GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Chester Township Cemetery Files (Chester Township: Section C, Lots 311 - 362) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Geauga County Genealogical Society Chardon Library 110 E. Park St., Chardon, OH 44024 (440) 285-7601 raccooan@oplin.lib.oh.us August 2001 *********************************************************************** Chester Township, (Range 9, Township 8), Geauga County, Ohio Cemeteries Chester Township 12701 Chillicothe Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026: Phone (440) 729-7058 Archer; 7125 Brook Lane (private property) Inactive Chester Township; 12266 Chillicothe Rd. Active Location on the west side of U.S. Route. #306, about 1 ½ miles north of the intersection of U.S. Route #322 and U.S. Route #306, north of Sherman Road. Jackson Farm; 117?? Chillicothe Rd. Inactive Location: on the east side of Chillicothe Road, about 150 yards south of Mulberry Road. Most of the stones were moved to the township cemetery. Only a few bases remain. Old Settlement: 9545 Mayfield Rd. (U.S. Route #322) Inactive Location: on the south side of U.S. Route #322, between Sperry Road and Kenyon Drive. Quirk: 12703 Woodside Dr. Inactive Location: on the east side of Woodside Dr.; north of U.S. Route #322. These cemeteries are not included in this compilation: Western Reserve Memorial Garden; 11521 Chillicothe Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026 (440) 729-9465 Chesterland Memorial Park (Jewish) 11521 Chillicothe Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026 (440) 831-6555 Sections and lots have not been identified for those marked "Unknown". Codes for Military Service (Vet.) Number codes were assigned for the various wars as follows: 01 Revolutionary War: 1776-1783 10 War of 1812: 1812-1815 16 Mexican War: 1846-1848 19 Civil War: 1861-1865 25 War with Spain: 1898 31 World War I: 6 Apr 1917-11 Nov 1918 41 World War II: 7 Dec 1941-31 Dec 1945 50 Korean War: 25 Jun 1950-31 Jan 1955 61 Vietnam: 22 Dec 1961-7 May 1975 89 Panama Action: 20 Dec 1989-31 Jan 1990 90 Persian Gulf: 1990-1991 NO None or Unknown PT Military Service not in the time of War Numbers 1 through 31 were assigned by an Official Government Project of the 1930s when cemeteries were surveyed and mapped to locate veterans. Information in parentheses came from other sources; i.e., cr & sr = Clerk’s/Sexton’s Record; c = cremains; (Map), the name appears on the map as owned or reserved. An entry such as: SMITH John ( ) means that there is no stone; at least there wasn’t when the record was compiled. *********************************************************************** ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== SURNAME First Name Twp./Cemetery Sec. Lot Gr. Birth Death Age Vet. SER_ORG NEE