BURR OAK CEMETERY U-Z, 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 U - Z Ulrich, Barbara L...Row 3, Sec 9, Grave 8, buried 26 April 1990, died in Kalamazoo, married, 51 years, died 23 April 1990 Ulrich, Cyrus....Lot 274, Sec 4, born 1832, died 1914 Ulrich, Elizabeth.....Lot 274, Sec 4, born 1837, died 1918 Ulrich, Glenn George.....Lot 18, Sec 6, Grave 6, buried 19 July 1967, lived in Sherman twp, married, 60 years, no death date Ulrich, Jack Allen....Lot 53, Sec 6, buried 14 November 1984, lived in Burr Oak twp, married, 65 years, no death date Ulrich, James D...Lot 10, Sec 7, buried 26 September 1966, lived in Bronson, widower, 90 years, died 23 September 1966 Ulrich, James Myron...Row 10, Sec 7, Grave 4, buried 16 June 1974, lived in Florence twp, married, 72 years, died 13 June 1974 Ulrich, Lydia L...Lot 10, Sec 7, buried 31 March 1962, lived in Bronson, married, 90 years, died 29 March 1962 Ulrich, Rodger Allen....Lot 53, Sec 6, buried 18 February 1950, 3 years old, died 16 February 1950 Note: Papers of Geneva Smith give the death date and say this child's name was spelled Roger, also that he is buried on Lot 621. Ulrich, Ruby Ellen.....Lot 18, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 17 May 1982, died Centreville, 73 years, daughter of James Clayton Donley and Altha Almeda Smith, born in Howard City, Michigan on 31 October 1908, died 13 May 1982. NOTE: Obituary in cemetery book. Ruby Ellen Ulrich, 73, 26080 Banker Street Road, died, 13 May 1982 in Fairview Medical Care Facility, Centreville. A St Joseph County resident most of her life, she had been employed by The Kirsch Co. for many years, retiring in 1973. She was a member of the Church of Christ. On August 20, 1927 at Fawn River, she was married to Glenn George Ulrich. He died in 1967. Surviving are one daughter, Lillian M Davis, Phoenix, Arizona; two sons, Dwight D., Jacksonville, Florida and James O., Sturgis, Michigan; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four brothers, Vernon Donley, Howe, Indiana., Fay and Harold Donley, both of Burr Oak, and Robert Donley, Constantine, Michigan. Ultz, Baby.....Lot 401, no dates.........Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Ultz, Clarence A.....Lot 518, Sec 5, buried 18 August 1967, born and died in Sturgis, widower, 82 years, died 16 August 1967 Ultz, Dorthea Catherine....Lot 401, Sec 1, buried 22 October 1934, lived in Burr Oak, 69 years, born 1865, died 19 October 1934, apoplexy......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ultz, Earl E.....Lot 49, Sec 6, buried 16 September 1964, lived in Burr Oak, widower, 70 years, died 14 September 1964 Ultz, Edith....Lot 14, Sec 6, buried 28 October 1951, 83 years, died 24 October 1951 Ultz, Floyd G...Row 6, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 31 March 1969, lived Burr Oak twp, married, 77 years, died 27 March 1969 Ultz, George C.....Lot 579, Sec 14, Grave 6, buried 20 February 1938, lived in Burr Oak, married, 71 years, died 17 February 1938.......Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this burial on Lot 582. Ultz, Hazel...Row 6, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 15 February 1989, lived in Burr Oak twp, 97 years, died 13 February 1989 Ultz, John Jefferson.....Lot 401, Sec 1, buried 3 June 1934, lived in Burr Oak, 73 years, born 1861, died 31 May 1934......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ultz, Mary Coohon ...Lot 561, Sec 5, buried 26 March 1934, born and died in Fawn River twp, 48 years, died 23 May 1934 Ultz, Mary Elizabeth.....Lot 49, Sec 6, buried 13 July 1963, lived in Burr Oak, married, 67 years, died 11 July 1963 Upham, Ida...Lot 408, Sec 1, no dates but note says she is wife of Oscar and was buried much earlier than Oscar Upham, Oscar J....Lot 408, Sec 1, buried 15 July 1947, lived in Branch co, 78 years, born 1869, died 13 July 1947 Upton, Alwina L...Lot 280, Sec 4, Grave 1, buried 30 May 1972, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 94 years, died 27 May 1972 Upton, Floyd H...Lot 280, Sec 4, buried 10 October 1960, lived in Burr Oak, 78 years, died 6 October 1960 Upton, Fred.....Lot 280, Sec 4, born 1904, died 1914 Upton, Harry.....Lot 280, Sec 4, born 1906, died 1930......Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this first name as Harvey. Upton, Rex.....Lot 280, Sec 4, buried 19 October 1961, lived in Burr Oak, married, 51 years, died 16 October 1961 Urick, Jake...Lot 226, Sec 4, Grave 5, buried 12 March 1975, died in Kalamazoo, 65 years, died 6 March 1975 Urick, Marie Helen...Plot 226, Sec 4, Grave 6, 24 January 1993, died in Sturgis, widow, 78 years, d ied 22 January 1993 Urie, John.....Lot 218, Sec 4, born 1835, died 1888 Urie, Macha......Lot 218, Sec 4, born 1831, died 1910.....Note: Geneva Smith has this first name spelled Nacha. Urie, Margaret...Lot 218, Sec 4, buried 18 May 1935, cremated, lived Cornwell, died in Los Angeles, born 1870, 60 years, died 3 February 1935 Urie, William.....Lot 218, Sec 4, born 1857, died 1924 Vail, Harold....buried 16 September 1989, died in Kalamazoo, 68 years, died 13 September 1989 Van Abbenia, Bonke.....Lot 129, Sec 2, buried 27 October 1936, lived in Fawn River, died 24 October 1936 Van Abbenia, Ella.....Lot 129, Sec 2, buried 29 December 1932, died 27 December 1932 Van Ausdale, Andrew.....Lot 75, Sec 3, born 1827, died 1901 Van Ausdale, Minnie......Lot 75, Sec 3, born 1865, died 1865 Van Ausdale, Sarah.....Lot 75, Sec 3, born 1830, died 1906 Van Brant, William E.....Lot 90, Sec 3 Van Dougen, Lauren Olivia...Plot 214, Sec 4, Grave 3, buried 18 June 1994, 6 mos old lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, granddaughter of Larry Cowles and Great granddaughter of E Elmer Cowles. Van Husen, Alton.....Lot 469, Sec 4 Van Husen, A R....born 1885, died 1928 Van Husen, Juanita L....Plot ?, Sec 3, cremated 3 November 1991, buried 22 April 1992. No death date Van Husen, L C.....Lot 469, Sec 4, born 1837, died 1911 Van Husen, Mrs L C...Lot 469, Sec 4, no dates Van Vorst, John J....VET, Lot 579, Sec 14, Grave 6, buried 16 April 1938, lived in Burr Oak, born 1841, 97 years, died 14 April 1938, Civil War, 1st Michigan Light Artillary Vord, Olive..... born 1808 died 1895 Vroman, Alta.........Lot 40, Sec 6, buried 27 November 1944, died in St Paul Minnesota, 61 years, born 1883, died 25 November 1944.