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
Sanders	James Robert	22 Jun 1906	23 Nov 1969	Son of Thomas E & Sarah A (PIERCE) SANDERS. Same stone as Marvin BELCHER.	3555	1	20
Sanders	Sarah A	4 Dec 1870	22 Jul 1961	nee PIERCE.  Wife of Thomas E SANDERS.  Daughter of Elvin & Julia (HUBBARD) PIERCE. Buried in 4' walkway. Lot #67. (Buried:  25 Jul 1961)	No headstone found.	2	?
Sanders	Thomas	7 Nov 1870	8 Sep 1946	Husband of Sarah A (PIERCE) SANDERS.  Son of Henry & Susan (WHEELER) SANDERs. Lot #67, plot W-4.  (Buried:  10 Sep 1946)	No headstone found.	2	?
Schrode	Alma Lucile	21 Oct 1948	13 Jan 1949	Daughter of William SCHRODE and Evelyn THORTON. Age:  2 months, 22 days. Lot #49, SE 1/4. "White pipe marks grave."	7065	2	7
Scott	Harry B	1890	1937	Husband of Olive A SCOTT.	4050	4	2
Scott	Jacquelyn L  “Jackie”	9 Apr 1926	31 Dec 1997	Wife of Ross C SCOTT, Jr	3889	2	23
Scott	Nora P	16 Sep 1901	13 May 1971	Wife of Ross C SCOTT, Sr.  Married 25 Mar 1921.	3749	2	11
Scott	Olive A	1899	1940	Wife of Harry B Scott	4051	4	2
Scott	Ross C, Jr	20 Jun 1924	21 Sep 2003	Husband of Jacquelyn L “Jackie” SCOTT.	3889	2	23
Scott	Ross C, Sr	9 May 1896	23 Feb 1979	Husband of Nora P SCOTT.  Married 25 Mar 1921.	3749	2	11
Scott	William H	18 Nov 1951	12 Apr 1982	--	3886	2	22
Seamon	Virgil F	21 Apr 1897	15 Feb 1938	Husband of Audie M (STEELE) SEAMON. Son of Lewis Napoleon & Estelle "Ila" (FINCH) SEAMON. WW I.  (Note:  Added from 1939 WPA Veteran Graves Survey.)  Note:  He apparently was reinterred at the Princeton IOOF Cemetery adj. to his wife.  See headstone there.	No headstone found.	?	?
Seifert	Gladys E Gieseke	26 Aug 1907	11 Jan 1997	nee GIESEKE.	3835	2	19
Selby	Marlin W	20 Jun 1926	19 Aug 1994	Husband of Yvonne (WILLIAMS) SELBY. SP3, US Army, Korea.	3735	2	10
Selby	Yvone	15 Nov 1935	19 Dec 2016	nee WILLIAMS.  Wife of Marlin W SELBY.  Daughter of William Alvin & Margaret E (EVANS) WILLIAMS.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3735	2	10
Self	Charles E	12 Oct 1911	30 Dec 2004	--	3699	2	7
Self	Charles W	15 Oct 1879	14 Jul 1946	“Father”	3696	2	7
Self	Enoch	1859	1926	Husband of Mary SELF.  “Father”	3761	2	12
Self	Mary	1862	1937	Wife of Enoch SELF.  “Mother”	3761	2	12
Selfe	Alonzo R	1895	1953	Husband of Dessie A (KENDALL) SELFE.	3880	2	22
Selfe	Claude P	16 Jul 1904	1 Jun 1977	Son of Charles W & Catherine (HAMMOND) SELF. US Army, WW II	3697	2	7
Selfe	Dessie A	1897	1984	nee KENDALL.  Wife of Alonzo R SELFE.	3880	2	22
Selfe	Infant	7 Jul 1921	7 Jul 1921	Infant son of Felix & Clara (LANCASTER) SELFE. Services ordered by Felix SELFE. "Stillborn" (Note:  Burial location has not been identified.)	No headstone.	?	?
