BURR OAK CEMETERY P-T, St Joseph County, Michigan Copyright © 1997 by Josephine Reed Garzelloni. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. _____________________________________________________________________ BURR OAK CEMETERY, St Joseph County, Michigan Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Josephine Reed Garzelloni (josie@voyager.net) For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. Surnames P - T Packard, Claude M .......Lot 15, sec 6, buried 4 April 1944, 53 years, died 2 April 1944 ....Note: papers of Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 583. Packard, Edwin Glenn....Plot 15, Sec 6, Grave 6, buried 16 March 1990, lived in Burr Oak, single, 71years, died 13 March 1990 Packard, Rosella....Lot 15, Sec 6, Grave 7, buried 12 November 1975, died at home in Burr Oak twp, widow, 81 years, died 9 November 1975 Packer, Andrew....Lot 18, Sec 3, born 1834, died 1889 Packer, Georgiana....Lot 18, Sec 3, buried 4 September 1936, lived in Coldwater, born 1849, 87 years, died 2 September 1936 Packer, Henry.......Lot 154, born 1789 in New Jersey, 76 years, died 1876....Note: Geneva Smith gave the lot number and place of birth. She also gives the year of birth as 1799. Packer, Henry Jr.....died 24 January 1895 Packer, Lecta....Lot 18, Sec 3, born 1883, died 1890 Packer, Lu Gene......Lot 18, Sec 3, born 1877, died 1911......Note: from the papers of Geneva Smith who states this was Eva Hackman's first husband. Packer, Madeline...Lot 18, Sec 3, buried 18 January 1961, lived in Sturgis, 51 years, died 14 January 1961 Packer, Mary Ann (Vedder).....Lot 154, born 1806 in New Jersey, 73 years, died 28 February 1879 Palmer, Gladys V...Row 3, Sec 8, Grave 8, buried 26 March 1986, married, 64 years, died 22 March 1986 Palmer, Jeffrey L...Row 46, Sec 7, Grave 6, buried 27 December 1990, died in Sturgis, married, 33 years, died 22 December 1990, gunshot wound to chest Parham, Aaron...Lot 432, Sec 1, buried 26 September 1906, no other information Parham, Evaline...Lot 432, Sec 1, buried 22 December 1942, died in Burr Oak, widow, 88 years, died 20 December 1941 Parker, Clara......Lot 84, born 1816, died 1887.......Note: entire entry from the Geneva Smith papers, not in the cemetery book. Parker, Hiram......Lot 84, born 1808, died 1889......Note: entire entry from the Geneva Smith papers, not in the cemetery book. Parks, Alice Akey...Lot 65, Sec 3, born 1857, died 1902 Parsons, C. D. Dr.....Lot 82, Sec 3, born 1855, died 1903 Parsons, Carrie....Lot 109, Sec 2, born 1845, died 1873... nearest relative is F F Parsons, 8826 Aberdeen St, Chicago, Ill. Parsons, Chauncy D.Dr,...Lot 82, born 1816, died 1863....Note: Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Geneva also has his middle inital as S. Parsons, Chauncy......Lot 82, Sec 3, born 1885, died 1887 Parsons, Esther...Lot 109, Sec 2, born 1820, died 1870.....name at top of page is Dr Fayette Parsons Note: death year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Parsons, H A.... Lot 109, Sec 2, no more information Parsons, Henry.....Lot 82, Sec 3, born 1830, died 1854 Parsons, May.... Lot 109, Sec 2, born 1871, died 1888 Parsons, Pamelia (Byrns)....Lot 83, born 1816, died 1853....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. She says that Pamelia is the daughter of Patrick and Sophia. Parsons, Pamelia.....Lot 82, Sec 3, born 1830, died 1881 Parsons, Susy (Fleming)....Lot 109, Sec 2, born 1851, died 1899....Note: surname Flemming from the papers of Geneva Smith. Geneva says that Susy was the wife of D.F. Parsons. Paslut, Chester C...Row 4, Sec 8, Grave 7, buried 16 October 1993, lived in Colon, married, 64 years, died 14 October 1993 Passohl, Agusta.....Lot 29, Sec 3, born 1870, died 1871.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith has the first name spelled Augusta. Surname spelled Passahl Passohl, Baby.....Lot 29, no dates Passohl, D.S.M......Lot 29, born 1812, died 1869, name at top of page is Henry J Passohf Passohl, Eda....Lot 236, Sec 4, buried 4 May 1937, lived in Burr Oak, born 1858, 79 years, died 2 May 1937....Note: surname is spelled Passahl in the papers of Geneva Smith. Passohl, Frederick.....Lot 189, Sec 2, born 1821, died 1909.......Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Passahl. Passohl, Henry J......Lot 236, Sec 4, buried 26 February 1939, lived in Burr Oak, born 1859, 79 years, died 24 February 1939.....Note: papers from Geneva Smith give the birth year as 1860. Passohl, John...Lot 29, Sec 3, born 1824, died 1908.....Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Passohl, Mary......Lot 29, Sec 3, born 1825, died 1908 Passohl, Sophie.....Lot 189, Sec 2, born 1822, died 1876......Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Passahl. Patrick, Amanda....Row 42, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 18 December 1981, lived in Burr Oak, married, 71 years, died 15 December 1981 Patrick, Charles......born 1873, died 1911 Patrick, George... Lot 422, Sec 1, born 1852, died 1921 Patrick, Ida E...Lot 422, Sec 1, buried 10 October 1940, lived in Burr Oak, widow, born 25 July 1859, 81 yrs 2 mos 13 days, occupation as a domestic, born Rockford, Illinois, daughter of James B Davidson, born Illinois, mother Amanda Davidson, born Illinois, died 8 October 1940 Patrick, Josephine....born 1843, died 1924 Patrick, Juanita .....Lot 492A, Sec 5, buried 31 March 1959, lived in Sturgis, 69 years, died 29 March 1959 Patrick, Margaret.....Lot 170, Sec 2, born 1810, 90 years, died 1900 Patrick, Nellie....Lot 170, Sec 2, born 1866, died 1899 Patrick, Richard J.....Lot 422, Sec 1, buried 2 November 1943, lived in Burr Oak, 60 years, died 30 October 1943 Patrick, Richard W.....Lot 170, Sec 2, born 1813, died 1892 Note: taken from his obituary in the Burr Oak Acorn, week following his death, the following information. He was born 28 April 1813 in Walton, Delaware Co, New York and died at Burr Oak township, 30 January 1892. He was left practically alone at the age of 7 years. At age 18 he shipped out in a whaling vessel for 14 years in the South Indian Ocean. In October 1854, he married with Margaret Pine of Walton, New York, where they lived until 1858. Then they moved to Buchanan, Michigan and in 1859, they removed to Burr Oak. He is survived by two sons, George and William, both of Burr Oak and one daughter, Mrs Anna Drake of Detroit Patrick, Sarah....Lot 170, born 1808, died 1887......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Patrick, Shelley...Row 42, Sec 7, Grave 6, buried 3 March 1993, male, 78 years, died 28 February 1993 Patrick, Walter G... Lot 422, Sec 1, Grave 8, buried 6 November 1975, lived in Bronson, 86 year, died 5 November 1975 Patrick, William.......Lot 170, Sec 2, born 1836, died 1917 Patrick, William.....Lot 170, born 1848, died 1925 Patrick, William G....buried 12 October 1967, died in Burr Oak twp, 48 years, died 9 October 1967 Patterson, Homer ....Lot 551, Sec 5, Grave 1, buried 5 January 1970, lived in Burr Oak, married, 65 yrs, born Ohio, died 1 January 1970 Pease, Baby.....Lot 101, infant child of Mary (Fry) Pease.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Pease, Daniel.....Lot 101, Sec 2, 68 years, born 1814, died 1882.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith and she also states that Daniel was a minister. Pease, Eliza....Lot 101, 65 years, born 1820, died 1885....Note: papers of Geneva Smith give the lot number, birth year, says that Eliza was the daughter of Mrs Brown, who is also buried here. Pease, Frank.....Lot 20, Sec 3, born 1856, died 1917 Pease, Jane......Lot 101, born 1862 in New York, died 1883....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Pease, Dr John W.....Lot 101, VET, born 1850, died 1895, Co D, 11th Michigan Infantry......Note: Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Pendleton, Dora.....Lot 5, Sec 3, born 1861, died 1865 Pendleton, Lewella Lois....Lot 5, Sec 3, buried 19 March 1945, lived in Burr Oak, 80yr 9m 20dys, born 1864/5, died 16 March 1945....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Pendleton, Sarah.....Lot 5, Sec 3, born 1841, died 1923 Pendzich, Agnes C......Row 2, Sec 9, Grave 1, buried 15 June 1987, lived in Burr Oak, 71 years, died 13 June 1987 Pennell, Harry....Lot 553, Sec 5 Pennell, Oliver B....Lot 553, Sec 5 Pepper, Andrew....VET, Lot 134, Sec 2, born 1840, died 1921, Civil War, Co A, 11th Michigan Cavalry Pepper, James.....VET, Lot 134, Sec 2, born 1813, 65 years, died 1878, Civil War, Co K, 7th Michigan Infantry Pepper, Lovinia (Hackett).....Lot 134, Sec 2, born 1850, died 1929......Note: compiler's notes. Lovinia was the daughter of Arristides Polititus Pepper, Wallace.....Lot 134, Sec 2, born 1872, died 1873.....Note: Geneva Smith has the birth year as 1873. Perrin, Mary Rosa..... born 1852, died 1874 ...buried in Tobey Cemetery Perry, Don.....Lot 9, Sec 6, born 1889, died 13 Februrary 1954.....Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Perry, Frank......Lot 445, Sec 1, born 1856, died 1919 Perry, Glenn L....Row 38, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 21 June 1978, lived in Burr Oak, married, 66 years, died 19 June 1978 Perry, Keith Eugene...Row 16, Sec 7, Grave 7, buried 15 June 1974, lived in Ionia, Michigan, married, 55 years, died 12 June 1974 Perry, Leona M....Lot 9, Sec 6, buried 7 December 1964, died in Three Rivers, widow, 73 years, died 4 December 1964 Perry, Myrtie...Lot 12, Sec 7, buried 28 July 1964, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 78 years, died 25 July 1964 Perry, Neal F...Row 12, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 13 December 1975, lived in Burr Oak, married, 53 years, died 11 December 1975 Perry, Ray......Lot 12, Sec 7, buried 7 February 1957, lived in Burr Oak, married, 71 years, died 4 February 1957 Perry, Robert Ray...Lot 12, Sec 7, buried 12 August 1952, died in LaGrange , Indiana, stillborn 10 August 1952 Perry, Ronald....buried 16 February 1954, lived in Burr Oak, married, 65 years, farmer, died 13 February 1954 Pettis, Bertha M...Plot 55, Sec 3, Grave 1, buried 26 July 1979, lived at Froh Nursing Home, widow, 98 years, died 23 July 1979 Pfenning, Daniel......Lot B21, Sec 3, buried 1 March 1934, died in Burr Oak twp, 74 years, died 28 February 1934 Pfenning, Elizabeth...Lot B21, Sec 3, buried 29 August 1940, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 78 years, died 27 August 1940 Phelps, Jennie...Lot 169, Sec 2, buried 29 September 1941, died in Fawn River twp, born 1880, 61 years, died 26 September 1941 Phillips, Grace....Lot 165, Sec 2, born 1877, died 1878 Pierucki, Annis John...Lot B16, Sec 3, buried 10 October 1939, lived in Bethel twp, baby 4 months, died 8 October 1939 Pierucki, John...Plot B16, Sec 3, Grave 8, buried 21 January 1994, lived in Burr Oak, married, died 17 January 1994 Pinney, Byard J...Lot 9, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 27 May 1967, lived in Sturgis, married, 81 years, died 24 May 1967 Pinney, Edith.....Row 9, Sec 7, Grave 4, buried 21 March 1983, died in Kalamazoo, 83 years, died 18 March 1983 Pinney, Isobel......Lot 93, Sec 3, born 1857, died 1930.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith spelling of first name is Isabel. Pinney, Hiram....Lot 93, Sec 3 Pinney, Mildred...Row 40, Sec 7, Grave 4, buried 19 June 1981, lived at 411 Center Avenue, Sturgis, died 15 June 1981 at Bay Side Hospital, Virginia Beach, Virginia while visiting at her brothers home. She was born in Michigan City, Ind, May 29, 1921, a daughter of Albert and Ida Bucholtz Meska, and had lived in Sturgis since 1945, coming from Three Rivers. She married John F Pinney on September 29, 1940 in Michigan City, Indiana. she worked in the Sturgis High School cafeteria nine years. She was raised in the Lutheran faith. Surviving are her husband, two sons, Jeffy Pinney, Centreville, and Steven Pinney, Ann Arbor; two grandchildren, Jennifer and Mark Pinney, Centreville; her stepmother, Mrs Myrtle Meska, Dowagiac; three sisters, Mrs Harry (Dorothy) Beach, Dowagiac; Mrs Donald (Margaret) Morgenstern, Roscommon; and Laura Meska, Battle Creek; a brother, Donald Meska, Virginia Beach; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Melvin Meska, in March of 1980. Plant, Adda...Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1857, died 1882 Plant, Alice....Lot 168, Sec 2, born 1823, died 1892 Plant, Althea....Lot 466, Sec 4, buried 23 May 1968, lived in Coldwater, widow, 70 years, died 21 May 1968 Plant, Christine A......Lot 466, Sec 4, buried 23 May 1962, lived in Coldwater, 7 years old, died 21 May 1962, skull fracture Plant, Diana.....Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1869, died 1872 Plant, Edwin......VET, Lot 313, R, born 1845, died 1902, Civil War, 11th Michigan Infantry Plant, Effie...Lot 230, Sec 1, buried 6 December 1940, lived in Burr Oak twp, widow, born 28 January 1866, 74 yr 10 mos 6 da, worked as a domestic, born Michigan, daughter of Achilles Thurston, born in Michigan and Ellen Matherson, born in New York, died 4 December 1940 Plant, Fannie.....Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1862, died 1882 Plant, Francis....Lot 313, R, born 1843, died 1911 Plant, Harrison....Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1820, died 1883.....Note: entire entry in the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Plant, Harrison....Lot 210, Sec 1, buried 27 May 1962, lived in Coldwater, married, 69 years, died 24 May 1962 Plant, Harrison Dale.... Lot 466, Sec 4, buried 9 November 1984, lived in Coldwater, married, 61 years, died 6 November 1984 Plant, Ira...Lot 230, Sec 1, buried 21 July 1925, lived in Burr Oak, born 1848, 77 years, died 19 July 1925 Plant, John...Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1854, died 1855 Plant, M Augusta.......Lot 230, Sec 1, born 1838, died 1889......Note: entire entry from papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Plant, Maria.....Lot 256, Sec 4, born 1847, died 1925 Plant, Martha.....Plot 466, Sec 4, Grave 6, buried 28 June 1986, 58 years, died 26 June 1986 Plant, Mary.....Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1846, died 1857 Plant, Morgan....Lot 168, Sec 2, born 1825, died 1897 Plant, "Mother"....Lot 210, Sec 1, born 1826, died 1911, nearest living relative, F.H.Plant, New Port, California Plant, Robert........Lot 466, Sec 4, born 1919, died 1920 Plant, William.....Lot 256, Sec 4, born 1850, died 1897 Pokorny, John J...Row 25, Sec 7, Grave 12, buried 13 April 1972, lived in Noble twp, Branch co, married, 59 years, died 11 April 1972 Pooler, Rev George E.....Lot 448, Sec 1, born 1864, died 1926, nearest living relative, Mrs G.E. Pooler 1520 Pallistar dept 21, Detroit is address at bottom of page......Note: name of George from the papers of Geneva Smith. Pooler, Mable.....Lot 448, Sec 1, born 1892, died 1912 Pooler, Maxine.......Lot 448, Sec 1, born 1899, died 1903 Porter, Albert H....Lot 219, Sec 4, born 1853, died 27 April 1931 in Adrian, Michigan......Note: entire entry from papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Porter, Aldeara...Lot 219, Sec 4, buried 18 January 1935, lived in Detroit, 70 years, died 17 January 1935.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this first name spelled Aldassa Porter, Flora.....Lot 512, born 1866, died 1921.....Note: entire entry comes from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Porter, Grace........Lot 219, Sec 4, born 1884, died 1889 Porter, Ida M....Lot 259, Sec 4, buried 27 April 1942, lived in Burr Oak, widow, born 1 December 1858, 83 years, died 25 April 1942 Porter, Ione.....Lot 512, Sec 5, born 1892, died 1920 Porter, John H......Lot 3, Sec 3, 57 years, born 1857 in New Hampshire, died 1922......Note: cemetery books have this man 57 years at time of death in 1922. Geneva Smith papers have his birth year as 1857, which would make him 65 years old at the time of his death. She also gives his place of birth. Compiler cannot state which is correct and not. Porter, John H.....Lot 219, Sec 4, buried 30 April 1931, born 1853, died 27 April 1931 Porter, Lorentus Barnabus.....Lot 259, Sec 4, buried 26 October 1937, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 23 September 1848, 89 years, farmer, born in Burr Oak, son of Barnabus Porter and Mary Dickerson, died 24 October 1937, apoplexy......Note: middle name from the papers of Geneva Smith. Porter, Lorenzo Dow...VET, Lot 112, Sec 2, lived in Charlevoix, married, born 26 November 1843 in Burr Oak twp, 64 years, son of Barnabus Porter, born New York, mother, ???? but born in New York, died 4 July 1908, strangulation......Note: from the papers of Geneva Smith comes the surname Dow. Also that Lorenzo (1) married 1857 to ?? Lovejoy; (2) married 1868 to Adelia Graham. Porter, Mary (Ward) (Dickerson).....Lot 3, Sec 3, born 18 September 1811, 61 years, died 14 June 1873......Note: Ward and Dickerson surnames from the papers of Geneva Smith. She also has this burial lon Lot 112. Porter, Priscilla......Lot 3, Sec 3, born 1857, died 1918 Potter, Lorenzo D........VET, U.S. Navy Powell, Eula Mae...Row 43, Sec 7, Grave 10, buried 1 December 1991, died in Sturgis, widow, 79 years, died 28 Novrmber 1991 Powell, Herman B...Row 43, Sec 7, Grave 9, buried 10 July 1990, lived in Berrien Springs, Berrien Co, married, 87 years, died 7 July 1990 Powell, Richard L...Row 3, Sec 9, Grave 38, buried 11 August 1993, lived in Colon twp, single, 65 years, died 7 August 1993 Powell, Virgil E...buried 8 December 1995, lived in Marcellus, 36 years, died 4 December 1995 Powers, Cassius M...Lot 416, Sec 1, buried 2 September 1964, lived in Fawn River twp, widower, 87 years, died 31 August 1964 Powers, Charles E...VET, Lot 35, Sec 3, born 1838, died 1889, Civil War, Co A, 11th Michigan Infantry Powers, Charles Fred....Lot 270, Sec 4, buried 12 April 1935, died in Three Rivers, 31 years, born 1904, died 10 April 1935......Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Powers, Dale......Lot 416 Sec 1 Powers, Eddie...Lot 209, Sec 1, born 1863, died 1866 Powers, Edith.......Lot 209, Sec 1, born 1875, died 1881 Powers, Elizabeth (Fish).....Lot 35, Sec 3, born 1838, died 1902.....Note: Fish surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Powers, Gale... born 1899, died 1899, under Gale Powers name in ( ) says Miller Girl Bob & Doris's baby, buried 9 June 1950, died 9 June 1950 dates in pen, same handwriting as "Miller Girl", Powers, Harriet...Lot 209, Sec 1, born 1842, died 1880 Powers, Horace H....VET, Lot 144, Sec 2, born 1834, died 24 October 1873, Civil War, Co G, 3rd Michigan Infantry.....Note: first name Horace from the papers of Geneva Smith. Powers, Jesse...no more information Powers, John........Lot 35, Sec 3, no dates. Powers, Lella F........Lot 416, Sec 1,buried 22 June 1949, lived in Burr Oak, 71 years, died 19 June 1949 Powers, Loran.....Lot 209, Sec 1, born 1831, died 1910...Note: first name spelled Loren in the papers of Geneva Smith. Powers, Williston........Lot 35, Sec 3, no dates. Powers, Zella F (Teft).......Lot 416, born 1989, died 19 June 1949.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Prentice, George .....Lot 520, Sec 5, buried 16 March 1941, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 10 November 1858, 82 yrs 4 mo 4 days, born in Michigan, son of Cutis Prentice, born New York, and Emily Andrews, born Ohio, died 14 March 1941 Prentice, Martha Start....Lot 520, Sec 5, buried 27 December 1945, lived in Burr Oak, 77 years, born 1866, died 24 December 1945.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Presdorf, Lucy....Lot 7, Sec 6, buried 23 March 1942, lived in LaGrange, Indiana, married, 64 years, born 1878, died 29 March 1942......Note: death year from the papers of Geneva Smith. She has this burial on Lot 575. Presdorf, Noah....Lot 7, Sec 6, buried 29 August 1966, lived in Indiana, married, 83 years, 27 August 1966 Prouty, Amelia.....Lot 141, Sec 2, born 1815, died 1874 Prouty, James L.....Lot 141, Sec 2, born 1811, died 1881 Pugh, Annie...Row 1, Sec 9, Grave 5, buried 17 August 1987, lived in Sturgis, married, 59 years, died 13 August 1987 Pugh, Edward Anthony...baby, died in Sturgis, 2 mos old. died 5 January 1963, advanced malnutrition Pugh, Wilmer...Row 1, Sec 9, Grave 6, buried 2 April 1990, lived in Colon, widower, 71 years, died 29 March 1990 Pyle, Jane D....died 29 December 1891, extracted from Burr Oak deaths annual printed in the Burr Oak, January 1892 Radabaugh Herbert Sr...Row 2, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 11 March 1992, died in Portage, widower, died 9 March 1992 Radabaugh Irene L...Row 2, Sec 7, Grave 12, buried 20 November 1976, lived at 202 S Clay, Sturgis, married, 80 years, died 18 November 1976 Rahn, Anna....died 28 September 1891, extracted from Burr Oak deaths annual printed in the Burr Oak, January 1892 Rahn Albert L...Lot 188, Sec 2, buried 21 May 1953, died in Sturgis, born 1890, 63 years , died 18 May 1953 Rahn Herman J...Lot 100, Sec 2, buried 20 June 1944, lived in Sturgis, 79 years, born 1865, died 18 June 1944......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Rambadt Brenda........"Mother", Row 36, Sec 7, died 24 January 1984, mother of Misty Jo Rambadt Misty Jo...Row 36, Sec 7, Lot 9, buried 30 January 1984, lived in Sacramento, California, 2 1/2 years Ramer Baby Girl...Baby Haven, Row 1, Grave 21, buried 23 October 1992, parents Kandi and Andy Ramer, stillborn 20 October 1992 Ramer Taylor Dean...Row 1, Grave 20, Baby Haven, buried 20 June 1990, newborn, died June 18 1990, son of Andy Ramer and Kandi Kane Rasbaugh Clayton...Lot 340, Rear, buried 6 March 1959, died in Centreville, married, 79 years, died 3 March 1959 Rasbaugh Ida...Lot 340, Sec Rear, buried 10 August 1963, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 77 years, died 7 August 1963 Raynor Jerusha....Lot 103, Sec 2, born 1823, died 1891 Ream Catherine....Lot 216, Sec 4, born 1814, died 1897 Ream Emanuel...Lot 216, Sec 4, buried 21 October 1922, lived in Burr Oak, 64 years, born 1858, died 19 October 1922......Note: papers of Geneva Smith give us the birth year. Ream Fannie......Lot 216, Sec 4, born 1848, died 1888 Ream Lewis.......Lot 216, Sec 4, born 1816, died 1901 Ream Louise......Lot 216, Sec 4, no dates Ream Lucy....Lot 216, Sec 4, buried 25 October 1929, lived in Burr Oak, 79 years, born 1850, died 22 October 1929...Note: papers of Geneva Smith give us the birth year. Ream Oliver.....Lot 216, Sec 4, born 1850 died 1860......Note: Geneva Smith has the name on this Olive which would change the gender of the person buried in this grave. Reaper Hiram Jr....Row 1, Sec 9, Grave 10, no burial date,lived in Chicago,Illinois, single, 38 years, died 23 March 1983 Reaper Timothy R....Lot 14, Baby Haven, buried 28 Sep 1977, stillborn 25 September 1977, son of Larry Reaper and Dixie (Krontz) Reaper Reed Baby....In grave with Thomas Jefferson Reed who died 20 February 1945. No information on the baby. Note: Compiler of these records would suggest this is the child of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Margaret Althea Hermance, the twin of Maxine Virginia, Marcia Valencia, born 29 February 1916, died 1917 Reed Cassius Charles...Lot 138, Sec 2, born 29 November 1867, 10 years, died 12 March 1876, son of Charles Wolverton Reed and Ellen Orisa (Hackett) Reed, born Michigan, father born Rush Twp, Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania......Note: days and months of the birth and death dates from the personal family file of this compiler. Reed Charity (Newell).....Lot 138, Sec 2, born 9 July 1834 at Butler, Wayne County, New York, 70 years, died 9 November 1904, wife of Thomas Jefferson Reed....Note: death and birth days and months from the papers of Geneva Smith. Geneva says Charity died at her sister's home, Mrs Harriet Thurston, south east of Sturgis. Reed Charles Kenneth...VET, Lot 27, Sec 7, Grave 9, buried 15 May 1968, 59 years, of 638 Elm Street, Colon, died Sunday, 12 May 1968 in Sturgis Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was born Burr Oak Township, a son of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Margaret Althea (Hermance) Reed and had resided in the Burr Oak and Colon areas all of his life. Both parents were born in St Joseph County, Michigan. He was graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1925. He was first married to Georgia Deal and she died 3 June 1949. Mr Reed served in the United States Navy in Iwo Jima during World War II. On 29 May 1954, he married Mariet Murphy Robbins at LaGrange, Indiana.He was a member of the Methodist Church in Colon, the Masonic Lodge, F&Am; the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, DeWitt Clinton Consistory of Grand Rapids and the Snyder-Lewis- Welty Post 454 of the American Legion. He was employed by R&I Materials in Howe, Indiana. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Deborah and Annie Marie, both at home; two step-daughters, Mrs Joseph (Carla) Bogucki, of Burr Oak and Mrs Darwin (Mary) Wooddman of Colon; nine grandchildren; his mother, who resides in Burr Oak; three sisters, Mrs Marian Rudd of Battle Creek, Mrs Gerald G (Maxine) Foster of Burr Oak and Mrs Robert (Margaret) Baad of Colon; and four brothers, Clayton of Sturgis, William Ira, Robert Nathaniel and Theron John, all of Burr Oak. Reed Charles Wolverton...Lot 138, Sec 2, born 27 November 1832, 50 years, died 8 July 1883, son of Casper Reed and Mary (Wolverton) Reed, born in Rush twp, Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania...Note: birthdate and month and day of death date from the family papers of this compiler. Charles Wolverton Reed was my mothers paternal grandfather. Reed Clayton Jay...Row 2, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 9 August 1988, 86 years, of Villa De Palma retirement home, Placenta, California, formerly of Burr Oak, died 5 August 1988 at Brea Community Hospital. He was born 9 August 1901 in Sturgis to Thomas Jefferson Reed and Margaret Althea (Hermance) Reed of Burr Oak. He was a resident of Burr Oak and Sturgis most of his life before moving to California. He was a graduate of Burr Oak High School, class of 1921. He attended International Business College of Fort Wayne and Metropolitan Business College of Chicago. On 20 June 1928 he married Mabel Klesert in Caledonia, Michigan. She died 30 January 1985. In 1966, he retired from Kirsch where he worked in accounting. He was a member of the Burr Oak United Methodist Church, a past master of Burr Oak Masonic Eagle Lodge 124, a past commander of Columbia Commandry 18 Knights Templar, a charter member of the Sturgis Kiwanis Club, a member of the St Joseph County Farm Bureau and a Managing Board Member of American Accounting Association of Chicago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs Charles (Marilyn Jean) Warner of Anaheim, California, and Mrs Gene (Elizabeth Jane) Robinson of El Toro, California; three grandchildren; one brother, Robert Reed of Burr Oak; two sisters, Mrs Gerald G (Maxine) Foster of Burr Oak and Mrs Robert (Margaret) Baad of Colon; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, two sisters and one son. Services were held at the Burr Oak United Methodist Church with Rev William Bills officiating. Burial was at the Burr Oak Cemetery. Reed, Ellen Orissa (Hackett).....Lot 138, Sec 2, Grave 5, was born at Burr Oak, Michigan, on 27 September 1841. She passed away on the morning of 4 April 1922 at 8:30 o'clock, being 80 years, 6 months and 7 days old. On 9 November 1862 she was united in marriage to Charles W Reed, having the following children: Mary Jane, Cassius Charles, Thomas Jefferson and Sarah A. Thomas Jefferson is the only child surviving. In 1836 Mrs. Reed's mother, Sarah Washburn came to Michigan from New York state. She was married to Nathan Atrides Hackett and seven children were born; Ellen, Lovinia, Aristides, Sarahan, Aristilla, Nathan and Stella, of which Nathan of Burr Oak, Lovinia of Burr Oak and Aristilla of Norton, Kansas are still living. Mrs Reed was a member of the Baptist Church being a very ardent worker for Christ. She was always ready with a helping hand to soothe and carress the needy. Even at the last moment her hands were raised in motherly love and she smiled her last into the the Great Beyond. Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon from the home northwest of Burr Oak, conducted by Rev. W.R. Kitzmiller. Singing by Mr and Mrs Cyrus Bowdish. Interment in Burr Oak Cemetery. Reed F J Jr.......Lot 59, Sec 3 Reed Francis...Lot 138, Sec 2, born 1850, died 1850, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Charity (Newell) Reed Reed Georgia (Deal).....Lot 543, Sec 5, buried 5 June 1949, lived in Colon twp, St Joseph Co, married, 42 years, daughter of Charles Deal and Emma (Binkley) Reed, died 3 June 1949, first wife of Charles Kenneth Reed Reed John.....Lot 138, Sec 2, born 1857, died 1857, son of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Charity (Newell) Reed, L Marieta...Row 27, Sec 7, Grave 10, 81 years, 638 Elm Street, Colon, died 27 December 1996, at the Borgess Medical Center, Kalamzoo. She was born 4 September 1915, in Jackson, a daughter of Harry A and Letha Fay Freeland Murphy. On 29 May 1954, she married Charles Kenneth Reed, in LaGrange, Indiana. She was a 1933 graduate of Colon High School and attended Glen Oaks Community College and attended Western Michigan University. She was a homemaker, was the Colon Township Librarian for 25 years, and was coordinator for the Friendship Center of Colon. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs Joseph (Carla Robbins) Bogucki, Burr Oak, Mary L (Robbins) Hackenberg, Colon, Debra D (Reed) Bietz, Atlanta, Georgia and Anne Marie Reed Worley, Colon; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four sister, Willadean Smith, Mrs Mervel (Jean) Delp, Mrs Arthur (Nancy) West, and Mrs Joyce Brandt, all of Colon; a brother, Gerald J Murphy, Bronson; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a sister, Cliveous Murphy; a grandson, Michael Bogucki; a great-granddaughter, Sarah Kate Bogucki; and twin infant great-granddaughters. Services were held at the Schipper Funeral Home, Ltd., Colon with Rev Ray D Flessner of the Colon United Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Burr Oak Cemetery. Memorials directed to the Colon Township Library. Reed Mabel (Klesert)...Lot 2, Grave 2, Sec 7, buried 2 February 1985, lived in Colon, married, 81 years, born 17 July 1903, died 30 January 1985, wife of Clayton Jay Reed, daughter of George Henry Klesert and Bertha Sophia Dobberteen Klesert.......Note: birthdate and names of parents from the family file of this compiler. Reed Margaret Althea....Lot 59, Sec 3, Grave 3, buried 16 January 1971, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 94 years, died 12 January 1971, born in Sherman twp, daughter of Robert Pembrooke Hermance and Margaret Ann Jenkins, widow of Thomas Jefferson Reed Reed Maurine Ida (Blossom)....Row 31, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 20 October 1993, lived in Sturgis, widow, 81 years, born 14 February 1912 at Hudson in Lenawee County, Michigan, daughter of Winfield Reuben Blossom and Ella Irene DeLong, died 16 October 1993.....Note: birthdate, place of birth and parents from the family file of this compiler. Reed Maxine Lois (Fair)...Row 36, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 6 June 1983, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 69 years, born 24 September 1914, died 3 June 1983, daughter of ?? Fair and Clara (Miller) Fair, wife of Theron John Reed Reed Theron John...Lot 36, Sec 7, Grave 10, buried 25 February 1970, lived in Burr Oak, married, 59 years, died 22 February 1970, son of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Margaret Althea Hermance Reed Thomas Jefferson....Lot 138, Sec 2, born 16 March 1828 Rush Twp, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 53 years, died 28 May 1881, husband of Charity, son of Casper Reed and Mary (Wolverton) Reed Reed Thomas Jefferson...Lot 59, Sec 3, buried 24 February 1945, lived in Burr Oak, married, 69 years, farmer, died 20 February 1945, born in Burr Oak twp, son of Charles Wolverton Reed and Ellen Orisa (Hackett) Reed, husband of Margaret Althea (Hermance) Reed. Baby also in this grave, no name or information although this compiler, being a granddaughter to this man, believes this baby is most probably the identical twin sister, Marcia Valencia, to my mother, Maxine Virginia Reed. Reed William Ira...Row 31, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 9 August 1978, lived in Sturgis, married, 72 years, died 7 August 1978, son of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Margaret Althea (Hermance) Reed, born Burr Oak Twp, husband of Maurine Ida (Blossom) Reed Repke Marilyn J...Plot 443, Sec 1, Grave 5, buried 11 November 1986, died in Sturgis, 58 years, died 7 November 1986 Reuter Edward E...Plot 208, Sec 1, Grave 3, buried 9 February 1987, died in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, widower, 75 years, died 6 February 1987 Reuter Pauline M....Plot 208, Sec 1, Grave 4, buried 10 July 1976, died in Sturgis, married, 68 years, died 7 July 1976 Richardson Alice......Lot 69, Sec 3, born 1852, died 1911 Richardson Angeline......Lot 69, Sec 3, born 1815, died 1904 Richardson Baby...Lot 69, Sec 3, name at top of page is Jno L. Richardson, no more information Rickards Bertha...Lot 435, Sec 1, buried 30 September 1942, lived in Bronson, married, 71 years, born 1871, died 28 September 1942.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith and also has the surname spelled Rickard. Rickards Ruth...Lot 435, Sec 1, buried 17 May 1937, lived in Bronson, 23 years, born 1914, died 15 May 1937....Note: papers of Geneva Smith give us the birth year for this woman and the spelling of the surname as Rickard. Ricker, Henry........Lot 38, born 1829, died 1911.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ricker, Katherine.......Lot 38, born 1829, died 1872.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Rider Albert F...Lot 338, Sec R, buried 27 March 1936, died in Burr Oak, married, died 24 March 1936 Rider Leona S...Lot 338, Sec Rear, Grave 8, buried 11 November 1967, lived in Fawn River twp, 79 years, died 9 November 1967 Ridley Lulu M...Plot 211, Sec 4, Grave 7, buried 21 November 1984, died in Sturgis, widow, 89 years, died 21 November 1984 Ridley Walter Addison...Lot 211, Sec 4, Grave 8, buried 28 July 1973, died in Sturgis, married, 79 years, died 26 July 1973 Rieken Henry.....Lot 38, Sec 3, born 1829, died 1911 Rieken Katherine.....Lot 38, Sec 3, born 1829, died 1872 Riley Ona May...Plot 484, Sec 4, Grave 1, buried 10 June 1980, lived in Mt Dora, Florida, born 29 November 1884 in Indiana, 96 years, registered nurse, daughter of Henry Diffenbaugh and Fanny Spice, died 14 February 1980 Ringler Susie.....Lot 464, Sec 1, born 1886, died 1918 Rivers Elmer..Row 31, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 3 March 1979, lived in Burr Oak, married, 77 years, died 27 February 1979 Rivers, Lucile A...Row 31, Sec 7, Grave 4, no burial date, 84 years, died 6 May 1996 Roberts, Emma Ray...Row 28, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 2 January 1971, lived in Bronson, widow, 83 years, died 30 December 1970 Roberts, Frank W.......Lot 28, Sec 7 Roberts, William F...buried 14 October 1962, lived in Burr Oak, married, 79 years, died 10 October 1962 Note: Compiler feels that Frank W Roberts and William F Roberts may be the same person. Robinson, Baby...Lot 57, Sec 3, born 1885, died 1885, name at top on back is Henry Robinson, no more Robinson, Clark.....Lot 233, Sec 4, born 1857, died 1903 Robinson, Eugene.....Lot 80, Sec 3, born 1844, died 1916 Robinson, George.....VET, Lot 316, Co A, born 1838 in Clark County, Virginia, died 1 November 1898, Note: information of birth year and place from papers of Geneva Smith, also date of death. She also says that this man was a 'colored' barber in Burr Oak; he enlisted 3 March 1864 in Co. A 33rd Mississippi Colored; 5th Mississippi Volunteer Colored Corps; honorably discharged 31 October 1865 at Clarksville, Texas. (Compiler note: Burr Oak Acorn says this man served with the 33rd Massachusetts Colored. In conversation with someone who is very knowledge about the colored troops, she says there was no 33rd Massachusetts Colored. I don't have any knowledge of this in order to clarify. I know from village legend this man had a family when he lived here and worked at his trade as a barber. It was said that he was 'treated poorly' and departed this place with his family.) Robinson, Henry.....Lot 57, Sec 3 Robinson, John....Lot 220, Sec 4, born 1826, died 1889 Robinson, Kernie.......Lot 531, Sec 5, died 1930, lived in Burr Oak, born in 1853, 77 years Robinson, Lillace...Lot 233, Sec 4, born 1884, died 1904, name on top of page is Clarke Robinson Robinson, Margaret...Lot 220, Sec 4, born 1824, died 1902 Robinson, Philander.....Lot 220, Sec 4, born 1852, died 1857 Rockwood, Cynthia.....Lot 149, Sec 2, born 1834, died 1865......Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this surname spelled as Rockwell. Rocky, Adeline.....Lot 284, Sec 4, born 1837, died 1912 Rocky, David.....Lot 284, Sec 4, born 1837, died 1928 Rocky, Minnie....Lot 284, Sec 4, buried 27 September 1964, lived in St Joseph Co, 85 years, died 24 September 1965 Rodabaugh, C.B.......VET, Co E, 19th Michigan Infantry Rodgers, Fernando...Lot 439, Sec 1, born 1851, died 1907, first husband of Mary Ann (Jennie) Reed Rollman, Carl.......Lot 100, Sec 2, born 1879, died 1917 Rollman, Cornie....Lot 100, Sec 2, born 1877, died 1879 Rollman, Dilia.......Lot 100, Sec 2, born 1837, died 1912 Rollman, John C....VET, Lot 100, Sec 2, born 1836, died 1916, Civil War, Co K, 29th Illinois Infantry Note: papers of Geneva Smith state this man was a doctor. Rolloff, Anna.......Lot 188, Sec 2, born 1868, died 1891 Rolloff, Charles........Lot 188, Sec 2, died 11 October 1911, in Lutherans' Old People's Home at Monroe Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Rolloff, Lina........Lot 188, Sec 2, born 1870, died 1876 Rolloff, Mrs. Charles......Lot 188, Sec 2, died 1910.......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Ronk, Annie May...Lot 544, Sec 5, buried 14 April 1964, lived in Battle Creek, 77 years, died 10 April 1964 Root, Robert...Row 38, Sec 7, Grave 8, buried 7 July 1979, lived in Burr Oak, married, 60 years, died 3 July 1979 Rose, Arthur....Lot 87, Sec 3, born born 1861, died 1861, name on top of page is Jno I Rose Note: papers of Geneva Smith say this is the son of J. and L. Rose of Williamson, Wayne County, New York, died at the home of their daughter, Mrs D.W. Dodge in Colon; John died 1 November 1895; Lucinda Brisban Rose died 31 March 1895, buried in Colon; a son Stewart M Rose lived in Grand Rapids. Rose, Hattie...Lot 237, Sec 4, buried 18 April 1949, lived in Detroit, born 1863, 86 years, died 14 April 1949 Rose, John... Lot 237, Sec 4, buried August ?1946, lived in Detroit, born 1858, 88 yrs, died 27 August 1946, reporting, Flora G Harris Rosen, Bert.....Potters Field, Sec 2 Ross, Cornelia....Lot 30, Sec 3, born 1806, died 1850......Note: papers of Geneva Smith says the stone was down on this grave. Ross, Janice R...Row 7, Sec 7, Grave 12, buried 8 July 1973, died in La Grange Indiana, 28 years, died 5 July 1973 Ross, Seneca......Lot 30, Sec 3, born 1803, died 1851.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith says the stone was down on this grave. Rounds, Eliza....Lot 102, Sec 2 Rounds, Susan......Lot 102, Sec 2, born 1820, died 1909 Royer, Arthur C.....Lot 10, Sec 6, buried 25 August 1952, lived in Burr Oak, married, 69 years, died 23 August 1952.......Note: Geneva Smith has this man buried on Lot 578 with a death year of 1953. Royer, Beatrice Virginia.....Plot 25, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 30 June 1987, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 69 years, died 28 June 1987 Royer, Cora....Lot 10, Sec 6, buried 7 June 1956, died in Kalamazoo, 78 years, died 4 June 1956 Note: Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 578. Royer, Corless G....Plot 10, Sec 6, Grave 6, died 8 Apri; 1992, cremated. Also, unidentified female, unidentified male, buried here..no information or dates available. Royer, George E....Lot 25, Sec 6, Grave 6, buried 2 January 1981, lived in Burr Oak, married, 68 years, died 30 December 1980 Royer, Helen A.....Lot 25, Sec 6, buried 25 November 1962, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 79 years, died 23 November 1962 Royer, Howard .....Lot 25, Sec 6, buried 2 June 1961, lived in Burr Oak, married, 79 years, died 30 May 1961 Royer, Rachael M....Plot 10, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 17 April 1992, cremated, died 3 December 1991 Rudd, Claude A.....Lot 44, buried 8 July 1942, cremated......Note Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Rudd, Mary...Lot 44, Sec 3, buried 27 November 1931, lived in Culver City, California, cremated, born 1859, 72 years, died 27 November 1931 Rudd, Miriam Ellen Reed (Johnson) (Himebaugh)...Lot 59, Sec 3, Grave 4, buried 21 December 1976, lived in Battle, Creek, divorced, 62 years, born 28 July 1914, died 19 December 1976, born in Burr Oak, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Reed and Margaret Althea Hermance......Note: this article was extracted from the Burr Oak Acorn by this compiler. Although unnamed in the article, this was my aunt so know this was in reference to her; Tuesday, July 22nd, 1915...There is more misfortune at the home of Mr and Mrs T.J. Reed--their little daughter again has a broken leg. Monday morning the child, who is just now of creeping age, tipped over while in its rocking chair. Tho the fall was only a few inches, it was sufficient to cause serious trouble for weeks to come. It will be remembered that the the little one broke its leg some months ago, but from this it entirely recovered. Now the break is a re-break, which we surely hope may speedily heal. Rudd, William.....Lot 44, Sec 3, born 1859, died 1923 Ruhl, Levi....Lot 314, Sec R, buried 11 February 1950, 89 years, died 9 February 1950 Ruhl, Viola (Nichols).....Lot 314, Rear, born 1861, died 1905.....Note: surname Nichols from the papers of Geneva Smith. Rusnell, Viola...Lot 495, Sec 5, Grave 4, buried 11 January 1973, wife of Harold, died in Banch Co, married, 60 years, died 9 January 1973 Russell, Albian...Lot 127, Sec 2, buried 9 August 1935, lived in Colon twp, born 1865, 70 years, died 7 August 1935...Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this first name spelled Albion Russell, Augustus Alonzo......Lot 221, died 1883, age 27 years, from consumption.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Russell, J .....Lot 435, Sec 1, born 1890, died 1895 Russell, J......Lot 596, died 31 May 1946......Note: from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book Russell, Joel S....VET, Lot 127, Sec 2, born 1831, died 1874, Civil War, 19th Michigan Infantry Russell, John....Lot 127, Sec 2, born 1813, died 1880 Russell, Lovemae...Lot 127, Sec 2, born 1831, died 1909 Russell, Viola...Lot 495, Sec 5, Grave 4, buried 11 January 1973, wife of Harold, died in Branch Co, married, 60 years, died 9 January 1973 Sager,Florence...Row 1, Sec 8, Grave 6, No burial date, lived and died in Grand Haven, Michigan widow, 86 years, died 25 August 1994, cremated Sager, Harold...Row 1, Sec 8, Grave 5, buried 20 May 1992, lived and died in Grand Haven, married, 84 years, died 2 February 1992, cremated Sager, Pearl.....Lot 12, Sec 6, buried 19 March 1954, lived in Burr Oak, 69 years, died 16 March 1954 Sager, Roy...Lot 30, Sec 7, buried 2 February 1967, lived in Coldwater, married, 56 years, died 30 January 1967 Sager, Walton V....Lot 12, Sec 6, Grave 3, buried 15 May 1972, lived in Burr Oak, married, 60, son of Willard and Pearl Walton, died 13 May 1972 Sager, Willard.....Lot 12, Sec 6, buried 14 September 1962, lived in Burr Oak, widower, 77 years, died 11 September 1962 St John, Selleck...Lot 184, Sec 2, born 1794, died 1870 Salmon, Frankie......Lot 34, born 1851, died 1865...... Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Salmon, William Lyman.......Lot 34, Sec 3, born 1805, died 1870....Note: first and middle names from the papers of Geneva Smith. Sanborn, Abbie...Lot 468, Sec 4, buried 4 November 1941, lived in Burr Oak, widowed, 74 years, died 2 November 1941.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this lady's age as 83 years. Sanborn, Elizabeth...Lot 238, Sec 4, born 1822, died 1902 Sanborn, Frank G... Lot 468, Sec 4, no burial date, lived in Burr Oak, 83 years, died 8 February 1934 Sanborn, Nathaniel...Lot 238, Sec 4, born 1823, died 1895......Note: extracted from the Burr Oak Acorn: Nat Sanborn, 72 years, committed suicide by poisoning, 14 August 1895. Sanborn, Nelson F....Lot 57, Sec 6, buried 18 November 1963, lived in Burr Oak, married, 74 years, died 9 November 1963 Sanborn, Orpha.....buried 22 January 1968, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 74 years, died 19 January 1968 Sandman, Cornelius.....Lot 531, Sec 5, buried 26 March 1958, lived in Sturgis, 89 years, died 29 March 1958 Sandman, Grace.....Lot 531, Sec 5, buried 18 July 1929, lived in Burr Oak twp, 58 years, born 1881, died 16 July 1929.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith Sandman, William.....Lot 531, Sec 5, Graves 6 & 7, cremated, no dates Scare, Edward...Row 8, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 27 January 1984, lived in Sturgis, married, 82 years, died 27 January 1984 Scheetz, Esther J.....Row 19, Sec 7, Grave 4, buried 29 December 1983, 86 years Schmidt, Algeron.....Lot 83, no dates Schmidt, Carl........Lot 244, Sec 4, born 1824, died 1910 Schmidt, Christina........Lot 244, Sec 4, born 1822, died 1890 Schmidt, Edward......Lot 465, Sec 1, born 1862, died 1916 Schmidt, Eugene.......Lot 83, Sec 3, no dates Schmidt, Father... Lot 83, no dates, name at the top of page is E.A. Schmidt Schmidt, Frank...Lot 83, Sec 3, no dates Schmidt, Katherine.......Lot 465, Sec 1, born 1860, died 1912 Schmidt, Mary...Lot 83, Sec 3, no dates Schmidt, Mother......Lot 83, no dates Schmidt, William S.......Lot 83, no dates Schrader, Charley.....Lot 189, Sec 2, born 1806, died 1877......Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Schrader, Henry.....Lot 33, Sec 6, buried 29 February 1948, lived in Burr Oak, married, 73 years, died 26 February 1948...Note: papers of Geneva Smith has the date of death for this man as 2 February 1948. Schrader, Ida A....Lot 33, Sec 6, Grave 7, buried 10 June 1969, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 86 years, died ?? June 1969, no day given Schrader, Nora...Lot 13, Sec 6, buried 30 March 1942, lived in Burr Oak, 59 years, died 27 March 1942 Schrader, William G...Lot 13, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 7 August 1975, lived in Burr Oak, widower, 94 years, died 4 August 1975 Schroder, Nora....Lot 581, died 27 March 1942, 59 years.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Schroeder, Ralph William.....Row 33, Sec 1, Grave 8, buried 3 February 1985, died in Sturgis, married, 87 years, died 31 January 1985 Schuh, John J.....Row 7, Sec 8, Grave 8, buried 27 February 1988, died in Sturgis, 86 years, died 26 February 1988 Schuh, Magdalena.....Row 7, Sec 8, Grave 7, buried 31 August 1992, died in LaGrange, Indiana, widow, 90 years, died 29 August 1992 Schuler, Carl A.....Lot 350, Sec R, buried 27 May 1965, lived in Sturgis, married, 74 years, died 24 May 1965 Schuler, Margaret A.....Lot 350, Sec R, buried 7 July 1966, lived in Sturgis, widow, 74 years, died 3 July 1966 Schultz, Frederick......Lot 24, Sec 3, born 1878, died 1879 Schultz, Johann...Lot 24, Sec 3, born 1817, died 1880 Schultz, John.... 1880, this is all the information there was, no indication on what this date represents Schultz, Marie.....Lot 24, Sec 4, born 1878, died 1879 Schutt, Ethel...Lot 26, Sec 7, Grave 4, no burial date, lived in Fawn River twp, widow, 77 years, died 24 November 1967 Schutt, Vern C..Lot 26, Sec 7, no burial date, lived in Fawn River twp, married, 73 years, died 10 December 1961 Scott, Jerome...Lot 537, Sec 1?, buried 13 September 1950, 93 years, born 1857, died 11 September 1950......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Scott, Sarah.....Lot 267, Sec 4, buried 11 March 1935, lived in Burr Oak twp, 63 years, born 1872, died 10 March 1935....