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wadsworth, Leon R...VET, Row 8, Sec 8, Grave 12, buried 30 September 1978, lived in Sturgis, married, 59 years, died 27 September 1978 Wadsworth, Mary A...buried 20 September 1988, died in Greenville, Montcalm co, Michigan, widow, 64 years, died 17 September 1987 Wadsworth, Mary Evelyn...Row 24, Sec 7, Grave 8, buried 5 February 1982, died in Sturgis, 70 years, died 3 February 1982 Wadsworth, Ruben...Lot 27, Sec 7, Grave 7, buried 11 June 1965, lived in Sturgis, 70 years, died 8 June 1965 Wagner, Charles E...Lot 27, Sec 7, buried 25 February 1963, lived in Kendallville, Indiana, married, 71 years, died 22 February 1963 Wagner, Charles L.....Lot 497, Sec 5, buried 5 April 1934, born 1925, 19 days old, died 4 April 1925 Wagner, David Franklin...Lot 538, Sec 5, buried 17 November 1940, lived in Fawn River twp, widower, born 23 September 1863, 77 years, born Mifflin Co, Pa, son of Phyllip Wagner and Fannie Jane Bowersox, died 14 November 1940 Wagner, Gertrude (Gilkison)...Lot B20, Sec 3, buried 26 January 1946, lived in Wayne Michigan, 59 years, born 1887, died 23 January 1946.....Note: Gilkison surname and birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wagner, Irene...Plot 437, Sec 5, Grave 3, buried 5 May 1981, died in LaGrange, Indiana, 86 years, died 2 May 1991 Wagner, John P.....Lot 538, Sec 5, Grave 8, buried 10 March 1968, lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, single, born 1895, 73 years, son of Frank Wagner, died 7 March 1968 Wagner, Lester Leverne(Pete)......Lot 497, Sec 5, buried 9 June 1959, died in Sturgis, 55 years, died 7 June 1959 Wagner, Mary E....Lot 538, Sec 5, buried 7 July 1927, lived in Burr Oak, born 1868, 59 years, died 5 July 1927 Wagner, Raymond D...Plot B20, Sec 3, Grave 8, buried 1 October 1975, lived in Taylor, Wayne Co, Michigan, widower, 88 yrs, died 30 September 1975 Wagner, Richard Charles...Row 27, Sec 7, Grave 8, buried 9 June 1971, lived in Kendallville, Indiana, married, 50 years, died 7 June 1971 Wagner, Roy Andrew....Lot 535, Sec 5, buried 6 May 1950, 61 years, died 3 May 1950....Note: Geneva Smith has this mans first name as Ray A and the birth year as 1889. Probably the same man. Wagner, Wanda A...Row 27, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 11 June 1985, lived at Frohs Home, Sturgis, widow, 82 years, died 8 June 1985 Wagner, William O....Lot 27, Sec 7, buried 6 October 1962, lived in Burr Oak, married, 63 years, died 4 October 1962 Wait, Davis M....VET, Lot 464, Sec 1, Civil War, Co C, 8th Michigan Infantry Wait, Dellada......Lot 464, Sec 1, buried 10 April 1941, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 89 years, born 1852, died 7 April 1941.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wait, William......Lot 464, Sec 1, born 1874, died 1920 Waite, Phillip S....Lot 464, Sec 1, Grave 5, buried 10 July 1968, lived in Sturgis, widower, 84 years, father Davis Wait, mother Della Stone, died 1 June 1968 Walker, Desiree Kay .......Row 3, Sec 7, Grave 14, buried 4 April 1975, parents lived in Burr Oak, stillborn, 3 April 1975 Walker, William E....VET, Lot 564, Sec 5, buried 25 May 1944, lived in Sherman twp, 73 years, born 1871, died 23 May 1944....Note: Geneva Smith has his middle initial "C" and a veteran of the Spanish-American War Wall, Maxine L......Row 6, Sec 8, Grave 7, buried 20 October 1981, lived in Burr Oak, married, 54 years, died 23 October 1981 Wallace, Electa.....Lot 161, Sec 2, born 1846, died 1875 Wallace, Ella Electa (Lockwood)...Lot 160, Sec 2, born 1846, died 1936....Note: surname Lockwood from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wallace, John...Lot 160, Sec 2, born 1843, died 1921 Wallace, Ruth...Lot 161, Sec 2, born 1815, died 1872 Wallace, William...Lot 161, Sec 2, born 1801, died 1883 Wallett, Fred......Lot 207, born 1846, died 1869....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Wallman, Cora.....Lot 498, Sec 5, buried 16 March 1956, lived in Sturgis, 84 year, born 1872, died 15 March 1956.....Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wallman, Orpha.....Lot 561, Sec 5, buried 14 October 1949, lived in Sturgis, 39 years, died 12 October 1949 Wallman, William H....Lot 37, Sec 6, buried 19 April 1921, died in Burr oak, 2 years, son of Rosie Hill, died 16 April 1921 Walters, John.......died 19 July 1892, Burr Oak Acorn, son Oliver living in California, son William in New York and son Richard, living in Michigan City, Indiana. Walters, Maude.....Lot 19, Sec 6, buried 13 October 1962, lived in Bronson twp, 72 years, died 11 October 1962 Walters, William A.....Lot 19, Sec 6, buried 18 October 1958, died in Centreville, 84 years, died 15 October 1958 Walterspaugh, Joseph.....Lot 498, Sec 5, born 1863, died 1920 Walterspaugh, Raymond....Lot 498, Sec 5, buried 23 September 1967, age 74 years, died in Indianapolis, Ind, cremated, died 21 March 1966 Ward, Charles.......Lot 181, Sec 2, born 1858......Note: birth year comes from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ward, Chester....Lot 67, 85 years, born 1807 in New York, died 1892.....Note: Lot number and place of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ward, Eliza...Lot 181, born 1808 in New York, 75 years, died 1884.