Selfe	Vincent E	21 Dec 1885	3 Jul 1969	--	3760	2	12
Selfe	Vincent E	31 Oct 1917	31 Oct 1917	Infant son of Alonzo R & Dessie (KENDALL) SELFE.	3896	2	23
Selfe	Warren T	20 Jan 1921	12 Oct 1970	Son of Alonzo R & Dessie (KENDALL) SELFE. Indiana, Tec 5, US Army, WW II	3894	2	23
Shafer	Maurice Samuel “Sam”	27 May 1895	28 Nov 1976	Husband of Rachel C SHAFER. 2^nd Lt. US Army, WW I	3544	1	19
Shafer	Rachel C	10 Jun 1911	26 Jan 1998	Wife of Maurice Samuel SHAFER.  Daughter of Fred D & Aurelia D STEELMAN.	3544	1	19
Sherman	Alma L	10 Aug 1937	1 Dec 2006	Wife of Charles “Bud” SHERMAN.  Married 4 Oct 1960.	3733	2	10
Sherman	Arthur Charles	19 Feb 1904	27 Jun 1977	Husband of Ola Vestie (YADEN) SHERMAN.  Married 1 Sep 1924	3683	2	5
Sherman	Becky	29 Mar 1956	3 Oct 2009	--	7076	1	8
Sherman	Charles “Bud”	28 Aug 1933	19 Jul 2000	Husband of Alma L SHERMAN.  Married 4 Oct 1960. Sgt. US Army, Korea.	3733	2	10
Sherman	David E	1925	1929	--	3588	1	22
Sherman	David L	19 Sep 1883	22 Sep 1954	Husband of Esther (YADEN) SHERMAN.  “Father”	3586	1	22
Sherman	David W	12 Oct 1930	30 Sep 2016	Son of Arthur Charles & Ola Vestie (YADEN) SHERMAN.  "Cremains"  (Click here to view obituary.)	Photo not yet available.	?	?
Sherman	Della	1907	1940	--	3587	1	22
Sherman	Dessie I	9 Sep 1925	--	Wife of James C "Jim" SHERMAN.  Married 6 Jan 1946.	3960	3	5
Sherman	Dustin W	4 Oct 1983	22 May 2006	“Beloved Father of Jada”	3418	1	8
Sherman	Elbert	25 May 1901	5 May 1985	Husband of Nanie SHERMAN.	3681	2	5
Sherman	Esther	10 Nov 1886	18 Nov 1976	nee YADEN.  Wife of David L SHERMAN.  “Mother”	3586	1	22
Sherman	James C "Jim"	2 Jun 1922	22 May 2018	Husband of Dessie I SHERMAN.  Married 6 Jan 1946  Son of David & Esther (YADEN) SHERMAN. US Army, WW II.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3960	3	5
Sherman	Nanie	12 Apr 1906	27 Aug 2002	Wife of Elbert SHERMAN.	3681	2	5
Sherman	Ola Vestie	17 Apr 1904	4 Jun 2002	nee YADEN.  Wife of Arthur C SHERMAN.  Married 1 Sep 1924.	3683	2	5
Sherman	Robert E	1918	1994	--	3602	1	23
Shouse	Lucile Spain	14 Dec 1908	10 Jun 1973	nee SPAIN.  Wife of Marlin E SHOUSE.	4083	4	5
Shouse	Marlin E	26 Jun 1907	22 Jun 1997	Husband of Lucile (SPAIN) SHOUSE.	4083	4	5
Shouse	Richard Spain	11 May 1937	27 Jan 2013	Husband of Anita SHOUSE.  Son of Marlin E & Lucile C (SPAIN) SHOUSE.  My Boys"  Scott Richard, Todd Marlin, Grant Thomas, Wade Arnold. (Click here to view obituary.)	0068 0069	4	5
Sisson	Elizabeth	17 Oct 1873	4 Feb 1949	nee WOLFE.  Wife of Emanuel Edward SISSON.  Married 18 Feb 1904.  Daughter of Joseph William & Elizabeth Ann (KAME) WOLFE. “Daughter, Leota SISSON SMITH”	4054	4	2
Sisson	Emanuel Edward	4 Apr 1875	20 Sep 1952	Husband of Elizabeth (WOLFE) SISSON.  Married 18 Feb 1904.  Son of John & Sarah (McCLURE) SISSON. “Daughter, Leota SISSON SMITH”	4054	4	2
Sisson	Paris Beeman	1870	1926	--	3904	2	24
Sisson	Paris L	11 Jan 1908	12 Mar 1949	Son of Emanuel Edward & Elizabeth  (WOLFE) SISSON.  “Son”	4054	4	2
Smith	Benjamin H	10 Oct 1888	21 Mar 1919	Husband of Lulu E SMITH.	3862	2	21
Smith	Eunice	27 Oct 1923	10 Jun 2020	nee WILLIAMS. Wife of George W. SMITH. Our children:  Judy, Mike, Sandy” (Click here to view obituary.)	7792 GAP	3	7
Smith	George A	1891	1949	Husband of Ruth SMITH HITCH.	3971	3	6