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Scupholm, Mary.....Lot 490, Sec 5, buried 10 June 1950, 86 years, died 7 June 1950 Scupholm, George.....Lot 490, Sec 5 Scupholm, George.....Lot 490, Sec 5, buried 21 March 1942, 82 years, died 19 March 1942 Seaver, Alda.....Lot 460, Sec 1, Grave 4, buried 14 September 1957, 77 years, died 11 September 1957 Seaver, Belle......Lot 40, Sec 3 Seaver, Belle E...Lot 40, Sec 3, buried 17 August 1960, lived in Burr Oak, 85 years, died 14 August 1960 Seaver, Beverly Seaver, Beverly...Lot 40, Sec 3, buried 6 November 1956, lived in Burr Oak, 89 years, died 3 November 1956 Seaver, Cornelia...born 9 September 1875, 87 years, died 22 March 1963 Seaver, Edgar..Edgar, Lot 460, Sec 1, buried 25 March 1963, lived in Burr Oak, single, 87 years, died 22 May 1963 Seaver, Herbert F...Lot 460, Sec 1, Grave 3, buried 20 December 1953, lived in Burr Oak, married, 76 years, died 17 December 1953 Seaver, Herbert Franklin...Lot 460, Sec 1, Grave 2, buried 31 January 1986, died in Kalamazoo, 81 years, died 28 January 1986 Seaver, James... no other information Seaver, J E.......Lot 460, Sec 1 Seaver, Julia......Lot 470, Sec 1, Grave 8, buried 5 December 1947, 85 years, died 3 November 1947......Note: date of death in papers from Geneva Smith is 3 November 1945. Selby, Bertha.....Lot 402, Sec 1, born 1878, died 1911 Selby, Elenore......Lot 203, Sec 1, 51 years, born 1841, died 1892........Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Geneva has this first name spelled Elnore. Selby, Franklin...Lot 402, Sec 1, buried 13 October 1934, lived in Sturgis, 63 years, born 1871, died 11 October 1934.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Selby, Melissa (Stowell).......Lot 402, Sec 1, born 1841, died 1924.....Note: Stowell surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Selby, Robert L...Row 30, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 3 March 1993, died in Elkhart, Indiana, 84 years, died 28 February 1993 Selby, Verna.......Lot 30, Sec 7, buried 31 May 1968, lived in Sturgis, married, 53 years, died 28 May 1968 Selby, William....Lot 402, Sec 1, born 1831, died 1917 Seymore, Arden...VET, Lot 204, Sec 1, born 1879, 27 years, died 1906, Co K, 33rd Michigan S.A.W. Seymore, Jay...VET, Lot 204, Sec 1, born 1846, 48 years, died 1894, Civil War, Co I, 143rd Illinois Infantry Seymore, Melinda (Harding)...Lot 204, Sec 1, born 1858, died 1912....Note: from the papers of Geneva Smith is taken the surname of Harding; also the spelling of the first name is Malinda and Geneva says this woman was the wife of Jay Seymore. Shaffmaster, Ernest F....Lot 528, Sec 5, buried 3 May 1952, 79 years, born 1873, died 30 April 1952 Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shaffmaster, Paul Lee..Lot 528, Sec 5, buried 1 September 1928, lived in Columbus Ohio, born 1908, 20 yrs 20 dys, died 1928, no day or month given in death date Shaffmaster, Pearl.....Lot 528, Sec 5, buried 21 March 1960, lived and died in Toledo Ohio, 79 years, died 18 March 1960 Shane, Emily F...Lot 1, Sec 3, buried 22 May 1938, lived in Burr Oak, born 1856, 82 years, died 20 May 1938.....Note: Initial "F" from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shane, G Thomas....Lot 38, Sec 6, no burial date, lived in Burr Oak, 74 years, died 12 February 1960 Shane, Hamlet......Lot 1, Sec 3 no dates Shane, Homer....Lot 1, Sec 3, born 1841, died 1922 Shane, Jane......Lot 131, died 7 June 1941, 83 years old......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shane, John......Lot 131, died 1921......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Shane, La Verne J...Plot 247, Sec 4, Grave 1, buried 16 April 1994, lived in Indiana, female, 103 years old, cremated, died 7 April 1994........Note: maiden surname Jenkins from this compilers family notes. Shane, Matilda....Lot 1, Sec 3, born 1842, died 1922 Shane, Nina... Lot 131, Sec 2, no dates, name on top of page is Jerre Shane Shane, Vera I.....Lot 38, Sec 6, buried 23 November 1960, died in Fawn River twp, 73 years, died 21 November 1960 Shane, William......Lot 131, 76 years, died 5 Februrary 1933.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shaw, Abbie.... Lot 302, Sec R, born 1827, died 1891, deathdate 18 December 1891, extracted from Burr Oak deaths annual printed in the Burr Oak, January 1892 Shaw, Adeline...Lot 48, Sec 3, born 1816, died 1863 Shaw, Admethus M......Lot 14, Sec 3, born 1822, died 24 March 1890....Note: day and month of the death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. She also has the first name spelled Admetus. Shaw, Albertus...Lot 26, Sec 3, born 1819, died 1892, extracted from the Burr Oak Acorn 7 January 1892 edition was the personal mention that Alburtus Shaw died just before this day with a card of thanks in the Acorn signed by his wife and son, Mr. J.H. Shaw Shaw, Alice (Conant).....Lot 26, Sec 3, born 1823, died 1879......Note: surname Conant from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shaw, Alice.......Lot 48, Sec 3, no dates Shaw, Alsone S.... Lot 48, born 1849, died 1910......Note: there is an identical entry for this name and these dates with the surname of Stevens....Clearly something is in error on one of these entries. I can only transcribe as I see it. Shaw, Alvin M...Row 41, Sec 7, Grave 10, buried 16 October 1985, lived in Burr Oak, died at White Owl Lake, Garfield, Colorado, married, 51 years, died 11 October 1985, in mountain plane crash elk hunting with Norm Brooks and Don Howk Shaw, Ansel M...Row 37, Sec 7, Grave 12, buried 8 October 1984, died in Coldwater, 85 years, died 5 October 1984 Shaw, Betsy (Gordon)...Lot 162, Sec 2, born 1808, died 1877....Note: surname Gordon from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shaw, Cora Bell....Lot 14, Sec 3, buried 12 September 1941, lived in Bronson twp, widow, 75 years, born 1866, died 10 September 1941....Note: year of birth and death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. Also, Geneva says that Cora Bell was the daughter of Chester Tisdal. Shaw, Eliza...Lot 116, Sec 2, born 1851, died 1861 Shaw, Elma E...Row 37, Sec 7, Grave 13, buried 18 March 1986, died in Sturgis, 86 years, died 15 March 1986 Shaw, Emily...born 13 January 1840, died 13 April 1901 Shaw, Erastus...Lot 48, Sec 3, born 1817, died 1893 Shaw, Frank...Lot 44, Sec 3, born 1877, died 1877 Shaw, Helen Theda Shaw, I.....Lot 116, Sec 2, born 1813, died 1865 Shaw, James...Lot 26, Sec 3, born 1853, died 1910 Shaw, John.....Lot 116, Sec 2, born 1826, died 1889....Note: Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 26. Shaw, John.... Lot 26, Sec 3, born 1868, died 1868 Shaw, Julia...Lot 44, Sec 3, born 1839, died 1911 Shaw, Leander...VET, Lot 302, born 1850, 59 years, died 1909, Civil War, 4th Michigan Cavalry Shaw, Leander.......Lot 302, born 24 September 1830 at Palmyra, New York, died 8 May 1914 at Saginaw, Michigan......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Shaw, Lilian.....no more information Shaw, Kenneth...Lot 14, Sec 3, born 1904, died 1907 Shaw, Mary.......Lot 48, Sec 3, born 1821, died 1905 Shaw, Philetus...Lot 44, Sec 3, born 1829, died 1886 Shaw, Rachel....Lot 116, Sec 2, born 1824, died 1868 Shaw, Sarah (Brayman)...Lot 14, Sec 3, born 1837, died 1904.....Note: surname Brayman from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shaw, William.....Lot 162, Sec 2, born 28 March 1808 in Greenbush, New York, died 1890....Note: birth date and place from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shaw, William....Lot 14, Sec 3, born 1862, died 1929......Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Shears, Ralph C....Lot 21, Sec 7, Grave 10, buried 27 November 1995, lived in Burr Oak twp, married, 56 years, no death date, gunshot wound Shears, Ralph C...buried 16 June 1965, lived in Burr Oak, married, 66 years, died 14 June 1965 Sheetz, Esther..buried 29 December 1982, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 86 years, died 25 December 1983 Sheetz, Ross L...Lot 19, Sec 7, Grave 3, buried 10 February 1970, lived in Burr Oak twp, married, 73 years, died 9 February 1970 Sheffield, Ann....Lot 145, Sec 2, born 1823, died 1903 Sheffield, George....VET, Lot 145, Sec 2, born 1831, died 1914, Civil War, Co A, 11th Michigan Infantry Sheffield, James.......Lot 145, born 1811, died 1905....Note: lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Sheffield, Lydia......Lot 145, born 1813, died 1875.....Note: lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Sheffield, Marietta....Lot 74, Sec 3, buried 1 December 1938, lived in Burr Oak, born 1849, died 29 November 1938 Sheffield, Mary...Lot 145, Sec 2, born 1835, died 1919 Sheffield, Urban.....Lot 145, born 1863, died 1863.......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Sheffield, William.......Lot 74, Sec 3, born 1836, died 1928 Sheffield, William......Lot 74, Sec 3, born 1849, died 29 March 1938....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Sheldon, B F...Lot 171, Sec 2, born 1841, died 1914 Sheldon, Frank...Lot 171, Sec 2, born 1862, died 1878 Sheldon, Harold...Lot 171, Sec 2, born 1891, died 24 December 1891, death month and day extracted from Burr Oak deaths annual printed in the Burr Oak, January 1892 Sheldon, Sarah...Lot 171, Sec 2, born 1839, died 1902 Sherwood, Eliza (Yates)......Lot 102, born 1800, 73 years, died 1873....Note: Yates from the papers of Geneva Smith. She also says that Eliza Yates was the sister of Mrs Mary Akey, and she married James Sherwood of Wausen, Ohio. Shidaker, Ray E... Row 38, Sec 7, Grave 7, died 10 October 1985, cremated Ship, Ardella...Lot 169, Sec 2, buried 19 June 1936, lived in White Pigeon, female, born 1866, 70 years, died 17 June 1936.....Note: this first name is spelled Ordella with a middle initial of "J" in the papers of Geneva Smith. Showers, Grace....Lot 240, Sec 4, buried 8 June 1961, died in Kalamazoo, widow, born 1884, 76 years, died 6 June 1961 Siggins, Matilda...Lot 317, Sec R, born 1841, died 1928 Siggins, Philetus...VET, Lot 317, Sec R, born 1832, died 1900, Civil War, Co G, 4th Michigan Infantry Singlinger, Carl...Lot 62, Sec 3, born 1867, died 1877 Singlinger, Caroline...Lot 62, Sec 3, born 1830, died 1874 Singlinger, John...Lot 62, born 1830, died 1909....Note: Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Singlinger, John G.....Lot 62, Sec 3, born 1861, died 1875 Singlinger, Sophia S...Lot 62, Sec 3, born 1869, died 1872 Sipp, Fred W.....Lot 490A, Sec 5, buried 17 May 1937, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 1902, 35 years, died 15 May 1937 Sites, Bernard J.....Row 18, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 2 April 1980, lived in Sherman twp, single, 52 years, died 30 March 1980 Sites, George....Lot 21, Sec 7, buried 6 October 1961, lived in Jackson, single, 51 years, died 2 October 1961 Sites, Glenn J...Lot 21, Sec 7, buried 22 July 1965, lived in Sturgis, single, 61 years, died 20 July 1965 Sites, Margaret (Selby)...Lot 402, Sec 1, born 1897, died 1918......Note: surname Selby from the papers of Geneva Smith. Sites, Marie J...Lot 21, Sec 7, born 1 April 1963, lived in Sherman twp, married, 56 years, died 30 March 1963 Sites, Perry.....Row 21, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 25 April 1971, lived in Sherman twp, widower, 66 years, died 25 April 1971 Sites, Ray B...Lot 402, Sec 1, born 1918, died 1918 Skelba, Albert J...Lot 9, Sec 7, buried 8 March 1965, lived in Burr Oak, married, 76 years, died 5 March 1965 Skelba, Martha...Row 9, Sec 7, Grave 7, buried 9 August 1983, 1252 Smoker Road, died Saturday, August 6, 1983, in Sturgis Hospital. Born in Indiana, she lived in the Burr Oak area for 36 years, coming from Three Rivers. Early in life she lived in Stevens Pointe, Wisconsin and the Chicago area. On September 11, 1911, she was married to Albert J Skelba in Chicago. She was a homemaker. Surviving are one daughter, Laura Powell, St George, Illinois; 11 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Martha was born 27 May 1892, daughter of Andres and Mary (Grucznski) Stanke. One of the surviving grandchildren is William McDaniels, Burr Oak. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Evelyn Strong and Alberta Hasbrouck. Skervin, Sarah...Lot 78, Sec 3, buried 4 March 1937, lived in Battle Creek, born 1857, 80 years, died 2 March 1937 Smalley, Charles H...Lot 435, Sec 1, lived in Burr Oak, married, 66 years, born 1874, died 30 March 1940 Smalley, Ella.......Lot 435, Sec 1 Smart, Jacob.....Plot 38, Sec 6, Grave 1, buried 20 June 1981, died in Sturgis, 82 years, no death date Smart, Murland Roy...Plot 21, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried November ?? 