IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.
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Cemetery Index


Union Cemetery
33476 Littleport Rd., Edgewood
Parcel ID #14-36-402-001
Lot 1 NE SW, Lot 1 NW SE & SW SW NE Sec. 36, SE/SW
1.33 acres
Cox Creek twp.

To reach Union cemetery, take Littleport Rd. (X-21) south from Littleport, traveling about a mile to the cemetery.


Union cemetery - photograph by Phyllis Peterson

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Obituaries for some of the people buried in Union Cemetery have been posted ... look for them in the Clayton Co. Obituary Index

Legal description, map & photo - provided by D. Matthew, deputy Clayton co. Assessor. Clicking on "Map" on the top menu will change the view to a birdseye view of the cemetery (opens a new window).

Sources:
1. Gravestone inscriptions on IAGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project & Find-a-Grave
2. Research of Phyllis Peterson, contributed by her for Clayton co. IAGenWeb
3. WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour
4. Obituaries
5. Iowa Death Certificates (familysearch.org & ancestry.com)
6. Other sources as credited


Name Birth Death Comments
Ashline, Elmer Merritt 03/02/1899 04/29/1980 h/o Esther; s/o Frank & Elizabeth (Halfhill)
Ashline, Esther Arvilla nee Johnson 07/14/1906 05/05/1976 w/o Elmer; d/o George & Mary (Welch)
Ashline, Kevin Allen 01/25/1953 12/17/2005 s/o Milton & Evelyn (Ihde)
Baldt, ??     Father & Mother; no dates
Bates, Eldon Bruce 03/17/1888 05/31/1955 s/o John & unkn; single; died in Lake co., IN
Beatty, Anna nee Hill 08/18/1834 10/03/1913 w/o John
Beatty, Emery Raymond 05/23/1861 12/24/1946 h/o Etta; s/o John & Anna
Beatty, Etta Pearl nee Hawley 07/12/1870 11/10/1942 w/o Emery; died in house fire
Beatty, George W. 10/08/1825 07/18/1887  
Beatty, Jennie Almeda 12/07/1912 11/10/1942 d/o Etta & Emery; died in house fire
Beatty, John D. 09/27/1827 06/09/1907 h/o Anna; died in the State hospital, Independence, IA
Beck, Clarence Robert 08/04/1893 03/26/1970 h/o Mollie; s/o C. Dietrich & Emilie (Helbig)
Beck, Donald Dean 05/13/1938 01/10/1939 s/o Clarence & Molly; twin of Dorothy J.
Beck, Dorothy Jean 05/13/1938 01/01/1939 d/o Clarence & Molly; twin of Donald D.
Beck, Joseph Carl 12/04/1896 03/05/1955 h/o Katherine; s/o C. Dietrich & Emilie (Helbig)
Beck, Katherine Caroline nee Hochhaus 03/12/1901 03/27/1991 w/o Joseph; d/o Fred & Sophia (Stemmer)
Beck, Lawrence Joseph 05/30/1925 04/29/1978 h/o 1st Mabel M., 2nd Mildred M. Boege; s/o Clarence & Mollie
Beck, Mable May nee Dempster 04/29/1930 07/24/1998 1st w/o Lawrence; d/o Fred & Blanche (Fogel)
Beck, Milton William 12/27/1948 04/27/2005 h/o Darlene; s/o Lawrence & Mabel; U.S. Army, Vietnam
Beck, Mollie Martha nee Sturm 04/28/1895 07/??/1979 w/o Clarence R.; d/o Johann & Sophia (Homan)
Beck, Patricia Lynn nee Meyer 11/17/1958 09/23/1978 w/o Lennie; d/o Gerald A. & Marcella (Coonfare)
Beck, Realto August 09/07/1915 12/02/1972 s/o Clarence & Mollie; died Rockford, IL
Beck, Robert Clarence 07/28/1927 11/16/1952 s/o Clarence & Mollie; KIA Korea
Beck, Sandra LeAnn nee Kleinow 01/01/1948 09/15/2004 w/o Harold 'Hank' Beck (mar. 1968)
Becker, Ella Mae nee Hughes 10/08/1883 10/10/1949 w/o Herman; d/o Burros & Viola
Becker, Herman John Henry 07/09/1881 04/09/1917 h/o Ella
Becker, Howard Burrus 07/12/1915 03/26/1917 s/o Herman & Ella
Beckmann, Augusta 'Gusta' 07/16/1869 03/03/1892 d/o Frank & Dorothea
Beckmann, Dorothea Katharina nee Dahling 08/31/1840 08/09/1921 w/o Frank; d/o William & Katherine
Beckmann, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' 10/13/1865 12/30/1885 d/o Frank & Dorothea
Beckmann, Frank Henry 05/17/1838 05/22/1888 h/o Dorothea; Co. D, 27th IA Inf.
