcella A                        1930                 ?           Mrs. Kenneth
Wendel, Olga S                            1903                 ?           Mrs. Earl
Wilker, Arno                              1908          1973 Jan 11        FS WWII Vet 48 FA
Wilker, Ella                              1914                 ?           Mrs. Arno
Winfield, Betty R                         1921                 ?           SSA L
Winfield, L                               1920                 ?           WWII Vet 992 Engr

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