Genealogy

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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

Hazleton Community Cemetery

Formerly new Hazleton I.O.O.F.

White River Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.4885 N;  Longitude, -87.5310 W
Congressional Location:	SW-1/4; LOCATION 101; TOWNSHIP 1N; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located along the north side of Indiana Highway 56 (East 2nd Street) at the east edge of Hazleton, Indiana.  (Northeast corner of Texas and East 2nd Street.)
Last updated	Nov 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.

George Pickersgill

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions and Notes.	Image #                  Image	Sect- ion	Row
Barnes	Ada May	1861	1936	nee HOY.  Wife of William BARNES.  Married 20 Sep 1881.	3908	2	24
Barnes	Benjamin Franklin	1840	3 Feb 1924	Husband of Rebecca (STEELMAN) BARNES.  Married 3 Jan 1865.  Son of William  & Nancy BARNES.  (Note:  Date of death is not carved.) (Click here to view death and burial information.)	3538	1	18
Barnes	Charles "Charlie"	31 Oct 1894	7 Jun 1980	Husband of Maude W BARNES.  Son of William & Ada May "Addie" (HOY) BARNES. WW I.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3909	2	24
Barnes	Matthew Douglas	4 Jun 1960	23 Nov 2013	Son of Nile Robert BARNES & Peggy Louise BARNES MILLER.	1594	4	7
Barnes	Maude W	1897	1986	Wife of Charles  "Charlie" BARNES.  Daughter of Fred & Sarah (DECKER) BARNES.	3909	2	24
Barnes	Nile Robert	7 Nov 1911	17 Aug 1976	Husband of Peggy Louise BARNES MILLER, 1st, and second husband of Sarah P (VETRA) HARRELL BARNES, 2nd.	3819	2	17
Barnes	Nile Robert Jr.	23 Oct 1936	26 Aug 2020	Son of Nile & Thelma (KESINGER) BARNES Sr. (Click here to view obituary.)	7771 GAP	4	7
Barnes	Opal F	10 Aug 1908	13 Dec 1992	--	4057	4	2
Barnes	Rebecca	1845	26 Dec 1920	nee STEELMAN.  Wife of Benjamin Franklin BARNES.  Married 3 Jan 1865.  Daughter of John W & Elizabeth STEELMAN.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3538	1	18
Barnes	Sarah P  Harrell	22 Apr 1918	21 Sep 2006	nee VETRA.  Wife of WALTER HARRELL, 1st; and Niles BARNES, 2nd.  Daughter of William & Arilla (WORTH) VETRA. “Mother of Shirley, Bill & Bob Vetra, Thank you, God Bless”  (Click here to view obituary.)	3820	2	17
Barnes	William	1859	1924	Husband of Ada May (HOY) BARNES.  Married 20 Sep 1881.	3907	2	24
Barnett	Arthur L	1912	3 Feb 1918	Son of Arthur N & Margaret L BARNETT.	3810	2	16
Barnett	Arthur N	1889	1955	Husband of Margaret L BARNETT.	3810	2	16
Barnett	Billie "Jean"	25 May 1939	10 Sep 2016	nee THORNE.  Wife of Ronald BARNETT.  Married:  21 Jun 1958.  (Click here to view obituary.)	0035	2	17
Barnett	Margaret L	1889	1974	Wife of Arthur N BARNETT.	3810	2	16
Barnett	Ronald M. Jr.	28 Sep 1938	5 Oct 2020	Husband of Billie Jean (THORNE) BARNETT. Married:  21 Jun 1958. U.S.A.F. (Click here to view obituary.)	7825 GAP	2	17
Bateman	Bernice	1896	1972	Wife of Carrol C BATEMAN.	3775	2	14
Bateman	Betty A	10 Feb 1925	5 May 2023	nee JULIAN Wife of Charles D BATEMAN, Jr. (Click here to view obituary.)	7822 GAP	2	13
Bateman	Carrol C	1893	1937	Husband of Bernice BATEMAN.	3775	2	14