Relation Related to Birthplace ST Deathplace ST Lot Owner Lodge/Club Note ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== VARGO Margaret A. CS Chester Township C 311 1910 (10 Mar) 1993 (82y) NO Parents and Grandparents (cremains) VARGO Louis P. CS Chester Township C 311 1909 (3 Feb 1999) (89y) NO Parents and Grandparents (ashes) KINCAID John E. CS Chester Township C 311 1904 (29 Sep) 1975 41 Army husb KINCAID Edith J. CS Chester Township C 311 1911 (cr 5 Sep) 1973 NO w/o John HILL Moe (Robert Dewey) CS Chester Township C 312 1921 (cr15 Jul) 1974 NO HILL Jackie CS Chester Township C 312 1936 NO HILL David Alan CS Chester Township C 312 28 Aug 1975 (Baby) NO BLADEK John CS Chester Township C 313 1950 (15 Jul) 1974 NO Linda BLADEK to Bobbie LYNCH, 3 & 4 LYNCH Bobbie J. (deed) CS Chester Township C 313 NO Sites 3 & 4; transfer from sister (Linda BLADEK and Bobbie LYNCH are sisters) JUDD Steven E. ( ) CS Chester Township C 314 (4 Oct 1974) NO H. Edward JUDD No stone. Clerk's records. SMERDEL Ralph CS Chester Township C 315 1897 1972 NO Frank SMERDEL Clerk's record show burial 22 Jan 1971. VICIC Stani CS Chester Township C 315 1 Apr 1981 NO m Frank SMERDEL BODNAR John CS Chester Township C 315 1900 (1 May) 1991 (90y) NO Frank SMERDEL BODNAR Barbara CS Chester Township C 315 1908 (24 Nov 1997) (89y) NO Frank SMERDEL BURNS Betty CS Chester Township C 316 (15 Jan 1972) NO Robert C. BURNS, 1/2 lot No dates on stone. KNEALE Katherine CS Chester Township C 316 1904 (cr27 Jul) 1977 NO FAWCETT Ralph KNEALE, 1/2 lot KNEALE Ralph M. ( ) CS Chester Township C 316 (1897) (2 Nov 1987) (90y) 31 Army Ralph KNEALE, 1/2 lot No stone. LEASE Robert H. (deed) CS Chester Township C 317 NO Robert H. LEASE SOUVEY Sidney ( ) CS Chester Township C 318 (7 Jul 1942) (7 May 1988) 61 Navy Mrs. Pearl PAINTER No stone. (cremains) SOUVEY Aurora J., Baby ( ) CS Chester Township C 318 (cr26 Apr 1966) NO Mrs. Pearl PAINTER No stone. PAINTER Pearl, Mrs. (deed) CS Chester Township C 318 NO Mrs. Pearl PAINTER KOLSOM Henrietta (deed) CS Chester Township C 319 NO Henrietta KOLSOM HALL William A. CS Chester Township C 320 1902 (cr 6 Jun) 1973 NO Mason HALL Mary R. CS Chester Township C 320 1906 (cr21 Dec) 1979 NO OES HERVEY Mark R. Son CS Chester Township C 320 17 Oct 1972 (Baby) NO Robert W. WOOST BARRETT Zella M. CS Chester Township C 320 1900 1970 NO w/o WOOST Robert (deed for HERVEY) CS Chester Township C 320 NO Robert W. WOOST EDDY Clay Brawn CS Chester Township C 321 1894 (23 Jul) 1974 31 Ens US Navy WW I EDDY Ita Louise CS Chester Township C 321 1897 (21 Dec) 1992 (95y) NO PERRY Burl E. CS Chester Township C 322 1921 NO f PERRY Dorothy L. CS Chester Township C 322 1926 (cr 9 Jan) 1975 NO m Might the initial L. stand for LAVON - surname? GEDDES Martha L. CS Chester Township C 322 1933 NO