Smith	Geneva Ann	1 Mar 1930	27 Jun 2019	nee CROW.  Daughter of Arthur and Julia Mae (ARTHUR) CROW. Click here to view obituary.	0007	3	8
Smith	George W	13 Jun 1921	8 Nov 1960	Husband of Eunice SMITH.  “Our children:  Judy, Mike, Sandy” TEC5, Btry C 44 Fld Arty BN, WW II, Bronze Star Metal, Purple Heart.	3977 7086 From the Princeton Clarion, 9 Nov 1960	3	7
Smith	Lulu E	29 Nov 1892	6 Apr 1953	Wife of Benjamin H SMITH.	3862	2	21
Snyder	Carl John, Sr	1878	1931	Husband of Margaret A SNYDER.	3565	1	20
Snyder	Frank H	1903	1984	--	3567	1	20
Snyder	Leona M	1902	1984	--	3566	1	20
Snyder	Margaret A	1882	1957	Wife of Carl John SNYDER, Sr.	3564	1	20
Snyder	Rebecca June	1928	1930	--	3572	1	21
Souser	Lucille C	1874	1931	Wife of William H SOUSER.	3585	1	22
Souser	William H	1871	--	Husband of Lucille C SOUSER. (Not buried here, per cemetery records.)	3585	1	22
Spafford	Alan K, M.D.	9 Dec 1931	5 Jul 1969	Husband of Mary Melissa (MAXAM) SPAFFORD.  Korea “A stranger came I hither…no stranger I depart”	3976	3	7
Spafford	Alice M	4 Nov 1900	11 Jan 1986	Wife of Oral K SPAFFORD.	3972	3	6
Spafford	Mary Melissa	13 Mar  1933	29 Apr 2015	nee MAXAM.  Husband of Mary Melissa (MAXAM) SPAFFORD.   Daughter of Robert & Mary (HARMON) MAXAM.  (Click here to view obituary.)	Photo not yet available.	3	?
Spafford	Oral K	18 Nov 1891	3 Oct 1967	Husband of Alice M SPAFFORD.	3972	3	6
Spain	Arvilla M	1913	1933	Daughter of Fred P & Hallie J SPAIN.	3532	1	18
Spain	Fred P	1875	1945	Husband of Hallie J SPAIN.	3532	1	18
Spain	Hallie J	1884	1963	Wife of Fred P SPAIN.	3532	1	18
Speight	Homer E	13 Nov 1913	10 May 1983	M Sgt., US Army, WW II.	4075	4	4
Splittorff	Bonita S "Bonnie"	2 Jun 1964	3 Mar 2020	nee HARVEY.  Wife of Jeffrey SPLITTORFF.  Married 1997 Daughter of Earl Jack & Mildred "Midge" (CHURCH) HARVEY.  Click here to view obituary.	7784 GAP 7785 GAP	3	9
Sprinkle	Azzie B	1883	1959	Husband of Rachel A SPRINKLE.	3634	1	26
Sprinkle	John H	23 Nov 1923	4 Apr 1987	Husband of Marie D SPRINKLE. S Sgt., US Army, WW II	3644	1	27
Sprinkle	Marie D	10 Dec 1927	12 Jun 2002	Wife of John H SPRINKLE.	3644	1	27
Sprinkle	Ola	1882	1932	Wife of Woodie SPRINKLE.	3633	1	26
Sprinkle	Rachel A	1889	1977	Wife of Azzie B SPRINKLE.	3634	1	26
Sprinkle	Woodie	1881	1965	Husband of Ola SPRINKLE	3633	1	26
Starnater	Harold M "Harlan"	1864	1926	Husband of Mary L (TURNER) STARNATER, 1st, married 11 May 1886 in Knox County, Indiana; & Eliza B "Lydia" (RUMBLE) SHELBY, STARNATER, JONES, married 29 Dec 1901.  Son of Richard & Elizabeth "Eliza" (CROW) STARNATER.	3746	2	11
Steelman	Arthur K	1889	1917	Husband of Rebecca B STEELMAN.	3859	2	20
Steelman	Aurelia D	1879	1970	Wife of Fred D STEELMAN.	3540	1	19
Steelman	Betty Ann	Jul 1923	Sep 1939	Daughter of Frank L & Edna B STEELMAN. Killed in a car accident	3627 From the Princeton Clarion, 5 Sep 1939	1	26
Steelman	Carolina A	1852	1929	Wife of John W STEELMAN.	3858	2	20
Steelman	Edna B	24 Sep 1883	20 Nov 1962	Wife of Frank L STEELMAN.  “Mother”	3626	1	26
Steelman	Ethel H	23 Jun 1889	24 Jul 1915	Wife of Muril M STEELMAN.	3809	2	16
Steelman	Frank L	4 Sep 1880	28 Feb 1959	Husband of Edna B STEELMAN.  “Father”	3625	1	26
Steelman	Fred D	1879	1959	Husband of Aurelia D STEELMAN.	3540	1	19