Bateman	Charles	1895	1947	Husband of Mabel BATEMAN. Murdered by Roy Turpin Described by the Clarion in 1957 as "the most brutal and shocking crime in the history of Gibson County"	3756 From the Princeton Clarion, 5 Aug 1947	2	12
Bateman	Charles D	23 Aug 1948	26 Sep 1948	Buried adjacent to Charles D. & Betty A BATEMAN.	3766	2	13
Bateman	Charles D, Jr	22 Sep 1923	1 May 2004	Husband of Betty A BATEMAN. Sgt. US Army, WW II,  Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, POW, Darby’s 1^st Ranger BN.	3767 7823 GAP From the Princeton Clarion, 24 Jun 1944	2	13
Bateman	Mabel	1892	1947	Wife of Charles BATEMAN. Murdered by Roy Turpin Described by the Clarion in 1957 as "the most brutal and shocking crime in the history of Gibson County"	3756 From the Princeton Clarion, 5 Aug 1947	2	12
Bateman	Maud A	20 May 1875	1952	Wife of William H BATEMAN.   (Click here to view obituary.)	3757	2	12
Bateman	Russell	--	13 Sep 1921	Services ordered by Carrol C BATEMAN. Age:  2  years. Buried 14 Sep 1921. Lot #88, W-4, S1/2.	No headstone.	2	14
Bateman	William H	1917	1930	Buried adjacent to Charles & Mabel BATEMAN.	3755	2	12
Bateman	William H	1865	1924	Husband of Maud A BATEMAN.	3757	2	12
Beadle	Budd	1862	1924	--	3902	2	24
Beadle	Della	1871	--	--	3903	2	24
Beadle	Juanita L	10 Jul 1944	--	Wife of Wayne E “Peach” BEADLE.  Married 15 Jun 1962.  “Our children:  Curt, Ken, Kim”	3495	1	15
Beadle	Wayne E “Peach”	25 May 1936	5 Dec 2003	Husband of Juanita L BEADLE.  Married 15 Jun 1962.  “Our children:  Curt, Ken, Kim” SP4, US Army	3495	1	15
Beadles	Norman Dale	4 Sep 1938	22 Sep 2022	Husband of Janet H (ARMSTRONG) BEADLES. (Click here to view obituary.)	7765 GAP 7766 GAP	4	3
Beadles	Georgia F	22 Sep 1912	17 Dec 1999	Wife of Norman F BEADLES.	4002	3	10
Beadles	Janet H	2 Feb 1937	22 Sep 2014	nee ARMSTRONG.  Wife of Dale BEADLES.  Daughter of John L & Jeaan (ARTHUR) HUDELSON.  (Click here to view obituary.)	0066	4	3
Beadles	Kelly Dale	1964	1964	Son of Dale & Janet BEADLES. (Click here to view obituary.)	4038	4	1
Beadles	Norman F	30 May 1910	20 May 2000	Husband of Georgia F BEADLES.	4002	3	10
Beadles	Sarah Jane	May 1968	May 1968	Daughter of Dale & Janet BEADLES.	4039	4	1
Beamon	Emmet	9 Mar 1916	1 Jan 1959	Husband of Lois M BEAMON.  “Father”	3378	1	2
Beamon	Lois M	28 Nov 1919	5 Jul 1987	Wife of Emmet BEAMON.  “Mother”	3378	1	2
Beamon	Roy Oscar	6 Aug 1914	18 May 1991	Pfc. US Army, WW II.	3622	1	25
Becker	Cayula Belle	27 Jan 1889	20 Mar 1966	Buried in Lot 112, grave E-4.	No headstone found.	2	21
Behr	Edgar J	29 Dec 1889	24 Sep 1993	Same stone as Rowena M Boerke.  “Friends” Pvt. US Army, WW I	3674	2	4
Belcher	Beverly Ann	10 Jan 1940	25 Jul 2020	nee TOLBERT.  Wife of Loren BELCHER.  Married 11 May 1963. (Click here to view obituary.)	7789 GAP	3	7
Belcher	Chester A	22 Feb 1906	21 Mar 1980	Husband of Elizabeth BELCHER.  “Beloved Father”  “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”	3582	1	21
Belcher	Elizabeth	5 Aug 1907	29 Jan 1996	Wife of Chester A BELCHER.  “Beloved Mother”  “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”	3582	1	21
Belcher	Loren	30 Nov 1935	24 Feb 1998	Husband of Beverly (TOLBERT) BELCHER.  Married 11 May 1963. SP4, US Army	3981 7790 GAP	3	7