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith gives the lot number, state of birth to this burial. Ward, Eliza......Lot 181, Sec 2, born 1877, died 1880 Ward, Lucy M (Van Vorst).....Lot 181, Sec 2, buried 17 January 1952, 94 years, died 15 January 1952....Note: papers of Geneva Smith give us the surname VanVorst. Ward, Lydia "Mother".....Lot 67, born 1812 in New York, 76 years, died 1888 in Mt Pleasant, Michigan.....Note: "Mother" notation, Lot number and places of birth and death from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ward, Mary... 83 years, died 14 March 1968 Ward, Mary....no more information Ward, Moses....Lot 181, Sec 2, born 1805 in New York, 68 years, died 1873....Note: papers of Geneva Smith give the birth place for this burial. Ward, Olivea (Dow).....Lot 45, born 1808, died 1895.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. Olivea Dow was the daughter of Stephen Dow and the wife of Thomas Ward Ward, Russell...Lot 67, Sec 3, no dates Ward, Thomas......Lot 67, Sec 3, born 1805, died 1870.......Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Ward, W E...Lot 67, Sec 3, born 1849, died 1914 Ware, Aaron Lee...Lot 489, Sec 4, buried 8 August 1972, Coldwater, MI, died 6 August 1972 at birth Ware, Charles E........Plot 564, Sec 5, Grave 4, buried 7 March 1991, died 3 March 1991, cremation Ware, Ernest C......Lot 564, Sec 5, Grave 6, buried 5 October 1970, lived Orange Park, Clay co, Florida, 77 years, died 1 October 1970 Ware, Jack E...Lot 564, Sec 5, buried 31 May 1941, lived in Sherman twp, 12 years old, no death date Ware, Jane B....Plot 437, Sec 1, Grave 7, buried 27 May 1992, lived in Burr Oak, married, 67 years, died 23 May 1992 Ware, Jennifer Lyn... Plot 25, Sec 7, Grave 13, buried 3 June 1989, lived in Sturgis, single, 17 years, died 1 June 1989, head injuries in bus accident Ware, John....Lot 489, Sec 4, died 1922 Ware, Norene......Lot 489, Sec 4, born 1918, died 1920 Ware, Regina B.....Lot 489, Sec 4, born 1896, died 1919 Warner, Delmer C....Lot 23, Sec 7, buried 8 December 1963, lived in Sturgis, 75 years, died 4 December 1963 Washburn, Sarah......died 29 December 1929 Watson, Baby...born 1876, died 1877, name on top of back page, John Watson Watson, Ethel....Lot 126, Sec 2, born 1890, died 1895 Watson, Frank......Lot 126, Sec 2, buried 24 August 1942, 78 yrs, 10 mos, 4 days, born 1864, died 21 August 1942......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Watson, Frank P......Lot 254, Sec 4, born 1867, died 1890.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this burial on Lot 126. Watson, George.......Lot 513, Sec 5, buried 22 September 1957, born 1874, 83 years, died 20 September 1957 Watson, Gertrude....Lot 513, Sec 5, buried 3 May 1931, born 1872, 58 years, died 1 May 1931....Note: month and day of death from the papers of Geneva Smith. Watson, Harold.....VET, Lot 513, Sec 5, born 1897, died 1920.....Note: VET from the papers of Geneva Smith. Watson, Inez May......Lot 514, Sec 5, buried 24 February 1956, died in Kent county, 85 years, born 1871, died 23 February 1956...Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Watson, John....Lot 130, Sec 2, born 1821, died 1883 Watson, Joseph....VET, Lot 126, Sec 2, born 1825, died 1903, Civil War, Co A, 15th Michigan Infantry Watson, Mary...Lot 254, Sec 4, born 1845, died 1925 Watson, Rosa...Lot 130, Sec 2, born 1862, died 1872 Watson, Sophronia....Lot 126, Sec 2, born 1836, died 1920 Watson, William R (Willie)......Lot 254, Sec 4, buried 30 January 1943, lived in Burr Oak, 80 years, died 27 January 1943....Note: nickname Willie from the papers of Geneva Smith. Watson, William......Lot 514, Sec 5, born 1837, died 1916. Weaver, Anna...Lot 158, Sec 2, born 1844, died 1886 Weaver, Cora.....Lot 511, Sec 5, buried 27 December 1952, 79 years, born 1873, died 25 December 1952........Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Weaver, Daniel.....Lot 511, Sec 5, buried 6 February 1931, born 1859, 82 years, died 4 February 1931 Weaver, Edward...Lot 158, Sec 2, born 1840, died 1901 ....nearest living relative, Mrs Oscar A Krinbill, 6706 S Hohman Ave, Hammond, Indiana Weaver, Ernest....Lot 511, Sec 5, buried 11 March 1940, died 9 March 1940 Weaver, Esther.....Lot 511, Sec 5, born 1849, died 1921 Weaver, George F....Lot 76, Sec 3, no dates Weaver, Gertrude.....Lot 76, Sec 3, born 1869, died 1870, name on top of page is George F Weaver Weaver, Julia.....Lot 158, Sec 2, born 1864, died 1865 Weaver, Mary Ann....Lot 76, Sec 3, born 1846, died 1878 Webster, Faythe....Lot 407, Sec 1, Grave 3, died 1 May 1987 in California, Cremated, born 17 December 1934 Weldon, Elmer......Lot 433, Sec 1, no dates Weldon, Julia Netta....Lot 433, born 1871, died 29 September 1923 in Branch County.