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Hillcrest Cemetery
aka Volga City cemetery

12818 Cass St., Volga, Sperry Twp., Sec 9 NE NE 9-92-6

Hill Crest cemetery - photo by Jim Steele SR

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The cemetery is a short distance east of Volga City on Cass St. It is on the south side of the road, directly across from Sacred Heart Catholic / School House Yard Cemetery.

Birdseye view of Hillcrest cemetery - from Bing Maps
Birdseye view from Bing Maps

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*Obituaries have been posted for some of the people buried in this cemetery
Clayton co. Obituary Index & Allamakee co. Obituary Index

~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, birth records, census and SSDI records


Name Birth Death Comments
Mann, daughter   11/25/1929 3 month-old d/o Henry
Marble, son 08/25/1918 08/26/1918 1 day old s/o Clair & Phoebe
Marble, Clair Warren 08/10/1892 11/23/1945 age 53; h/o Phoebe; s/o Fremont & Nora
Marble, Florence nee Fram 06/02/1898 12/03/1964 w/o Lund; d/o Ora & Emma (Fallon)
Marble, Freemont W. ca1920   s/o Clair & Phoebe
Marble, Lund E. 12/27/1895 03/04/1958 h/o Florence; s/o Fremont & Nora; U.S. Army, WWI
Marble, Mary nee Barber 05/10/1832 10/29/1887 1st w/o Eli W.(he remarried in 1891)
Marble, Nora Virn nee Tenney 10/07/1869 10/06/1941 w/o Warren F.; d/o Eli & Marilla (Lowe)
Marble, Phoebe Ruth 'Flossie' Bart nee Adams 08/22/1894 10/25/1981 w/o 1st James Bart, 2nd Clair Marble; d/o Charles & Violetta (McKinney)
Marble, Warren Fremont 10/05/1861 04/20/1899 h/o Nora
Markham, E. May      
Martin, Nelly 05/12/1914 05/16/1914 d/o Carl H. & Lois S. (Baley)
Martin, Lorena May 07/30/1907 09/13/1910 d/o Charles F.
Massey, Nancy Ann nee Cummings 12/23/1844 11/28/1920 w/o Frank (d. unkn); d/o F.G. & Sophia (Douglas)
McAleer, Amy      
McCann, Charley      
McCann, George 12/05/1847 10/01/1913 h/o Parmelia; s/o George M. & Mary (Hail); died in Fayette, IA; Veteran British Navy
McCann, George Jr. 10/16/1879 01/20/1924 2nd h/o Pearl Luce; s/o George & Parmelia
McCann, Parmelia 'Millie' nee Tuttle 03/17/1856 11/23/1939 w/o George; d/o Harris & Irene (Chandler)
McElree, Gerold      
McChesney, Herbert C.   02/05/1940 age 70y; h/o Ruth
McChesney, Ruth nee Lovett 08/21/1888 07/01/1935 lot 22; w/o Herbert; d/o Charles & Alice (Pilkington)
McConnell, Ernest   07/11/1895 2y 6m 22d
McCrea, George 1861 08/04/1882 lot 176; s/o James & Marian
McCrea, Gordon 1853   s/o James & Marian
McCrea, James Jr. 1858 06/03/1889 lot 177; s/o James & Marian
McCrea, James 06/15/1825 05/08/1911 h/o Marian; Note! Unlikely that he's buried here unless body brought back after death, he died in California, a find a grave memorial indicates he was buried Bl 149, Lot 1 Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, CA & that there is no gravestone
McCrea, Marian nee Muir 06/13/1826 05/24/1899 w/o James
McCrea, William Thomas 1863 02/18/1890 lot 177; s/o James & Marian
McDonald - Moore, Dorothy nee Hoskyn 06/12/1912 05/08/1987 w/o 1st Joseph, 2nd Ronald J. Moore; d/o Wm. & Irene (Baker)
McDonald, Joseph 1911 09/09/1946 1st h/o Dorothy; died in an accident
McElree, Gerald 02/15/1948 10/23/1993 s/o Wallace & Alice M. (Fox)
McKeeman, Ann B. nee Close 06/19/1943 06/26/2008 d/o Edwin & Ellen M. (Phelps)
McMillan, Gertrude Leete nee Otterbeck 1917 07/16/2001 buried w/1st husband Ted Leete, 2nd husb. Henry McMillan
McMullen, Emily Mary Jane nee Cross 01/10/1858 05/29/1935 w/o Charles William (d. 09/23/1892, prob. burial O'Niell, NE)
McMullen, Emma      
McMullen, Iva 12/19/1891 01/28/1912 d/o Charles & Emily
McMullen Steven      
McNeth / McNett, Cora 03/05/1881 02/01/1884 2y 9m; d/o Mortimer & Mary J. (Holdridge); died of scalding
Meader, George      
Meader, Amelia      
Mecklenburg, Amelia - - lot 51; see Amelia (Mecklenburg) Ross
Mecklenburg, Anna - - lot 51; see Anna (Mecklenburg) Baars
Mecklenburg, Henry Charles 04/28/1838 06/06/1908 lot 51; h/o Sophia
Mecklenburg, Martha Louisa Ida 10/03/1884 08/15/1906 married to Wm Mertens in 1903, divorced 11 mo. later; d/o Karl & Sophia
Mecklenburg, Sophia M. nee File or Feil 1842 12/24/1913 lot 51; w/o Henry C.
Merriman, Walter Nesbit 03/21/1891 01/05/1962 h/o Winifred; WWI veteran
Merriman, Winnifred S. nee Smith 02/19/1898 06/12/1987 w/o Walter; d/o G. Arthur & Ruth (Sanborn)
Meyers, John 1852 1929 lot 111; h/o Ruth
Meyers, Peter 'Pete'      