Belcher	Marvin	5 Sep 1932	9 Jul 1944	Same stone as James R “Bob” SANDERS.	3555	1	20
Benson	Laura P Tisdale	8 Sep 1904	15 Apr 1942	nee TISDALE.  Wife of Richard J BENSON.	3457	1	12
Blackburn	Jerry Sue	17 Feb 1937	20 Jul 1937	Daughter of Horace & Maxine (WESTFALL) BLACKBURN. "Services at Fred WESTFALL's home, 21 Jul 1937." Lot #64, grave E-4.	No headstone.	1	13
Blaize	Bernice	27 Sep 1911	6 Nov 1998	Wife of Cornelius J BLAIZE.	3485	1	14
Blaize	Brayden Joseph	5 Mar 1998	5 Mar 1998	“Infant”	3512	1	16
Blaize	Cornelius J	7 Nov 1912	9 Feb 1985	Husband of Bernice BLAIZE.	3485	1	14
Blaize	Diane J	18 Mar 1955	--	Wife of Fred K BLAIZE.	3513	1	16
Blaize	Fred K	7 Mar 1941	24 Jun 2003	Husband of Diane J BLAIZE.  Married 4 Jul 1979.	3513	1	16
Blanton	Esther E	1907	1973	Wife of Joe E BLANTON.	3704	2	7
Blanton	Felix L	2 Feb 1916	18 Nov 1996	Son of George W & Sarah N BLANTON.	3994	3	8
Blanton	George Washington	1 Feb 1887	3 Jan 1969	Husband of Sarah Louise (NOE) BLANTON.	1604	3	8
Blanton	Georgia L	16 Apr 1928	15 Feb 2013	Daughter of George & Sarah N (NOE) BLANTON.  (Click here to view obituary.)	1605	3	8
Blanton	Grace E	10 Jan 1910	9 Aug 1997	Daughter of Felix L & Delia BLANTON.  “Daughter”	3998	3	9
Blanton	Joe E	1908	1951	Husband of Esther E BLANTON.	3704	2	7
Blanton	Lois Jean	2 Aug 1927	30 Apr 2016	nee BYRD.  Wife of Matt G BLANTON.   Daughter of Elza & Susia (ABEL) BYRD. “Mother” (Click here to view obituary.)	4109	4	8
Blanton	Matt G	27 Nov 1923	10 Jun 2016	Husband of Lois Jean (BYRD) BLANTON.   Son of George Washington & Sarah Louise (NOE) BLANTON. “Father”  US Army, WW II. (Click here to view obituary.)	4109	4	8
Blanton	Ronald M	21 Sep 1956	21 Jun 1975	Son of Matt G & Lois Jean BLANTON.  “Son”  “The world has lost a very special person.”	4109 From the Princeton Clarion	4	8
Blanton	Sarah Louise	24 Nov 1888	6 Oct 1955	nee NOE.  Wife of George Washington BLANTON.	1604	3	8
Boerke	Rowena M	12 Sep 1902	19 Nov 1994	Same stone as Edgar J Behr.  “Friends”	3674	2	4
Boner	James Michael "Jim"	10 Dec 1942	11 Feb 2015	Husband of Laveda Pearl (BELCHER) BONER.  Married 28 Jul 1962.  Son of Alfred James & Anita Merle (TOLLIVER) BONER. National Guard  (Click here to view obituary.)	Photo not yet available.	?	?
Boner	Laveda Pearl	10 Dec 1942	11 Feb 2015	nee BELCHER.  Wife of Jams Michael "Jim" BONER. Married 28 Jul 1962.  Daughter of Chester A & Elizabeth (SANDERS) BELCHER. (Click here to view obituary.)	Photo not yet available.	?	?
Boyer	Eugene W	21 Mar 1890	10 Dec 1965	Husband of Ruth S BOYER.	4079	4	5
Boyer	Martha L	20 Dec 1931	28 Feb 2004	Daughter of Eugene W & Ruth S BOYER.	4079	4	5
Boyer	Ruth S	15 Oct 1891	21 Apr 1980	Wife of Eugene W BOYER.	4079	4	5
Boyles	Dorothy May	18 May 1925	18 May 1925	Premature twin infant daughter of Noah & Lorena M BOYLES. Lot #77, grave E-2b, N 1/2.	No headstone	1	14
Boyles	Gilbert E	--	16 Apr 1924	Services ordered by A L BOYLES. Age:  9 months.	No headstone	?	?
Boyles	Lorena M	28 Nov 1896	6 Mar 1979	“Mother”	3486	1	14
Boyles	Noah	25 Mar 1888	4 Nov 1970	“Father”	3487	1	14