1989, lived in Burr Oak, cremated died, 17 November 1989 Smart, Vera...Lot 38, Sec 6, buried 16 April 1955, lived in Burr Oak, 52 years, died 13 April 1955..Note: papers of Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 606. Smith, Alonzo...Lot 147, Sec 2, born 1822, died 1864 Smith, Arthur.....Lot 58, Sec 6, buried 10 August 1967, lived in Burr Oak, married, born June 8 1895, 72 years, born in Cambria, Mi, son of Clayton Smith, born in Ohio and Mary Wilkinson, born in Cambria, Mi, died 8 August 1967 Smith, Betsy Ann...Lot 234, Sec 4, buried 30 January 1943, lived in Sturgis, born 1855, 88 years, died 27 January 1943 Smith, Betty Jane.....lot 554, Sec 5, no burial date, born 11 September 1932, 2.5 hours old, died 12 September 1936.....Note: Geneva Smith says the middle name on this baby was Jean. Smith, Carl....Lot 488, Sec 4, born 1898, did 1925......Note: both dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Smith, Carl...Lot 488, Sec 4, born 1898, died 1925 Smith, Carrie...Lot 470, Sec 4, buried 30 June 1958, 72 years, died 27 June 1958 Smith, Charles F.....Plot 491A, Sec 5, Grave 1, buried 30 April 1990, died in Sturgis, widower, 80 years, died 27 April 1990 Smith, Charles Henry.......Lot 470, Sec 4, buried 2 October 1965, lived in Sturgis, widower, 86 years, died 30 September 1965. Notes in cemetery book, dated 22 June 1993, state Leslie Dale smith, son of Charles H Smith, Margaret Mann, daughter of Charles, H Smith, Caddie Smith Sidener?, daughter of Charles Henry Smith, living in Sturgis. Smith, Charles W...Lot 234, Sec 4, buried 18 October 1936, lived in Sturgis, married, born 1849, 87 years, died 16 October 1936 Smith, Clayton A...Lot 568, Sec 5, buried 4 July 1945, born and died in Burr Oak, widower, born 30 March 1867, son of Henry Smith, and Margarete Clark, died 1 July 1945 Smith, Donald C.....Lot 369, Sec R, died 9 August 1941, age 10 days.....Note: death date and age from the papers of Geneva Smith. She also has this baby buried on Lot 362. Smith, Dortha.....buried 5 October 1987, died in Kalamazoo, married, 72 years, died 2 October 1987 Smith, Dorothy......Lot 471, Sec 4, Grave 3, buried 2 May 1981, lived in Bronson, widow, 74 years, died 30 April 1981 Smith, Gabriel....Lot 142, Sec 2, born 1805, died 1876 Smith, Geneva M....Lot 554, Sec 5, Grave 3, buried 15 October 1971, born and lived in Burr Oak, widow, 71 years, died 13 October 1971 Smith, George...Lot 147, Sec 2, born 1858, died 1859 Smith, Gertrude M...Lot 21, Sec 3, Grave 4, buried 10 November 1984, lived in Kalamazoo, 100 years old, died 6 November 1984 Smith, Glen.....Lot 58, Sec 6, Grave 1, buried July 15 1968, lived in Burr Oak, married, died 29 October 1893, 74 years, son of Clayton Smith, born Hillsdale Co, Michigan, and Mary Wilkinson, died 12 July 1968 Smith, Hannah F....Lot 274, Sec 4 Smith, Hannah M......born 1863, died 18 June 1937.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Smith, Harriet F.....Lot 199 Sec 1, born 1841, died 1906 Smith, Harriet M...buried 21 June 1937, lived in Coldwater, born 5 January 1863, 74 yrs 5 mo 13 dys, died 18 June 1937 Smith, Harry A.....Lot 554, Sec 5, Grave 2, buried 17 June 1968, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 6 September 1891, born in Cambria, Mi, son of Clayton Smith, born Hillsdale Co, and Mary Wilkinson, born in Cambria, Mi, died June 13 1968 Smith, Hiram......Lot 21, Sec 3, born 1843, died 1917 Smith, Jennie...Lot 21, Sec 3, buried 26 March 1936, lived in Battle Creek, born 1849, 86 years, died 23 March 1936 Smith, Lucille M...Plot 470, Sec 4, Grave 8, no burial date, 74 years, died 28 December 1996 Smith, Lynn Erwin...Lot 554, Sec 5, buried 30 September 1936, born 28 September 1936, 18 hours old, died 29 September 1936, Smith, Margaret.....Lot 58, Sec 6, Grave 21, buried 21 March 1983, lived in Burr Oak, died 17 March 1983 Smith, Marion A......Died 7 December 1951, age 44 years.......Note: entire entry in the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Smith, Mary (Shaw)...Lot 14, Sec 3, born 1864, died 1925.....Note: surname Shaw from the papers of Geneva Smith. Smith, Mary E....Lot 568, Sec 5, buried 29 September 1940, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 13 January 1868, 72 yrs 9 mos 13 dys, born in Cambria Mi, daughter of Milo Wilkinson, born in Indiana and Josephine Fellows, born in Cambria, Mi, died 26 September 1940 Smith, Mary E......Lot 568, Sec 5 Smith, Millard H...Lot 470, Sec 4, Grave 3, buried 24 March 1984, lived in Sturgis, 80 years, died 21 March 1984 Smith, Miriam L...Lot 18, Sec 6, buried 10 December 1951, 44 years, died 7 December 1951 Smith, Nellie M.....Lot 58, Sec 6, Grave 7, buried 22 April 1979, died in Sturgis, 81 years, no death date Smith, Nicholas Ryan......Row 1, Grave 4, Baby Haven, buried 16 January 1919, premature birth, parents Mr and Mrs Earl Smith Smith, Oscar W...Lot 21, Sec 3, buried 26 October 1944, lived in Battle Creek, 74 years, died 24 October 1944 Smith, Paul Glen...Lot 58, Sec 6, Grave 3, buried 6 August 1971, lived in Burr Oak, single, 40 years, son of Glen Smith and Margaret Strauss, died 3 August 1971 Smith, Roy.....Lot 28, Sec 3, born 1878, 2 years old, died 1880 Smith, Sarah... Lot 170, Sec 2, born 1813, died 1890 Smith, Sarah......Lot 142, Sec 2, born 1808, died 1887 Snell, Ruth....Lot 39, Sec 3, born 1869, died 1872 Snyder, Harold O ....Plot 556, Sec 5, Grave 4, buried 16 September 1980, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 13 January 1908, 72 years, died 13 September 1980. Note: Obituary in cemetery book. Harold O. Snyder, 64521 Maple Lane, Burr Oak, died in Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, and had been in failing health two years. He was born 13 January 1908 in Kalamazoo, a son of Eli and Elizabeth (Snyder) Snyder. Prior to making his home in the Burr Oak area in 1965, Mr Snyder had resided in Sturgis, Vicksburg and Kalamazoo. He had been employed by Frank W Casselman, Inc., in Sturgis. He was a member of the Pipefitters Union. On October 4, 1947 in Galesburg, he married Vivian Haas. Surviving are his wife; five children: William Snyder Sr, Newaygo; Robert Snyder , Vicksburg; Mrs Charles (Sandra) Matrau, Newaygo; James Snyder Sr, Howe, Ind; Mrs Wayne (Kathleen) Wyatt, Burr Oak; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Snyder, Vivian E....Plot 556, Sec 5, Grave 4, buried 9 May 1994, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 81 years, no death date Solari, Carolyn.......Lot 28, Sec 7, buried 27 January 1960, lived in Burr Oak, married, 84 years, died 24 January 1960 Solari, Laurence J......Lot 28, Sec 7, buried 28 June 1960, lived in Burr Oak, widower, 95 years, died 26 June 1960 Soule, N H...Lot 92, Sec 3, born 1819, died 1870 Soule, Salina...Lot 92, Sec 3, born 1819, died 1908....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have the first name spelled Saline Southworth, Olive (Keeler).....Lot 110, Sec 2, born 1837, died 1865....Note: papers of Geneva Smith give the surname Keeler and state further that Olive is a sister of John Keeler. Sowers, Mary Elizabeth.....Lot 15, Sec 7, Grave 15, buried 28 February 1969, lived in Sturgis, married, 41 years, died, 25 February 1960 Sowles, Raymond E Jr...Row 4, Sec 9, Grave 26, buried 1 August 1994, lived in Burr Oak, married, 44 years, died 29 July 1994 Sparks, Amanda L...Row 11, Sec 7, Grave 13, buried 4 August 1971, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 45 years, died 2 August 1971 Sparks, Ellis...Row 11, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 11 July 1973, lived in Burr Oak twp, 75 years, died 8 July 1973 Sparks, Helen M.....Plot 496, Sec 5, Grave 7, buried 16 September 1995, lived in Matawan, Mi, 86 years, died 13 September 1995 Sparks, James...Lot 11, Sec 7, Grave 14, buried 14 June 1970, lived in Burr Oak, died in Washtenaw Co, Michigan. married, 27 years, died 20 June 1970, multiple trauma Sparks, Richard, Private 2nd class.....VET, Lot 496, Sec 5, buried 3 July 1957, residence, RA16 536 103, Korea place of death, 20 years, soldier, born 11 November 1937 in Kalamazoo, died 21 June 1957, undertaker U.S. Mortuary, Oakland, California.....Note: date of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Spencer Florence M...Plot 562, Sec 5, Grave 6, died 9 January 1996, cremated, no other information Stanton, L E...Lot 137, Sec 2, born 1851, died 1879 Stanton, Libbe...Lot 137, Sec 2, born 1833, died 1908 Starmann, Frances.....Plot 560, Sec 5, buried 15 July 1991, newborn baby girl, daughter of John and Martha Starmann, died ?? July 1991 Start, Alta Violet.....Lot 521, Sec 5, buried 26 March 1939, lived in Hillsdale, widow, born 1874, 65 years, died 24 March 1939....Note: middle name Violet from the papers of Geneva Smith. Start Baby....Lot 128, no dates, name at top of the page is Mrs. M.B. Start Start Baby........Lot 252, no name, born 1908, died 1908, name at top of page is Elmer A Start Start Baby...Lot 521, died 1893 , no more information Start, Barbara Jean....Lot 128, born 1930, died 1931......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Start, Charles...Lot 128, Sec 2, born 1861, died 1911 Start, Edwin S...VET, Lot 128, Sec 2, born 1832, died 1863, Civil War, Co C, 1st Michigan Cavalry Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this names name as Edward. Start, Eda......Lot 246, Sec 3, born 1871, died 1907 Start, Elmer Agustus....Lot 252, Sec 3, buried 28 March 1941, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 28 August 1876, 64 yrs 6 mos 26 da, farmer, born in Burr Oak, son of George H Start, born in Pennsylvania and Martha Decker, born in Pennsylvania, died 25 March 1941, gored by bull Start, Eugene...Lot 179, Sec 2, born 1851, died 1878 Start, Frankie.....Lot 91, Sec 3, born 1866, died 1866 Start, George....Lot 91, Sec 3, born 1827, died 1897 Start, George William .....Lot 519, Sec 5, born 1864, died 1929 Start, Gertie.....Lot 128, born 1885, died 1885.........Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Start, Hannah...Lot 179, Sec 2, no dates Start, Howard W.....Plot 252, Sec 4, Grave 8, buried 25 August 1995, lived in Burr Oak twp, married, born 1909, 86 years, farmer, died 22 August 1995 Start, Isair...VET, Lot 91, Sec 3, born 1832, died 1863, Civil War, Co A, 15th Michigan Infantry Start, Jennie W.....Lot 519, Sec 5, buried 26 April 1941, lived in Saginaw Mi, widow, 81 years, born 1860, died 22 April 1941.....Note: middle initial and the birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Start, John...Lot 91, Sec 3, born 1859, died 1859 Start, John H.....Lot 521, Sec 5, buried 12 August 1923, lived in Burr Oak, born 1861, 62 years, died 9 August 1923 Start, John M...Lot 179, Sec 2, born 1825, 76 years, died 1901.......Note: papers of Geneva Smith say this man died in Kansas. Start, Katherine S....Plot 252, Sec 4, Grave 7, 84, 1266 Kililoski Road, died 10 December 1995 at Sturgis Hospital. She was born 4 August 1911 in Wolcottville, Indiana, a daughter of Ray and Gertrude E (Nelson) Wert. On 27 November 1930, she married Howard W Start, in Sturgis. He died 22 August 1995. She graduated from Sturgis High School and early in her life she worked at the Kirsch Company. Later she and her husband owned and operated the Lakeshore Grain Elevator, Colon. During that time she worked in the office and the remainder of her life she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Burr Oak Home Club and the Colon Baptist Church. Mose of her life she had lived in the Burr Oak and Colon areas. Surviving are her children, Alice and Olen Palmer, Burr Oak, and George W and Isabel Cabello Start, Sequine, Texas; seven grandchileren; 11 great grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and two step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Margaret Cowles; and one brother, Elwin Wert. Services were Wednesday at the Colon Baptist Church, with the Rev Aaron A Kaukonen officiating. Burial will follow in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Colon Baptist Church. Start, Kathryn.....Lot 520, Sec 5, buried 15 December 1925, lived in Burr Oak, 53 years, born 1872, died 12 December 1925......Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Start, Libbie...Lot 91, Sec 3, born 1875, died 1875 Start, Lillie.....Lot 179, Sec 2, born 1857, died 1878......Note: papers of Geneva Smith has the death year as 1876. Start, Louisa...Lot 128, Sec 2, born 1844, died 1887 Start, M Bernadene....Lot 128, no burial date, widow, cremated, died 3 December 1987 Start, Marinda J...Lot 91, born 1833, died 1851 Start, Marinda....Lot 91, born 1851, died 1872.......