Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery

AKA

Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church Cemetery

US 30 & County Line Road

Wanatah, Indiana

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Page 1 of Burials

Although this cemetery is across the street in Porter County, we are placing it on line because most of the members lived in the LaPorte County, Indiana.
Listing is in burial order, according to lot and grave. To find a name quickly either use our Search page or hold down your ctrl and F key and then type in name.

Go to Page 2 of Burials

Salem United Church of Christ & Additional Photos

Surname Name

Given or Maiden

DOB

Date of burial or death

Age

Lot /Grave/Added info

Kosanke

Emil

-

November 4, 1898

30 or 50 yrs

1-1a

1898

Krause

Martin

-

12/5/1896


Na

1-1b

Kosanke

Emil H

1848

11/3/1898

Age 50?

1-1a

Kosanke

Augusta A

1850

110/13/1944

Age 93

1-2a

Sonnenburg

Alvina

1884

1908


-

1-3a nee Kosanke

Milbrand

Heinrich

-

August 25, 1896

-

2-2b

Schroder

Fritz

-

February 13, 1897

-

2-2b

Eckert

Herman

-

June 29, 1896

-

3-3a ˝ lot

Schafer

Michael

-

July 6, 1892

-

3-3b1/2 lot

Eckert

Walter

1895

1896

-

3-3a

Eckert

Anna

1901

1913

-

3-4a

Eckert

Herman

1869

1926

56

3-Ca

Eckert

Emelie

1872

1849

77

3-2a

Eckert

Ella

09/01/1893

January 1970

-

3-1a

Seehaver

Augusta

1856

1896

-

3 – indefinite on location

Seehaver

Michael

1848

1918

-

“ Michael born July 1848

Seehaver

Laura

1883

1959

-

“ dau. Michael

Blum

August

-

April 21, 1892

-


4-4a ˝ lot

Werner

Wm

-

2/9/1892

-

4-4b ˝ lot

Bluhm

Agnes A

1886

1896

-

4-3a location indefinite

Bluhm

Nettie Leonora

1893

1896

-

4-4a “

Werner

Anna Katherine

11/25/1818

1030/1896

-

4-1b

Werner

Wilhelm

2/22/1819

8/15/1900

-

4-1a

Rudolf

Karl W

-

9/11/1892

-

5-5a

Mathews

Wilhelm

-

Jan 2, 1896

-

5-5b

Tesner

Dora

1886

12/20/1918

-

5-2a

Rudolph

John

1838

4/11/1902

-

5-3a

Rudolph

Elisa

1846

1928

-

5-4a

Mathews

Wm R

1870

1934

-

5-2b

Mathews

Pauline

1870

1928

-

5-1b

Mathews

Anna

1897

1897

-

5-0b (Baby)

Mathews

Wm A

1905

1951

-

5-4b

Mathews

Mary Ellen

1900

1994

-

5-3b

Kowalke

Wm

-

1/18/1892

-

6-6a

Kannewisher

H.