Meyers, Rebecca 1862 02/19/1907 lot 16
Meyers, Ruth nee Kewley 12/06/1853 05/02/1920 w/o John
Middaugh, Celia Blake      
Middaugh, Harry      
Miller, infant 1919 01/06/1920 4 month old infant of Louis & Emma; name may have been Gus
Miller, Alice Fox      
Miller, Bessie Dora 11/11/1927 12/09/1927 d/o Louis & Flora; Note: obit spells surname as Mueller
Miller, Ella      
Miller, Alta M. nee Phillips (obit = Etta) 1871 01/11/1895 lot 3; w/o Lewis; died at Millford, IA
Miller, Flora E. nee Williams 11/19/1906 11/29/1995 2nd w/o Louis; d/o Clinton & Bessie (McKray/McCary); died in Phoenix, AZ
Miller, Herbert      
Miller, Louis Wilhelm 'Louie' 05/01/1893 05/19/1965 h/o 1st Emma Valquardts (divorced, see Emma O'Brien below), 2nd Flora Williams; s/o Ernest Mueller & Dora (Menge); Note: surname is spelled both Mueller & Miller depending on the record
Miller, Otto P. 1919 1919 lot 3; s/o Louis & Emma
Moats, daughter 04/01/1935 04/??/1935 infant d/o Lyle; obit = "lived only a short time" "burial in Moats lot Hill Crest"
Moats, Abraham Lincoln 'Abe' 03/19/1865 05/06/1937 lot 47; h/o Ena
Moats, Bertha Jane nee Pangborn 06/20/1881 05/26/1973 w/o Lyman; d/o George G. & Esther (Krouse)
Moats, Cecile nee Oldfaher 09/30/1905 03/03/1989 w/o Glen E.; d/o Joseph & Carrie (Younkman)
Moats, Daisy A. Kirkwood 09/10/1907 05/??/1974 w/o R. Inver; d/o Edward A. & Blanche (Jewell)
Moats, David Kenneth 'Kenny' 10/05/1905 03/16/1981 s/o Lyman E. & Bertha J.; per obit = brief marriage to Dorothy Otten
Moats, Ena Maude nee White 03/03/1867 02/09/1919 lot 47; w/o Abraham
Moats, Esther Adelyne 1910 unkn w/o Clarence C. Coffin; d/o Lyman & Bertha; no DOD engraved on her gravestone, may be buried elsewhere
Moats, Eva M. 1867 1919 lot 47
Moats, Glen Eugene 02/28/1905 11/28/1975 age 70; h/o Cecile; s/o Abe & Ena
Moats, Glenn      
Moats, Lyman Edward 1878 1966 h/o Bertha
Moats, Richard Inver 12/31/1907 08/03/1973 h/o Daisy; s/o Lyman & Bertha
Moeller, Ruth Clinton Harris nee Baars - 2014 see entry for Ruth Clinton
Moore, Barbara A. nee Belden 06/22/1952 07/07/1998 w/o Bruce
Moore, Bonnie Irene nee Peterman 1910 1960 w/o William W.
Moore - McDonald, Dorothy nee Hoskyn     see Dorothy McDonald above
Moore, Gary Lee 12/03/1938 03/03/1941 infant s/o Ronald & Katherine
Moore, Ira Clark 03/12/1889 10/06/1949 h/o 1st Mary E., 2nd Lucille Bartels (later Lucille Brainard, d. 1885, bur. Elgin, IA); s/o Rev. Jasper & Mary
Moore, Katherine Arlene nee Follon 09/13/1916 12/31/1950 1st w/o Ronald J.; d/o John & Daisy (Tracy)
Moore, Larry W. 'Smoke' 05/20/1941 04/21/2012 h/o Charlotte Miller; s/o Bill & Bonnie
Moore, Mary Ellen nee Yearous 09/06/1885 06/28/1938 w/o Ira; d/o Jacob & Rebecca; Note: Ira's obit names her as Nancy Ellen, not Mary
Moore, Ronald J. 'Red' 04/27/1914 10/04/1995 h/o 1st Katherine A., 2nd Dorothy (see Dorothy McDonald); s/o Ira & Mary
Moore, Sandra Lucille 07/03/1942 09/01/1943 d/o Ira D. & Blanche (Witham); gr-d/o Ira & Mary; Note: her parents are buried Linwood cem., Cedar Rapids, IA
Moore, William Wallace 03/19/1911 04/24/1998 h/o Bonnie I.
Morarie, Michael - 1961 s/o Glenn & Jean (Belden)
Morgart, John      
Morgart, Vernon R. 09/02/1948 02/17/2003 s/o John & Letha (Nablo); died in Barnes City, IA
Morris, Mary nee Lamphier 09/13/1966 10/2?/1946 w/o Henry; d/o Lyman & Betsy J.
Morse, Caroline 'Carrie' nee Andrews 03/03/1879 07/22/1945 w/o Ernest; d/o Robert & Nancy
Morse, Catherine / Katherine nee Tenney 06/10/1835 10/13/1909 w/o Salem
Morse, Ernest Lund 10/06/1876 06/1?/1952 h/o Carrie; s/o Salem & Catherine
Morse, Eva May 1860 09/27/1871 d/o Salem & Catherine
Morse, Paul      
Morse, Mildred Viola nee Campbell 10/19/1879 10/14/1956 w/o William; d/o Austin & Nancy (Bissell)
Morse, Salem 02/28/1836 11/19/1903 lot 172; h/o Catherine; s/o Wm. & Lavina (Smith); Co. F 7th IA Cav.
Morse, William Salem 'Will' 1875 1953 h/o Mildred; s/o Salem & Catherine
Moser, Paul A.      
Munger, Bertrand     lot 188
Myers, Bert 1874 1958 s/o John & Ruth
Myers, Harriet V. nee Bentley 10/08/1888 11/??/1965 w/o James C.; d/o James W. & Margaret (Waltenbaugh)
Myers, James C. 04/24/1886 11/05/1960 h/o Harriet; s/o John & Ruth
Myers, John 05/13/1852 04/21/1929 h/o Ruth; s/o Cornelius & Mary
Myers, Peter 01/05/1878 09/22/1939 1st h/o Leta Keilholtz (she remarried to E.S. Clark, d. 1971, bur. in Florida); s/o John & Ruth (Kewley)
Myers, Ruth nee Kewley 12/06/1853 05/02/1920 w/o John; d/o James & Ann (McClure)
       
