ELLWOOD CEMETERY

Breese

Clinton County, Illinois 

 

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7 blocks north of Old Route 50 and Mater Dei/Ellwood Drive Intersection

Older wooden crosses have disintegrated, some graves are now unmarked.

Cemetery tombstone readings and City Hall records as of 10 Aug 1999

 


 

Alphabetical listing

Map (shared with St John)

Name    wife/husband of

Maiden Name

Born

Died

Comments

Sec

Row

Walk

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

SHIRLEY, Randy William

  

30 May 1986

30 May 1986

Baby

ELL

1

1

SCHMIEDER, Ione

  

30 May 1917

30 May 1917

d/o Ed. & Clara

ELL

1

3

GEBKE, Donald

  

24 Dec 1955

25 Dec 1955

twin s/o Lawrence & Joyce

ELL

1

4

GEBKE, Ronald

 

24 Dec 1955

25 Dec 1955

twin s/o Lawrence & Joyce

ELL

1

4

WESHINSKEY, Paul J.

 

23 Apr 1907

30 Apr 1907

Baby

ELL

1

5

CHESNEY, Clarence

   

29 Aug 1923

29 Aug 1923

     

ELL

1

10

BAUMANN, Ino

  

  

1898

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

BROOMFIELD, Louis

  

  

1908

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

BURNETT, Lend

   

  

1917

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

FLETCHER, O. E.

     

  

1908

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

HARLE, Emily

     

  

1924

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

HARLE, Ross

     

  

1925

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

NESBIT, John

     

  

1907

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

OFFILL, Stall

    

  

1904

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

SCHMEDER, Ed

    

  

1917

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

STEARNS, Charles

   

     

1913

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

STERNER, Lawrence

    

    

1907

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

UNKNOWN, Baby

    

     

1907

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

WESHINSKEY, Alvin

   

   

1908

Baby - no stone

ELL

1

to 3

MEYER, Infant

   

5 Jul 1924

5 Jul 1924

son of Verna & Seloma

ELL

2

6

COLEMAN, Roberta

   

1918

2 Dec 1977

No stone

ELL

5

1

LAKIN, Fern

   

   

21 Jul 1974

No stone

ELL

5

1

PALSENBERGER, Dale L. Jr.

     

22 Feb 1980

22 Feb 1980

s/o Dale & Sandy

ELL

5

2

ERICKSON, Rachel K.

     

17 Oct 1979

19 Oct 1979

     

ELL

5

3

STEVENSON, Charles F.

      

23 Feb 1914

27 Sep 1980

U. S. Army, W. W. II veteran

ELL

5

4

TIEFENTHOLER, Robert

       

    

  

Temporary Marker

ELL

5

5

GREEFE, Art

     

3 Oct 1900

31 Oct 1980

Temporary Marker

ELL

5

6

MOORE, William

   

29 Jan 1898

6 Apr 1981

Temporary Marker

ELL

5

7

GEISSERT, Edward

   

29 Nov 1903

1 Oct 1982

Son of Fred & Hannah

ELL

5

8

NELSON, Milford "Cotton", h/o Elli

    

27 Sep 1937

28 Jul 1987

Coal Miner. Father of Michelle & Douglas

ELL

5

8

HELLMANN, Gordon W., h/o Sandra

 

19 Dec 1946

5 May 1989

Cpl. U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam

ELL

5

10

HELLMANN, Sandra A., w/o Gordon

MONDT

   

    

Married 9 Aug 1969

ELL

5

9

WORDEN, Hullis

       

   

7 Aug 1955

No stone

ELL

6

1

CANGE, Emma

   

18 Apr 1881

28 May 1958

    

ELL

6

2

HELDORFER, Albert E.

       

13 Oct 1883

12 Jan 1976

Married 10 Feb 1917

ELL

6

3

HELDORFER, Lena A., w/o Albert

SCHUBERT

28 Nov 1885

20 Feb 1983

   

ELL

6

4

PAK, Sa Sin

     

7 Mar 1939

23 Jan 1971

     

ELL

6

5

MIZICKO, Keith D.

