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St. Joseph Cemetery

Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana



Coordinates:Latitude, 38.3432 N;  Longitude, -87.5446 W
Congressional Location:SW-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 17; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:

Located at the east end of Ohio Street, just east of the intersection with County Road 100E. Sits in front of Maple Hill Cemetery; on the southeast side of Princeton.

Last updated    Jun 2023

The following list is a sincere attempt to show all known graves using several different sources and periodically updated headstone photographs. There may be other graves which are unknown/unlisted due to missing, unreadable, destroyed, or broken markers.

If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown here, or of any incorrect information whatsoever, I would be grateful for your assistance. Drop me an email and let me know. Please avoid however, notifying me of very recent burials that do not appear here. I will capture and incorporate these on the next scheduled cemetery update.
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  George Pickersgill   

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes

Sec.

Lot

Row

Plot

Photo#                           Photo

Taylor

Betty Jean "Ya-Ya"

11 Jul 1929

1 Feb 1996

"Mother"

IV
36
5
26

2184

Teipe

Anna M

29 Jan 1902

23 Jun 1980

Wife of Sylvester C TEIPE. 


Born in St. Maurice, Indiana.

IV
15
9
40

2312

Teipe

Sylvester C

1902

6 Mar 1961

Husband of Anna M TEIPE. 


Son of Anna TEIPE.


Born in Ludlow, Kentucky, 


Died of cancer.

IV
15
9
41

2312

Tempel

Basil F "Bass", Jr 

2 Nov 1926

26 May 1970

Husband of Hazel C (DAUBY) TEMPEL.


Son of Basil & Frieda TEMPLE.


Indiana, S1, U. S. Navy, W. W. II

 



IV
49
4
10

3046

2164

Tempel

Hazel C

28 Dec 1925

31 Jan 2015

nee DAUBY.  Wife of Basil F "Bass" TEMPE, Jr. 


Daughter of Jesse & Edith (GRAVES) DAUBY. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

IV
49
4
10

3046

2164
 

Thacker

Elsa E

29 Dec 1932

6 Jan 2018

nee MENDIETA. 


Daughter of Manual & Catalina (WALDEZ) MENDIETA. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

II
?
8
?

0098

Thompson

David D

14 Jun 1916

15 Dec 1981

Husband of Dorothy M (FISCHER) THOMPSON. 


Son of Stewart & Margaret M THOMPSON.

II
10
3
 25

1897

Thompson

Dorothy May

26 Jul 1915

27 Dec 2004

nee FISCHER.  Wife of David D THOMPSON. 


Daughter of Robert & Veronica (WALTERS) FISCHER.

II
10
3
 24

1897

Thompson

James Hubert

6 Sep 1915

10 Jun 1994

Husband of S. Irene (GAEBEL) THOMPSON;


Married 26 Oct 1935

I
12C
10
41

0046

Thompson

Pamela Theresa

27 Oct 1947

27 Oct 1947

Child of Mary D Thompson.


Born in Evansville, Indiana.

III
3
15
34

2076

Thompson

S Irene Gaebel

8 Jun 1916

25 Jun 2010

nee GAEBEL.  Wife of James Hubert THOMPSON;


Married 26 Oct 1935

I
12C
10
40

0046

Thompson

Thomas R

6 Mar 1946

13 Apr 2015

Son of David D & Dorothy May (FISCHER) THOMPSON. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

II
10
3
26

0168

Tinsley

Eleanor Byrne

1884

6 Jul 1961

nee BYRNE


Died of a heart attack.

I
54
2
38

1523

Tomas

George

?

?

--

III
 1
13
21

No headstone.
 

Verley

Helen M

13 Aug 1924

28 Nov 2001

nee KUBLER.  Wife of Paul F VERLEY. 


Daughter of Joseph & Helen May (REINHART) KUEBLER.


�Children:  Cynthia A MOTT, Robert A VERLEY.


Grandchild:  Alisha A TICHENOR.�

I
18
9
29

1718

1719

Verley

Paul F

21 Jul 1922

28 Nov 2001

Husband of Helen M (KUEBLER) VERLEY. 


Son of Archie & Blanche VERLEY.


�Children:  Cynthia A MOTT, Robert A VERLEY.

Grandchild:  Alisha A TICHENOR.�


Major, US Air Force, WW II.



I
18
9
28

1718

1719

Vollmer

Catherine C

1866

8 Jun 1950

nee WAGNER.  Second wife of Herman VOLLMER. 


Married 2 Sep 1902.


Born in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. 


Died of a stroke.

IV
14
11
G

2340

Vollmer

Henry Thaddaus

1886

14 Feb 1895

Son of Herman & Mary C (KEIMER) VOLLMER.


(Originally interred at the Old Saint Josephs Cemetery; marker currently located at this cemetery)

IV
14
11
D

2343

Vollmer

Herman 

16 Feb 1861

6 Mar 1937

Husband of Mary C (KEIMER) VOLLMER, 1st, married 1 Sep 1885; and Catherine C (WAGNER) VOLLMER, 2nd, married 2 Sep 1902.


Born in Germany. 


Died of heart failure.

IV
14
11
B

2337

2341

2336

Vollmer

Herman G

1901

22 Jun 1962

Son of Herman & Mary C (KEIMER) VOLLMER. 


Died of lung cancer.

IV
14
11
C

2345

Vollmer

Herman Joseph 

abt 1890

27 Apr 1942

Son of Herman & Mary C (KEIMER) VOLLMER.


Indiana, 2nd. Lieutenant, Infantry

IV
14
11
F

2344

Vollmer

Mary C

6 Aug 1863

5 Dec 1901

nee KEIMER.  First wife of Herman VOLLMER.  Married 1 Sep 1885.


(Originally interred at the Old Saint Josephs Cemetery; marker currently located at this cemetery)

IV
14
11
E

2338

2342

2336

Vonderheid

Antonilla M

2 May 1925

14 Jun 2005

Son of Edward H & Anna M (KRAUS) VONDERHEID.

IV
23
9
5

2292

Vonderheid

Raymond J 

11 Nov 1930

27 Jul 1960

Son of Edward H & Anna M (KRAUS) VONDERHEID.


Indiana, Sergeant, U. S. Army

IV
23
9
4

2291

Vonderheide

Edward H

1889

16 Jun 1942

First husband of Anna (KRAUS) VONNERHEID BYRD. 


Born at Jasper, Indiana. 


Died of cancer.

IV
23
9
1

2288

Vonderheide

Margaret E

1864

9 Nov 1917

Wife of Louis W VONDEHEID.

I
24
6
13

1643

The original of the above transcription provided by Georgia McEllhiney, July, 2001, with additional information provided by John Henneberger; updated July 2010 by Daniel L Elliott.  Complete
revision by Chris Matthews and Dan Elliott in the Fall of 2013.

Sections and Rows.
The cemetery plat is divided into six (6) sections:  I, II, III, IV, V and VI.  (Sections V and VI are currently unused.)  Section I is the northeast quarter, Section II is the northwest quarter, Section III is along the west edge of Section II and Section IV is the southeast quarter.  When needed, Sections V and VI will become the southwest quarter, with Section VI along the west edge of Section V.

For purposes of this listing, "Burial Row" of monuments were numbered beginning on the East side of each section.
 

1492 View from center of cemetery looking South.
1493  View of Section B from the northeast corner.
1834  View of Section A from the northeast corner.
2088 View of Section C from the northeast corner.