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Weldon, Jay N.....Lot 433, Sec 1, buried 17 September 1957, 65 years, died 15 September 1957 Wellington, Frances G.....Plot 500, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 19 July 1983, lived in Burr Oak, 74 years, died 16 July 1983 Wells, Hannah..Lot 497, Sec 5, born 1853, died 1925 Wells, Howard J......Lot 43, Sec 6, Grave 3, buried 29 August 1985, lived in Burr Oak, married, 55 years, died 27 August 1985 Wells, James W.....Lot 497, Sec 5, buried 18 March 1937, lived in Burr Oak, born 1850, 86 years, died 16 March 1937 Wells, Margaret T......Lot 43, Sec 6, buried 28 February 1953, 49 years, died 25 February 1953...Note: Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 611 Wells, Nellie C....Lot 473, Sec 4, Grave 1, buried 8 February 1972, lived in Burr Oak, widow, born 1880, 90 years, died 6 February 1972 Wells, Olen.....Lot 43, Sec 6, buried 30 January 1967, lived in Burr Oak, married, 70 years, died 28 January 1967 Wells, S Monroe...Lot 473, Sec 4, Grave 2, buried 17 March 1968 Welty, Edith W....Lot 419, Sec 1, no burial date, lived in Centreville, 68 years, died 5 January 1957 Wendell, Philip F...Lot 22, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 4 November 1971, cremated, lived in Burr Oak, married, 62, died 30 October 1971 Wert, Gertrude E......Lot 54, Sec 6, buried 30 May 1965, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 76 years, died 28 May 1965 Wert, Neil Franklin....buried 27 May 1943, died 26 May 1943 Wert, William Ray....Lot 54, Sec 6, buried 19 October 29 1948, 63 years, died 17 October 1948 West, Adam...VET, Lot 262, Sec 4, buried 2 April 1947, died in Otsego, Michigan, age 55 years, died 29 March 1947.....Note: age at death from the papers of Geneva Smith. West, Arthur W.....VET, Plot 262, Sec 4, Grave 8, 70 years, of Columbia City, Indiana, died 6 October 1996, at Parkview Memorial Home, Fort Wayne. He was born 5 July 1926, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, a son of Adam J and Esther M (Fair) West. On 8 June 1949, he married Marilyn M Bell in Sturgis, Michigan. He was a Columbia City area resident since 1952. Ha was a veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict., serving with the U.S. Navy. A member of theWaynedale Lodge F & AM, he also served with the Boy Scouts of America for more than 30 years. In 1993 he retired after seven years as president and co-owner of West Webster Food Brokerage. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Thomas D of Fort Wayne and Steven A of Churubusco; three daughters, Karen E West of Auburn, Marsha L West of Norwood, Colorado and Bonny S Connelly of Greeley, Colorado; a foster son, Kenneth Brooks of Bonita Springs, Florida; and eight grandchildren. Services were held at McComb and Sons {Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, with graveside services at Burr Oak, Michigan Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Huntertown United Methodist Church. West, Baby........Lot 486, buried 4 May 1935, died 1 May 1935, buried with Lyle....Note: from the papers of Geneva Smith. West, Cyrus Dale...Lot 486, Sec 4, buried 27 August 1952, 48 years, died 24 August 1952 West, Eleanor....Lot 40, Sec 6, buried 8 August 1944, lived in Burr Oak, female, widow, 82 years, born 1862, died 5 August 1944....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. She has this burial on Lot 608. West, Esther......Lot 262, Sec 4, 55 years, died 1938 West, Frank...Lot 486, Sec 4, buried 10 July 1931, 55 years, born 1876, died 7 July 1931....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. West, Helen.......Lot 486, Sec 4, born 1920, died 1920.....Note: dates from the notes of Geneva Smith. West, Leonard....Lot 262, Sec 4, buried 2 February 1938, lived in Burr Oak, born 1849, 87 years, died 30 January 1937.......Note: papers of Geneva Smith give the birth year of this man as 1850. West, Leonard E...Lot 262, Sec 4, Grave 1, buried 20 July 1985, lived in Montgomery, died Kettering twp, died 19 July 1985 West, Lyle... Lot 486, Sec 4, lived Fawn River twp, 23 years, died 1 May 1935, born 1912, buried with the West baby.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. West, Mamie.....Lot 262, Sec 4, born 1885, died 1900 West, Neil Franklin...Lot 9, Sec 6, buried 10 July 1931, 55 years, died 7 July 1931 West, Neil Franklin......Lot 577, died 26 May 1943....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. West, Nettie....Lot 262, Sec 4, born 1856, died 1899 West, Orrie.....Lot 486, Sec 4, buried 17 November 1938, lived in Fawn River twp, female, born 1885, 53 years, died 15 November 1938 Wheeler, Charles W.....Lot 3, Sec 6, buried 7 March 1955, died in St Joseph co, 78 years, died 3 March 1955.....Note: Geneva Smith papers have this burial on Lot 571. Wheeler, Melvin Elery.....Plot 3, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 26 June 1987, died in Mendon twp, 68 years, died 23 June 1987 Whitaker, Alma ...Lot 263, Sec 4, born 1853, died 1910 Whitaker, Jay...Lot 263, Sec 4, died 1928 White, Elizabeth A...Lot 23, sec 7, Grave 9, buried 14 May 1962, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 74 years, died 11 May 1962 White, Mary....Lot 96, Sec 2, born 1839, 43 years, died 1872 White, Mary Frances...Row 40, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 19 July 1980, lived in Burr Oak, married, 32 years, died 17 July 1980 Whiteman, Julius.....Plot 424, Sec 1, Grave 7, 74 years, died 16 July 1980 Whitman, Effie Embert....Lot 196, Sec 1, buried 13 January 1936, lived, Corunna? Michigan, born 1864, 71 years, died 9 January 1936 Whitman, George.....Lot 424, Sec 1, born 1840, died 1885....Note: Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 196 with Effie Embert Whitman. She further says Effie Hanselman Whitman; George Washington Hanselman; his wife was Emily Monroe, daughter of Charles; she married (2) Leander Shaw. Whitman, George W...Lot 424, Sec 1, buried 5 October 1935, lived in Burr Oak, born 1857, died 3 October 1935......Note: Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 423 Note: There is no way to tell if these two George Whitman burials have been recorded on the right lot. It could just as easy be the reversal of what's shown here. Whitman, Hattie....Lot 424, Sec 1, died in Schoolcraft, 80 year, born 1864, died 21 July 1944....