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Hillcrest Cemetery aka Volga City cemetery 12818 Cass St., Volga, Sperry Twp., Sec 9 NE NE 9-92-6
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~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, Iowa 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)J & L surnames
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Jackson, George | |||
| Jackson, Orril | |||
| Jellings, Amelia nee Herwig | 03/05/1880 | 02/05/1933 | lot 180; 2nd w/o James; d/o Justus & Katie |
| Jellings, Benjamin | 1831 | 04/04/1897 | lot 196; h/o Elizabeth |
| Jellings, Clarinda nee McGrea | 1869 | 05/20/1891 | lot 180; 1st w/o James |
| Jellings, Elizabeth nee Lowe | 06/30/1838 | 08/08/1907 | lot 196; w/o Benjamin; d/o James & Elizabeth (Bates) |
| Jellings, Elizabeth | lot 196 | ||
| Jellings, Elizabeth Margaret nee Cummings | 03/06/1881 | 08/14/1923 | lot 248; w/o Will (divorced); d/o Thomas W. & Sarah J. (Robinson) |
| Jellings, James J. | 11/08/1859 | 12/25/1944 | h/o 1st Clarinda, 2nd Amelia; s/o Benjamin & Elizabeth |
| Jellings, Sarah E. | 1843 | 1908 | lot 196 |
| Jellings, William A. 'Will' | 11/01/1882 | 04/24/1958 | s/o Benjamin & Elizabeth |
| Jennings, Alla Ellen 'Allie' nee Walters | 07/03/1866 | 07/24/1934 | lot 30; w/o Henry; d/o Martin & Susan (Hess) |
| Jennings, Blanche | 1900 | 1993 | w/o Lyle |
| Jennings, E.M. | |||
| Jennings, Ella | lot 227 | ||
| Jennings, Eva nee Burrington | 1889 | 1968 | w/o Clifford? |
| Jennings Henry | |||
| Jennings, James Shakespere | 02/27/1870 | 19 months; s/o Joseph & Sarah | |
| Jennings, Joseph | |||
| Jennings, Joseph M. | 11/11/1843 | 06/29/1930 | lot 227; h/o Sarah, 2nd Martha Beavers (d. 1932, bur. Str Pt. cem. with 1st husb.); s/o Zachariah & Mary; Co. A, 38th IA Inf. |
| Jennings, Lyle C. | 1898 | 1964 | h/o Blanche; s/o Henry & Alla |
| Jennings, Mary nee Morris | 1820 | 09/21/1901 | lot 201 |
| Jennings, Sarah Ellen nee Crane | 09/01/1842 | 06/15/1908 | 1st w/o Joseph M. |
| Jennings, Sarah M. | |||
| Jennings, Wm. M. | 1861 | 11/16/1879 | lot 202 |
| Jennings, Zachariah | 05/23/1817 | 04/03/1908 | lot 202; h/o Mary |
| Jersey, Franklin J. | 1826 | 03/24/1875 | lot 195 |
| Johnson, Daniel W. | 07/01/1844 | 02/16/1923 | lot 44; 8th IA Cav. |
| Jones, Abram Benjamin 'Abe' | 11/30/1852 | 11/20/1928 | h/o Hattie; died in Hawthorne, WI |
| Jones, Alma Violet nee Lamphier | 03/12/1938 | 41y 7m 26d; h/o William; d/o Elmer | |
| Jones, Beverly June nee Chappell | 06/12/1945 | 01/21/1994 | w/o Gerald |
| Jones, Charlabelle | |||
| Jones, Gerald R. | h/o Beverly | ||
| Jones, Grace | |||
| Jones, Hattie nee O'Neal | 1851 | 12/31/1910 | lot 7; w/o Abram |
