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Illyria Cemetery

Illyria township, Section 2, Fayette co. Iowa

aka Leo cemetery

Illyria cemetery

The cemetery is on the grounds of Illyria Community Church, Hwy 56 just across the Highland twp.,Clayton co./Illyria twp., Fayette co. border

A - K * L - Y

*Sources
1. WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour
2. Gravestone inscriptions
3. Obituaries
4. Other sources as credited

*Gravestone photos have been contributed to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. View gravestone photos for Illyria cemetery
*Obituaries have been posted for some of the people buried in Illyria cemetery.
Clayton co. Obit Board * Fayette co. Obit Board

*Because this cemetery is geographically located in Fayette county, the burial list on the Fayette co. IAGenWeb may be more up-to-date.


Name Birth Death Comments
Abernethy, Anna Mary   1868 age 62
Abernethy, Jehiel   03/15/1888  
Alcorn, Elizabeth 1799 07/13/1865 West Moreland Co. PA
Allbright, Anna 1824 05/17/1894 (Riche); lot 2
Allbright, Henry W. 1847 01/31/1900 lot 1
Allbright, J. M.   1855 lot 1
Allbright, John O. 1814 06/08/1891 lot 1
Allbright, Nancy F. 1817 02/17/1898 lot 1
Allbright, Wm. K. 1813 08/15/1897 lot 2
Baechler, Melbert   01/??/2006 h/o Ruby
Baechler, Ruby R. nee Robbins 05/11/1906 11/06/2009 1st h/Thomas N. Benson (d. 1940); 2nd h/Melbert Baechler
Bailey, Ernest Carl     no dates; lot 15
Baldwin, Albert S. 1831 1888 lot 19
Baldwin, Geo. Wm. 1865 1924 lot 19
Baldwin, Louisa 1837 1917 lot 19
Baldwin, Marion 1863 1933 lot 20
Baldwin, Stella Ann 1876 1937 lot 19
Bartlett, Phebe T. 1850 07/21/1881 lot 1
Bevan, Lucy G. 1828 05/23/1887 lot 16
Boleyn, Le-ster 05/05/1885 06/29/1916 lot 15
Boleyn, Sam'l B. 1827 09/18/1903 lot 2
Boleyn, Sarah 1832 07/19/1892 lot 2
Boyle, Margaret M. 1917 1928 lot 17
Boyle, Ruth Irene nee Lyon 06/06/1905 07/19/1982 d/o Frank & Cloa (Peters)
Briggs, Amamda E.   05/20/1866 age 27; lot 11
Carmichael, Martha Dickenson nee McLoud 1846 1926 lot 15; w/o 1st Wm Dickenson (d. 1909), 2nd James H. Carmichael (she was his 2nd wife, he died 1925, burial in Hillcrest)
Chapman, Adelbert B. - - Co. C, 9th IN Inf.
Chapman, Adelbert John 01/12/1876 06/25/1919 lot 5; h/o Martha Hanson
Chapman, Curtis L. 07/10/1838 04/19/1930 lot 3; h/o Louisa; s/o William J. & Fanny; Co. E, 9th IN Inf.
Chapman, Fanny   03/15/1903 lot 3; aged 88y; w/o Wm. J.
Chapman, Louisa 1846 01/04/1926 lot 3; w/o Curtis
Chapman, Wm J.   09/30/1863 memorial inscription on his mother's gravestone; age 27; s/o Wm. J. & Fanny; buried at Chicamauga; Co., C 9th IN Inf.
Chase, Dorothy M. nee Herman   06/23/1991 age 83; w/o Lester; d/o Arthur
Chase, Kenneth Everett 1936 06/04/1944 s/o Lester & Dorothy
Chase, Lester     h/o Dorothy; s/o W.E. Chase
Conner, Ajijah 1856 1900 lot 16
Conner, Elivira 1858 1918 lot 16
Conner, Lillie M. 1780 08/20/1935 lot 15
Conner, Oscar H. 1885 1930 lot 16
Conner, Roy H. 02/27/1893 04/13/1915 lot 18
Conner, Wakeman B. 1868 04/30/1892  
Cooley, John W. 1818 06/16/1866 lot 2
Crooks, Irene 1861 1923 lot 32
Cummings, Francis 12/03/1918 03/19/1920 lot 7
David, Jennie F. 1860 1933  
Dennler, Louis L.   06/20/1926  
Dickinson, Ann   1875 age 42; lot 15
Dickinson, William 1832 1909 lot 15