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith Whitman, Hattie B... Lot 424, Sec 1, no more information Whitman, Jefferson....Lot 424, Sec 1, no dates Whitman, Julius....Plot 424, Sec 1, Grave 7, buried 19 February 1981, lived in Kalamazoo, single, 74 years, died 9 February 1981 Whitman, Mina...Lot 278, Sec 4, born 1855, died, 1918 Whitman, Rebecca...Lot 424, Sec 1, born 1822, died 1906 Whitman, William...."STUB"...Lot 424, Sec 1, penciled in, buried 3 January 1925, lived in Burr Oak, born 1854, 71 years, died 1 January 1925.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith Whitmer, Carrie F....Lot 437, Sec 1, buried 9 September 1947, 89 years, born 1858, died 7 September 1947....Note: year of birth and death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. Whitmer, Edward.....Lot 437, Sec 1, born 1887, died 1901 Whitmer, Floyd H ....VET, Lot 437, Sec 1, buried 18 December 1965, lived in Royal Oak, married, 69 years, no death date Whitmer, Harriet Mildred....Lot 437, Sec 1, Grave 6, buried 26 October 1976, lived in Asheville, North Carolina, single, 91 years, cremated, died 14 October 1976 Whitmer, William W....Lot 437, Sec 1, buried 19 September 1939, lived in Burr Oak, married, 84 years, born 1855, died 17 September 1939.......Note: birth year and death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. Whitney, Robert....Lot 36, Sec 3, born 1807, died 1870 Wiard, Kenneth...Row 6, Sec 8, Grave 6, buried 2 December 1978, lived in Burr Oak, married, 69 years, died 29 November 1978 Wilbur, Hurley......Lot 30, Sec 6 Wilcox, Culver D...Lot 133, Sec 2, Grave 6, buried 15 June 1974, lived in Greencastle, Indiana, 78 years, no death date Wilcox, Edward H....Lot 411, Sec 1, buried 11 February 1934, lived in Marshall, Michigan, 12 years, born 1922, died 7 February 1934 Wilcox, Evelyn Elizabeth.....Lot 133, Sec 2, buried 22 May 1934, lived in Marshall, 10 years, born 1924, died 20 May 1934, nearest lviing relative, Culver Wilcox, Marshall Michigan....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wilcox, Elizabeth...Lot 133, Sec 2, buried 5 November 1942, lived in Marshall, 52 years, born 1890, died 2 November 1942.......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wilcox, Estella M....Lot 411, Sec 1, buried 6 December 1932, born 1867, 65 years, died 4 December 1932 Wilcox, Helen Donaldson...1956, no dates Wilcox, Kenneth....Lot 411, Sec 1, born 1899, 3 years, died 1902 Wilcox, Maurice Dean....Lot 406, Sec 1, Grave 5, buried 12 July 1974, lived in Ypsilanti, Michigan, married, 70 years, died 10 July 1974 LETTERS: in cemetery book, date 14 May 1965, Friend Harry, This letter is in regard to the conversation we had several days ago. I would like to have the remainder of the lot where my father and mother (Coin and Eva Himebaugh) are buried, transferred to Maurice Wilcox and his wife Ruth, signed, many thanks from Bernice Deno, Mrs Albert Deno Wilcox, Roswell....VET, Lot 411, Sec 1, buried 8 July 1954, lived in Jackson Co, 79 years, died 6 July 1954, Co G, 44th U.S. Infantry Wilcox, Royal A...Lot 411, Sec 1, buried 18 June 1941, lived in Burr Oak, born 16 Jan 1870, 71 years, died 16 June 1941 Wilcox, Ruth Electra....Plot 406, Sec1, Grave 6, buried 1 January 1987, died in Ann Arbor, widow, 84 years, died 1 January 1987 Wilder, Daniel Dale...Lot 2, Sec 7, Grave 3, buried 24 October 1970, lived in Burr Oak, single, 20 years, died 22 October 1970, multiple injuries Wilder, Fred A...Lot 1, Sec 6, buried 26 April 1943, lived in Burr Oak, 70 years, 23 April 1943.....Note: Geneva Smith has this burial on Lot 569. Wilder, Hugh A...Row 2, Sec 7, Grave 4, buried 11 January 1982, lived in Burr Oak, married, 57 years, died 7 January 1982 Wilder, Lula Belle.....Lot 1, Sec 6, buried 14 May 1964, lived in Burr Oak, widow, 89 years, died 12 May 1964 Wilkins, Bertha.....Lot 312, died 1905, age 16 months......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Wilkins, Elizabeth...Lot 126, Sec 2, buried 14 September 1964, died in Fort Wayne, 93 years, died 10 September 1964 Wilkins, William....Lot 126, Sec 2, born 1868, 64 years, died 1932 Willer, Augustus....Lot 472, Sec 4, born 1851, died 1920 Willer, Caroline (Babcock)...Lot 305, Sec R, born 1831, died 1900...Note: surname Babcock from the papers of Geneva Smith. Willer, Charles H....Lot 305, Sec R, buried 5 April 1953, lived in Burr Oak, married, 89 years, born 1864, died 1 April 1953......