GEDDES William D. CS Chester Township C 322 1929 (cr20 Apr) 1973 50 Army HUFFNAGLE Wm. H. CS Chester Township C 323 21 Mar 1907 17 Feb 1982 41 Army HUFFNAGLE Marie A. CS Chester Township C 323 10 Jan 1911 22 Jul 1979 NO EDDY Roy C. CS Chester Township C 323 1984 (cr23 Feb) 1976 31 Bugler US Army WW I EDDY Loretta D. CS Chester Township C 323 1905 (cr13 Oct) 1984 NO SEUFER Charles A. CS Chester Township C 324 1909 (6 Aug) 1991 (82y) NO SEUFER, 1/2 lot Great Grandfather SEUFER Marjorie CS Chester Township C 324 1912 NO SEUFER, 1/2 lot Great Grandmother DOWNER Frank E. CS Chester Township C 324 1885 (cr19 Oct) 1971 NO DOWNER, 1/2 lot DOWNER Cora W. CS Chester Township C 324 1888 (cr 6 Jul) 1970 NO DOWNER, 1/2 lot SCULLY Francis CS Chester Township C 325 1902 (cr26 Aug) 1974 NO BOWERS, 1/2 lot SCULLY Millie A. CS Chester Township C 325 1899 (cr 9 Jun) 1987 NO BOWERS, 1/2 lot FUNK Ella M. CS Chester Township C 326 1892 (cr10 Jul) 1974 NO Dorothy TAYSE FUNK Paul CS Chester Township C 326 1926 NO Dorothy TAYSE FUNK Evelinde CS Chester Township C 326 1924 (cr20 May) 1971 NO Dorothy TAYSE TAYSE Dorothy (deed) CS Chester Township C 326 NO Dorothy TAYSE CARLISLE Ruby L. CS Chester Township C 327 1908 (cr22 Jun) 1971 NO Harry CARLISLE, one grave MENKEL William B., Sr. ( ) CS Chester Township C 327 (cr28 Apr 1976) NO MENKEL, one grave No Stone. CARLISLE Steven Son CS Chester Township C 328 13 Sep 1966 5 Jun 1980 NO s/o 1/2 lot CARLISLE Albert E. CS Chester Township C 328 23 May 1931 17 Sep 1979 50 Pfc US Marine Corps 1/2 lot Korea BEECH Harold W. CS Chester Township C 328 1 Sep 1895 28 Apr 1979 NO 1/2 lot BEECH Linda L. CS Chester Township C 328 9 Oct 1892 3 Jul 1983 NO 1/2 lot MC FADDEN Charles P. CS Chester Township C 329 1918 (cr27 Jul) 1982 NO Mason MC FADDEN Harriet O. CS Chester Township C 329 1915 (cr30 May) 1973 NO DENNISTON Daniel S. CS Chester Township C 329 1908 (cr19 Apr) 1977 NO DENNISTON Pauline P. CS Chester Township C 329 1909 (11 Feb 1993) (83y) NO Her side of the stone is not cut for DOD. BEGAN Charla CS Chester Township C 330 8 Jun 1945 19 Feb 1976 NO J.A. BEGAN, 1/2 PETERSEN Clarence N. CS Chester Township C 330 1899 (cr25 Apr) 1980 NO PETERSEN Naomi M. CS Chester Township C 330 1900 (cr23 Feb) 1977 NO PETERSEN Leonard N. CS Chester Township C 331 1902 (17 May) 1993 (90y) NO PETERSEN Elizabeth W. CS Chester Township C 331 1906 (24 Feb) 1993 (86y) NO WILMOT ( ) PETERSEN Leonard W. CS Chester Township C 331 1927 (cr21 Jun) 1976 41 US Navy SCHOENKNECHT Norbert CS Chester Township C 331 17 Feb 1932 6 Aug 1979 NO Christa, one grave EVANS Leland K. ( ) CS Chester Township C 332 (4 Sep 1983) (73y) NO Marymount Hospital Cleveland Oh Mary EVANS No stone or record MILES Willard CS Chester Township C 332 1897 (cr 9 Jan) 1985 NO MILES Gladys CS Chester Township