-

8/5/1893

-

6-6b

Kannewisher

Ernestine

1828

1894

-

6-1b

Kannewhiser

Heinrich

1835

Mar 21, 1917

-

6-2b

Rudolph

Olga

-

Jul 29, 1900

1 yr

6-4b

Mathews

John

-

4/11/1892

-

7-7a

Mathews

John

-

4/15/1892

-

7-7b

Mathews

Ernestine

1867

1954

-

7-1a

Mathews

John G

1867

1946

-

7-2a

Mathews

John H

1892

1892

-

7-3a

Mathews

Wm

1893

1972

-

7-4a

Mathews

Henrietta Kinsel

1836

1903

-

7-1b

Mathews

Johann

1819

1892

-

7-2b

Mathews

Willes

1893

1982

-

7-3b

Banwart

Christian

-

6-29-1892

-

8 8a

Boldt

Emil

-

3-6-1897

-

8-8b

Bannwart

Christian

Jan 1848

12/20/1919

-

8-1a

Bannwart

Rosa

May 1866

1939

-

8-2a wife of Christian

Bannwart

Warren

1895

1901

-

8-3a

Bannwart

Ernest

1887

1934

-

8-4a

Dolan

Dorothy

1902

1925

22 yrs

8-1b

Boldt

Christella

1911

1912

-

8-2b

Boldt

Walter H

1897

1897

10 da

8-3b d. Mar 5, 1897

Boldt

Lillian E

1906

1907

10 mo

8-4b d. Jan 22, 1907

Boldt

Bessie

1905

1905

7 da

8-0b d. Mar 16, 1905

Black

Ernest

-

5/18/1899

-

9- 9a

Jackson

Anna

-

3/12/1900

-

9-9b

Rudolph

Barbara

-

2/21/1911

-

9-9b

Black

Helena

1866

5/15/1899

33 yrs

9-1a

Black

Ernest L

1857

1931

-

9-2b

Rudolph

Barbara

Feb 1829

1912

-

9-1b

Rudolph

Charles AW

1839

1911

-

9-2b

Blum or Bluhm

August

-

12/18/1898

-

10-10

Drawns or Draves

Emlena

1862

1916

-

10-2a

Bluhm

August H

1860

1934

-

10-1b

Hartwig

Friedrich

-

12/24/1897

-

11-11

Maack

Edward

-

2/24/1961

-

11-11b

Marks

Edward

-

8/13/2000?

-

11-11c

Walton L

Theresa

12/6/1883

Jun 1968

-

11-1a

Walton

Edward V

1873

1948

74 yrs

11-2a

Hartwig

Ottillie

10/4/1860

8/19/1931

-

11-3a

Hartwig

Fritz

5/9/1855

10/17/1919

64 yrs

11-4a

Maack

Edward F

1913

1961

-

11-2b

Kleist

Christian

-

6/12/1892

-

12

Kleist

Child

Johann Heinrick

11/24/1891

3/16/1893

-

12 (between 12-3a & 4a - son of Frederick & Henrietta

Kleist

Anna

1820

1903

-

12-1a

Kleist

Christian

1823

May 25, 1906,

-

12-2a

Kleist

Henrietta

1857

1912

-

12-3a

Kleist

Frederick

1847

1920

-

12-4a

Werner

Anna Juliana

12/25/1829

11/25/1888

-

13-3

Werner

Ludwig M

5/16.1824

7/16/1897

-

13-1

Werner

Anna M

10/29/1897

6/13/1899

-

13-5

Krause

Juliane W

2/11/1856

12/29/1891

-

14-1 First burial in Cemetery

Krause

Herman E

1851

1920

-

14-3

Krause

Emma J

1886

5/5/1903

17 yrs

14-4

Krause

Herman E

1888

1941

53 yrs

14-5

Krause

Otto F

1883

1976

-

14-4

Gardner

Lena L

1876

1960

-

14-8 (Emeline)

Krause

Ollie M

1880

1952

-

14-7 (Olga)

Krause

Gustave W

7/22/1895

2/10/1949

-

14-7 See our veteran listing for more

Doede

Ernestine Marks

1856

4/7/1919

63

15-1

Doede

Julius S

1841

1921

-

15-2

Wittmaack

August W

1866

1931

-

15-3

Wittmaack

Albertina

1874

1945

-

15-4

Wittmaack

Robert

1918

1970

-

15-5

Doede

Anna

1888

1892

-

15-5

Wittmaack

Carson F

1908

1962

-

15-7

Wittmaack

Pearl

1900

1970

-

15-8

Sonnenburg

Christian




16 lot owner

Sonnenburg

Julius

1859

1901

-

16

Sonnenburg

Wilhelm J

1891

1893

-

16 infant

Sonnenburg

John E

1893

1894

-

16 infant

Sonnenburg

Herman

1900

1900

-

16 infant

Siegesmund

Lottie

1891

1977

-

17-1

Siegesmund

Adolph

1883

1958

-

17-2

Siegesmund

August

1853

1931

-

17-3 (lot owner)