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Willer, Eddis L....Plot 305, Sec 4, buried 25 September 1990, died in Kalamazoo, widow, 81 years, died 22 September 1990 Willer, Harry W....Lot 305, Sec Rear, Grave 3, buried 6 September 1968, lived in St Joseph co, married, 70 years, born in Burr Oak, son of Charles Willer, died 3 September 1968 . Willer, Kate...Lot 305, Sec Rear, buried 10 September 1955, lived in Burr Oak, 83 years, died 7 September 1955 Willer, Lynn....Lot 305, Sec R, born 1891, died 1891, deathdate 5 September 1891, extracted from Burr Oak deaths annual printed in the Burr Oak, January 1892, child of C Willer and wife Willer, Marshall...Lot 472, Sec 4, born 1882, died 1922 Willer, Mary E (Boyer)....Lot 472, Sec 4, buried 16 May 1950, 95 years, born 1855, died 12 May 1950 Note: surname Boyer and year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Willer, W S....Lot 305, Sec R, born 1825, died 1893 Williams, Charles Richard...buried 11 December 1987, died in Sturgis, 72 years, died 6 December 1987 Williams, Effie....Lot 478, Sec 4, buried 24 April 1953, died in St Joseph Co, 63 years, died 22 April 1953 Williams, Ella...Lot 476, Sec 4, born 1874, died 17 March 1953.....Note: Geneva Smith has the death date as 7 March 1953. Williams, Ella......Lot 476, Sec 4 Williams, Erastus...Lot 174, Sec 2, born 1815, died 1882 Williams, F V.....Lot 174, Sec 2, born 1840, died 1904 Williams, Giles S....VET, Lot 111, Sec 2, born 1819, died 1862, Civil War, Co K, 11th Michigan Infantry Williams, Harriet...Lot 174, Sec 2, born 1844, died 1923 Williams, Ida L.....Lot 251, Sec 4 Williams, Ida M......Lot 251, buried 7 July 1952, 87 years, born 1865, died 4 July 1952.....Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith, also the lot number. Williams, John...Lot 476, Sec 4, born 1866, died 1921 Williams, Lenore E....Lot 478, Sec 4, Grave 4, buried 2 December 1978, died in Sturgis, 64 years, died 28 November 1978 Williams, Mary.......Lot 251, Sec 4, born 1847, died 1918 Williams, Matilde....Lot 111, Sec 2, born 1815, died 1872 Williams, Orville...Lot 251, Sec 4, born 1844, died 1915 Williams, Oscar G...VET, Lot 111, Sec 2, born 1844, 19 years, died 1863, Civil War, Co K, 11th Michigan Infantry Williams, Roy E....Lot 478, Sec 4, buried 14 April 1958, died in Sturgis, 70 years, died 11 December 1958......Note: compiler is unable to find anything about the wide span of time between burial and death dates. A possible explanation is in winter in Michigan sometimes the ground freezes so deep we are unable to make burials in the winter. The deceased are stored in a safe shed until the ground thaws and the burial plots can be dug. Williams, Solon R.......Lot 251, Sec 4, buried 28 January 1944, 74 years, born 1870, died 25 January 1944......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Williams, Teal Baby......Lot 251, born 1909, died 1909......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Willis, Gerald L....Plot 317, Sec Back, Grave 1, buried 5 June 1992, lived in White Pigeon, married, 83 years, died 1 June 1992 Wilson, Adaline E.....Lot 468, Sec 4, buried 22 February 1938, lived in Grand Rapids, born 1845, 89 years, 3 mos, died 19 February 1937 Wilson, Esther...Lot 97, Sec 2, born 1843, 35 years, died 1878 Wilson, Evalena....buried 21 November 1964, no death date Wilson, Ida M......87 years, died 4 July 1952 Wilson, James...Lot 143, Sec 2, born 1830, died 1869 Wilson, Joe & Sarah Wilson......Lot 143, Sec 2, born 1862, died 1862 Wilson, Joe.....Lot 353, Sec R Wilson, Joe...Lot 143, Sec 2, buried 6 August 1942, lived in Bronson, married, died 4 August 1942....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have this man buried on Lot 353. Wilson, Melinda....Lot 97, Sec 2, 75 years, born 1810, died 1885......Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wilson, Pauline L.....Row 44, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 8 November 1993, lived in Burr Oak, single, 80 years, died 5 November 1993 Wilson, Ralph...Lot 97, buried 30 November 1940, the ashes of Ralph Wilson from Mahwah, New Jersey, cremated 28 August 1940 at the Wanamaker & Carlaugh? New York to New Jersey Cremation Co, reg number 23485, buried in grave with his mother, Melinda Wilson Wilson, Samuel... VET, Lot 143, Sec 2, Co D, 19th Michigan Infantry, no dates Wilson, Sarah......Lot 143, Sec 2, born 1862, died 1862.....Note: dates from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wilson, Thaddeus....Lot 97, Sec 2, born 1824, 46 years, died 1870, nearest living relative Ralph Wilson, 30 Elwith? St, New York Wilson, William....Lot 97, Sec 2, born 1840, died 1913 Wines, Frances...Row 21, Sec 7, Grave 3, buried 6 June 1972, lived in Florida, married, 67 years, died 2 June 1972 Wines, James H...Lot 21, Sec 7, buried 11 July 1959, lived in Burr Oak, widower, 85 years, died 29 July 1959 Wines, Stark James....Row 21, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 13 January 1976, lived in Florida, widow, 72 years, died 10 January 1976 Wing, Mrs M C...Lot 249, Sec 4, born 1853, died 1908 Wolenslagel, Albert A.....Lot 552, Sec 5, buried 25 January 1933, lived in Burr Oak, 59 years, born 1874, died 22 January 1933...Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Wollenslegle. Wolenslagel, Christian....Lot 79, Sec 3, born 1826, died 1889.....Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Wollenslegle. Wolenslagel, Elizabeth....Lot 79, Sec 3, born 1839...Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Wollenslegle. Wolenslagel, John....Lot 79, born 1822, died 1864.....Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Wollenslegle. Wolenslagel, John...Lot 79, Sec 3, born 1860, died 1862....Note: Geneva Smith has this surname spelled Wollenslegle. Wollenslegle, Mary......Lot 552, born 1876, died 3 May 1948....