C 332 1896 (cr17 Dec) 1985 NO EVANS Mary Catherine ( ) CS Chester Township C 332 (4 Jun 1994) (82y) NO DONOHOE, Sites 3 & 4 (cremains bur 8 Jun 1994) DONOHOE Jean (deed) CS Chester Township C 332 NO DONOHOE, Sites 3 & 4 CORLETT Owen Paul CS Chester Township C 333 4 Aug 1927 5 Mar 1970 41 Tec 4 25 Constab SQ Ruth CORLETT WW II CORLETT Ruth (deed) CS Chester Township C 333 NO WEISS Herman A. CS Chester Township C 334 1905 (cr 16Dec) 1975 NO WEISS Pauline CS Chester Township C 334 1914 NO ZIDD Stanley J. CS Chester Township C 334 31 May 1898 6 Apr 1979 31 A S US Navy WW I ZIDD A. Wilma (Alice Wilma) CS Chester Township C 334 1910 (1 Jan) 1996 (85y) NO SMITH Ralph R. CS Chester Township C 335 2 Sep 1915 15 Aug 1979 41 CCM US Navy WW II Miriam SMITH, Sites 1 & 2 ANDERSON Ruby M. Dearest Mom CS Chester Township C 336 1903 (cr 6 Apr) 1978 NO m Robert W. & Helen MANNING MANNING Robert W. & Helen (deed) CS Chester Township C 336 NO Robert W. & Helen MANNING CROSS Walter N. CS Chester Township C 337 1908 (1 Apr) 1991 (82y) NO husb CROSS Angela R. CS Chester Township C 337 1911 (cr18 Nov) 1978 NO w/o WELLS Lee (deed) CS Chester Township C 337 NO WELLS, 1/2 lot REPAS Elvira E. CS Chester Township C 338 14 May 1979 NO Michael REPAS, 1/2 lot "Only her body died." KOERMENDY Irene M. CS Chester Township C 338 28 Mar 1993 (66y) NO m "The peacemaker. Our beloved Mutti." KOERMENDY Karl ( ) CS Chester Township C 338 (16 Jan 1997) (73y) NO His side of the stone is not cut. KOVACS Frank CS Chester Township C 339 16 Jul 1891 22 Jan 1983 NO f Arthur KOVACS, Sites 1 & 2 Married 7 Jun 1913. KOVACS Julia CS Chester Township C 339 26 Jul 1893 3 Feb 1988 NO YAGER m Married 7 Jun 1913. PRATT Murle L. CS Chester Township C 339 3 Jul 1910 19 Nov 1987 41 Tec 5 US Army WW II 1/2 lot PRATT Murle (deed) CS Chester Township C 340 NO Site 1 FONTICELLA Ronald C. ( ) CS Chester Township C 340 (26 Mar 1928) (12 Apr 1999) 41 USMC Sites 2,3,4 FONTICELLA Rhonda Carol CS Chester Township C 341 1956 (cr26 Jul) 1975 NO dau Ronald C. FONTICELLA, Site 1 BROOCKER Frank E., Sr. CS Chester Township C 341 1917 (cr19 Sep) 1984 NO f WALTERS Ella Mae CS Chester Township C 341 1907 (cr 1 Oct) 1974 NO BROOCKER, Frank Sites 3 & 4 ANDREWS Edward D. CS Chester Township C 342 6 Aug 1925 17 Aug 1977 41 Arm 3 US Navy Sites 1 & 2 EMCH Ralph C. CS Chester Township C 342 1909 (cr26 Jul) 1985 NO Sites 3 & 4 ANDREWS Mary Alice (deed) CS Chester Township C 342 NO Sites 1 & 2; 1 Aug 1997 GONSALVES Norman J. CS Chester Township C 343 1903 (cr10 Aug) 1979 NO GONSALVES Sylvia CS Chester Township C 343 1907 NO Sites 1 & 2 GONSALVES Norman Jr. CS Chester Township C 343 1927 (29 Sep) 1989 NO Urn buried 10 Jun 1990. KASKY Charles C. CS Chester Township C 343 1885 (cr27 Mar) 1976 NO f KASKY Martha L. CS Chester Township C 343 1895 (cr17 