| Jones, Julia M. | 08/14/1880 | 10/12/1921 | lot 2 |
| Jones, Lester | |||
| Jones, Richard | |||
| Jones, William Harrison | 01/05/1884 | 01/04/1944 | h/o Gertrude E. Phelps; s/o Abraham & Hattie; Note! Death cert = divorced, obit = leaves widow, 1940 census = divorced |
| Jones, William Henry | 08/10/1857 | 01/28/1909 | h/o Georgia Hold (remarried to James B. Westcott) |
| Jones, William 'Harold' | 03/18/1899 | 10/20/1918 | lot 245; s/o William H. & Georgia; died in the Spanish flu epidemic at Iowa City, IA |
| Kainz, Dorothe | 1999 | see Dorothe Larson below | |
| Keehner, Carrol Gene | 08/20/1948 | 12/21/1967 | s/o Carrol G. & Velma (Glessner); Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, killed near Quang Tri, Vietnam |
| Keehner, Gary Lee | 10/29/1949 | 06/22/2000 | s/o Carrol G. & Velma (Glessner) |
| Keeling, Arthur Charles | 06/01/1860 | 02/07/1901 | lot 65; h/o Elizabeth Andrews (later Probert); s/o John & Mary; died in Greeley, CO |
| Keeling, Ermine nee Phillips | w/o Frederick J.; d/o William S. & Mary I. | ||
| Keeling, Frederick John | 08/30/1863 | 10/16/1941 | h/o Ermine; s/o John & unkn. (Basford) |
| Keeling, Fred J. | h/o Margaret; s/o John & Mary | ||
| Keeling, Hannah L. | lot 72 | ||
| Keeling, Hannah | |||
| Keeling John H. | 1826 | 10/10/1894 | lot 72; h/o 1st Mary, 2nd Susan |
| Keeling John Wilbur | 07/04/1896 | 04/21/1952 | h/o Mrs. Thelma Brown; s/o Arthur & Elizabeth; WWI veteran |
| Keeling, Margaret B. 'Maggy' nee Robinson | 11/05/1864 | 12/01/1914 | lot 36; w/o F.J.; d/o William & Margaret (Gallagher); 1st president of the Hill Crest cemetery association |
| Keeling, Mary | 1824 | 01/18/1869 | lot 72; 1st w/o John H. |
| Keeling, Susan nee Stearns | 01/25/1829 or Jan 1831 | 11/30/1907 | lot 72; 2nd w/o John H.; d/o Thomas & Mary (Bull); see her obit for data re: DOB |
| Keilholtz, Alice | 01/03/1889 | 25y 9m 26d | |
| Keilholtz, Carrie E. nee Larson | 1893 | 07/12/1987 | w/o Lester |
| Keilholtz, Edgar Willis | 09/04/1879 | 05/17/1923 | lot 33s/o Hamilton & Ella |
| Keilholtz, Ella Jane nee Marble | 05/28/1857 | 02/19/1910 | lot 151; w/o Hamilton; d/o Eli W. & Mary (Barber) |
| Keilholtz, Eunice | 09/02/1855 | 12/20/1922 | d/o Samuel & Susanna |
| Keilholtz, Hamilton Pratt | 03/08/1857 | 07/17/1941 | h/o Ella; s/o Samuel & Susanna |
| Keilholtz, James | 02/28/1859 | 05/04/1882 | |
| Keilholtz, Lester Leroy | 06/??/1882 | 09/25/1957 | h/o Carrie; s/o Hamilton & Ella |
| Keilholtz, Samuel K. | 03/08/1889 | 71y; h/o Susanna | |
| Keilholtz, Susanna Margaret nee Wells or Welch | 10/04/1827 | 07/29/1909 | w/o Samuel; d/o James & Susan (Miller) |
| Kelly, Caroll | |||
