Riverside Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Established: 1860 Partial Transcription. Copyright (c) 2005 by Chi (Rouse) Benedict. AislynHaze@comcast.net ******************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** Please see “Transcription Notes” at the bottom of this page. Riverside Cemetery: 714 W. Broadway Street, Mt. Pleasant, MI 38858 ___________________________________________________ Directions: Located in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan. From Remus, Michigan: Go East on M-20 to S. Bradley Road, make a left and follow it to W. Broadway Street, take a right. Follow W. Broadway Street to N. Chapel Dr. Make a left on N. Chapel Dr. This is the entrance to Riverside Cemetery. Riverside Cemetery is on the corner of W. Broadway Street and N. Chapel Dr. and is next door to Nelson Park near downtown Mt. Pleasant. Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=broadway+Street+mt+pleasant+MI&ll=43.603081,-84.787030&spn=0.014259,0.020915&num=10&start=0&hl=en GPS Location: Latitude: 43.6075, Longitude: -84.7858 ___________________________________________________ History: Riverside Cemetery was established in 1860; the Civil War area was established in 1906 and the mausoleum was established in 1915.  The oldest burial recorded in Riverside is Arthur Goodsall (1861).  Riverside has baby land, Jewish and Islam sections. (1) “Located in the rear of Riverside Cemetery is a large mausoleum. The mausoleum was built by the Flowers Mausoleum Co. in 1915. The mausoleum was built to hold 168 crypts. Currently there are 139 burials in the mausoleum, with 28 additional crypts sold, and 1 crypt unsold. The earliest burial recorded in the mausoleum was 1916, with the most recent being in August of 2000. Most of the crypts were sold between 1916-1923. The Flowers Mausoleum Co. and a corporation that owned the mausoleum have dissolved now, and its members either have died or moved away. The City of Mt. Pleasant received a Quit Claim Deed in 1964 for the mausoleum and has owned, operated, and maintained the building since. The mausoleum is regularly closed year round, except certain hours during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Individuals and family members wishing to enter the mausoleum during other times need to contact cemetery officials to open the facility.” (2) ___________________________________________________ Interments: SURNAME Name Inscription Plot Notes ********************************************************************************************************** ANDREW Dennis Earl Dennis Earl Andrew Block: M Bronze Military Marker Michigan Has a cross above Dennis’ name. HMS US NAVY World War II March 2 1928 Aug 23 1965 ASSMANN Norman F. Norman F. Block: M 1923-2000 Shared Marker Bernetta Bernetta BROWN Sylvia Sylvia Shared Marker E. E. Brownie E. E. Brownie Block: M 1912-1981 BURR Larry L. Larry J. 1936-1938 DAFOE Worth J. Worth J. Block: M 1884-1948 Shared Marker Can’t read Worth’s dates, image Virginia C. Virginia C. Block: M blurred. 1909-1994 DILLENBECK Blanche Ann Blanche Ann 1884-1948 Shared Marker (Married) Ray Charles Ray Charles 1882-1948 HEINLEIN Gladys O. Gladys O. Block: M 1897-1993 Shared Marker Fred R. Fred R. Block: M 1888-1971 RIGGS Robert E. Robert E. Riggs Block: M Bronze Military Marker Michigan Has a cross above Robert’s name. CPL 7 Infantry The Military marker is in front World War II of Ora A. & Edith F. Webster’s June 11 1922 April 17 1969 grave. RIGGS Robert E. Son Block: M Same man as above on Military Robert E. Marker. 1922-1969 Shared Marker (Mother & Son) Blanche Mother Block: M Blanche 1899-1983 WEBSTER Edith F. Edith F. Block: M Lot: 012 Space: 5 @ 1891-1963 Shared Marker (Married) Ora A. Ora A. Block: M Lot: 012 Space: 4 @ 1879-1966 WEBSTER Harry A. Harry A. Block: M Lot: 013 Space: 3 @ 1911-1965 Shared Marker (Married) Doris S. Doris S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Transcription Notes: This partial transcription has been done by Chi (Rouse) Benedict. E-mail: AislynHaze@comcast.net Photo’s will be made available to the MI Tombstone Transcription Project on some of these graves as time allows. @ = Transcriber has more information on this person. ___________________________________________________ Bibliography: (1) Information received from the City Clerk’s Office in Mt. Pleasant. (2) Information found on the City of Mt. Pleasant website: http://www.mt-pleasant.org//depts/cemetery/cemetery.htm