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Wolenslagel, Milton...Lot 79, Sec 3, born 1860, died 1860 Wollenslegle, Ellis N....Plot 552, Sec 5, Grave 5, buried 21 January 1991, died in Sturgis, 83 years, no death date Wollenslegle, Mary....Lot 552, Sec 5, buried 3 Jun 1948, 72 years, died 3 May 1948 Wollenslegle, Maude....Lot 552, Sec 5, Grave 6, buried 3 March 1972, lived in South Bend, Indiana, married, 66 years, died 6 March 1972 Wollenslegle, Pearl...Plot 552, Sec 5, Grave 7, buried 7 May 1981, died in Sturgis, married, 77 years, died 5 May 1981 Wollenslegle, Roland D .....Lot 552, Sec 5, Grave 8, buried 21 June 1982, died in Kalamazoo, widowed, 77 years, died 21 June 1982 Wolfe, Charles Robert......(Bob) VET, Plot 13, Sec 3, Grave 2, 69, 1043 Cato Lane, died 5 May 1996, at Sturgis Hosptial. He was born 26 July 1926 in Bluffton Indiana, a son of Homer and Esta Irene (Yarger) Wolfe. He was raised by an aunt and uncle, Ruth and Vance Yarger. On 6 September 1947, he married Neva Nina Kline, in Sturgis. He was a Burr Oak and Sturgis area resident most of his life. He ws a tool and die maker 33 1/2 years retiring from Doerr Products in 1981. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during WWII. He was a member of the Bronson American Legion, the Snyder-Lewis-Welty American Legion Post 454, Colon , and the Sturgis Lyal Order of the Moose 574. Surviving are his wife; a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Thomas Shumaker, Sturgis; a son and daughter- in-law, Charles L and Roberta Wolfe, Sturgis; five grandchildren, Shawn Flock, Christopher Flock, Travis Shumaker, Kathryn Wolfe and Robert Worfe; one sister, Norma Lois Wallman, Traverse City; and one aunt, Ruth (Yarger) Himes, Sturgis. Graveside services and burial will be at 11 am at Burr Oak Cemetery with military honors being conferred by the Snyder-Lewis-Welty American Legion Post 454, Colon. Memorials may be directed to the American Lung and Emphysema Association. Wonders, Samuel.......Lot 44, Sec 6 Wonders, Samuel William....Plot 44, Sec 6, Grave 5, buried 26 March 1980, lived in Colon, 77 years, died 23 March 1980 Wood, Ann (Johnson)...Lot 192, Sec 1, born 1813, died 1905 in California......Note: surname Johnson and place of death from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wood, Eva Gena....Lot 469, Sec 4, buried 16 March 1949, lived in Kalamazoo, 55 years, born 1893, died 12 March 1949....Note: year of birth from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wood, Irving E....Lot 469, Sec 4, buried 2 August 1960, lived in Kalamazoo, 67 years, died 30 July 1960 Wood, Joseph...Lot 192, Sec 1, born 1811, died 1898......Note: from the papers of Geneva Smith; Mrs Ann Johnson came from England with three sons, William, born 1838; John, born 1840; Thomas, born 1842; other children: George, born 1844 in Michigan; Eliza Jane, born 1846; and Henry, born 1849. Woodman, Francis...Lot 258, Sec 4, born 1910, died 1910 Woodman, Frank......Lot 258, Sec 4, born 1869, died 1925 Woodman, John...Lot 253, Sec 4, born 1835, died 1913 Woodman, Lucinda A......Lot 258, Sec 4, buried 17 October 1953, died in St Joseph co. widow, 84 years, died 15 October 1953 Woodman, Sarah.....Lot 253, Sec 4, born 1836, died 1894 Woodworth, Frankie....Lot 34, Sec3, born 1851, died 1865 Wooster, Cheryl Lynn...Lot 315, Sec Rear, stillborn 20 April 1963 Wooster, Gilbert.........VET, Co A, 5th Michigan Infantry Worden, Betsy.....Lot 43, born 1794, died 1868.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Worden, Mrs. J.C....no death date, reported Burr Oak Acorn, 1 September 1892, came here at age 13 years, died at age 72 years, 4 months Worden, James...Lot 236, Sec 4, born 1825, died 1908 Worden, Lois.....Lot 236, Sec 4, born 1820, died 1892 Worden, Warren....Lot 43, born 1792, died 1857.....Note: entire entry in the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Workentine, Leo L...Row 33, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 21 July 1990, died in Park twp, widower, 86 years, died 18 December 1990........Note: this is another unexplained long span of time from date of death to burial. Workentine, Elta E...buried 23 July 1987, died in Park twp, 76 years, died 22 July 1987 Worthington, Zella...Lot 16, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 23 September 1970, lived in Centreville, married, 71 years, died 20 September 1970 Wortman, Benjamin F.....Lot 544, Sec 5, buried 1 March 1932, 72 years, born 1860, died 28 February 1932....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wortman, Edmund D.....Lot 544, Sec 5, buried 23 March 1947, died in Kalamazoo, 83 years, born 1865, died 21 March 1947.....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wortman, Ellen J.....Lot 544, Sec 5, born 1855, died 22 February 1932.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Wortman, Georgia...Lot 75, Sec 3, buried 19 January 1950, lived in Burr Oak, born 1867, 83 years, died 15 January 1950 Wortman, Homer...Lot 75, Sec 3, born 1849, died 1929 Wortman, James.....Lot 544, Sec 5, 69 years, born 1867, died 27 July 1936....Note: birth year from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wright Baby...born 1864, died 1864 Wright, Betsy.....Lot 43, Sec 3, born 1794, died 1868 Wright, Coloin...Lot 43, Sec 3, born 1814, died 1897....Note: papers of Geneva Smith spell this first name as Calvin. Wright, Hollace E...Row 30, Sec 7, Grave 9, buried 23 October 1969, lived in Burr Oak, married, 45 years, died 21 October 1969 Wright, J. Erwin.....born 1835, died 1916.