Abita Springs Cemetery, St. Tammany Parish, La. File submitted by Donald W. Johnson 3/99 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. Location: At intersection of La. 59 and La. 36, take Maple Street just across the railroad tracks; drive 6/10 mile, turn left for one block and you will see the cemetery. Condition: Clean and well kept, with named sidewalks between the row of graves. Copied: August 15, 1978 by Doris M. Holden and Cheryl Holden Pearl M. Bascle December 22, 1898 - August 6, 1977 Gertrude Puckett April 7, 1920 - March 12, 1974 Erma F. Dowling May 16, 1898 - August 16, 1971 Leona S. Rebennack January 19, 1892 - August 27, 1969 Milton F. Rebennack Louis O. Rebennack September 9, 1884 - November 3, 1936 Alvina H. Rebennack John S. Howard April 17, 1897 - June 13, 1969 Trannie Howard October 5, 1905 - John S. Howard October 2, 1925 - June 18, 1971 La., Sgt. 441 Air Service ARF-World War II Leslie F. Ducoing September 12, 1920 - December 6, 1974 U. S. Army, W. W. II Louis Robert Monier, Sr. March 1, 1896 - March 30, 1968 FHM Mrs. Machill Monier September 27, 1898 -January 8, 1960 FHM Joseph L. Monier 1935 - 1963 Henry L. Langguth September 15, 1898 - September 25, 1972 Herman L. Mickenheim 1905 - 1974 Anna M. Dillman February 17, 1879 - November 28, 1971 S. A. Dillman April 16, 1873 - November 2, 1966 Marlyn Edwina Young March 26, 1902 - February 16, 1975 Elizabeth A.Young June 11, 1905 - August 13, 1972 Charles A. Lyman 1922 - 1978 Grant Wallace August 25, 1893 - September 25, 1973 Ark., Cpl., U. S. Army, W. W. I Virginia Best Wallace September 4, 1897 - November 12, 1969 Edna M. Schultz September 7, 1895 - November 11, 1969 FHM James L. Seeley September 17, 1892 - October 12, 1972 Ohio, Pvt. HQ TRP 33 Div., W. W. I Edward G. Tujague 1893 - 1974 1st. Lt., U. S. Army, W. W. I & II Seth Almond Kimbrell October 18, 1895 - January 23, 1975 U. S. N., W. W. I & II James Thomas Dees July 7, 1896 - May 26, 1969 FHM Percy H. Libby Born: Portland, Maine, 1894 Died: February 8, 1977 Leonard A. Libby March 17, 1922 - June 14, 1969 Renee M. Nicolas January 30, 1920 - November 5, 1973 Renee F. Nicholas September 14, 1919 John Theodore Pratts February 16, 1908 - February 19, 1972 Pellum J. Bergeron August 26, 1909 - August 26, 1977 Steward Grant Lehr Died: April 10, 1941 Age: 69 years, 7 months FHM Dewey Barrett November 11, 1902 Marie A. Barrett February 9, 1907 - March 6, 1970 Baby Girl Chapman August 10, 1978 FHM Jimmie Earl Cain, Sr. SFC, U. S. Army December 2, 1931 - October 11, 1976 Joseph V. Tabor Died: July 2, 1978 Age: 87 years, 4 months, 6 days Vera H. Ricker 1922 - 1978 Jesse Lee Ritchie March 20, 1910 - February 13, 1972 William A. Kinser December 18, 1918 - March 24, 1973 Ky., Pvt., U. S. Army, W. W. II Christian Hammell April 7, 1902 - February 10, 1972 James McLaughlin August 25, 1925 - October 28, 1974 Mary Jourdan Miller September 5, 1940 - December 15, 1969 Georgia Goode Myers July 17, 1883 - May 7, 1976 Lewis Marvin Myers November 10, 1883 - April 22, 1973 John C. Dunn 1960 - 1961 Marie Louise Clairain Died: October 22, 1973 Age: 87 years, 2 months, 3 days FHM Elvin J. Reinecke November 15, 1910 - March 27, 1974 U. S. Army, W. W. II Emery A. Keen, Sr. February 7, 1900 - February 14, 1974 Beulah Kresley Norman Vincent Hall