| Kelly, Velma C. nee Glesner | 1926 | 1997 | w/o William |
| Kelly, William B. | 1913 | 1999 | h/o Velma |
| Kelsey, Margaret Eleanor Wilson nee Davis | 01/13/1847 | 02/17/1930 | w/o 1st James Wilson (see his entry, this cem), 2nd Wm. Kelsey (2nd wife, d. 10/1/1916, bur. Campton cem., Buchanan co. IA w/1st wife); d/o Hiram & Huldah (Van Patten) |
| Kerr, Urias | 1867 | 1907 | WPA surname = Keir |
| Kewley, Clarence | |||
| Kewley, Emily Self nee Hunt | 12/02/1836 | 08/20/1902 | w/o 1st Osias Self (died 10/30/1868), 2nd James Kewley |
| Kewley, James | 12/25/1826 | 11/15/1913 | h/o 1st Beulah A. McClure (d. 1871, bur. Illinois), 2nd Emily |
| Kewley, Violet | |||
| King, Justus | 09/17/1807 | 01/31/1883 | lot 87; h/o Rhoda; Civil War Veteran, Grey Beard regiment |
| King, Rhoda nee Vaughn | 1810 | 11/23/1873 | lot 87; w/o Justus |
| Kingsley, James Lester | 10/06/1926 | 05/31/1982 | h/o Dorothy Stegen; s/o John & Florence (Thyne); U.S. Army, Korea |
| Kitterman, Francis Frederick | 06/21/1911 | 03/20/1968 | h/o Marjorie; s/o Thomas & Jennie |
| Kitterman, Jennie C. nee Davis | 06/02/1878 | 03/30/1968 | lot 38; w/o Thomas A.; d/o Francis & Eliza (Cummings) |
| Kitterman Marjorie S. nee Voshell | 07/13/1911 | 03/12/1986 | w/o Francis F. |
| Kitterman, Thomas Allen | 06/29/1870 | 06/29/1917 | lot 38; h/o Jennie C. |
| Knipper, Gail Ann nee Haynes | 12/08/1955 | 10/03/2008 | w/o Joseph; d/o Victor E. & Betty J. (Goranson); funeral home marker |
| Knipper, Joseph A. | 10/16/1949 | 07/13/2020 | h/o Gail; s/o Aloysius & Mary (Berns) |
| Knipper, Kari Lynn | 10/??1975 | 11/12/1975 | d/o Joseph & Linda (Anderegg); funeral home marker |
| Kottman, A. Louis | 1877 | 04/13/1927 | lot 8 |
| Kottman, Alva Louis | 08/15/1903 | 07/13/1943 | s/o Louis & Sarah; educated at Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, IA; died in a farm accident |
| Kottman, Dorothy | 1913 | d/o Louis & Sarah | |
| Kottman, Louis Henry | 03/31/1877 | 04/13/1937 | h/o Sarah; s/o Henry & Lena (Baars) |
| Kottman, Sarah nee Revell | 07/06/1879 | 10/19/1963 | w/o Louis H.; d/o George & Mary |
| Kunzman, baby | 1949 | ||
| Kunzman, Albert D. | 06/13/1912 | 12/08/1983 | h/o Juliana |
| Kunzman, Arthur R. | 1881 | 1967 | h/o Mary |
| Kunzman, Julina / Juliana Ella nee Berns | 03/17/1916 | 12/11/2007 | w/o Albert; d/o LeRoy & Mary (Hass) |
| Kunzman, Kaye Ann | 01/17/1940 | 09/22/1996 | mother o/Stewart Hackett |
| Kunzman, Mary R. nee Duff | 1880 | 1969 | w/o Arthur |
| Lamphier, Anna M. | 1866 | 04/22/1900 | lot 24 |
| Lamphier, Austin Lymon | 08/06/1872 | 02/04/1959 | h/o 1st Edith P., 2nd Sarah; s/o Lymon & Betsy |
| Lamphier, Bertha | 03/??/1890 | 09/14/1890 | age 6mo; d/o Elmer & Margaret; her mother died in or shortly after her birth |