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Start, Martha...Lot 91, Sec 3, born 1832, died 1901 Start, Martha... Lot 91 Sec 3, born 1791, died 1854 Start, Mary....Lot 252, Sec 4, buried 24 April 1959, 77 years, died 23 April 1959 Start, Pardy L...Lot 520, Sec 5, buried 26 April 1934, lived in Burr Oak, 66 years, born 1874, died 23 April 1934......Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Steinbarger, Fannie Fern.....Lot 178, Sec 2, buried 13 August 1961, lived in Burr Oak, widow, born 9 January 1886, 75 years, died 10 August 1961 Steinbarger, Jesse......Lot 178, Sec 2, buried 23 August 1960, lived in Burr Oak, born 17 March 1884, 76 years, born in Mendon, son of Henry Steinbarger and Dora McClish, died 20 August 1960 Steinbarger, Lizzie (Houston)...Lot 178, Sec 2, born 1883, 31 years, died 1914.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this surname spelled Stienberger and she also gives us the surname of Houston, wife of Jesse. Stephens, Ella...Lot 148, Sec 2, born 1852, died 1883 Stephens, Ella.....Lot 148, born 1812, died 1883.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Stephens, Mary E...Lot 148, Sec 2, buried 23 November 1936, born 1855, 79 years, died 21 November 1936....Note: made her home with the Frank Camburn family for many years; from the papers of Geneva Smith. Stevens, Alsone S....Lot 48, born 1849, died 1910.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Stevens, Catherine...Lot 94, Sec 3, born 1823, died 1900....Note: papers of Geneva Smith say this woman was a sister of Mrs Mary Akey, born 1824. Stevens, Emma.....Lot 94, Sec 3, born 1847, died 1872 Stevens, Florence..Lot 23, Sec 7, buried 19 March 1960, lived in Centreville, 70 years, died 17 March 1960 Stevens, Frank E...Lot 48, Sec 3, lived in Sturgis, 84 years, born 1890 died 1934.....Note: middle initial and year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Stevens, George.....Lot 496, Sec 5, no more information Stevens, James...VET, Lot 94, Sec 3, born 1845, died 1871, Civil War, Co D, 140th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Stevens, Lillian.....Lot 48, no dates.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Stevens, Olive.....Lot 496, Sec 5, born 1872, died 1924 Stevens, Otis...Lot 23, Sec 7, buried 11 March 1966, lived in Fawn River twp, died Hollister, San Benito co, California, widower, born 10 October 1885, 80 years, died 7 March 1966 Stevens, Quinn......Lot 47, Sec 6, buried 19 June 1958, daughter, 16 years, died 16 June 1958 Stevens, Stillman......Lot 94, no dates......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Stevens, Thomas B.....Lot 12, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 2 January 1970, lived in Burr Oak, died in New Port Richey, Florida, married, 57 years, factory worker, died 30 December 1969 Stevens, Trampas Scott......Plot 345, Sec R, Grave 3, buried 13 July 1988, single, died 7 July 1988, I55 south if Illinois route 140, hit by automobile while standing by road with Vickie Inde and Eddie Inde, they all died together Stevens, W A.....Lot 94, Sec 3, born 1816, died 1873, name at top of page is William Stevens Stevens, William.....Lot 94, born 1849, died 1911 Steward, Barbara J.......Plot 56, Sec 6, Grave 5/6, buried 10 December 1988, lived in Burr Oak, cremated, divorced, died 4 December 1988, on same grave with John J Steward Stewart, John J .....Lot 56, Sec 6, buried 15 September 1960, died in Burr Oak, married, 69 years, died 13 September 1960 Stewart, Max A...buried 7 December 1985, lived in Bronson, married, 67 years, died 4 December 1985 Stewart, Olca L.....Lot 56, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 29 August 1983, lived in Sturgis, widow, 92 years, died 26 August 1983 Strickland, George........died 1856, no more information Stickland, Howell...Lot 8, Sec 3, born 1789, died 1856 Strickland, Nancy.....Lot 8, Sec 3, born 1798, died 1856 Stidham, Amanda Kay...Row 3, Sec 9, Grave 49, buried 14 February 1989, lived in Sturgis, died in Kalamazoo, 3 years, died 11 February 1989, burned in fire with brother and sister Stidham, Kristie Lynn...Row 3, Sec 9, Grave 49, buried 14 February 1989, lived in Sturgis, died in Kalamazoo, 4 1/2 months old, died 11 February 1989, burned in fire with brother and sister Stidham, Matthew Lee...Row 3, Sec 9, Grave 49, buried 14 February 1989, lived in Sturgis, died in Kalamazoo, 20 months old, died 8 February 1989, burned in fire with two sisters Stielau, Augusta....Row 22, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 8 October 1983, died Flowerfield twp, widow, 87 years, died 3 October 1983 Stielau, Linda Marie .......Lot 22, Sec 7, buried 4 November 1959, lived in Burr Oak, 10 months old, died 3 November 1959 Stielau, Paul Ronald....Row 22, Sec 7, Grave 6, buried 20 September 1970, lived in Marcellus, married, 76 years, died 18 September 1970 Stillman, Anna .....Lot 11, Sec 6, buried 18 April 1943, lived in Burr Oak, 75 yr 7 mo 15 dys, born 1868, died 16 April 1943......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Stillman, Diana B......born 1829, 55 years, died 1884 Stillman, Edbert.......Lot 11, Sec 6, buried 24 November 1948, 84 years, born 1864, died 23 November 1948....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith and she has the first name spelled Elbert. Stillman, Esther...Lot 78, Sec 3, born 1828, died 1866 Stillman, J H......Lot 78, Sec 3, born 24 September 1824, died 22 January 1911 Stillman, Mary.....Lot 78, born 1849, died 1873....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Stillman, Phillip....Lot 11, Sec 6, buried 22 February 1955, died in Sturgis, 58 years, died 19 February 1955 Stillman, Philip.....VET, Lot 579, no dates......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the book. Stone, Ann.....Lot 98, Sec 2, born 1824, died 1909 Stone, B N....Lot 106, Sec 2, born 1826, died 1900 Stone, Carrie R ........Lot 54, Sec 3, Grave 7, buried 22 February 1972, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 86 years, died 19 February 1972 Stone, Lucy...Lot 106, Sec 2, born 1829, died 1894 Stone, Richard Lamar....Lot 54, Sec 3, no burial date, lived in Burr Oak, single, born 1918, 19 years, died 21 March 1937, auto accident Stone, Theo...Lot 54, Sec 3, no dates Stone, Walter.....Lot 98, Sec 2, born 1812, died 1897 Strahley, Anna .......Lot 17, Sec 6, buried 6 October 1958, died in Burr Oak, 84 years, died 3 October 1958.......Note: Geneva Smith papers have this burial on Lot 585. Strahley, Elliott B....Lot 17, Sec 6, buried 3 March 1961, died in Sturgis, 85 years, died 28 February 1961 Straub, Delia......Lot 100, born 1837, died 1912.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Straub, Jennie......Lot 100, Sec 2, buried 6 November 1940, lived in Sturgis, born 1857, 83 yrs, died 4 November 1940 Straw, Jane.......Lot 131, Sec 2, buried 10 June 1941, lived in Coldwater, born 1858, 83 yr 4 mo 20 da, died 7 June 1941 Straw, John.......Lot 131, Sec 2, lived and died in Burr Oak, married, died 1921, no more information Straw, William R...Lot 131, Sec 2, buried 8 February 1933, lived in LaGrange, Indiana, born 1857, 76 yrs, died 5 February 1933 Strawser, No Name....Lot 44, Sec 6 Strawser Baby....no name male, died at birth, 26 December 1952 Strawser Baby....no name girl, born 3 August 1962, died 4 August 1962 Strawser, Harold ......Plot 44, Sec 6, Grave 7, died 9 September 1994, lived in Burr Oak, married, cremated Strawser, Minnie (Herman).....Lot 11, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 27 September 1983, lived in LaGrange, In, 83 yrs, died 25 September 1983, cremated Strickland, George......no more information Strickland, Howell......Lot 8, born 1789, died 1856.....Note: Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Strickland, Nancy.....Lot 8, born 1798, died 1856.....Note: Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Strong, Beatrice.....Lot 17, Sec 6, born 1 September 1945, lived in Burr Oak, 37 yrs, born 1908, died 30 August 1945......Note: year of birth and death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. Strong, Floyd A .......buried 3 August 1985, lived in Jackson, 61 yrs, died 1 August 1985 Strong, Frank H.....Lot 16, Sec 6, buried 11 March 1952, lived in Burr Oak, married, 69 yrs, died 8 March 1952 Strong, Franklin W......Lot 16, Sec 6, buried 18 September 1943, lived in Burr Oak, single, 24 yrs, born 1919, died 16 September 1943, auto accident.....Note: Geneva Smith papers give date of death as 16 October 1943. Strong, Jesse.....Lot 17, Sec 6, buried 13 June 1959, lived in Burr Oak, 48 yrs, died 11 June 1959 Strong, Rhoda Zelma.....Lot 16, Sec 6, buried 26 October 1963, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 77 yrs, died 23 October 1963 Stroup, Dorothy.......Row 28, Sec 7, Grave 8, buried 5 November 1977, died in Sturgis, married, 72 yrs, died 2 November 1977 Stroup, Orlo E...Row 28, Sec 7, Grave 9, buried 26 July 1979, 77 yrs, died 23 July 1979 Summer, Alma E... Lot 436, Sec 1, born 1866, died 1892 Summerlott, Wilma M...Lot 348, Back Sec, Grave 6, buried 15 August 1984, died in LaGrange, Indiana, 80 yrs, died 12 August 1984 Summers, Carl Herbert....Lot 47, Sec 6, buried 14 February 1964, cremated, no more information Summers, Louise Emma...Lot 47, Sec 6, buried 21 November 1963, cremated, lived in Los Angeles, California Summey, Gerald Junior...Row 33, Sec 7, Grave 10, buried 21 December 1991, lived in Bronson, 70 yrs, died 17 December 1991 Sutzer, James B...Plot 317, Back Sec, Grave 4, buried 29 July 1992, lived in Marshall, Mi, married, 69 yrs, died 29 July 1992 Sweet, Julia....Plot 115, Sec 2, Grave 6, buried 17 April 1981, died in Coldwater twp, 86 yrs, died 13 April 1981 Sweet, Roy John....Lot 175, Sec 2, buried 31 December 1953, died Calhoun co, 61 years, born 1892, died 28 December 1953.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Sweet, Ronald Lee...Row 31, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 20 January 1975, lived in Burr Oak, married, 48 yrs, died 17 January 1975 Sweezy, Andrew E...Lot 226, Sec 4, buried 3 October 1940, died 30 September 1940 Sweezy, Claude E .....Lot 62, Sec 6, Grave 1, buried 18 June 1982, died in Lansing, 81 yrs, died 15 June 1982 Sweezy, Hazel.....Lot 226, Sec 4, born 1905, died 1906 Sweezy, Nina.....Lot 226, Sec 4, buried 18 March 1965, lived in Kalamazoo, widow, 84 yrs, died 14 March 1965 Sweezy, Treasel...Lot 62, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 12 January 1976, lived in Burr Oak, married, 66 yrs, no death date Sweezy, Vern....Lot 226, Sec 4, born 1907, died 1907 Swihart, Alice.....Lot 281, Sec 4 Swihart, Andrew.....Lot 452, Sec 1, born 1848, died 1913 Swihart Baby......Lot 453, Sec 1 Swihart Baby....Lot 524, Sec 5, buried 2 September 1940, female, stillborn, 1 September 1940 Swihart, Benjamin...Lot 453, Sec 1, born 1842, died 1925 Swihart, Charity Lynn.........Lot 452, Sec 1, at the foot of Grave 2, buried 19 March 1973, female baby, born 16 March 1973, died same Swihart, Charles...Lot 281, Sec 4, buried 8 June 1959, died in St Joseph co, died 5 June 1959 Swihart, Christine...Lot 4, Sec 7, Grave 7, buried 1 May 1969, died Fayetteville, NC, 1 1/2 days old, died 26 April 1969, complications Swihart, Clair....Lot 453, Sec 1, born 1899, died 1903 Swihart, Elba M.....Lot 498, Sec 5, buried 27 March 1963, died in Sturgis, widow, 85 yrs, died 23 March 1963 Swihart, Ellen Alvertus.....Lot 56, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 26 August 1970, lived on 3rd St, Burr Oak, married, born 25 April 1901, in Cashocton, Ohio, 69 years, daughter of Albert C Scheetz and Margaret Ely, died 24 August 1970 Swihart, Emma......Lot 452, Sec 1, born 1853, died 29 March 1932 Swihart, Frank...Lot 453, Sec 1, buried 15 September 1956, died in St Joseph Co, 86 years, died 14 September 1956 Swihart, Frank Swihart, Gertrude M.....Plot ?, Sec 1, buried 19 March 1988, lived in Branch Co, widow, 103 yrs old, pneumonia, died 16 March 1988 Swihart, Ion V...Lot 452, Sec 1, buried 29 December 1934, lived in Fawn River Twp 53 yrs, born 1881, died 27 December 1934. Swihart, Mabel I.....Plot 524, Sec 5, Grave 7, buried 14 July 1988, died in Coldwater twp, 81 years, died 12 July 1988 Swihart, Marinda.....Lot 453, Sec 1, died 12 May 1939, lived in Fawn River twp, married, born 1875, 66 yrs, died 9 May 1939 Swihart, Maxine E.....Plot 512, Sec 5, Grave 7, buried 9 October 1995, lived in Sturgis, 67 years, died 5 October 1995 Swihart, Melvin.....Lot 498, Sec 5, buried 28 February 1957, 80 years, died 25 February 1957 Swihart, Ralph M....Plot 56, Sec 6, Grave 1, buried 8 November 1979, lived in Sturgis, married, 83 years, died 5 November 1979 Swihart, Ralph E....Lot 524, Sec 6, Grave 8, buried 18 April 1969, died in Calhoun co, married, 71 years, died 15 April 1969 Swihart, Sevilla.....Lot 453, Sec 1, born 1847, died 1908 Swihart, Warren.....Lot 524, Sec 5, born 1913, died 1927 Swihart, Warren........Lot 524, born 1925, died 1926....Note: Lot number from the papers of Geneva Smith. Swihart, Wren....Lot 498, Sec 5, born 1913, died 1927.......Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tanner Flora...Lot 458, Sec 1, born 1892, died 1919 Tappen Gertrude...Lot 175, Sec 2, buried 21 October 1947, died in Branch Co, born 1873, 74 years, died 18 October 1947 Taurothe F.W......burial 1880, no more information Taylor Amanda...Lot 141, Sec 2, buried 22 September 1940, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 83 years, died 19 September 1940 Taylor George W...VET, Lot 141, Sec 2, born 1845, died 1898 Teadt Clifford L...buried 7 December 1985, lived in Burr Oak, married, 70 years, died 14 December 1985 Teal Arthur L....Lot 477, Sec 4, buried 7 March 1941, lived in Sturgis, married, 60 years, died 5 March 1941 Teal Baby.......Lot 164, born 1909, died 1909 Teal Lois E.....Lot 477, Sec 4, buried 5 March 1956, lived in Sturgis, widow, 73 years, died 2 March 1956 Teal Louise...Lot 164, Sec 2, born 1851, died 1922 Teal William W.....Lot 164, Sec 2, born 1814, died 5 February 1892, death date extracted from annual burials in a January edition of the Burr Oak Acorn Tefft Dora M....Lot 504, Sec 5, buried 2 November 1953, died in Branch Co, married, 66 years, died 30 October 1953 Tefft George......Lot 509, Sec 5, buried 10 March 1947, live in Mattison twp, 37 years, died 7 March 1947 Tefft Veer V .....Lot 504, Sec 5, buried 14 January 1965, died in Sturgis, widower, born 10 September 1880, 84 years, farmer, son of George Tefft and Margaret Thurston. Died 11 January 1965 Terpring Elwin...Lot 404, Sec 1, born 1867, died 1918 Terry Sarah....Lot 24, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 20 May 1982, died in Noble twp, Branch co, 76 years, died 18 May 1982 Thewis Albert Sr...Row 42, Sec 7, Grave 8, buried 1 November 1989, widower, died 1 November 1989. Note: Death date and burial date are the same in the book. Thewis Johanna.....Row 42, Sec 7, Grave 8, buried 3 April 1989, lived in Colon, married, died 3 April 1984. Note: burial date and death date are the same in the book. She died in 1984 and was cremated but was not buried until her husband died and was buried. Thomas Clifford B Sr...Plot 449, Sec 1, buried 29 May 1959, died in St Joseph co, 69 years, died 27 May 1959 Thomas, Clifford B...Plot 449, Sec 1, Grave 7, 73 years, 128 W Main Street, died 27 February 1996, at the Branch County Community Health Center, Coldwater. He was born 4 February 1923 in Burr Oak, a son of Clifford B and Alma (Plant) Thomas. He was a lifelong Burr Oak resident and graduated from Burr Oak High School and Western Michigan University. He was employed by the state of Michigan in the parks division before his retirement in 1988. He was a member of the Windmill Museum and the LaGrange Historical Society and he enjoyed history, genealogy, reading and people. Surviving is a special friend, Lorene Farrand, Burr Oak. He was preceded in death by his parents. Graveside services were held at the Burr Oak Cemetery with the Rev Emilie Forward, Burr Oak United Methodist Church officiating. Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association. Thomas Ida (Martin).....Lot 449, Sec 1, born 1863, died 1903....Note: Martin surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Thomas Muriel Alma...Plot 449, Sec 1, burial 11 April 1953, lived in Burr Oak, married, 56 years, died 9 April 1953.....Note: death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. Thomas Wilfrod.....Lot 449, Sec 1, buried 13 September 1936, lived in Allen, Michigan, married, born 1862, 74 years, died 10 September 1936....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Thompson Ella.....Lot 119, Sec 2, born 1857, died 1864 Thompson, Judd.......Lot 10, no dates, no marker....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Thornton Amelia.....Lot 107, Sec 2, wife of Charles, mother of Ned and Nellie. No other information Thornton Charles...Lot 107, Sec 2, Only information comes from Hazel Thrasher. She said there were four Thorntons buried on this lot. Charles, the father, Amerlia, his wife; Ned, the son buried about 1915 and daughter, Nellie. They lived in Chicago. Hazel Thrasher was a very old resident of Burr Oak, and had always lived here so was very knowledgeable about former residents, living and dead. The transcriber of these records first met Hazel in 1978 for information on unidentified photographs. Thornton Ned.......Lot 107, Sec 2, Ned, son buried about 1915 Thornton Nellie.......Lot 107, Sec 2, Nellie, daughter of Amelia and Charles. Thrasher A L....Lot 51, Sec 3 Thrasher Ambrose...Lot 64, Sec 3, buried 16 December 1966, lived in Burr Oak, born 27 November 1891, 75 years, died 13 December 1966 Thrasher Caroline...Lot 64, Sec 3, buried 7 April 1932, 7 days old, died 5 April 1932 Thrasher Hazel Irene.....Lot 64, Grave 2, lived in Burr Oak, 87 years, died 24 March 1982 Thrasher Jimmy Lee...Row 17, Sec 7, buried 10 September 1963, 1 year old, died 5 April 1963, pneumonia meningitis..........Note: compiler notes a wide span of time between the death date and burial date. Will try to find the correct date. Thrasher Julia M....Lot 51, Sec 3, buried 20 January 1949, widow, 74 years, died 17 January 1949 Thrasher Lincoln....buried 13 August 1933, died in Burr Oak, 72 years, died 9 August 1933. Nearest living relative is Julia Thrasher Thrasher Lyle....Lot 17, Sec 7 Thurston Ella (Worden)......Lot 463, Sec 1, born 1851, died 1917.....Note: Worden surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ella Worden Thurston was the daughter of James and Lois (Trussell) Worden. Also taken from Geneva's papers. Thurston Solon...Lot 463, Sec 1, buried 28 April 1931, born 1851, 80 years, died 26 April 1931...Note: day and month of death from the papers of Geneva Smith. Thurton Ellen (Mathewson) ....Lot 463, Sec 1, buried 24 March 1933, lived in Burr Oak twp, 89 years, died 24 March 1933.....Note: Mathewson surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tice Earl Burton....Lot 479, Sec 4, Grave 2, lived and died in Three Rivers, widower, 74 years, no dates Tice Ellsworth D.....Lot 33, Sec 6, buried 5 November 1948, lived and died in Elkhart, Indiana, married, 48 years, died November ?? 1948. No death day given......Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this burial on Lot 601 Tice Fay A.....buried 12 April 1952, 46 years, died 9 April 1952 Tice Fay.....Lot 479, Sec 4, born 1896, died 9 April 1952.....Note: both dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tice Gladys.....Lot 479, Sec 4, born 1897, died 1918 Tice Lena (Whipple)...Lot 479, Sec 4, buried 18 January 1939, lived in Burr Oak, married, born 1874, 64 years, died 16 January 1939....Note: surname Whipple from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tice Merle A.....Lot 479, Sec 4, Grave 5, buried 26 February 1974, lived in Three Rivers, widow, 72 years, died 23 February 1974 Tice Oren .....Lot 479, Sec 4, buried 5 June 1949, lived in Burr Oak, 74 years, born 1875, died 2 June 1949....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith and the spelling of his first name as Orrin. Tice Richard....Lot 479, Sec 4, born 1923, died 1925 Tice Virginia.....Lot 479, Sec 4, buried 23 January 1965, lived in Three Rivers, died Evansville, Indiana, married, 66 years, died 20 January 1965 Tice Zaida.....Lot 33, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 15 June 1971, lived, in Elkhart, In, widow, 68 years , died 12 June 1971 Tichenor Jerome...VET, Lot 58, Sec 3, born 1839, died 1877, Civil War, Co K, 7th Michigan Infantry Note: the papers of Geneva Smith state this man was a Reverend. Tinkham Charles E .....Lot 23, Sec 3, Grave 1, buried 4 August 1971, lived in Three Rivers, married, 43 years, son of Ford Tinkham and Opal ??, died 2 August 1971 Tinkham Ford M....Lot 27, Sec 6, buried 22 December 1946, lived in Burr Oak, married, 45 years, died 18 December 1946 Tinkham Opal T.....Lot 27, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 10 March 1977, lived in Burr Oak, 73 years, died 10 March 1977 Tisdel Alma (Emerson).......Lot 22, Sec 3, no dates.....Note: Emerson surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Alma was the second wife of Irwin Tisdel. Tisdel Annie......Lot 22, Sec 3, born 1853, died 1889 Tisdel Arthur.....Lot 159, Sec 2, born 1880, died 1894 Tisdel Chester...Lot 159, Sec 2, buried 8 November 1932, born 1840, 92 years, died 5 November 1932 Tisdel Eben...Lot 22, Sec 3, buried 25 February 1961, died in Mission, Texas, 85 years , died 21 February 1961 Tisdel Irwin.....VET, Lot 22, Sec 3, born 1843, died 1911, Civil War, 12th Michigan Infantry Tisdel Maude...Lot 22, Sec 3, buried 25 January 1959, died in Kalamazoo, died 25 January 1959 Tisdel Theda.....Lot 159, Sec 2, born 1843, died 1887 Tisdel Willie.....Lot 159, Sec 2, born 1864, died 1869 Tobey Carl......Lot 227, Sec 4, born 1885, 4 years old, died 1889 Tobey Charles.....Lot 227, Sec 4, born 1859, died 8 March 1931.....Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tobey Lois (White) ....Lot 96, Sec 2, buried 1 December 1948, widow, born 1867, 81 years, died 27 November 1948......Note: White surname from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tobey Myrta...Lot 227, Sec 4, born 1863, died 1920 Tobey Ruby....Lot 227, Sec 4, born 1884, 1 year old, died 1885 Todd Susan......Lot 140, Sec 2, born 1820, 57 years, died 1877 Tooley Marion L...Row 14, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 17 December 1974, lived in Burr Oak, twp, married, 69 years, died 14 December 1974 Tooley Marjorie M.....Row 14, Sec 7, Grave 1A, buried 30 June 1980, lived in Sturgis twp, married, 69 years, died 26 June 1980 Townsend Eugene.....Lot 457, Sec 1, born 1857, died 1921 Townsend Jane (Burnette).....buried 21 January 1949, born 1870, died 18 January 1949 Travis Mary......Lot 428, Sec 1, born 1838, died 1912 Treat S.......Lot 93, Sec 3 Truax Robert L....Lot 559, Sec 5, died St Joseph, 2 years old, died 18 May 1959 Tubbs Nathalice...Lot 161, Sec 2, born 1892, died 1896 Turnbull, Ada (Hackman)......Lot 232, Sec 4, born 1881, died 1942....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Turnbull Charles....Lot 232, Sec 4, buried 15 March 1935, lived in Kalamazoo Co, born 1861, 74 years, died 12 March 1935 Turnbull Harriet.....Lot 232, Sec 4, born 1832, died 1916 Turnbull Jennie.....Lot 232, Sec 4, born 1862, died 1914 Turnbull William.....Lot 232, Sec 4, born 1824, died 1894 Turnbull Willie.....Lot 232, Sec 4, born 1871, died 1878 Turner Aften W.....Lot 141, Sec 2, lived in Burr Oak, single, born 1848, 92 years, died 6 August 1941 Tyler Comfort A...Lot 254, Sec 4, buried 9 June 1934, lived and died in Detroit, 71 years, born 1863, died, 8 June 1934....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tyler Eva E (Watson).....Lot 254, Sec 4, buried 28 February 1952, lived and died in Highland Park, Michigan, 84 years, born 1868, died 25 February 1952.....Note: Watson surname and year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tyler Harriet L.....Lot 237, Sec 4, buried 27 July 1892, born 24 October 1837, 58 years, died 24 July 1892, wife of William Tyler, Relative reporting, Hattie Rose....Note: middle initial of "L" from the papers of Geneva Smith. Tyler Maria......Lot 311, Sec R, born 1848, died 1914 Tyler William B.....Lot 311, Sec R, lived and died in Hinsdale, Illinois, 89 years, died 5 March 1934, no burial date.....Note: middle initial "B" from the papers of Geneva Smith. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. 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