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St. John Cemetery is located in Section 33 of Cedar Township. From
Pleasanton, travel 5 1/2 miles south on Hwy. 10, or 11 miles north
of Kearney on Hwy. 10, and turn east on Husker Rd. Go 3 miles
and the cemetery is on the southeast corner of the intersection.
Read by Randy and Jeri Jones, 2000
With updates and notes from Fort Kearny Genealogical Society, 2008
The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery was started in 1910. Jacob Fiedler gave 2 acres at that time.
Bedke, Rosina; 24 Feb 1901 - 11 Jun 2002; Dau of Wilhelm & Bertha (Heider) Wiemers,
wife of George Fiedler, 2nd marriage to Frank Bedke.
Boan, Mavis Lee; "Daughter"; 23 May 1928 - 1 Nov 1992;
Dau of George and Anna (Gruhn) Jochem
Bock, Arthur B. F.; 13 Mar 1903 - 3 Jun 1914;
Son of August & Katherine (Zinnel) Bock
Bock, August H.; "Father"; 24 Dec 1869 - 8 Feb 1946; Son of Claus Bock
Katherine; "Mother"; 8 Dec 1880 - 22 Sep 1929;
Dau of John Zinnel, wife of August Bock
Bock, Louis A.; "Father"; 8 Jan 1900 - 16 Dec 1966;
Son of August & Katherine (Zinnel) Bock
Mary; "Mother"; 14 Feb 1899 - 21 Apr 1999;
Dau of Frank Heermann, wife of Louis Bock
Buchmann, Henriette; Mother; 1842 - 1923; wife of Peter Buchmann
(Peter Buchmann is buried in the St. Paul's (Peake)
Lutheran Cemetery north of Riverdale
Buchmann, Samuel; 12 Jan 1869 - 19 May 1932; Son of Peter and Henriette Buchmann
Henrietta; 6 Dec 1869 - 11 Jul 1954;
Wife of Samuel Buchmann, dau of George & Anna (Herbst) Fiedler
Fiedler, Anna M.; 8 Sept 1887 - 2 Mar 1974; Dau of Jacob & Justine (Tatum) Fiedler
Fiedler, Frank; 8 Apr 1886 - 25 May 1971; Son of Jacob & Justine (Tatum) Fiedler
Alvina K.; 14 Aug 1894 - 28 Dec 1987; Dau of William &
Emma (Loeske) Reese, wife of Frank Fiedler
Fiedler, Erna V.; 4 May 1922 - 23 Aug 1930; Dau of George & Rosina (Wiemers) Fiedler
Fiedler, George; 23 Mar 1889 - 7 Jun 1926; Son of Jacob & Justine (Tatum) Fiedler
Fiedler, Gustave; 11 Sep 1881 - 19 Aug 1947; Son of Jacob & Justine (Tatum) Fiedler
Fiedler, Jacob; 3 Dec 1850 - 28 Nov 1922; Son of George & Anna (Herbst) Fiedler
Justine, 11 Jan 1847 - 31 Jan 1931; Dau of Michael Tatum, wife of Jacob Fiedler
Fritz, Alma; 25 Jul 1914 - 11 Nov 1914
Fritz, August H. W.; 1898 - 1942; Son of Ferdinand & Louisa (Heider) Fritz
Anna H.; 1897 - 1994; Dau of Samuel & Henriette (Fiedler) Buchmann, wife of August Fritz
Fritz, Arthur; 30 Jun 1916 - 5 Jul 1916; Son of Ferdinand & Louisa (Heider) Fritz
Fritz, Ferdinand; "Father"; 4 Mar 1863 - 14 Mar 1935
Fritz, Louisa; "Mother"; 12 Sep 1874 - 1953; Dau of Paul & Clara Heider, wife of Ferd.