July 9, 1901 - Cleo Hartnell Hall December 19, 1907 - Herbert J. Clairain, Sr. September 21, 1898 - January 8, 1970 Lois Abney Clairain December 31, 1898- John Frank Gamble October 19, 1957 - September 16, 1965 John Alton Brown February 11, 1893 - November 27, 1968 Pvt., U. S. Army, W. W. I Arthur L. Shaw June 11, 1884 - July 3, 1967 Clara C. Shaw January 26, 1894 - Theodore John Howard August 21, 1951 - October 5, 1963 Edward D. Excoly 1905 - 1970 Loretta S. Stire 1897 - Norma E. White 1917 - 1959 John L. Lemons April 23, 1913 - December 25, 1977 Tec., U. S. Army, W. W. II Edward H. Heintz 1882 - 1962 Charlotte M. Best March 9, 1883 - January 29, 1969 Edith Stanga Died: February 29, 1966 Age: 62 years, 10 months, 13 days FHM Maria C. Frederick, Sr. April 13, 1890 Marquise, France December 17, 1971 C. A. Frederick, Sr. July 4, 1881 - January 5, 1959 William "Bill" Hiller, Sr. August 18, 1974 Age: 72 years, 2 months, 13 days Irma E. Butscher October 4, 1918 - August 23, 1966 John E. Brandt January 5, 1900 - November 13, 1973 Paul Delbasty February 20, 1879 - March 15, 1963 Jessica R. Delbasty October 2, 1890 - August 4, 1976 Ralph Haynes Privette, Jr. AZC - U. S. Air Force March 27, 1932 - December 29, 1957 Fanny Watters Blank 1890 - 1965 Lawrence H. McIntyre, Sr. December 14, 1917 - June 17, 1974 Effie L. Quave McIntyre July 21, 1923 - Rebecca V. McIntyre July 10, 1903 - John W. McIntyre January 24, 1906 - November 21, 1973 Eva Alice Michel January 24, 1910 - November 20, 1974 Dennis Mathew Davis August 5, 1975 - August 17, 1975 Lester D. Keating 1899 - 1973 William F. LaCroix La., U. S. Coast Guard, W. W. II March 1, 1922 - August 7, 1973 Thomas Archie Corkern October 20, 1918 Nettie Graves Corkern July 11, 1908 - October 30, 1970 Laura J. Rauch December 7, 1908 - April 15, 1977 Alfred J. Rauch October 5, 1905 - June 3, 1969 Henry John Raquet, Jr. Pvt., U. S. Army, Korea September 26, 1935 - May 2, 1976 Alfreda Raquet September 20, 1940 - Hazel Stire Hotard June 12, 1896 - February 12, 1978 Mary Ellen Dunn 1925 - 1970 Hazel Rauch Boudreax September 27, 1903 - November 18, 1964 Rose Rauch Loustalot May 9, 1900 - January 6, 1978 Wilhelm J. Roscher July 28, 1913 - May 15, 1974 Grandmother Schuh Infant of John Alcorn May 12, 1962 FHM Wendy Marie Camille December 16, 1967 FHM Gabriel P. Nyckees July 5, 1900 - May 10, 1972 Nicholas C. Williams, Sr. February 10, 1905 - May 3, 1972 "Zena" Vincenza C. Williams July 19, 1907 - June 20, 1970 Ezra V. Keen August 20, 1905 - September 20, 1960 La., PFC, Med. Dept., W. W. II Everette W. Keen March 27, 1898 - March 27, 1960 Trygve Ursin Smith November 29, 1894 - November 19, 1965 Bertha Shaw Ursin Smith Died: 1976 Age: 91 years, 1 month, 9 days W. B. Keen 1868 - 1951 Laura Keen 1872 - 1945 David Paul Bennett October 25, 1954 Infant Karen Sue Bennett December 26, 1963 Infant "Jack" Andrew Bennett March 20, 1875 - November 29, 1929 Ida Lemons Bennett June 10, 1877 - January 21, 1951 Rosa Schwartz Lampo Died: January 12, 1977 Age: 49 years, 10 months, 8 days FHM John D. Lemons 1888 - 1952 Robert Francois Lemons December 23, 1912 - November 12, 1956 Ernestine L. Hewson 1899 - 1972; FHM William Vincent Hewson, Jr. 1897 - 1977 FHM Edna L. Daste 1888 - 1919 John William Leveson April 7, 1910 - Audrey Bennett Leveson