     

24 Mar 1975

3 Dec 1998

Temporary Marker

ELL

6

7

WIMBERLY, Lloyd B.

       

2 Sep 1896

19 Mar 1975

Father

ELL

6

7

WIMBERLY, Rose I. , w/o Lloyd

KAEHLEN

17 Jul 1898

28 Mar 1971

Mother

ELL

6

8

WIMBERLY, Melvin G.

       

28 Feb 1918

2 Nov 1993

Son

ELL

6

9

SHEPPARD, Joseph

    

8 Feb 1925

14 Dec 1996

Temporary Marker

ELL

6

15

KILLINGSWORTH, Flora H.

      

1910

      

Temporary Marker

ELL

6

16

GEISSERT, Pauline A.

   

17 Aug 1917

   

Married 1 Jun 1938

ELL

6

10

GEISSERT, Harry

   

29 Aug 1905

   

Parents of Joyce

ELL

6

9

SMITH, Edgar F. "Sandy"

      

1905

     

      

ELL

7

4

SMITH, Edna L., w/o Sandy

SANDERS

1911

    

   

ELL

7

5

HIRT, Albert

     

20 Aug 1892

19 Apr 1977

     

ELL

7

8

RUSSELL, Betty J., w/o Delbert

CHRISMER

7 Feb 1935

28 Sep 1981

Mother

ELL

7

9

ECKHARDT, Eleanore H.,w/o George

    

14 Aug 1909

16 Oct 1996

       

ELL

7

11

ECKHARDT, George

 

5 Aug 1908

Aug 1999

      

ELL

7

12

MUELLER, Martha G., w/o Joseph

      

6 Sep 1892

5 May 1984

       

ELL

7

16

MUELLER, Joseph M.

    

15 Nov 1888

21 Jul 1964

     

ELL

7

17

OGLES, Bessie May , w/o Terry

WESHINSKEY

29 May 1905

2 Feb 1991

      

ELL

7

18

OGLES, Terry Fon

     

10 Apr 1905

15 May 1973

      

ELL

7

19

WESHINSKEY, William Rudolph

    

30 Sep 1900

1 Feb 1982

Son of Julius and Susan

ELL

7

20

WESHINSKEY, Susie Margaret, w/o Julius

       

24 Mar 1879

30 Aug 1959

     

ELL

7

21

WESHINSKEY, Julius J. "Jule"

      

21 Feb 1873

9 May 1951

    

ELL

7

22

WIMBERLY, Alice, w/o Ben

 

17 Mar 1869

26 Dec 1960

     

ELL

7

24

WIMBERLY, Ben

 

2 Oct 1865

31 Mar 1951

  

ELL

7

25

OLIVER, Marie J.

 

  

16 Jun 1966

Born in Belgium, died in Breese, Mother

ELL

7

26

GORMAN, George

  

    

10 Oct 1949

No stone

ELL

7

27

HIRT, Edna, w/o Albert

PERKES

18 Jun 1895

  

  

ELL

7

7

SCHULTE, Lavern W.

  

20 Dec 1922

5 Jan 1999

Temporary Marker

ELL

8

2

LAMPERT, Henry, h/o of Rita B.

  

23 Jun 1934

8 Oct 1998

CMSgt USAF - Vietnam, Korea

ELL

8

3

GRIDER, Marian R., w/o Maurice

  

30 Aug 1923

2 Mar 1999

  

ELL

8

4

GRIDER, Maurice A .

  

4 Oct 1924

6 Oct 1980

T. Sgt. U.S. Army W.W. II

ELL

8

5

HILMES, Charlotte L., w/o Wilfrid

GRIDER

4 Mar 1930

28 Apr1998

Mother of Charles & Barbara J.

ELL

8

6

HILMES, Wilfrid C.

  

22 May 1927

12 Jul 1997

Father of Charles & Barbara J.

ELL

8

7

OAKLEY, Sherry

  

-

-

Reinterred in Kentucky Previously in:

ELL

8

11

HETZEL, Charles

  

4 Jun 1881

25 Jul 1947

   

ELL

9

1

HETZEL, Emma, w/o Charles

  

2 Jun 1887

17 Jul 1955

   

ELL

9

2

HETZEL, Ralph C.