Beckman / Beckmann, Frederick Detrich 'Fred' 09/09/1877 06/05/1951 s/o Frank & Dorothy; used surname spelling of Beckman
Beckmann, Wilhelmina 'Mina' 06/22/1863 08/07/1891  
Behrens, Bertha nee Dietrick 02/28/1876 10/22/1950 w/o Henry C.
Behrens, Chris C. 06/20/1883 12/13/1963 h/o Martha; s/o Christian & Sophia (Ortman)
Behrens, Donald 'Donnie' 01/30/1909 02/25/1909 4 wk old s/o Henry & Bertha
Behrens, Henry Christian 01/21/1873 10/26/1939 h/o Bertha; s/o Chris & Bertha (Ortman)
Behrens, Ivanell Gladys 01/28/1919 12/15/1920 d/o Henry & Bertha
Behrens, Martha M. nee Ruegnitz 02/06/1887 01/30/1946 w/o Chris; d/o George & Augusta (Blanchaine)
Benschneider, Anna Barbara nee Ambruster 06/28/1880 02/18/1962 w/o Carl; d/o Jacob & Lydie (Wentz)
Benschneider, Charles 'Carl' 06/22/1874 12/26/1944 h/o Anna; s/o August & Augusta (Suchow)
Boege, Fred Henry 07/17/1898 07/02/1968 h/o Laura; s/o Wm & Magdalene
Boege, Laura Wilhelmina nee Maehl 11/19/1904 09/06/1987 w/o Fred; d/o John & Katrina (Wilker)
Boege, Magdalene W. nee Behrens 12/16/1873 01/20/1953 w/o Wm.; d/o Henry
Boege, William Frederick 12/11/1866 11/24/1944 h/o Magdalene
Bottelman, Louie Edward 06/07/1916 07/22/1973 h/o Virginia; s/o Henry & Rhoda (Lamphere)
Bottelman, Virginia Estelle nee Burgin 03/16/1927 01/15/2023 w/o Louie; d/o Joe & Laura (Thurn)
Bunting, Douglas Wayne 10/21/1922 07/28/2012 h/o Velma; s/o Eva & William
Bunting, Eva Stella Fishel nee Holliday 01/04/1879 03/12/1959 w/o 1st John Fishel, 2nd William; d/o John & Rachel
Bunting, Martin Lee 05/29/1957 10/09/2017 h/o Bonnie S. Bailey (divorced); s/o Douglas & Velma
Bunting, Velma Irene nee Bush 08/28/1925 03/20/2020 w/o Douglas W.