Siegesmund

Albertina

1862

11/11/1904

-

17-4

Siegesmund

Paul

1890

1979

-

17-7

Siegesmund

Olga

1892

1962

-

17-8

Zabel

Friedrick

-

-

-

18 (lot owner)

Zabel

Minnie

1882

1935

-

18-1

Zabel

Lulu

-

-

-

18-2

Zabel

Agnes

1882

1935

-

18-3

Zabel

Charles A

1870

1950

-

18-4

Wilkie

Mabel

Abt 1899

1960

-

18-5

Wilkie

Otto

1889

1976

-

18-6

Aigner

Michael Sr.




19 – lot owner

Steinberg

Lottie

30 Jun1892

Feb 1976

-

19-1

Aigner

George

1883

1954

-

19-2

Aigner

John C

1870

1903

-

19-3

Aigner

Albert

1875

10/9/1898

23 yrs

19-4

-

Stone

-

-

-

19-6

Aigner

Catherine

1847

Nov 4, 1917

70

19-5

Aigner

Michael Sr.

1838

Feb 12, 1906

67

19-7

Borowiak

Emilie

1848

1924

-

20-1b

Borowiak

Johann

1842

1906

-

20-2b

Borowiak

Frank

-

11/12/1900

27 yrs

20-3b

Borowiak

Margarethe

3 Dec 1888

Oct 1984

-

20-4b

Fritz

Albert

-

-

-

21 lot owner

Fritz

C

-

-

-

21-1

Fritz

Pauline

1845

1937

-

21-4?

Fritz

Albert B

1843

1931

-

21-2

Fritz

Herman A

1874

1917

-

21-3

Fritz

Bertha L

1877

1952

-

21-5

Fritz

Otto G

1871

1969

-

21-6

Fritz

Robert

1929

1929

-

21-7

Fritz

Harry H

12/26/1911

10/19/1918

-

21-8

Fritz

Esther

1909

1909

-

21-9

Obereigner

Gustav

1855

1923

-

21-4

Obereigner

Ernestine

1861

1955

-

22-3

Obereigner

William

1899

1962

-

22-2

Obereigner

Olga

2/7/1896

12/30/1901

-

22-1

Kalies

Wm Ernest

1844

1898

-

23-4

Derrick or Derack

Andrew W

11/15/1840

7/24/1920

-

23-1

Derrick or Derack

Augusta

10/23/1853

-

72 yrs

23-2 Obit on 12/1/1925

Eckert

Minnie

2/1/1891

June 1970

-

24-1

Eckert

Alvina

1861

1951

-

24-2

Eckert

Charles F

1861

1934

-

24-3

Eckert

Julia

6 Feb 1895

Mar 1972

-

24-4

Eckert

Carl

7 Aug 1888

Aug 1971

-

24-5

Otto

Gust H

1885

1892

-

25 note on records (mother Otillie Sonnenburg)

Gebbert or Gabbert

AKA Gabert

Ernestine

1842

12/26/1918

76 yrs

26-1

Gabbert

August A

1838

7/1/1913

76 yrs

26-2

Gattin? Or Natin

Julia Seine

1837

8/23/1913

77

26-1b

Hebbe

Gottlieb F

1835

May 2, 1917

81

26-2b

Hebbe

John

1876

1923

-

26-4b

Boettcher

Wilhelmina

1857

1935

-

27-1a

Boettcher

Frederick J

1848

Apr 29, 1903

55

27-1b

Ahlgrim

Johanna

1839

1897

-

27-2b

Rux

Alex

-

8/18/1896

22 yrs

28-1

Rux

Ida

-

1898 ?

27 yrs?