Apr) 1985 NO m TESREAU Richard H., III CS Chester Township C 344 1939 (cr20 Dec) 1974 NO DEMPSEY Gene CS Chester Township C 345 1937 NO DEMPSEY Douglas CS Chester Township C 345 1970 (cr24 Sep) 1980 NO son Gene & Becky DEMPSEY Becky CS Chester Township C 345 1940 NO SIMMONS Coletta CS Chester Township C 345 1938 (cr Jul) 1981 NO Clay LAWRENCE, Site 4 LAWRENCE Clay (deed for SIMMONS) CS Chester Township C 345 NO Clay LAWRENCE, Site 4 HAGARA Leslie CS Chester Township C 346 1898 (cr28 Aug) 1981 31 Pvt US Marines WW I HAGARA Mary CS Chester Township C 346 1905 (cr 8 Oct) 1982 NO w/o Leslie RUSSELL Robert (deed) CS Chester Township C 346 NO Sites 1 & 2 RUSSELL Marilyn (deed) CS Chester Township C 346 NO Sites 1 & 2 HILL Edward H. CS Chester Township C 347 (31 Jan) 1932 (5 Apr) 1990 (58y) 50 Navy HILL or BUCKNOT ? CINTRON Everett Luis CS Chester Township C 347 (2 Jun) 1918 (27 Mar) 1990 (71y) 41 US Army WW II Has gov't marker on back of stone marker. (cremains) CINTRON Nancy CS Chester Township C 347 1929 NO McCAW MOORE Wib (Wilbur) Husband & Father CS Chester Township C 347 22 Jul 1940 6 Feb 1992 61 SSgt US Air Force husb Married 15 Sep 1962 MOORE Bonnie Wife & Mother CS Chester Township C 347 7 Apr 1943 NO w/o Married 15 Sep 1962 BUCKNOT Rondi (deed) CS Chester Township C 347 NO Site 1, 6 Feb 1990 for Edward HILL MOSS Joanne CS Chester Township C 348 1936 (7 Feb) 1991 (54y) NO w/o MOSS Loy CS Chester Township C 348 1928 (cr 3 May) 1991 NO husb JOHNSON Neal D. CS Chester Township C 348 15 Oct 1961 (23 Sep) 1989 (27y) NO son Loy & Joanne MOSS (cremains) JOHNSON Lynn G. CS Chester Township C 348 23 May 1941 NO f PUSTERHOFER Ronald J. (deed) CS Chester Township C 348 NO Site 3, 26 Jul 1990 PUSTERHOFER Anne W. (deed) CS Chester Township C 348 NO Site 3, 26 Jul 1990 ZAMISKA Ella CS Chester Township C 349 1902 (5 Dec) 1988 (86y) NO ZAMISKA Thomas CS Chester Township C 349 1900 (21 Mar) 1990 (89y) NO MELE Susan L. CS Chester Township C 349 1935 (20 Sep) 1989 (54y) NO MELE James S. CS Chester Township C 349 1930 NO KRUZ Herman (deed) CS Chester Township C 350 NO SPAIN Michael S. CS Chester Township C 351 1957 (cr15 Mar) 1980 NO SPAIN Frances CS Chester Township C 351 1934 (cr20 Nov) 1982 NO CARSON m SPAIN Jack L., Sr. CS Chester Township C 351 (27 Sep) 1929 (16 Jan) 1987 50 USAF f THOMAS Allen P. CS Chester Township C 351 7 Aug 1907 27 Nov 1984 41 Maj US Army WW II John J. THOMAS, Site 4 AUSTIN Helen ( ) CS Chester Township C 352 (4 Feb 1991) (65y) NO Ronald WESLEY, Sites 3 & 4 No stone, cremains WESLEY Ronald J. (deed for 4) CS Chester Township C 352 NO Ronald WESLEY, Sites 3 & 4 Site 3 for Helen AUSTIN THOMAS J.J. (deed) CS Chester Township C 352 NO J.J. THOMAS, Sites 1 & 2 MURPHY William T. CS Chester Township C 353 31 Jan 1899 30 May 1973 41 OH Pvt US Army WW II