Doan, M. M.   05/31/1888 age 77; lot 2
Doan, Tryphena J.   04/30/1876 age 51; lot 2
Doty, Cora   05/22/1898 age 22; lot 12
Doty, Sophie 10/09/1882 11/28/1925 lot 12
Doty, Wm. H. 1836 1906 lot 11; Co. E 9 Ia. Inf.
Doty, Wm. Pierce   12/15/1905 lot 12
Dowing, Cyrus   02/10/1862 age 32; lot 11
Eaton, Fred     no dates
Elwell, Clara L. 1838 1915  
Elwell, Edward   1874 age 39
Erickson, Evelyn Lorrine 10/19/1928 10/19/1929 d/o Albert & Ida (Wilson)
Ernst, Eugene P. 1869 05/21/1809 lot 7
Ernst, Fred'k 1854 1936 lot 22
Ernst, Joanna S. 1842 12/14/1895 lot 9
Ernst, John H. 1841 03/18/1926 lot 9; Co. D 17 Ohio Vol
Ernst, Lisette E. 1833 03/21/1907 lot 6
Ernst, Fred'k. D. 1833 05/01/1909 Co. K 15th Ia.; lot 1
Fairbairn, Elizabeth 1819 07/19/1890  
Fairbairn, Thomas 1820 01/29/1881 lot 16
Fisher, Elizabeth   1817 lot 1
Fisher, James H. 1869 06/30/1936 lot 1
Fisher, Louisa   1864 lot 1
Fisher, Mary   1860 age 39; lot 1
Fisher, Samuel   1863 lot 1
Flaerty, M. O.     no dates; Co A 43rd Wis. Inf.; lot 8
Foster, Clara Belle 1900 1936 lot 5
Foster, Clara D. 1867 1936 lot 5
Foster, Jessie 1903 1936 lot 6
Foxwell, Francise 1833 01/04/1918 b. Cornwall, England; lot 5
Foxwell, Mary 1857 01/08/1933 lot 5
Foxwell, Thos. H. 1812 08/19/1870 b. Cornwall, England; lot 5
Frieden, Marilyn Ann nee DeWitte 11/17/1934 02/25/2013 w/o Milo W.; d/o Elon & Mary A. (Chapman)
Fritz, Louisa   01/26/1892 age 35; lot 8; w/o Charles M.
Gehring, Lester Edward 08/26/1904 06/11/1995 h/o Phyllis Oleson; s/o Edw. & Louise (Beer) Gehring
Gehring, George   07/24/1869 lot 14
Gehring, Josephine 1831 05/08/1895 lot 14
Gehring, Mary A. 01/11/1883 11/10/1908 lot 5
George, Sarah M.   09/11/1897 lot 2
Gibson, Geo. A. 1866 12/23/1933 lot 9
Gline, Caroline   02/22/1890 age 67; lot 3
Gline, Conrad 1824   lot 3
Gline, Willis S.   05/13/1895 age 19; lot 3
Greahead, Inez 1868 03/23/1913 lot 11
Greahead, Thomas 1865 08/29/1927 lot 11
Griesinger, Frederick Jacob 11/07/1899 11/24/1984 s/o Jacob F., h/o Ida
Griesinger, Ida Irene 12/09/1897 06/24/1982 w/o Fred
Griesinger, Jacob F. 05/16/1867 10/31/1925 lot 33, h/o Mary Jane
Griesinger, Mary Jane 09/15/1867 07/02/1934 lot 33, w/o Jacob
Guyer, Malcolm David 03/30/1886 06/12/1972 1st w/Mae E. Fritz (d. 1926); 2nd w/Alice Osborne; s/o Jesse & Caroline (Thompson) Guyer
Hazlet, Sarah E.   12/12/1894 age 57; lot 18
Hazleton, Sarah A.   02/11/1872 age 28; lot 14
Heins, LaFonda nee Hermen 07/06/1922 06/20/2002 d/o Arthur & Lettie
Hermen, Arthur 1883 1964 h/o Lettie M.
Hermen, Alice M.   1920 lot 3
Hermen, James A. 01/11/1918 08/20/1996 h/o Rose E.
Hermen, Lettie M. nee Hummel 1883 1966 w/o Arthur
Hermen, Nettie nee Clem 1867 1917 lot 3
Hermen, Rose Ella nee Chase 05/26/1922 03/24/1998 w/o James A.
Hollister, Henry A.   07/09/1877 age 37; lot 11
Howard, Anna L. 1891 1919 lot 17
Howard, Clark 03/28/1895 07/30/1903 lot 16
Howard, Gertrude 1896 1925 lot 16
Howard, John 1817 11/17/1899 lot 11
Howard, John C.   08/05/1882 lot 16
Howard, Lucinda   1874 age 74; lot 11
Howard, Mary 1819 10/02/1908 lot 11
Howard, Pauline Maxine nee Boleyn 08/18/1918 10/02/2010 w/o Wm. Howard; d/o Ed & Wilma (Green) Boleyn
Howard, Thomas 1853 1934 lot 15
Howard, Thomas   08/22/1877 age 86; lot 11
Howard, W. E. 1849 1917 lot 16
Howard, William 'Sam'     h/o Pauline M.
Hummel, David 1875 01/24/1935 lot 4