Bunting, William Frank 09/11/1869 09/07/1953 2nd h/o Eva
Burgin, Burdette Alfred 12/06/1925 12/25/2013 h/o Pauline; s/o Joseph & Laura
Burgin, Dean DeWitt 06/03/1972 09/06/2014 h/o Jodi Boeckenstedt; s/o Thomas & Lynda; Veteran
Burgin, Joseph Alfred 07/15/1898 09/27/1993 h/o 1st Laura M., 2nd Elva M. (Welsh) Hankins; s/o Alfred L. & Emma J. (Barns)
Burgin, Laura May nee Thurn 02/28/1899 08/31/1965 1st w/o Joseph A.; d/o Frank & Emma (Ross)
Burgin, Lynda Lou nee Krapfl 04/10/1952 07/22/2022 w/o Thomas; d/o Clarence & Gladys (Wonleighton)
Burgin, Pauline Marie nee Bottelman 05/09/1929 01/24/1994 w/o Burdette; d/o Henry & Rhoda (Lamphere)
Burgin, Thomas Wayne 11/12/1947 07/27/2023 h/o Lynda; s/o Burdette & Pauline; US Army veteran
Clinton, Anna M. nee Rieck 1883 1966 w/o William; d/o Wm & Sophia (Meese)
Clinton, Caroline nee Nading 01/01/1855 04/21/1930 w/o Edwin; d/o John & Margaret (Quigley); Note! burial here is most likely, but death cert. is difficult to read & her obit gives Hillcrest cem. "at Littleport" as burial place
Clinton, Donald Dean 08/22/1955 05/22/1965 s/o Lloyd & Winifred 'Joyce' (Conner)
Clinton, Douglas Keith 08/24/1934 01/12/2008 1st h/o Lerene Thein (later Lerene Frieden); s/o Peryl E. Clinton; U.S. Army veteran
Clinton, Edwin Elwin 06/30/1843 03/01/1919 h/o Caroline; s/o Royal W. & Martha (Nading); Co. I, 16th PA Cav., Civil War
Clinton, Emma R. nee Nightingale 07/29/1888 05/03/1919 w/o John; d/o Ferdinand & Louisa (Sholtz)
Clinton, Ernest Jerome 08/26/1886 04/21/1965 h/o Grace Gorkow; s/o Edwin & Caroline
Clinton, Erwin LeRoy 06/05/1909 11/15/1968 h/o 1st Genille Easton, 2nd Ruth Sadler; s/o Wm. & Anna
Clinton, George Andrew 09/27/1917 08/16/1931 s/o William & Anna
Clinton, George Melvin 02/23/1890 11/26/1946 s/o Edwin & Caroline; WWI veteran, 337th Machine Gun co., 88th Division, A.E.F.
Clinton, John Edwin 02/12/1878 09/17/1929 h/o Emma; s/o Edwin & Caroline
Clinton, LaVern Kenneth 04/24/1914 08/09/1993 s/o John & Emma
Clinton. Lloyd Ernest 04/04/1914 06/09/1969 1st h/o Winifred 'Joyce' Conner (see Joyce Rieck's entry); 3218 Engineers, WWII
Clinton, Richard Dale 'Tiny' 02/27/1920 12/10/1994 s/o William & Anna; TEC 5, US Army, WWII
Clinton, Richard Dale 01/04/1951 04/18/2017 h/o Dawn Delite Lange; s/o Lloyd & Winifred (Conner)
Clinton, William Andrew 11/08/1882 03/20/1943 h/o Anna; s/o Edwin & Caroline
Conner, Beulah Lorene nee Martin 09/04/1904 02/07/1982 w/o Wilbur R.; d/o John & Alice (Sisson)
Conner, Lyle Martin 03/04/1923 01/18/1976 s/o Wilbur & Beulah; PFC US Army, Korea
Conner, Wilbur Ray (born Kettlebar) 05/31/1899 02/11/1965 h/o Beulah (married 1922); s/o John Kettlebar & Yetta (Maggert) Kettlebar Conner +2 other husbands; he took surname of step-father Albert Conner; has 2 markers, one is a simple funeral home place-marker and the other a military stone; Veteran WWI
Cornelius, Frederick W. 1828 06/22/1896 h/o Henrietta
Cornelius, Henrietta nee Haddle 10/02/1833 10/10/1918 85y 8d; w/o Frederick W.; d/o John & unkn (Smith)
Cornelius, Hermann Theo. 03/27/1858 05/01/1892 s/o Frederick & Henrietta
Corson, Laura Matilda nee Jennings 11/03/1887 07/29/1971 w/o Thurman F.; d/o Edwin & Lena (Stahl)
Corson, Melvin Jennings 10/23/1916 01/15/2002 h/o Shirley (mar. 1948); s/o Thurman & Laura
Corson, Shirley Arlene nee Martinson 11/07/1924 05/27/1977 w/o Melvin (mar. 1948)
Corson, Thurman Frank 03/02/1882 01/15/1940 h/o Laura; s/o John & Zelma (Parr)
Dahling, Doris 1916 1992  
Dahling, Elizabeth      
Dahling, Frank 18?? 188?  