MURPHY Josephine CS Chester Township C 353 16 Jul 1916 4 Jul 1976 NO GRUENBERG Charles Lyman Husband & Father CS Chester Township C 353 1919 (cr26 Aug) 1982 NO husb KLINGMANN Karl CS Chester Township C 354 1953 (cr 17Mar) 1983 NO Kurt R. & Gertrude KLINGMANN, Site 4 Ashes buried 17 Mar 1983. PALINKAS Ann CS Chester Township C 354 1911 NO PALINKAS Carl D. CS Chester Township C 354 1912 (cr21 Dec) 1984 NO KLAMER Henry W. CS Chester Township C 354 1907 (cr29 Jul) 1986 NO Ruth WOLTER, Site 3 Mason WOLTER Ruth (deed for KLAMER) CS Chester Township C 354 NO Ruth WOLTER WHITE John P. CS Chester Township C 355 1951 (cr24 Apr) 1986 NO DIPUCCIO Lynette ALLIN (deed, 1 & 2) CS Chester Township C 355 NO Lynette ALLIN DiPUCCIO, Sites 1 & 2 ALLIN Irma E. ( ) CS Chester Township C 355 (24 Sep 1996) (102y) NO DiPUCCIO, Lynette ALLIN DIPUCCIO Lynette ALLIN (deed) CS Chester Township C 355 NO Site 2, for Irma E. ALLIN TOTH James A. (deed) CS Chester Township C 355 NO Site 4 TOTH Patricia Ann CS Chester Township C 356 29 Sep 1957 24 Jul 1985 NO BAILEY Richard D. CS Chester Township C 357 (4 Mar) 1925 (10 Jul 1997) (72y) 41 Army husb BAILEY Raymond K. CS Chester Township C 357 1898 (cr 26Nov) 1985 NO f BAILEY Nancy G. CS Chester Township C 357 1927 (cr18 Jul) 1985 NO w/o MESCHER Ray A. CS Chester Township C 357 1904 (15 Jun) 1981 41 Cpl US Army WW II MESCHER Grace L. CS Chester Township C 357 (15 Nov 1999) (93y) NO JOHNSON Eleanor D. CS Chester Township C 358 1914 (cr21 Jun) 1979 NO JOHNSON Roy E. CS Chester Township C 358 (11 Oct) 1917 (11 Dec) 1991 41 USMC Sites 3 & 4 No record of burial. JOHNSON Fred E. (deed) CS Chester Township C 358 NO Sites 1 & 2 JOHNSON Ruth Lillian ( ) CS Chester Township C 358 (24 Jun 2000) (83y) NO HOBBY John CS Chester Township C 359 1928 (27 Jun) 1978 50 USMC Sites 1 & 2 HOBBY Josephine CS Chester Township C 359 1929 NO TOFFANT Paul F. CS Chester Township C 359 17 Oct 1916 31 Jul 1979 41 SSgt US Army WW II Virginia TOFFANT, Sites 3 & 4 TOFFANT Virginia E. ( ) CS Chester Township C 359 (4 Jan 2000) (87y) NO Virginia TOFFANT, Sites 3 & 4 WISE Theodore R. CS Chester Township C 360 1 Mar 1908 29 Nov 1976 41 Cpl US Army WW II Sites 1 & 2 BROWN Laura A. CS Chester Township C 360 1910 (cr24 Sep) 1975 NO BROWN Sidney R. CS Chester Township C 360 1911 NO Sites 3 & 4 DAVIS Mary Agnes CS Chester Township C 361 15 May 1905 NO DAVIS John Elmo CS Chester Township C 361 25 Mar 1909 15 Sep 1974 NO HILL William F. CS Chester Township C 362 27 Sep 1918 20 Jan 1984 41 Fl US Navy WW II Bertha HILL, Site 2 WIEGAND Marlin ( ) CS Chester Township C 362 (6 Nov 1997) (74y) NO WIEGAND, 3 & 4, 1 Sep 1992 WIEGAND Dorothy (deed) CS Chester Township C 362 NO WIEGAND, 3 & 4, 1 Sep 1992 DEMPSEY Morris & Rebecca (deed) CS Chester Township C 362 NO Morris & Rebecca DEMPSEY, Site 4