| Lamphier, Bertha nee Fitak | 1965 | w/o Virgil I. | |
| Lamphier, Betsy Jane nee Page | 12/01/1837 | 07/03/1914 | lot 25; w/o Lyman; d/o Lamuel & Betsy J. (Bevens) |
| Lamphier, Clarence | 1899 | 09/??/1915 | lot 24; s/o Elmer & Mary; drown in the Turkey river |
| Lamphier, Dennis 'Dennie' | 07/14/1971 | age 56; h/o Iva L.; s/o Austin & Sarah | |
| Lamphier, Edith Pearl nee Phillips | 05/14/1884 | 04/26/1905 | lot 76; 1st w/o Austin; d/o C.B. & Charlotte (Butler) |
| Lamphier, Edward L. | 1937 | ||
| Lamphier - Hummel, Elizabeth nee Maxwell | 1927 | w/o 1st William, 2nd Martin Hummel; see entry for Elizabeth Hummel, this cemetery | |
| Lamphier, Elmer S. | 08/06/1859 | 09/15/1938 | h/o 1st Margaret, 2nd Mary; s/o Lyman & Betsy J. |
| Lamphier, Emeline Eurela nee Merdick | 11/04/1846 | 05/18/1909 | lot 24; w/o Myron |
| Lamphier, Emma E. | 1952 | ||
| Lamphier, Emma M. | 1910 | 1931 | lot 24 |
| Lamphier, Florence A. | 1880 | 05/25/1889 | 9y 8m; d/o Lloyd & Chathrine; died of diphthria |
| Lamphier, Gracie May | 12/25/1910 | 02/12/1931 | d/o Elmer & Mary |
| Lamphier, Henry T. | 1968 | ||
| Lamphier, Herman LeRoy | 03/16/1911 | 09/01/1980 | h/o Louise; s/o Austin & Sarah |
| Lamphier, Iva L. nee Davis | 12/24/1984 | w/o Dennie | |
| Lamphier, Jessie nee Kerr | 02/14/1880 | 02/02/1962 | w/o Morris; d/o James & Elizabeth |
| Lamphier, Kenneth L. | 1960 | ||
| Lamphier, Lester William | 12/08/1894 | 02/26/1920 | lot 24; s/o Elmer & Mary; died Insane Hosp., Independence, IA of TB |
| Lamphier, Louise nee Haught | w/o Herman | ||
| Lamphier, Lucy | 08/1?/1895 | d/o Ambrose & Edith (Gray); Note: she may be buried in Union cemetery, verification is needed | |
| Lamphier, Lyman | lot 190 | ||
| Lamphier, Lyman Monroy | 12/09/1831 | 01/26/1917 | lot 24; h/o Betsy; s/o Lloyd & unkn. (Everett) |
| Lamphier, Margaret I. nee Suttlemeier | 1859 | 03/19/1890 | lot 239; w/o Elmer; died in childbirth |
| Lamphier, Mary E. nee Gipper | 04/15/1872 | 10/22/1953 | 2nd w/o Elmer; d/o Henry & Mary (Vollmer) |
| Lamphier, Morris Leonard | 08/29/1874 | 03/??/1963 | h/o Jessie; s/o Lyman & Betsy |
| Lamphier, Nellie | - | - | lot 24; see Nellie Robbins' entry |
| Lamphier, Nellie Elizabeth Popenhagen nee Landis | 03/19/1900 | 1973 | w/o 1st John L. Popenhagen (d. 1924, bur. Lima cemetery, Fayette co. IA), 2nd Willis Lamphier; d/o Charles & Almina (Cline) |
| Lamphier, Norman | 1805 | 05/26/1881 | lot 192 |
| Lamphier, Roger Dean | 01/13/1945 | 15 day old s/o Oscar; grandson/o Morris & Jessie | |
| Lamphier, Sarah Ann nee Wooner | 06/04/1889 | 07/03/1943 | 2nd w/o Austin; d/o Daniel & Elizabeth (Leonard) |