Dahling, Katherine 02/??1816 07/25/1901  
Dahling, Suzanne Jeanette 10/05/1959 08/24/2020 d/o Marvin & Annette (McKay)
Dahling, William 1909 1992  
Dahling, Wm 1815 1890  
Dannenfield, Caroline M. 1826 01/21/1889  
Davis, Letha J. nee Thurn 1908 1998  
Dempster, James A. 07/26/1935 07/11/2003  
Eichhorn, Beulah M. nee Dagitz 03/21/1906 12/04/1965 w/o Robert; d/o George & Harriet (Refle)
Eichhorn, Robert Glenn 05/29/1909 05/16/1969 h/o Beulah; s/o George & Ida (Manternach)
Ellison, Grace Louise nee Reichart 02/20/1894 05/06/1973 w/o Thomas (mar 1915); d/o Wm & Laura (Lange)
Ellison, Thomas James 06/12/1885 01/19/1956 h/o Grace; residence: Rock Island, IL
Enderes, Elizabeth 'Lizzy' nee Greve 10/27/1859 07/23/1954 w/o William; d/o Wm & Frederick (Possehl)
Enderes, George Carl 10/23/1891 07/30/1914 s/o William & Elizabeth
Enderes, Willliam 07/25/1852 08/29/1929 h/o Elizabeth; s/o John & Barbara (Probst)
Enders, George C. 1811 07/30/1910 WPA record
Esboldt, Christian 01/15/1846 08/02/1923 h/o Eva; lived in IL
Esboldt, Eva nee Freiman 05/28/1851 09/19/1922 w/o Christian (mar 1873); lived in IL
Feidt, Etta nee Williams 1897 07/26/1961 w/o Louis (bur. Mt. Harmony); d/o Fred & Emma (Fitzz)
Fishel, Claude McKinley 01/30/1899 09/22/1986 h/o Esther; s/o John & Eva (Holliday)
Fishel, Esther Viola nee Hochhaus 04/30/1903 07/31/1975 w/o Claude; d/o Frederick & Sophia (Stemmer)
Fishel, Roberta Ester 06/23/1937 06/25/1937 d/o Claude & Esther
French, Orvelda Mae 'Orvie' nee Dahling 09/23/1933 01/17/2013 w/o Ralph; d/o Wm & Doris (Nading)
French, Ralph Lee 08/05/1927 03/11/2012 h/o Orvelda; s/o Leroy & Florence (Baldwin); US Navy WWII
French, Steven Lee 10/18/1953 10/22/1953 s/o Ralph & Orvelda
Frieden, Colleen Lynn 02/21/1964 12/31/2004 d/o Orland & Lerene (Thein); Note: See entry for Lerene Clinton, this cemetery
Fritz, Augusta nee Waterman 09/10/1862 08/22/1941 w/o Louis; d/o Frederick & Wilhelmina (Suckow)
Fritz, Auguste 09/25/1885 12/09/1934 d/o Louis & Augusta; died at State Hosp., Independence, IA of Diabetes
Fritz, Elmer Martin Emil 07/07/1905 08/03/1905 s/o Louis & Augusta
Fritz, Ludwig 'Louis' 05/02/1857 01/14/1940 h/o Augusta; s/o Ludwig & Wilhelmina (Gus)
Fullman, Elizabeth nee Schultz 06/17/1863 01/29/1946 w/o Michael
Fullman, Rosie Thomas 04/21/1898 08/12/1981 w/o John Thomas (mar 1917, ?divorce, ?annulled); d/o Michael & Elizabeth; Notes: she apparently took maiden surname after marriage ended, her grave is marked with funeral home stake, YOB incorrect on stake;
Galord, John     no dates
Gardner, Guy Alvin 10/14/1909 02/05/1983 h/o Gertrude
Gardner, Lillian Gertrude 'Lillie' Nading nee Gould 08/08/1886 09/25/1963 w/o 1st Frank Nading (see his entry), 2nd Guy
Gifford, Alfred - - s/o H.L. & M.
Gifford, Alva - - s/o H.L. & M.
Gifford, Alvah Everett   08/01/1869 6y 11m, s/o W.H. & L.