Hummel, John H. 1877 05/31/1897 lot 4m
Hummel, Lewis 1852 1926 lot 4m ; h/o Sarah
Hummel, Sarah Jane nee Boleyn 03/04/1854 02/17/1940 w/o Lewis; d/o Samuel & Sarah (Brown)
Humphry, Ann   05/18/1888 age 94; lot 6
Humphry, Mamie I. nee Strong   10/03/1887 age 23; lot 11; w/o Leonard, d/o C.W.
Humphry, Nancy K.   01/21/1877 age 50; lot 7
Humphry, Walter   07/07/1869 age 81; lot 6
Humphry, Wm. H.   11/22/1870 age 43; lot 7
Hyde, Bessie 1872 07/28/1906 lot 14
Johnson, Sarah 1847 05/03/1918 lot 14
Kerr, Amelia 1873 1874  
Kerr, Clara nee Meisner 12/23/1865 08/08/1896 lot 8; w/o John; d/o Ernst
Kerr, Edward 1869 03/11/1898 lot 10
Kerr, Elizabeth nee Blunie   03/04/1896 age 62; w/o James; d/o Robert & Agnes; lot 10
Kerr, James 05/12/1820 02/23/1914 age 93; h/o Elizabeth; lot 10
Kerr, James 1858 07/1?/1938 lot 10; unmarried s/o James & Elizabeth, died in Chicago
Kerr, Jennie 1860 01/19/1909 lot 8
Kerr, John 06/28/1861 02/15/1933 lot 8; h/o Clara; s/o James & Elizabeth
Kerr, Robert B. 1856 10/05/1934 lot 8
Kerr, Thomas 1851 1935 lot 9
Kimball, Albert W. 03/30/1822 05/25/1894 lot 8; 1st w / Lucy Mullinex (d. 1854); 2nd w/ Elizabeth; veteran of the Mexican war
Kimball, Elizabeth nee Kerr 1837 1916 lot 8; 2nd w/o Albert W.
Kimpson, ?? 1829 1909 "Father"
Kimpson, ?? 1832 1913 "Mother"
Kimpson, John 1857 1907  
Kinsell, Permilia   03/25/1889 age 59; lot 14
Klingman, Albert H. 1879 1970  
Klingman, Alta M. nee Gruver 1880 1957 w/o Charles L.
Klingman, Caroline 1881 1941  
Klingman, Carroll 1902 1987 h/o Cora
Klingman, Charles Lewis 06/08/1872 08/26/1945 h/o Alta M.; s/o Lewis & Elizabeth
Klingman, Charles M. 1877 1957 h/o Louise
Klingman, Cora 1906 2001 w/o Carroll
Klingman, Elizabeth nee Lowe 12/17/1839 03/10/1910 lot 5; w/o Lewis
Klingman, Florence Amy 'Little Topsy'   07/2?/1897 2y 10m 4d; d/o Edward
Klingman, Karon Marie nee Buhr 01/02/1943 08/10/2009 w/o Lyle; d/o Heinz & Marianne (Harder)
Klingman, Laura nee Johnson 01/08/1851 08/04/1899 lot 9; w/o Martin; d/o Charles & Maria (Benson)
Klingman, Lee Emerald 01/25/1902 11/09/1985 h/o Mildred
Klingman, Lewis 07/06/1828 09/08/1910 lot 4 or 5; h/o Elizabeth; s/o Martin & Roseana (Schumaker); Co. K 15th IA. Inf.; note: has two gravestones, one is military
Klingman, Louise E. nee Wegmiller 1878 1922 lot 19; w/o Charles M.
Klingman, Mabel R. 1907 1973 w/o Ray J.
Klingman, Martin 02/24/1835 03/20/1934 lot 9; h/o Laura; s/o Martin & Roseana (Schumaker); died in S. Dak.; Co. I, Engineer Reg., MO Vol & Co. G, 16th IA Inf.
Klingman, Mildred M. nee Hansel 04/12/1918 12/01/1950 w/o Lee
Klingman, Nellie R. 12/16/1885 07/30/1889 d/o Martin & Melvina (Peters)
Klingman, Nettie B. 09/13/1883 04/19/1889 d/o M.A. & M.?.
Klingman, Raymond J. 1899 1983 h/o Mabel
Klingman, William 1885 1970  
Kohler, Benedict 1836 04/22/1907 lot 4
Kohler, Magdalena 1828 07/01/1918 lot 4
Kohls, Danny R. 11/20/1964 07/13/2011 s/o Charles Kohls & Juanita Robbins Kohls Lang; US Army Desert Storm veteran
Koons, Ralph Joseph 01/03/1882 06/05/1966 h/o 1st Sarah, 2nd Julia T. Peterson (bur. Norway cemetery); s/o Mark & Campsabell Koons
Koons, Sarah Ella nee Kimpston 09/03/1881 07/28/1917 lot 13; w/o Ralph; d/o Frank
Koons, Wayne D. 09/05/1910 04/14/1982 U.S. Army, WWII

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