Boyles	Norman Ray	18 May 1925	18 May 1925	Premature twin son daughter of Noah & Lorena M BOYLES. Lot #77, grave E-2a, N 1/2.	No headstone	1	9
Brackin	Betty L	8 Aug 1939	--	nee BEADLE.  Wife of Joe Earl BRACKIN. Daughters: Paula Sue, Pamela Jane, Kyela Ann, Karla Kay, Marla Jo.	0071 4055	3	12
Brackin	Charlotte	18 Apr 1902	28 Oct 1995	nee WALKER.  Second wife of Earl Richard BRACKIN.  Daughter of Jon & Stella WALKER. Creamation. Lot #200, NW corner.	4052	3	12
Brackin	Earl Richard	18 Apr 1902	28 Oct 1995	Husband of Charlotte BRACKIN.  Son of John & Dora BRACKIN. His Sons:  Joe Earl, Jeffery Beau.	4052 4053	3	12
Brackin	Joe Earl	5 Jul 1935	3 Feb 2015	Husband of Betty L (BEADLE) BRACKIN.  Son of Earl Richard & Dora Margaret (PHILLIPS) BRACKIN. Daughters: Paula Sue, Pamela Jane, Kyela Ann, Karla Kay, Marla Jo. US Army.  (Click here to view obituary.)	0071 4055	3	12
Brewer	Claude Chester	16 Oct 1940	16 Oct 1940	Stillborn twin infant son of Earl & Goldie Dale BREWER. Lot #42, grave W-3.	No headstone	1	9
Brewer	Clyde Vesper	16 Oct 1940	16 Oct 1940	Stillborn twin infant son of Earl & Goldie Dale BREWER. Lot #42, grave W-3.	No headstone	1	14
Brewer	William M	1941	1941	Stillborn twin infant son of Earl & Goldie Dale BREWER. Lot #42, locaton on Lot unknown.	No headstone	1	14
Brice	Ola V	1885	1957	Wife of Paul C BRICE.	3938	3	3
Brice	Paul C	1884	1956	Husband of Ola V BRICE.	3938	3	3
Bridgman	Ida	1900	1964	“Our Loved One”	3658	2	3
Briner	Eugene M	21 May 1912	9 Nov 1993	Husband of Marcella A BRINER.	3877	2	22
Briner	George A	22 Mar 1918	8 Aug 1960	First husband of Pauline H BRINER SUTCH. 1^st Lt., US Army Air Corps, WW II	3689	2	6
Briner	Georgia M	10 Aug 1893	14 Mar 1989	Wife of Purvis T BRINER.	3762	2	12
Briner	James Holden	1851	23 Apr 1916	Husband of Lucy BRINER ZIMMERMAN.	3537	1	18
Briner	Marcella A	4 May 1911	10 Oct 1980	Wife of Eugene M BRINER.	3877	2	22
Briner	Pauline H	1916	2006	Wife of George A BRINER, 1st and SUTCH, 2nd.	3689	2	6
Briner	Purvis T	25 Oct 1887	14 Feb 1954	Husband of Georgia M BRINER.	3762	2	12
Brown	Cecile Phillips	11 Aug 1899	10 Feb 1929	nee PHILLIPS.  Wife of Floyd Charles BROWN.  Married 3 Mar 1922.  Daughter of Henry Payton & Zora (BRICE) PHILLIPS. (Mother and son were killed in an automobile accident in California.)   Information courtesy of Darleen Sorensen.	3505 From the Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1929	1	16
Brown	Charles Donne	10 Sep 1922	10 Feb 1929	Son of Floyd Charles & Cecile (PHILLIPS) BROWN. (Mother and son were killed in an automobile accident in California.)   Information courtesy of Darleen Sorensen.	3504 From the Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1929	1	16
Burkhart	Daisy B	8 Apr 1913	2 Jan 2000	Wife of Ralph L BURKHART.	3706	2	8
Burkhart	Evaline	1852	1922	Lot 74, grave W-1	No headstone found.	?	?
Burkhart	Irene L	14 Oct 1915	23 Aug 1986	Wife of Rudolph E BURKHART.	3405	1	6
Burkhart	Ralph L	18 May 1905	3 Mar 1967	Husband of Daisy B BURKHART. Indiana, Sgt. Co. B, 539 Amph Trac BN, WW II	3706	2	8
Burkhart	Raymond R	22 Jan 1907	18 Jun 1992	Husband of Violet C (DUNN) BURKHART.  Married 17 Sep 1938.	0081	2	11
Burkhart	Richard E	4 Jan 1936	14 Mar 2007	--	3406	1	6