28-2

Rux

Louise

1843

1928

-

28-3

Rux

August

1840

1908

-

28-4

Buhmann

Willy J

1909

1978

-

28-5

Ebersold

Laura Rux

1884

1958

-

28-7

Ebersold

Fred J

1880

1950

-

28-8

Millbrath

Bessie

1910

1910

-

29-5

Marks

Charles

1810

1888

-

30-2a

Marks

Jennie

1867

1933

-

30-1b

Marks

Wm

1862

1948

-

30-2b

Marks

Bernice Marie

1908

10/11/1908

3 mon

30-4b

Vorbau

Albert F

1888

1955

-

31-1

Vorbau

Henry A

1/27/1870

8/5/1947

-

31-2

Vorbau

Ludwig

9/18/1842

1/21/1905

-

31-4

Vorbau

Carolina

3/2/1846

1/11/1928

-

31-3

Kosanke

Johan Michael

3/7/1815

10/30/1897

-

32-1

Kosanke

Eleanora Wilhelmina

10/28/1815

1/23/1908

-

32-2

Sell

Bertha

4/4/1828

1/17/1908

-

33-2

Sell

Johann

11/19/1823

2/18/1902

-

33-3

Sell

Wilhelm

10/8/1860

4/1/1910

-

33-7

Mann

Mary

9/23/1893

10/4/1893

-

33-5

Mann

Osker

2/13/1895

3/7/1895

-

33-5

Werner

Wilhelmina

1856

3/30/1920

63

34-7

Werner

William

1850

1937

-

34-8

-

Infant

8/2/1896

?

-

34-5

Graham

Emma

1889

1972

-

34-6

Frederick

Johann

1838

1916

-

35-2

Frederick

Adlena W

1871

1912

-

35-4

Frederick

Henry E

1879

1943

-

35-7

Frederick

Herbert

1886

1/16/64

-

35-6

Frederick

Justine W

1839

1916

-

35-1

Milbranth

Louis E

1899

1992

-

36-1

Milbranth

Edna A

1899

1977

-

36-2

Guse

Matilda

1854

1938

-

36-3

Guse

Fred W

1852

1902

-

36-4

Milbranth

2 lots of living individuals





Guse

John L

1891

1962

-

36-8 Veteran

Jutroske

Richard

12/5/1893

Apr 1965

-

37-1a Veteran

Jutroske

Sophia

1899

1938

-

37-2a

Jutroske

Dickie Lee

1932

1943

-

37-4

Bos

Wilhelmina

1869

1936

-

37-1b

Bos

John

1867

1939

-

37-2b

Jutroske

Henry

1877

1913

-

38-1a

Uhen

Lena

1883

1962

-

38-2a

Jutroske

Caroline

1842

1919

77

38-3a

Jutroske

Carl

1842

1920

-

38-4a

Feltman

Herman G

1856

10/10/1902

43

39-1a

Traffo

Dorothea

1833

2/21/1916

82

39-2a

Quick

Wm F

1852

6/18/1916

63

39-3a

Lawrence

John

1832

1903?

