Holy Cross Abbey Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/fremont/cemeteries/holycros.txt Transcribed by Mary Ann Thomas Copyright 2000 - See the USGenWeb Notice at the end of this file. Donated March 29, 2001 Holy Cross Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, was built between 1924 and 1926 and still houses a small religious community. It is located on the east side of Caņon City off Royal Gorge Blvd (Highway 50) The monastery cemetery is located behind the abbey and several school buildings in a peaceful fenced area surrounded by green fields. Father Agatho Strittmatter, who died 1 Feb 1938, was the first person buried in the cemetery. Four abbots are buried among the religious and a few lay people. Their simple stones' only distinction is the title "Abbot" added above their names. The abbots were Cyprian A Bradley, 1st Abbot, Leonard Schwinn, 2nd Abbot, Augustine Antoniolli and Bonaventure Bandi, 5th Abbot. Several of the religious were also military veterans, marked by with service stones and red, white and blue stakes. Antoniolli, Augustine Abbot OSB 1865-1941 Arno, Martin Father OSB, 1902-1974 Bandi, Bonaventure Abbot OSB, 1914-1984 Barrett, Regis Rev OSB, 1886-1943, memoral marker Bebble, Blane Father OSB, 1923-1986 Berg, Hank Coach , 1923-1975 Blood, James M, 1948-1997 Boyle, Phillip Leo Father OSB, 1903-1994 Bradley, Cyprian A. Abbot OSB, 1884-1965 Butz, Edmund Father OSB, 1872-1941 Carbone, Anthony Brother OSB, 1884-1967 Carr, Kevin Rev OSB, 1903-1969 Chung, Meinrand Richard Father OSB, 1951-1992 Connelly, Matthew Father OSB, 1910-1978 Donahue, Thomas Brother OSB, 1878-1963 Fife, Paul Father OSB, 1925-1961 (see notes) Forsyth Charles Father OSB, 1911-1980 Forsyth John Father OSB, 1902-1945 Gervais, Benedict Brother OSB, 1888-1977 Glentzer, Harold M. Priest OSB, 1910-1998, CPT US Army Air Force WWII Gnidica, Daniel Father OSB, 1908-1972 Hammer, Paulinus Father OSB, 1905-1975 Hannan, Joseph M. Father OSB, 1910-1992, Capt US Army WWII Haydock, Baldwin Father OSB, 1911-1968 Healy, Jerome Priest OSB, 1910-1992, MAJ US Army WWII Heid, Fabian Father OSB, 1885-1976 Hintenach, Antonine Father OSB, 1879-1938 Hornung, Francis Father OSB, 1898-1972 Hudson Gregory, Father OSB, 1924-1985 Hudson Peter M. Father OSB, 1921-1994 Ingenito, Benedict Father OSB, 1886-1947 Jankowski, Michael Father OSB, 1915-1968 Jurgenson, Kieran Brother OSB, 1941-1977 Lafferty, Clement D. Father OSB, 1920-1985 LaMarche, Augustine Father OSB, 1909-1977 Langdon, Dennis Rev OSB, 1919-1970 Layton, Raymond Father OSB, 1893-1980 Lutz, Lawrence Father OSB, 1907-1981 Mahrer, James Albert Father OSB, 1902-1997 Mangus Innocent Father OSB, 1893-1973 Mangus Louis Brother OSB, 1904-1985 McKernan, Justin Father OSB, 1897-1977 Murray, Robert Father OSB, 1870-1949, memorial marker O'Brien, Gregory Father OSB, 1869-1932, Oblate, memorial marker O'Maley, Gilbert Father OSB, 1891-1940 O'Neil, Joseph C.Brother OSB, 1914-1996 Olson, Paul Brother OSB, 1909-1976 Paovlic, John, 1893-1963 Peter, Vincent J. Father OSB, 1915-1993 Potochnik, Aloysius F. Father OSB, 1907-1990 Rechisteiner, Leo Father OSB, 1908-1944 Roberts, Claude Father OSB, 1912-1984 Robinson, John Father OSB, 1929-1999 Roth, Robert Father OSB, 1923-1987 Rutaturo, Theodore D., 1922-1986 Sclafani, Dominic Father OSB, 1902-1975 Schaller, Albert Father OSB, 1876-1958, memoral marker Schnitzhofer, Urban J. Father OSB, 1887-1966 Schwab, Alan F. Father OSB, 1923-1995 Schwallie, Nicholas Father OSB, 1888-1948, memoral marker Schwinn, Leonard Abbot OSB, 1890-1976 Shaima, Aloysius Adolph OBL Brother OSB, 1916-1998, COL US Army WWII Strittmatter, Agatho Father OSB, 1873-1938 Sustrick, Stephen John Father OSB, 1913-1997 Zabolitzky, Maurus Father OSB, 1903-1977 Zabolitzky, Thomas Father OSB, 1900-1951 Zupan, Cyril Father OSB, 1862-1951 =============================================================== === End of Mary Ann Thomas Transcription ====================== =============================================================== Errata/Added Notes: "According to his obituary, Father Paul Fife was born June 23, 1895, not in 1925." Source - Silvia Pettem, Boulder Daily Camera history columnist, 17 Jun 2004. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.