| Lamphier, Sylvia | 11/26/1970 | ||
| Lamphier, Virgil Ivan | 07/24/1903 | 08/14/1954 | h/o Bertha; s/o Austin & Edith P.; died Monticello, IA after being gored by a bull |
| Lamphier, Wallace | 1956 | ||
| Lamphier, William I. | 1841 | 10/16/1908 | lot 239; 1st h/o Elizabeth Maxwell (see entry for Eliz. Hummel, this cemetery) |
| Lamphier, Willis L. | 1977 | 2nd h/o Nellie | |
| Larson - Kainz, Dorothe Mae nee Christeleit | 12/29/1921 | 10/02/1999 | w/o 1st William, 2nd Rudy Kainz (d. 1979, bur. St. Joseph, Elkader); d/o William H. & Rose N. (Poor) |
| Larson, Edward | 1904 | 1954 | h/o Eva |
| Larson, Eunice Marie | 11/16/1945 | 06/24/1954 | d/o William & Dorothe; drowned |
| Larson, Eva M. nee Kottman | 1909 | 1972 | w/o Edward |
| Larson, Janice Lucille | 11/01/1948 | 06/24/1954 | d/o William & Dorothe; drowned |
| Larson, William | 09/26/1918 | 06/13/1965 | 1st h/o Dorothe; s/o Leonard & Lulu (Starr); Obit = DOB 9/26/1919 |
| Latham, Elizabeth nee Johnson | 09/29/1876 | 06/27/1920 | lot 44; 2nd w/o John |
| Latham, John 'Jack' Hartin | 05/26/1851 | 03/24/1926 | lot 44; h/o 1st Lillie, 2nd Elizabeth |
| Latham, Lillie nee Schlacht | 04/??/1907 | lot 44; 1st w/o John | |
| Lawler, Thomas | 07/??/1888 | death notice inferrs burial in Hillcrest | |
| Lawrence Avery T. | 02/01/1916 | h/o Mary; died in Newton, IA; Co. C, 6th IA Cav. | |
| Lawrence, Daniel T. | 1803 | 10/04/1883 | lot 211 |
| Lawrence Mary C. nee Gill | 1840 | 04/09/1893 | w/o Avery; died in Newton, IA; lot 211 |
| Leazenby Forest W. | 1968 | ||
| Leazenby, Marjorie | 1964 | ||
| Leete, son | 1900 | s/o George A. & Mary B. | |
| Leete, Emma Marie nee Charter | 10/18/1826 | 09/27/1919 | lot 101; w/o Robert; d/o Charley & Mary (Pierce) |
| Lette, Ethel | |||
| Leete, George Alfred | 07/12/1869 | 08/??/1943 | h/o Mary B.; s/o Robert & Emma |
| Leete, Gertrude | 2001 | ||
| Leete, Hugh Fossy | 08/30/1853 | 06/12/1892 | lot 101; s/o Emma & Robert; died at Portland, OR |
| Leete, Ione | |||
| Leete, Mary Barbara nee Mentz | 08/14/1869 | 02/17/1926 | lot 42; w/o George A.; d/o John & Mary Elizabeth (Klass) |
| Leete, Mary Jane | 1912 | ||
| Leete, Ray Charter | 1984 | s/o George & Mary | |
| Leete, Robert | |||
| Leete, Robert Dickerson | 10/26/1826 | 12/12/1909 | lot 101; h/o Emma; s/o Tempest & Anna (Dickerson) |
| Leete, Ted Henry | 06/30/1902 | 01/09/1968 | h/o Gertrude Otterbeck (see Gertrude McMillan); s/o George A. & Mary B. |
| Leete, Thomas | 1860 | lot 101; likely the infant s/o Robert & Emma | |
| Leete, William C. | 1963 | s/o Robert & Emma | |
| Lendman, Ann nee Kerr | 1831 | 11/17/1886 | lot 155; w/o John (he remarried to Ida Schadwell in 1889, he died in IN, 1914) |