Gruhn, August; 23 Nov 1858 - 21 May 1937; Son of Erdmann Gruhn
Maria; 30 Oct 1870 - 2 Apr 1951; Dau of William & Mara (Zabel) Dahlke, wife of August Gruhn
Gruhn, Walter Theodore; 26 Feb 1908 - 7 Sep 1982; Son of August and Maria (Dahlke) Gruhn
Heider, Clara; "Mother"; 1842 - 30 Apr 1931; Wife of Paul Heider who is buried in Thayer County, Nebraska
Heider, George H.; 10 Jan 1880 - 30 Mar 1932; Son of Paul & Clara Heider
Heider, Henry; 27 Feb 1869 - 9 Jun 1951; Son of Paul & Clara Heider
Jennie; 22 Feb 1875 - 6 Feb 1959; Dau of Gerd (Gert?) Wiemers, wife of Henry Heider
Heider, Margaretha A.; 15 Jan 1883 - 5 Mar 1953; Dau of Jacob & Justine (Tatum) Fiedler, wife of George Heider
Heider, Martha B.; 27 Jan 1903 - 8 Jul 1996; Dau of Henry & Jennie (Wiemers) Heider
Jochem, George; 21 Feb 1892 - 1 Dec 1974; Son of Gustav & Henriette (Grubnau) Jochem;
(Government marker behind stone: George Jochem, CPL US Army, Feb 21, 1892 - Dec 1, 1974)
Anna A.; 2 Aug 1897 - 24 Oct 1969; Dau of August & Maria (Dahlke) Gruhn, wife of George Jochem
Jochem, Gustav; "Father"; 3 Jul 1863 - 11 Jul 1915; Son of Barthel & Justine (Barendt) Jochem
Henrietta; "Mother"; 31 May 1865 - 14 Dec 1952;
Dau of George & Justine (Grubnau) Grubnau, wife of Gustav Jochem
Justine; 24 Apr 1896 - 19 Apr 1910; Dau of Gustav & Henriette (Grubnau) Jochem
Jochem, Infant; 7 Jun 1922 - 7 Jun 1922; Son of Mr. & Anna (Gruhn) Jochem
Luce, Clyde; 16 Dec 1932 - 13 Aug 2005; Son of Dean & Gertrude (Gruhn) Luce; Korea marker
Viola; 1940 - : Wife of Clyde Luce
Luce, Dean; 16 Feb 1895 - 26 Jun 1991; Son of George & Seletha (Dow) Luce;
(Government plaque on back of stone: Dean Luce, Wagr US Army WWI, Feb 16, 1895 - Jun 26, 1991)
Gertrude H.; 14 Jan 1902 - 6 Jul 1978; Dau of August & Maria (Dahlke) Gruhn, 2nd wife of Dean Luce
Luce, Louise; 9 Apr 1902 - 2 Feb 1924; Dau of Samuel & Henriette (Fiedler) Buchmann, first wife of Dean Luce
Reese, August A.; 11 Nov 1896 - 20 Mar 1977; Son of William & Emma (Loseke) Reese
Reese, Clara A.; 4 Aug 1899 - 14 Mar 1920; Dau of Samuel & Henriette Fiedler Buchmann, 1st wife of August Reese
Reese, Emma L.; 12 Apr 1865 - 24 Nov 1941; Dau of Henry & Elizabeth (erb-Kumpf) Loseke, wife of William Reese
Reese, Katie; 8 Oct 1893 - 13 Dec 1918;
Dau of Mat & Maggie (Guss) Meyers, 1st wife of William H. Reese; Married, Apr 22, 1914
Reese, William Henry; 7 Aug 1888 - 13 Nov 1969; Son of William & Emma (Loseke) Reese
Elizabeth; 3 Sep 1897 - 28 Nov 1967; Married, Mar 3, 1920;
Dau of Gustav & Henriette (Grugnau) Jochem, 2nd wife of William H. Reese
Reese, William; 6 Dec 1859 - 18 Jun 1942; Son of Hinrich & Anna Mara (Meyer) Reese
Reese, Melba; 23 Apr 1909 - 12 Sep 2001; 2nd wife of August Reese. Melba is buried in the
Prairie Grove Cemetery at Cawker City Kansas. She had a stone here, and
her children had the death date put on it, but she is not buried here.
Ritter, born & died Dec 3, 1922; Infant son of Charles & Esther (Rodehorst) Ritter
Schmidt, Adolph; "Father"; 11 Oct 1892 - 3 Dec 1992; Son of Fred & Auguste Schmidt
Matilda; "Mother"; 9 Mar 1899 - 25 Jul 1965; Dau of Henry & Jennie (Wiemers) Heider, wife of Adolph Schmidt
Schmidt, Elmer; 8 Jan 1919 - 6 May 1935; Son of Adolph & Matilda (Heider) Schmidt
Wiemers, Edwin; 13 Mar 1909 - 23 Sep 1925; Son of Wilhelm & Bertha (Heider) Wiemers
Wiemers, Wilhelm; "Father"; 21 Dec 1877 - 4 Feb 1922; Son of Gerd (Gert?) Wiemers
Bertha C.; "Mother"; 27 Oct 1881 - 1 Jan 1977; Dau of Paul & Clara Heider, wife of Wilhelm Wiemers
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