Loretta Cemetery, Houston Co., MN 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. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Becky Jonsgaard and Sonia Henderson Loretta Cemetery, Houston Co., MN April 2000 There are probably some unmarked graves and there were a couple that were totally unreadable. According to a stone that stands at the entrance, this cemetery was started in 1860. The land was donated by EDMUND S. LORE. The following is a transcription of the gravesites we found from Loretta Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Houston county, MN. It is a small cemetery in a rural area, with mostly very old graves. NAME DATE:NOTES ALBRECHT, EMIL B. 1879-1957 ALBRECHT, EMMA T. 1885-1972 ALBRECHT, M. 05-22-1929 BAILEY, WILHEM 08-22-1833 to 10-28-1913 BAILEY, SOPHIA 11-05-1819 to 05-05-1905 BAILEY, GEORGE W. 1857-1938 BAILEY, ADELIA 1866-1958 BAILEY, IRVIN A. 1896-1984 BUCKBEE, IRA 1901-1995 BUCKBEE, BENNIE 1902-1987 BUCKBEE, DORA 1859-1936 BUCKBEE, BUFORD 1864-1910 BUCKBEE, HAZEL M. PETERSON 1909-BLANK BUCKBEE, JAMES 1830-1904: Civil War vet.-Corp.,Co. B,125 NY Infantry CARPENTER, FLORENCE 05-18-1876 TO 06-18-1876:One of the first to be buried in this cemetery. This tree was planted over her grave by her parents, who were just passing through when she died. CARPENTER, ANNA M. born at Dividing Green, NJ 03-22-1830:died Sept. 15, 1902 at La Crosse, Wisconsin. CORLETT, PHILLIP died 11-28-1874:aged 67 yrs 9 mo 27 days CORLETT, PHILLIP died 02-11-1887:aged 70 yrs 7 mo 23 days EDMUNDS, CONRAD 1896-1992 EDMUNDS, JOSEPHINE 1897-1958 EDRIE, E. 03-26-1910 TO 05-07-1998 EDRIE, WESLEY F. 09-27-1907 TO 11-13-1987 EMMONS, CLARA S. 1868-1941 EMMONS, WILLIAM H. 1859-1911 FITTING, JOHN 12-15-1802 TO 11-03-1868? FREY, MATHILDA 06-20-1877 TO 05-11-1957 FREY, WILLIAM 12-07-1860 TO 10-11-1902 FREY, AUGUSTA 04-29-1839 TO 06-24-1919 FREY, JOHN 02-14-1823 TO 11-27-1900:Co A 53 Wis Inf. FREY, CAROLINE 1841-1929 FREY, FRED 1819-1889 HAHN, FATHER 1860-1926 HAHN, MOTHER 1863-1941 HAPPEL, CAROLINE 1868-1941:daughter of J & M. HAPPEL HAPPEL, PETER 1876-1944:son of J & M HAPPEL HAPPEL, CHARLES J. 01-18-1865 TO 11-23-1937 HAPPEL, MINA M. 02-17-1873 TO 04-22-1955:Chicago, IL HAPPEL, FLORENCE C. 1898-1991L:RN HAPPEL, WESLEY C. 1905-1992 HAPPEL, CHARLES WESLEY 02-24-1947 TO 01-17-1953 HAPPEL, HENRY aged 9 mos.:infant son of J & M. HAPPEL HAPPEL, JACOB died 04-05-1886 aged 67 yrs. HAPPEL, MARTHA died 06-08-1894 age 63 yrs. HAPPEL, W. H. 06-17-1858 TO 06-10-1929 HAPPEL, MRS. LIZZIE 1861-1908 HAPPEL, EMANUEL 03-22-1891 TO 09-27-1899:son of W.H. HAPPEL HAUPT, ADOLPH SR. 1835-1924 HAUPT, HENERIETTE 1834-1888 HAUPT, HENRY 1869-1895 HEYER, ANNA 05-15-1861 TO 05-16-1883 HOUGHTON, A. J. 03-10-1831 TO 03-15-1869 HOUGHTON, S.L. 02-21-1863 TO 09-24-1897 HOUGHTON, ALPHONZO J. 05-15-1869:aged 38 yrs 5 mo. HUEBNER, WILLIAM died 12-22-1932:aged 66 yrs 6 mo 18 days HUGHES, IDA 1860-1934 LLEWELLYN, LORINN A. 1923 TO 01-20-1944:missing over Marshall Is. declared dead 01-24-1946:Tech Sgt. Air Corps LLEWELLYN, OLGA J. B. 11-20-1894 TO 03-15-1973 LLEWELLYN, FRED R. 03-18-1894 TO 10-24-1967:Minn Pvt US Army WWI LORE, EDMUND S. 1821-1877:Donated this land that is presently known as the Loretta Cemetery. LORE, RHODA died 07-03-1860:;aged 61 yrs 10 mo: wife of CAPT. SETH LORE MANFULL, JOHN 07-29-1882 TO 11-22-1905 MANFULL, IVA M. 06-30-1880 TO 06-04-1901 MARK, RUDOLPH L. 1889-1988 MARK, ELSIE A. 1895-1972 NORTHRUP, MARTHA J. died 08-25-1883 aged 22 yrs 3 mo 17? days NORTHRUP, LUELLA D. 1867-1936 NORTHRUP, JOHN O. 1852-1929 NORTHRUP, WILLIAM H. ???? TO 05-15-1876:age 9 mos: son of J.O. & E.L. Northrup PEDERSON, J. PEDERSON, CHRISTIAN J. 1858-1927 PEDERSON, ELISA OLSON 1860-1945 PETERSON, GENE H. 1930:Baby PETERSON, ABRAHAM 1898-1954 POSS, PETER 1849-1928 POSS, BARBARA 1901-1950:wife of PETER POSS PRICE, ELLA E. died 12-03-1864:aged 12? yrs 3 mo: daughter of THOS. & ANNA REDMANN, CHRISTOPH died 03-02-1879 REDMANN, ELWIENE A. 09-09-1877 TO 09-23-1878 REDMANN, WILLIAMINA 02-18-1863 TO 07-27-1884 RUEHMAN, CAROLINE A. 06-07-1876 TO 04-22-1974: Nurse, Army Nurse Corps WWI RUEHMAN, WILLIAM H. 1835-1920 RUEHMAN, EMILIE TETZLAFF 1842-1927 SCHULTZ, ALBERTA STEVERMER, JOHN W. 10-04-1923 TO 06-08-1991:EMI US Navy WWII Korea STEVERMER, CAROL J. 03-1924 TO BLANK STORRER, JAMES died 11-06-1863:aged 62 yrs 6 mo STORRER, SUSAN died 07-02-1895:aged 93 yrs 2 mo 17 days VIX, GEORGE 1917-1942 VIX, LOUIS 1883-1940 VIX, MYRTLE 1889-1983 WOHLERS, JOHN 02-04-1874 TO 10-28-1915 WOHLERS, LENA C. 1875-1910 YAGNIER, THEODORE died 1896 aged 63 yrs. S ?????, ? BORN 03-03-1796 to 02-21-1872 aged 76 yrs. (This is a flat stone that has crumbled up and broken. The first letter of the last name is an S, but after that, unreadable. It looks as though the last name has 6 letters in it.