-

40-3a

Lawrence

Julius

1835

1913

-

40-4a

Richman

Mary

1853

5/20/1904

57

40-2b – wf Julius Conitz

-

-

-

-

-

41 reclaimed in 1987

Rosenbaum

Frederick H

8/12/1829

9/28/1897

-

42-1

Rosenbaum

Ernestine

5/8/1830

6/15/1908

78

42-2

Werner

Emilie

1873

1942

-

42-3

Werner

Gust W

1867

1955

-

42-4

Werner

Edward F

1894

1937

-

42-5

Sitz

August

8/31/1829

12/21/1916

87

43-4

Sitz

Wilhelmina

2/16/1838

2/17/1933

-

43-3

Sitz

Charles F

7/15/1859

12/13/1930

-

43-2

Sitz

Emil G

1/13/1866

3/11/1946

-

43-1

Belitz

Augusta Rosenbaum

1867

1892

-

44-1

Belitz

Carl H

1841

1922

-

44-2

Belitz

Johanns

1844

1925

-

44-3

Belitz

Pauline

1876

1959

-

44-4

Blakely

James

1916

174

-

45-0

Blakely

Frances

1886

1963

-

45-00 Cremains

Nehemer

Anna

1849

1922

-

45-2a

Nehemer

Michael

1851

1905

-

45-4

Nehemer

Adolph

1884

2/18/1907

22

45-8

John

Caroline

1818

1895

-

46-1

Lietz

Herman

1853

1918

-

46-2

Lietz

Bertha

1857

1930

-

46-3

Lietz

Gerena

1890

3/20/1896

6 yrs

46-5

Lietz

Adolph H

1881

1934

-

46-6

Lietz

Emma

1886

1944

-

46-7

Woltman

Augusta

1833

1907

-

47-1

Woltman

Michael

1833

1914

-

47-2

Goetz

Bertha E

1865

1926

-

47-3

Goetz

Wm F

1860

1943

-

47-4

Goetz

Ed

1898

1981

-

47-5

Woltman

Otto R

1874

1933

-

47-6

Grieger

Viola

1915

1938

-

47-7

Grieger

Infant

-

1938

-

47-8 Infant son -Ray & Viola Grieger

Goetz

Elizabeth

1825

1906

81

48

Goetz

Walter Henry

5/2/1893

1978

-

48

Goetz

Martha


Aug 4, 1891

1 yr

48

Goetz

Gottlieb

1833

Mar 27, 1919

85

48

Maack

Adelia S

1889

1962

-

49-1

Maack

Fred A

1889

1944

-

49-2 son of Hugo

Maack

Hugo

1863

1911

-

49-4

Maack

Wilhelmina

1860

1928

-

49-3

Gloor

Louise

10 Mar1899

1984

-

50-2

Gloor

Jacob

1858

1936

-

50-3

Gloor

Maria

1864

1929

-

50-4

Gloor

Jakie

1908

1929

-

50-6

Gloor

Walter

1900

1924

-

50-7

Gloor

Helen

1904

1914

-

50-8 (d. May 06, 1914 ) death index shows 1 yr old

Weber

Wilhelmina

1864

1925

-

51-1

Weber

Henry C

1850

1920

-

51-3

Weber

Louise

1/20/1882

3/16/1954

-

51-5

Weber

William L

6/29/1888

Oct 1967

-

51-7 dob from draft reg.

Weber

Irene Montgomery

Abt 1899 – 1900

1965

-

51-6 no stone for William or Irene

Mohlke

August

10/1/1848

4/9/1939

-

52-2

Mohlke

Gusta

2/5/1857

1/5/1908

-

52-3

Schultz

Infant

-

-

-

52-4 infant of Carrie & Ed Schultz

Abraham

August

1837

1921

-

53 no stones in lot 53

Abraham

Emelie

1849

4/3/1918

68yrs

53

Abraham

Emilie

1878

1896

-

53

Abraham

August

1880

Oct 18,1897

18

53

Abraham

Robert

1876

1940

-

53

Abraham

Carl

1883

1927

-

53

Borth

Emma T

2/22/1833

1/7/1902

-

54-4

Borth

August

8/29/1845

10/17/1898

-

54-2

Borth

Augusta

11/13/1846

7/14/1898

-

54-1

-

-

-

-

-

54 two unmarked stones in 5 & 6

Wegner

Arthur





Wegner

William


1894?


55-4

Wegner

George


Nov 21,1903

10 da

55-8

Wegner

Mabel

-

1905

-

55-7

Wegner

Robert

-

1947

-


Wegner

Caroline

Jul 1853

1912

-

55-2 Caroline had 9 children 5 are still living in the 1900 Fed Census

Wegner

Bernhardt


4/4/1900

53 yrs

55-1 “John B. Wegner”