Nading, Eunice J. nee Staack 06/17/1917 05/10/2020 w/o Merlin; d/o Arthur & Hilda (Lembke)
Nading, Merlin Veryl 11/27/1912 02/24/1985 h/o Eunice; s/o Henry & Flossie (Kellogg)
Neal, Harriet Lillian nee Kitterman 10/27/1907 11/09/1999  
Neuenkirch, Frank J. 02/21/1877 12/03/1953 h/o Mary; s/o Adam & Sophia (Hemerding)
Neuenkirch, Mary Jane nee Smith 02/05/1882 07/11/1975 w/o Frank; d/o Frederick & Mary R. (Duff); died in Gainesville, GA
       
O'Brien, Emma Miller nee Volquardts 02/09/1898 01/05/1994 1st h/ Lewis Miller (divorced); 2nd w/o William H.; d/o John & Wilhelmina (Sierks)
O'Brien, William Henry 'Bill' 11/25/1870 08/21/1943 h/o 1st Alice Kohler (?divorced), 2nd Emma
O'Donnell, Doris Leone 'Dode' nee Prideaux 09/09/1925 04/2?/2000 w/o Dr. F.C. (divorced); d/o Ben & Orah (Masters)
Oldfather, Beulah Ione nee Sloan   12/14/1992 Age 90; w/o Glen
Oldfather, Clara Susan nee Jellings 12/31/1875 08/30/1968 w/o George; d/o Benjamin & Elizabeth (Lowe)
Oldfather, Glen Arthur 07/22/1902 01/03/1984 h/o Beulah; s/o George & Clara
Oldfather, George 05/14/1877 12/27/1964 h/o Clara; s/o Adam & Regina (Lendhart)
Oldfather, Keith LuVern 12/06/1927 05/23/2012 h/o Mary L. Dugan Cummings; adopted s/o Frank & Ina (Wilbur); U.S. Navy WWII
Oldfather, Martin 12/02/1862 08/23/1945 h/o Maryette; s/o Adam & Regina (Lenhart)
Oldfather, Maryette nee Dill 08/23/1866 09/21/1954 w/o Martin; d/o Wm & Orvilla; died in Waterloo, IA
Olson, Gail nee Seedorff     w/o Wayne
Olson, Janice E. nee Evans 01/02/1946 10/12/2019 w/o Larry
Olson, Juliette Christine nee Houg 06/27/1914 07/21/2001 w/o Vernie; d/o Chris & Julia (Ruroden)
Olson, Larry - - h/o Janice; s/o Vernie & Juliette
Olson, Vernie Lewis 07/10/1909 09/21/2000 h/o Juliette; s/o Knut & Anna (Wettleson)
Olson, Wayne Selmer 01/13/1939 06/16/1991 h/o Gail; s/o Vernie & Juliette; U.S. Army, Korea

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