Steelman	Fred D, Jr	1913	1944	Son of Fred D & Aurelia D STEELMAN. “In memory of … buried in Normandy, France.” T Sgt, 119^th Inf., 30^th Div., WW II. Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross (Click here to view his ABMC Memorial.) (Click here to view a list of DSC recipients.)	3540 From the Princeton Clarion, 23 Aug 1944	1	19
Steelman	John W	1853	1931	Husband of Carolina A STEELMAN.	3858	2	20
Steelman	Lucy K	1858	1933	Wife of Mark STEELMAN.	3808	2	16
Steelman	Madge M	7 Oct 1904	7 Jun 1985	Daughter of Fred D & Aurelia D STEELMAN.	3543	1	19
Steelman	Marjorie	Mar 1907	May 1920	Daughter of Frank L & Edna B STEELMAN. Drowned in a ferry accident	3628 From the Princeton Clarion, 26 May 1920	1	26
Steelman	Mark	1855	1919	Husband of Lucy K STEELMAN.	3808	2	16
Steelman	Muril M	20 Mar 1890	7 Apr 1937	Husband of Ethel H STEELMAN.	3809	2	16
Steelman	Rebecca B	1894	--	Wife of Arthur K STEELMAN. (Note:  Not buried here per cemetery records.)	3859	2	20
Stiles	Florence L	30 Apr 1892	17 Dec 1968	nee THORNE.  Wife of Thomas STILES.  Married 22 Dec 1909.  Daughter of Henry F & Louise (McKINLEY) THORNE.  “Mother”	3772	2	13
Stiles	Norman Lee	10 Jul 1936	30 Oct 2001	Husband of Reba F (ROEDER) STILES.  Married 15 Nov 1966.	3397	1	5
Stiles	Reba F	21 Feb 1938	8 Mar 2003	nee ROEDER.  Wife of Norman Lee STILES.  Married 15 Nov 1966.	3397	1	5
Stiles	Thomas Edward	5 Mar 1887	20 Jan 1975	Husband of Florence L (THORNE) STILES.  Married 22 Dec 1909.  Son of James R & Rachel (McBRIDE) STILES.  “Father”	3772	2	13
Stone	Darwin C	11 Feb 1913	9 Jun 1997	Husband of Mary Ellen (JAMES) STONE. Sgt. US Army, WW II, Purple Heart	3631	1	26
Stone	Mary Ellen	11 May 1919	2 Sep 2015	nee JAMES.  Wife of Darwin C STONE.  Daughter of Earle & Della (HAYES) JAMES.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3632	1	26
Sullivan	Alexander	1851	1921?	Husband of Rebecca R SULLIVAN.	3617	1	24
Sullivan	Bessie	1905	2003	Wife of Virgil D SULLIVAN.	3584	1	22
Sullivan	Henry C	6 Feb 1879	21 May 1949	Husband of Mae (HASTING) SULLIVAN.	3613	1	24
Sullivan	John R	1848	1934	Husband of Myra SULLIVAN.	3616	1	24
Sullivan	Laurence F	1885	1948	Husband of Myrtle SULLIVAN.  Son of Alexander & Rebecca R SULLIVAN.	3619	1	24
Sullivan	Leota	1903	15 Mar 1992	Daughter of Thomas & Margaret SULLIVAN.	3614	1	24
Sullivan	Leslie A, Sr	2 Jun 1974	10 Oct 1995	Husband of Norma Lee SULLIVAN.  “Our children:  Patricia, Les, Jr., Diana, Lana” Cpl., US Army, WW II.	3961	3	5
Sullivan	Mae Hasting	30 Sep 1896	27 Oct 1992	nee HASTING.  Wife of Henry C SULLIVAN.	3613	1	24
Sullivan	Margaret	1876	1918	Wife of Thomas SULLIVAN.  “Mother”	3614	1	24
Sullivan	Myra	1850	1928	Wife of John R SULLIVAN.	3615	1	24
Sullivan	Myrtle	1885	1977	Wife of Laurence F SULLIVAN.	3620	1	24
Sullivan	Norma Lee	13 May 1925	--	Wife of Leslie A SULLIVAN, Sr.  Married 29 Jul 1944.  “Our children:  Patricia, Les, Jr., Diana, Lana”	3961	3	5
Sullivan	Rebecca R	1859	1928	Wife of Alexander SULLIVAN.	3618	1	24
Sullivan	Thomas	1872	1963	Husband of Margaret SULLIVAN.	3614	1	24
Sullivan	Virgil D	1898	1957	Husband of Bessie SULLIVAN.	3584	1	22
Sullivan	William	--	--	Infant. Lot #125, plot E-1.	No headstone found.	1	24
Sutch	G Lester	10 Sep 1916	9 Feb 2007	Husband of Jane L (McFETRIDGE) SUTCH.	3599	1	23
Sutch	Jane L McFetridge	13 Apr 1920	20 Jul 1990	nee FETRIDGE.  Wife of G Lester SUTCH.	3599	1	23

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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