| Lendman, Minnie F. nee Stahl | 1970 | w/o Thomas | |
| Lendman Thomas Kerr | 08/03/1869 | 12/17/1944 | h/o Minnie; s/o John & Anna |
| Lewis, Agnes nee Sloan | 08/30/1830 | 03/19/1903 | lot 93; w/o William; d/o David & Ellen (Johnston) |
| Lewis, William | 02/17/1822 | 04/22/1890 | lot 93; h/o Agnes |
| Libby, Eliza | 05/14/1830 | 07/01/1894 | 64y 4m 12d; w/o J.W. |
| Linder, George Theodore | 02/18/1861 | 01/09/1930 | lot 26; h/o Matilda A.; s/o William & Deborah |
| Linder, Matilda | 1870 | lot 26 | |
| Linder, Matilda Amelia nee Younkman | 06/08/1870 | 12/31/1917 | lot 26; w/o George T.; d/o Henry & Minnie |
| Little, Blanche Alice | 1890 | 1969 | Witt funeral home marker |
| Litts, Ralph M. | 04/25/1906 | 06/08/1959 | h/o Winifred; s/o Lester & Florence (Manly); died in Miami, FL |
| Litts, Winifred V. nee Voshel | 1905 | 1999 | w/o Ralph |
| Long, Walter George | 01/06/1910 | 02/10/2015 | h/o Linda Tenney; s/o George V. & Ila; died in Apache Jct., AZ |
| Lovejoy, Edward | 02/07/1924 | bachelor | |
| Lovejoy, Lund | 1812 | 07/22/1879 | lot 172 |
| Lovejoy, Naomi | 1812 | 11/16/1883 | lot 172; h/o Alice |
| Lovett, Charles Elmer | 04/13/1863 | 07/07/1947 | h/o Alice |
| Lovett, Rachel 'Alice' nee Pilkington | 08/06/1862 | 06/20/1939 | w/o Charles E.; d/o John & Elizabeth (Stewart) |
| Lovett, Ruth | |||
| Lowe, Arthur | 1985 | s/o David & Eliza | |
| Lowe, Arthur David | 07/03/1894 | 06/08/1985 | h/o Nita Baker (divorced); s/o Daniel E. & Cora; U.S. Army WWI |
| Lowe, Caroline Davies nee Fobes | 11/27/1843 | 06/12/1928 | lot 86; 1st h/Henry E. Davies (d. 1887), 2nd h/John Lowe; d/o Artemus K. & Caroline |
| Lowe, Clarence E. | 02/22/1884 | 07/24/1885 | 18 month; s/o David & Eliza |
| Lowe, Clyde D. | 11/26/1920 | 01/22/1944 | s/o Arthur & Nita; KIA Italy, WWII; re-interred at Hillcrest May 1949 |
| Lowe, Cora Elizabeth nee Potter | 08/26/1874 | 03/29/1959 | w/o Daniel; d/o J. Leander & Maria (Phelps) |
| Lowe, Daniel E. | 09/24/1871 | 07/05/1951 | h/o Cora; s/o David & Eliza |
| Lowe, David P. | 03/10/1844 | 02/27/1921 | lot 218; 76y 11m 19d; h/o Elizabeth; s/o James M.& Elizabeth (Bates); Co. A 47th IA Inf. |
| Lowe, Elizabeth 'Eliza' nee Dempster | 09/08/1846 | 03/26/1935 | w/o David P.; d/o John & Margaret (Templeton) |
| Lowe, Elizabeth H. | 1919 | ||
| Lowe, Harry S. | 01/18/1877 | 01/04/1878 | s/o David P. & Eliza; gravestone is next to Suzanna |
| Lowe, John W. | 04/30/1834 | 09/??/1912 | lot 86; 2nd h/o Caroline; s/o James M. & Elizabeth (Bates); Co. D, 21st IA Inf. |
| Lowe, Suzanne M. | 12/07/1869 | 02/17/1870 | d/o David & Eliza; stone is between her parents & brother Harry |
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