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. Wright, Sally...Lot 43, Sec 3, born 1815, died 1817.....Note: papers of Geneva Smith have the death date for Sally Wright as 1877. Wright, Sarah Ann...Lot 43, Sec 3, born 1837, died 1910....Note: middle name Ann from the papers of Geneva Smith. Wright, Warren...Lot 43, Sec 3, born 1792, died 1857 . Wyatt, Arthur R...Lot 23, SEc 7, Grave 11, buried 13 September 1966,lived in Colon twp, married, 56 years, died 11 September 1966 Wyatt, Floyd Eugene...Row 2, Sec 9, Grave 15, buried 27 April 1993, lived in Burr Oak, died in Paw Paw, married, 40 years, died 24 April 1993, while watching his daughter play in a softball tournament Wyatt, Kathleen Ann......Row 3, Sec 9, Grave 25, no burial date, 45 years, died 13 July 1996 Wygant, George.......Lot 341, Sec R, no dates Wygant, Viola M....Lot 341, Sec Rear, Grave 6, buried 17 December 1977, 405 George Street, Sturgis, married, born 14 May 1908, 69, born Sherman twp, daughter of Carl Haas or Kaas and Leah Green, died 13 December 1977 Yaple, Otto Lewis....Lot 9, Sec 6, buried 2 December 1954, lived in Vicksburg, 68 years, died 29 November 1954 Yaple, Tessie R...Lot 9, Sec 6, Grave 2, buried 21 May 1975, died in Sturgis Hospital, 80 years, died 19 May 1975 Yarger, Vance.....Lot 36, Sec 6, buried 19 April 1957, 54 years, died 17 April 1957 Yeagle, Maude.... Lot 472, Sec 4, born 1874, died 1928 Yerrick, Janice...Row 1, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 23 September 1989, died in Sturgis, 43 years, died 20 September 1989 Yoder, Joseph A......VET, Row 36, Sec 7, Grave 5, 73 years, 64228 Needham Road, died 12 April 1996, at the Sturgis Hospital. He was born 19 October 1922, in Morocco, Indiana, a son of Alvin and Lydia (Hochstetler) Yoder. On 9 May 1943, he married Lois M Young in Centreville. He was a Burr Oak resident more than 50 years. He had owned and operated Yoder's Repair Shop, Inc., Burr Oak, 50 years and he also enjoyed farming. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during WWII and earning the rank of sergeant. He was involved one year in the Civilian Conservation Corps, in Wisconsin. He was a member of the St John's Lutheran Church, Burr Oak, the Neuman-Wenzel Post 73 American Legion, the Burr Oak Board of Education 12 years, the Farm Bureau, the National Rifle Association, and a church elder 15 years. He also was active in the Burr Oak Volunteer Fire Department.Surviving are his wife/ two daughters and sons-in-law, David and Darlene Porter, Forrest Lake, Minnesota, and Ronald and Anita Eldridge, Sturgis; two sons and daughters-in-laws, Joseph (Butch) and Kathy Yoder, Burr Oak, and Eugene and Joyce Yoder, Sturgis/ eight grandchildren, Linette, Norman, Jonathon, Joseph II, Yvette, Ryan, Michelle and Ronald; four great-grandchildren; 20 brothers and sisters; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and two siblings. Services were held at St John's Lutheran Church, Burr Oak, with the Rev Kurt Kuhlmann officiating, burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery with full military rites being conferred by the Captain John J Kelley Post 1355 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Memorials directed to the St John's Lutheran church or the Burr Oak Volunteer Fire Department. Yoder, Kenneth Earl...Lot 3, Sec 7, buried 1 August 1966, lived in Shipshewana, IN single, 19 years, died 29 July 1966 Yoder, Richard D.....Lot 189, Sec 2, 10 days old, died 11 January 1968 Yost, Esther E...Plot 46, Sec 3, Grave 4, buried 7 June 1985, lived in Burr Oak, married, 78 years, died 4 June 1985 Yost, Russell C...Plot 46, Sec 7, Grave 5, buried 24 August 1991, lived in Burr Oak, widower, 88 years, died 21 August 1991 Young, Bessie...Lot 426, Sec1, born 1887, died 1908 Young, David T...Row 35, Sec 7, Grave 1, buried 13 April 1973, lived in Burr Oak twp, married, 79 years, died 9 April 1974 Young, Henry.....Lot 426, Sec 1, born 1846, died 1918 Young, John W.....Lot 536, Sec 5, buried 23 September 1928, lived in Battle Creek, born 1885, 43 years, died 20 September 1928.....Note: day and month of death date from the papers of Geneva Smith. Young, Kent.....Lot 426, Sec 1, born 1893, died 1916 Young, Ray......Lot 426, Sec 1, born 1899, died 1917 Young, Ruth M.....Row 35, Sec 7, Grave 2, buried 14 October 1983, lived in Burr Oak twp, widow, 78 years, died 11 October 1983 Young, Sarah......Lot 426, Sec 1, born 1855, died 1928......Note: Geneva Smith papers have death year as 1927. Zepp, Frank....Lot 276, Sec 4, born 1862, died 1914 Zickafoose, Earl R...Row 34, Sec 7, Grave 11, buried 14 January 1975, lived in Sturgis, married, 66 years, died 11 January 1975 Zickafoose, Mary E...Row 34, Sec 7, Grave 12, no burial date, died in Kalamazoo, 80 years, died 26 February 1992 Zierle, Ernest III...Row 46, Sec 7, Grave 10, buried 6 June 1987, lived in La Grange, Indiana, married, 22 years, died 2 June 1987, self inflicted gunshot wound Zimmer, Charles....Lot 187, Sec 2, died 1872 Zimmer, Charles Lamar...Plot 187, Sec 2, Grave 8, buried 20 September 1984, died in Sturgis, 82 years, died 18 July 1984 Zimmer, Ida B...Lot 187, Sec 2, buried 30 January 1958, 86 years, died 28 January 1958 Zimmer, Mildred E...Plot 187, Sec 2, Grave 7, buried 1 October 1989, lived in Sturgis, widow, 86 years, died 28 September 1989 Zimmer, Samuel......Lot 187, no dates.......Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith. She says that Samuel is the father of Charles Zimmer who died in 1872. Zimmer, William.....Lot 187, Sec 2, buried 3 January 1961, died, St Joseph co, MI, 86 years, died 31 December 1960 Zipp, Frank......born 1862, died 1914.....Note: entire entry from the papers of Geneva Smith, not in the cemetery book. 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. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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