May 14, 1898 - November 26, 1973 Toni Lynn Ratcliff August 23, 1973 Donald Gilbert Bennett July 26, 1941 - May 9, 1972 Alvina Dietrich Dirmann August 29, 1882 - January 21, 1972 Joseph Dirmann, Jr. June 15, 1877 - August 8, 1971 Virginia L. Pezold October 6, 1927 - June 27, 1973 Annie Brandt April 4, 1864 - July 4, 1949 Earl J. Folse March 27, 1895 - June 29, 1967 Robert G. Tarelton July 4, 1891 - April 16, 1971 Amelia Eiffert Miller December 10, 1914 - Floyd Anthony Miller March 2, 1953 - September 16, 1969 Edna G. Schultz September 7, 1895 - November 11, 1969 William J. Schultz May 8, 1890 - Anita M. Byrd May 7, 1922 - August 24, 1973 Louis E. Dupy 1900 - Virginia W. Dupy 1904 - Cushing Mudge CBM, U. S. Navy, W. W. II July 3, 1906 - April 16, 1976 Taunya Lynn Rebardie September 10, 1967 Infant Barney Lee Tyrney November 22, 1910 - December 8, 1964 Luella E. Tyrney November 26, 1914- Catherine B. Rauch August 11, 1905 - September 27, 1966 Joseph G. Rauch February 24, 1897 - October 23, 1964 Double marker for 2 above, had married February 18, 1925; his service marker also there with his name shown as Sebastian G. Rauch La., PFC, U. S. Army W. W. I. Mack M. Mains April 18, 1901 - May 3, 1970 Elda C. Mains May 31, 1902 - Billy Joe Hamilton, Jr. October 24, 1951 - April 26, 1973 Richard Strain March 9, 1894 - April 22, 1954 Odous T. Stafford 1888 - 1927 La., Pvt., W. W. I Harry W. Lemons 1890 - 1938 James D. Lemons 1922 - 1924 Louvina Farley April 20, 1893 - June 18, 1975 James W. Farley Pvt. U. S. Army February 22, 1901 - July 31, 1974 Grace V. Crowe Died: June 27, 1963 Age: 74 years FHM Gertrude Carpenter Lemons Talley May 21, 1896 - November 24, 1952 Wilburt Doss Jarrell April 11, 1970 - October 23, 1976 Alma L. Abney January 18, 1912 - April 7, 1963 Florence H. Leveson January 13, 1886 - February 8, 1970 John W. Leveson September 5, 1877 - February 27, 1924 John L. Rushing September 2, 1937 Marilyn Rushing February 10, 1938 Ida Penton Powe July 6, 1907 - February 26, 1976 FHM Albert Powe May 4, 1907 - January 19, 1976 FHM Mildred Folks Norvell August 9, 1910 - September 8, 1975 William H. Bunn September 1, 1905 - April 24, 1974 Beatrice B. Bunn July 13, 1905 - January 22, 1974 Bauzzi marker on double coping Ernest Peter Ledet, Jr. March 13, 1932 - July 16, 1970 Charles Adolph Machauer 1900 - February 12, 1975 Michael Reiher September 13, 1955 - November 14, 1975 Born in Germany Grace O. Machauer 1905 - 1976 Russell C. Hutchins Mass., Sgt., U. S. Marine Corps September 25, 1931 - January 15, 1972 Lorena Elizabeth Prince October 5, 1956 - August 27, 1974 Baby Mathew Ray Welch January 24, 1978 FHM Gordon W. Goodbee 1907 - 1975 Viola J. Peters 1859 - 1937 Barbara Peters 1940 - 1941 Glen Dale Bridges April 4, 1947 - February 19, 1973 Cedric Ozain Bridges July 16, 1915 - June 13, 1967 Mildned B. Steinback 1905 - 1976 (Mildned spelled as shown) Mary Kelly 1855 - 1929 L. E. Spiger Died: January 1934 Mrs. Spiger Died: January 3, 1934 Two above had old wooden markers when we first saw cemetery; the markers are now gone. Mary J. Yeavgin October 3, 1924 - January 11, 1977 FHM Judah B. Levy October 22, 1884 - Sadie S. Levy June 6, 1886 - April 16, 1972 Christian Schmalz June 15, 1845 - January 5, 1929 Anthony Ds N. C. Elousky March 6, 1800 - November 