Grieger

Johanna

1853

1922

-

56-2

Grieger

Frederick

1849

1931

-

56-3

Grieger

Emil F

1857

1901

-

57-1

Grieger

Emile L

1860

1928

-

57-2 age 68

Kindt

Milton

1906

1961

-

57-5

Grieger

Mary Lou

-

1927

-

57-8

-

Infant

1893

1894

-

57 exact location ?Elmer H our son

Lawrence

John

1818

Dec 10 1917

89

58-1

Lawrence

Caroline

1850

1945

-

58-2

Lawrence

Lawrence

1911

1914

-

58-3

Rehder

Amanda

1873

1953

-

58-4

Wallace

Laura

1881

1918

-

58-3

Keehn

Anna

1899

1971

-

58-7

Keehn

Hugo

1904

1986

-

58-8

Breitzke

Augusta

1856

1916

-

59-2

Breitzke

Martin

1844

1925

-

59-3

Breitzke

Wallace E

1929

1929

-

Infant so L & F Breitzke

Mitzner

Oliver G

1917

1918

-

60-2

Mitzner

Emiline R

1873

1951

-

60-3

Mitzner

Ferdinand C

1871

1948

-

60-4

Wojahn

Robert A

1896

1965

-

61-1

Wojahn

Robert

3/13/1873

6/3/1905

-

61-4

Wojahn

Herman O

6/29/1905

7/3/1905

-

61-8

Wojahn

Gottlieb

11/12/1830

1/27/1900

-

62-3

Wojahn

Ernestine

1836

4/23/1918

82

62-1

Wojahn

Adolph J

8/21/1871

5/13/1896

-

62-4

Wiesjahn

John G

9/19/1858

1/9/1939

-

63-7

Wiesjahn

Bertha W

5/5/1862

4/28/1914

-

63-6

Wiesjahn

John A

3/31/1889

12/23/1889

-

63-8

Rosenbaum

Carl Heinrich

11/6/1831

9/10/1902

-

64-4

Rosenbaum

Pauline

9/8/1842

12/19/1927

-

64-3

Werner

Wilhelm C

10/23/1846

9/11/1906

-

64-2

Watt

Maggie D

1867

1933

-

65-2

Watt

James M

1861

1950

-

65-3

Watt

Saidy A

1888

1942

-

65-6

Watt

John G

1895

1966

-

65-4

Watt

Elizabeth E

1906

1907

-

65-8

Brettin

Augusta W

1852

1934

-

66-2

Brettin

Ferdinand

1857

1925

-

66-3

Richman

Minnie A

1894

1987

-

67-1

Richman

Augusta M

1865

1943

-

67-2

Richman

William E

1850

1936

-

67-3

Richman

Clara Viola

2/181904

2/16/2004

-

67-4

Richman

Louis H

1887

12/14/1899

12

67-5

Richman

Bernice

-

-

-

67-6

Richman

Julius

3/3/1890

7/10/1979

-

67-7

Richman

William E

1893

1968

-

67-8

Richman

Lillie

1896

1990

-

67-2b Cremains

Peters

Johanna

1864

1912

-

68-1

Benson

Anna

1844

2/5/1918

73

68-3

Benson

Frank

1851

8/20/1915

64

68-4

Peters

David A

1959

1959

-

68-6

so Charles G & Marjorie Peters

Peters

Katherine

1889

1961

-

68-7

Peters

John C

1886

1927

-

68-8

Smith

Bertha F

1862

1944

-

69-1

Wolf

Henry A

1856

1920

-

69-3

Jutroska

August W

1883

1970

-

70-1

Jutroska

Hattie

1886

1972

-

70-2

Howard

Ruth

1910

1979

-

70-3

Howard

“Living”

-

-

-

70-4

-

-

-

-

-

71 – no burials as of 4/2005

Zachart

Ernst

-

12-19-1902

-

72-a

Lodi

Ferdinand

-

8/28/1901

-

72b

Lodi

Johann Ferdinand

9/1829

2/1911

-

72

Lodi

Marie Clara

8/1839

7/25/1919

80

72

Kapelski

Paul D

5/6/1863

8/2/1901

-

72







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