Gifford, Blanche   03/??/1887 infant d/o H.L.& Mary
Gifford, Clarinda nee Quigley 02/20/1830 11/09/1897 w/o George L.; d/o Dennis
Gifford, Elise Marie Friederike 'Elizabeth' nee Ortman 07/01/1884 07/27/1968 w/o George; d/o John
Gifford, George 04/01/1883 07/25/1973 h/o Elizabeth; s/o Prentice & Minnie
Gifford, George L. 1824 09/07/1896 h/o Clarinda
Gifford, Mary nee Voss 12/17/1858 02/22/1906 w/o Horatio L.
Gifford, Mary - - d/o H.L. & M.
Gifford, Minnie nee Voss 02/29/1860 11/19/1947 w/o Prentice P.; d/o Fred
Gifford, Prentice P. 10/23/1857 12/31/1911 h/o Minnie; s/o Geo. L. & Clarinda; Lot 30
Gifford, Socrates R. 06/02/1853 07/17/1859 s/o G.L. & C.
Gisleson, Flossie Mildred nee Refle 06/06/1907 07/19/1993 w/o Henry C.; d/o Joseph & Magdalena (Stemmer)
Gisleson, Henry Cornelius 02/13/1901 01/03/1973 h/o Flossie; s/o Halvor & Mary (Odegaard)
Glawe, Ilo Sophis nee Beck 02/02/1925 06/14/2015 w/o LeRoy; d/o Joseph & Katherine (Hochhaus)
Glawe, LeRoy Henry 05/19/1915 08/20/1995 h/o Ilo; s/o John & Fred (Schuety)
Gossman - Hedrick, Doris Naomi nee Corson 10/30/1927 03/04/1978 w/o 1st Gordon 'Bud' Gossman (mar 1946, divorced); 2nd Emil Hedrick (mar 1972); d/o Thurman & Laura (Jennings); Note: gravestone names her as Doris N. Gossman
Gossman, Jeffrey Lynn 08/24/1952 08/24/1952 s/o Gordon & Doris
Gossman, Micheal Ray 01/21/1947 01/20/2006 Cenotaph, his burial is at Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX (Section N4, Site 292); s/o Gordon & Doris; SGT US Army, Vietnam
Gottschalk, August 1819 11/24/1879 1st h/o Minnie
Gottschalk, Minnie Peick nee Woodrick 03/24/1833 12/10/1909 w/o 1st August; 2nd Adolph Peick (see his entry); d/o Christian & Sophia (Conseer)
Gould-Bascom, Emiline Marie nee Zimmerman 03/07/1913 03/04/2001 w/o 1st Guy O.; d/o Arthur & Margaret (Johnson); Note! Cenotaph- memorial inscription on her stone; she remarried after Guy died, to Glenn Bascom and is buried with him in Oakwood cemetery, Shellsburg, Benton co. Iowa
Gould, Guy Eugene 'Gene' 06/20/1930 09/17/2004 h/o Ruth; s/o Guy & Emiline
Gould, Guy Osborn 09/24/1907 05/11/1982 1st h/o Emiline; s/o John & Maggie; born LaPorte City, IN
Gould, Ruth Helen nee Lang 11/09/1930 11/16/2010 w/o Eugene; d/o Peter & Ida (Pries)
Gould, Tim D. 10/08/1959 03/27/2008 h/o Lisa Doerring; s/o Eugene & Ruth (Lang)
Greeley, Nancy M. 1794 1860 WPA dates
Greenawalt, Albertus Geary MD ca1868 10/13/1936 h/o 1st Elizabeth Pust, 2nd Opal unkn.; s/o Albert & Mary (Stoller)
Greenawalt, Elizabeth Kathryn nee Pust 09/17/1874 07/24/1927 lot 103; w/o Albertus G.; d/o Henry & Sophia (Peick/Pike)
Greve, Fred 07/05/1872 07/02/1926 lot 5; h/o Wilhelmina; s/o Wm & Fredericka (Possehl)
Greve, Wilhelmina nee Klink 12/12/1878 08/28/1968 w/o Fred; d/o Henry & Walburg (Brandberger)
Grother, Harold Eugene 01/30/1899 11/07/1964 s/o Eugene & Jennie Grother; as a young boy became foster s/o Charles & Ida (Coltman) Smith; TEC5, Medical Dept., WWII

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