Burkhart	Rudolph E	16 Jan 1909	11 Jun 1981	Husband of Irene L Burkhart	3405	1	6
Burkhart	Violet C	30 Mar 1913	3 Mar 2015	nee DUNN.  Wife of Raymond R BURKHART.  Married 17 Sep 1938.  Daughter of A I & Ethel (DECKER) DUNN.  (Click here to view obituary.)	0081	2	11
Burns	Rose Mary	27 Jan 1931	10 Jun 1952	--	3693	2	7
Byrd	Amanda	1865	1942	nee RUMBLE.  Wife of Edward BYRD.  Married 7 Sep 1882.  Daughter of Samuel & Emily (McGARY) RUMBLE.	3710	2	8
Byrd	Bessie	1 Apr 1924	1 Apr 1924	Stillborn daughter of Carl E & Nora E BYRD. Lot #77, grave E-4, S 1/2.	No headstone.	1	14
Byrd	Carl E	1884	1928	Husband of Nora E BYRD.	3488	1	14
Byrd	Charles	1897	1944	Husband of Eloise BYRD.	3724	2	9
Byrd	Edward	1863	1940	Husband of Amanda (RUMBLE) BYRD.	3710	2	8
Byrd	Eloise	1903	1988	Wife of Charles BYRD.	3724	2	9
Byrd	Elza Samuel	24 Jun 1883	29 May 1969	Husband of Susie F (ABLE) BYRD.  Married 26 Dec 1905 in Knox County, Indiana.  Son of Edward & Amanda (RUMBLE) BYRD. “Father”  “Darrel, Loral, Frances, Daisy, Lucille, Lois”	3708	2	8
Byrd	Frances M	24 Sep 1910	3 Apr 1993	Daughter of Elza Samuel & Susie F (ABLE) BYRD.	3726	2	9
Byrd	G Eva	8 Jan 1893	22 Sep 1963	Wife of Overton E BYRD.  “Mother”	3987	3	8
Byrd	J Mae Boyd	22 Jul 1918	13 Jun 1968	Daughter of Overton E & G Eva BYRD.	3987	3	8
Byrd	Leola Lucille	26 Oct 1915	22 Aug 2002	Daughter of Elza Samuel & Susie F (ABLE) BYRD.	3725	2	9
Byrd	Nora E	1891	1954	Wife of Carl E BYRD.	3488	1	14
Byrd	Overton E	14 Dec 1888	3 Dec 1968	Husband of G Eva BYRD.  “Father”	3987	3	8
Byrd	Susie F	25 Feb 1887	13 Jan 1970	nee ABLE.  Wife of Elza S BYRD.  Married 26 Dec 1905 in Knox County, Indiana.  Daughter of  John F & Margart ABLE. “Mother” “Darrel, Loral, Frances, Daisy, Lucille, Lois”	3708	2	8

Section definitions.  For reference, arbitrary sections were defined for this listing (see below, NOT to scale.) 

Section 1:  Located on the northwest corner of the cemetery directly north of the access road. 

Row numbers were assigned beginning along the west edge (Texas Street) of the cemetery and 

ending at the service road separating Section 1 & 4.

Section 2:  Located on the southwest corner of the cemetery directly south of the service road. 

Row numbers were assigned beginning along the west edge (Texas Street) of the cemetery 

and ending at the service road separating Sections 2 & 4.

Section 3:  Located on the northeast corner of the cemetery, east of the service road separating 

Sections 1 & 3.  Row numbers were assigned beginning on the west edge along the north-south 

service road and continuing to the east edge of the cemetery.

Section 4:  Located on the southeast corner of the cemetery, east of the service road separating 

Sections 2 & 4.  Row numbers were assigned beginning on the west edge along the north-south 

service road and continuing to the east edge of the cemetery.

Gray Lane Indiana Highway 56 (East 2^nd Street)
Southeast, Section 4	Southwest, Section 2	Texas Street	Private Property Old Hazleton I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Service lane	Service lane
Northeast, Section 3	Northwest, Section 1

HAZLETON COMMUNITY CEMETERY

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