  

26 Jun 1919

20 Apr 1989

Donated body to Science-Stone in memory of

ELL

9

3

UNKNOWN, Male

  

  

18 Apr 1942

No stone

ELL

9

4

HOGG, Shelby

  

  

11 Apr 1942

No stone

ELL

9

5

HUTCHASON, Richard

  

   

3 Jan 1939

No stone

ELL

9

6

GUY, Simon

  

   

28 Apr 1938

No stone

ELL

9

7

NOLKEMPER, William P.

  

21 Jun 1870

2 Jun 1935

  

ELL

9

13

NOLKEMPER, Lydia

  

24 Nov 1869

7 Jan 1951

 

ELL

9

14

SEEGRAVES, Henry J.

  

20 May 1883

14 Mar 1934

  

ELL

9

15

SEEGRAVES, Gertrude, w/o Henry

  

12 Oct 1891

11 Feb 1983

  

ELL

9

16

VANDERPLUYM, Loretta

SELLERS

2 Aug 1921

11 Jan 1987

No stone

ELL

9

17

STERNER, Bert

  

   

16 May 1916

age 31 yrs.

ELL

9

25

STERNER, M. Maude

  

   

7 Aug 1912

age 20 yrs.

ELL

9

26

STERNER, Sarah

  

    

24 Nov 1910

age 52 yrs.

ELL

9

27

STERNER, George

  

     

21 Jan 1917

age 63 yrs.

ELL

9

28

EVANS, James E.

 

5 Apr 1868

21 Mar 1917

    

ELL

9

29

EVANS, Georgina, w/o James E.

  

28 Jan 1869

12 Aug 1926

  

ELL

9

30

GRIDER, John W.

  

22 Feb 1864

26 Jul 1969

  

ELL

9

31

GRIDER, Jane R. w/o John

EVANS

25 Jul 1891

7 Sep 1969

  

ELL

9

32

WATKINS, Pearl W.

  

28 Nov 1896

5 Jan 1925

  

ELL

9

33

WATKINS, John

  

12 Feb 1859

1 Oct 1925

Father

ELL

9

34

WATKINS, Ada, w/o John

 

  

  

Age 68 yrs.

ELL

9

35

VICE, Thomas

  

26 Jan 1877

3 Feb 1956

Father

ELL

10

1

VICE, Mary E. , w/o Thomas

WILLIAMS

3 Dec 1882

26 Jan 1932

Mother

ELL

10

2

VICE, William

   

  

21 Feb 1931

Ill. Pvt. 350 Inf. 88 Div.

ELL

10

3

MCGEE, Joseph

  

  

20 Aug 1934

  

ELL

10

5

MCGEE, Stella, w/o Joe

   

1877

18 May 1949

  

ELL

10

6

SELLERS, Joseph

  

7 Aug 1892

26 Jul 1969

  

ELL

10

8

SELLERS, Leonard R.

  

    

   

  

ELL

10

9

MONTGOMERY, Etta

SELLERS

1870

1943

  

ELL

10

10

SELLERS, Viola

SCHUETTE

31 Jan 1893

15 Dec 1970

  

ELL

10

11

OESCHNER, Florence

  

24 Jan 1903

17 Jan 1946

  

ELL

10

20

QUATRO, Charles V.

  

30 Dec 1884

6 Aug 1947

Father

ELL

10

21

PFISTER, Ruth

  

1916

1998

    

ELL

10

28

LEWIS, James

  

       

20 Jun 1916

No stone

ELL

11

1

ANDERSON, Sarah

    

      

13 Jan 1917

No stone

ELL

11

2

LIDDLE, John

    

     

6 Apr 1933

No stone

ELL

11

3

UNKNOWN, Male

     

    

29 Aug 1932

No stone

ELL

11

4

ENGLEHARDT, Leona

KULLA

5 Apr 1907

29 Jun 1932

    

ELL

11

5

SCHAFFNER, Mary

    

   

12 Apr 1932

No stone

ELL

11

6

JONES, John

     

   

6 Mar 1931

No stone

ELL

11

7

ZINN, Maggie I., w/o William

     

2 Jan 1880

12 Feb 1947

    

ELL

11

8

ZINN, William J.

