Crosier Monastery Cemetery, Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska =============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be 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 for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Marilyn Busboom, mrsb@inebraska.com Census taken: September 2000 ================================================================ Location: Hastings, Nebraska Each Crosier headstone has the Crosier cross engraved on the bottom left side --- each Crosier father had a chalice engraved on the bottom right side of the headstone. TITLE FIRST NAME SURNAME BORN-DIED NOTES/INSCRIPTIONS ------- ------------ -------------- ---------- ------------------------------------- FATHER LAWRENCE WEISENSEL OSC 1913-1982 PROFESSED 1935 ORDAINED 1940 FATHER BENNO L MISCHKE OSC 1912-1981 PROFESSED 1931 ORDAINED 1936 FATHER THOMAS A KADLEC OSC 1909-1966 PROFESSED 1939 ORDAINED 1941 MISSIONARY FATHER JAN SMIT OSC 1930-1965 PROFESSED 1952 ORDAINED 1957 BROTHER JOHN VAN DE KRAATS OSC 1882-1962 PROFESSED 1906 FATHER BERNARD VAN GILS OSC 1885-1961 PROFESSED 1907 ORDAINED 1912 BROTHER HENRY VAN DER AA OSC 1873-1939 PROFESSED 1895 FATHER URBAN J SCHMITT OSC 1919-1999 PROFESSED 1944 ORDAINED 1949 FATHER FRANCIS T SMERKE OSC 1910-1986 PROFESSED 1931 ORDAINED 1936 BROTHER CHARLES J DOUGHERTY OSC 1925-1992 PROFESSED 1955 WWII METAL MARKER FATHER JOSEPH B SMERKE OSC 1912-1994 PROFESSED 1931 ORDAINED 1936 BROTHER THADDEUS J MACK OSC 1921-1995 PROFESSED 1963 WWII METAL MARKER BROTHER MATTHEW HECKATHORN OSC 1915-1996 PROFESSED 1940 FATHER LEO F SHEDIVY OSC 1913-1996 PROFESSED 1934 ORDAINED 1939 FATHER MARTIN W SCHOENBERG OSC 1916-1996 PROFESSED 1935 ORDAINED 1940 BROTHER CLEMENS J STEINES OSC 1914-1998 PROFESSED 1935 BROTHER BERNULPHUS GRUITHUIJZEN OSC 1912-1998 PROFESSED 1938 BROTHER EUGENE HAMBROCK OSC 1926-1999 PROFESSED 1947