12, 1961 FHM John Merkle 1856 - 1939 John H. Stricklin, Jr. October 15, 1899 - August 7, 1965 Clarie M. Stricklin January 4, 1902 - May 20, 1974 Jack B. Callan Pvt., U. S. Army, W. W. II February 19, 1901 - December 6, 1975 Carmen P. Dunlap April 20, 1917 - February 16, 1966 Edgar Brandt February 24, 1864 - October 25, 1935 Weidrnecth Died: December 26, 1972 Age: 62 years, 5 days FHM, without given name on it Allie O. Warren Strain 1890 - 1961 John A. Strain 1898 - 1967 "Cap" Sim Strain 1861 - 1933 Julie Dirr Strain 1872 - 1948 Malcolm J. Abney July 4, 1928 - January 19, 1930 Marcel Phillip Cabos November 9, 1914 - November 15, 1977 Tec. 4, U. S. Army, W. W. II Ruth Creel Cabos July 28, 1927 Frank H. Bowers Pvt., U. S Army August 21, 1895 - November 27, 1971 Lawrence E. Bowers PFC, U. S. Army January 8, 1893 - October 30, 1972 Seaborn R. Wicker La., PFC, Co. E, 362 Inf. World War I June 4, 1891 - January 18, 1959 Lula Mae Wicker March 16, 1909 - Mamie Oalmann March 30, 1882 - April 1, 1967 Herman Oalmann July 20, 1881 - December 26, 1949 William F. Oalmann March 31, 1904 - December 11, 1974 Honey Oalmann Born: May 22, 1906 Died: as Beatrice McNamara Lundy March 31, 1976 Leonard Leroy Young February 5, 1919 Hazel Harrell Young April 16, 1909 - January 2, 1976 Earline B. Ducros Creele 1900 - 1978 Albert A. Alcorn July 26, 1903 - December 11, 1976 Nora Waltz Alcorn December 24, 1907 - April 11, 1976 Nancy Hoover November 11, 1962 - November 12, 1962 Marie Hohdorff November 4, 1884 - June 23, 1966 Charles John Finn 1913 - 1978 Rose Ann LaVerdure January 4, 1904 - December 26, 1970 William LaVerdure January 22, 1896 - Norbert Boudreaux March 5, 1919 - May 1, 1977 Dorothy Sweetman Dolling December 12, 1896 - January 25, 1977 Clarence Victor Dolling November 19, 1894 - Unreadable Name 1928 - 1977 John Dunn Olsen July 6, 1978 Age: 60 years, 11 month, 8 days Catherine Leveson Rushin Roane November 25, 1915 - July 8, 1977 Alliston L. Litoff November 2, 1909 - April 28, 1962 Marie Jeskel Green Kanmar January 16, 1923 - July 19, 1977 Born: Cooter, MO William John McIntyre July 6, 1949 - December 26, 1977 Lillian Achee Culbertson February 8, 1915 - Thomas Glenn Culbertson, Sr. September 6, 1910 - May 27, 1976 ###### Following 8 copied from "St. Tammany Farmer"; did not find markers in cemetery: Mae Sullivan Natrass Died: March 15, 1976 Age: 80 years Edward J. Sullivan Died: March 22, 1976 Age: 76 years Cecile Eason Heintz Died: March 5, 1976 Age: 84 years Marie Nichols Goebel Died: August 12, 1977 Age: 53 years Harry Joseh Darby, Sr. Of Germany Died: July 15, 1977 Age: 55 years Edith V. Wallace Of Arkansas Died: November 12, 1976 Age: 79 years Mildred Brown Steinbach Died: September 20, 1976 Age: 71 years Mary Edna Hymen Jourdan Died: July 30, 1977 Age: 68 years ###### The following five copied from Scrapbooks of Mrs. "Nancy" Z. Taylor Davis, as published in "The Louisiana Genealogical Register": Frank Martin Husband of Lola Page Died: April 22, 1974 Age: 39 years, 9 months Pauline Christen Martin Died: November 9, 1902 Age: 42 years Karl Rausch Died: January 6, 1921 Age: 80 years, 8 months, 25 days Rosavilla Strain Daughter of Uriah Strain Died: June 21, 1924 Emille Johanna Hoffman Wife of C. T. Schmaltz Died: July 24, 1904 Age: 42 years, 3 months, 19 days