    

26 Mar 1878

7 Oct 1929

    

ELL

11

9

ABEL, Adolph

    

    

12 Feb 1927

No stone

ELL

11

12

SELLERS, Ralph D.

    

27 Jun 1912

7 Oct 1978

  

ELL

11

17

SELLERS, Barbara

O'NEIDA

28 Oct 1919

7 Dec 1979

     

ELL

11

18

MCGEE, John

   

22 Mar 1901

8 Mar 1989

   

ELL

11

23

MCGEE, Ennis Ray

    

10 Oct 1920

25 Oct 1980

W. W. II - TEC 5 US Army

ELL

11

25

MCGEE, Marie, w/o Ennis

   

22 Jun 1923

25 May 1989

    

ELL

11

26

IMRY, Stephan

     

28 Mar 1904

7 Feb 1980

      

ELL

11

27

MCGEE, Genell, w/o John

      

27 Jan 1904

     

   

ELL

11

24

IMRY, Ola B.

JOHNSON

26 Sep 1915

  

     

ELL

11

28

WALKER, Emma

    

   

26 Dec 1926

No stone

ELL

12

1

UNKNOWN, Male

    

   

3 Jan 1923

No stone

ELL

12

2

SCHMEDER, Elizabeth

     

    

30 Mar 1922

    

ELL

12

3

DAVIS, Morgan

    

8 Nov 1852

12 Mar 1922

    

ELL

12

4

TOMAS, Dave

     

   

22 Dec 1918

Born in Wails, England

ELL

12

5

ROBERTSON, Andrew

    

2 Feb 1886

21 Apr 1918

   

ELL

12

6

KATHERSTONE, William

     

     

27 Mar 1918

No stone

ELL

12

7

MCKNIGHT, Roy

      

2 Mar 1897

15 Aug 1914

   

ELL

12

9

HOFF, Mathias

      

   

27 Mar 1917

No stone

ELL

12

13

UNKNOWN, Male

       

   

20 Apr 1905

No stone

ELL

13

1

BROOKS, Robert

    

   

   

WIMBERLY, Alice, daughter

ELL

13

2

BECKEMEYER, Henry

    

      

20 Jun 1907

No stone

ELL

13

3

ZINN, George

     

28 Jun 1829

22 Jun 1908

Co. K, 15 MO. Regt.

ELL

13

4

CRADER, William

     

    

21 Jul 1908

No stone

ELL

13

5

WALLACE, Charles

    

   

22 Jul 1910

No stone

ELL

13

6

HARTMANN, Charles

   

     

3 Oct 1910

No stone

ELL

13

7

KULL, Charles

   

   

10 May 1911

No stone

ELL

13

8

TRUEMANN, Thomas

  

9 Jan 1860

10 May 1911

   

ELL

13

9

UNKNOWN, Adam

  

    

5 Sep 1984

No stone

ELL

14

1

MUELLER, Anna

  

  

2 Jun 1898

No stone

ELL

14

2

SCHMIEDER, Rosa

     

    

18 Dec 1898

No stone

ELL

14

3

BIGGERLY, William

   

   

9 Feb 1899

No stone

ELL

14

4

WERNER, Gustave

   

  

28 Mar 1901

No stone

ELL

14

5

WAGNER, Charles

    

23 Dec 1868

17 May 1903

  

ELL

14

7

WAGNER, Hattie

   

21 Feb 1878

10 Jun 1936

   

ELL

14

8

EPPING, Theodore

   

    

1 Jun 1903

No stone

ELL

14

9

   

Cemetery read by: Carmella Krantz, Penney Lemmons, Sandy Falk and Dorothy Falk 

Sources: City of Breese Cemetery Records, Illinois Veterans Commission 1956 Honor Roll, walk-throughs.

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