Cemetery Tour Guide Brochure - Holy Name of Jesus Catholic

Veterans
Donald Adler V42
Guenter Albensoeder F44
Hugh Armstrong H36
Louis Armstrong H36
James Baer O35
Richard Banz K10
Thomas Bauer OA16
Donald Begin N57
Donald Boynton O18
David Bunda X54
John Burr G16
Richard Burr G16
James Cavanaugh J14
John Cavanaugh I15
William Conway R43
Thomas Dandurand S68
Anthony Ditter K24
John Ditter D43
+James Donahue C29
Daniel Dorwart V48
Jeff Ericksen R28
Arnold Erickson S40
Lawrence Etzel N30
Leonard Etzel N31
George Faue K50
Robert Faue K51
Roger Fazendin M15
James Fliss U28
Jerry Franzen N28
Peter Gareri 371
Ralph Halbritter X61
William Hannan D1
Joseph Hansman I41
Edward Hansmann B34
John Hansmann K47
Ronald Hansmann OA36
Edward Henrich T38
Thomas Hoy, Sr. Z53
+Edward Hughes D6
Robert Hughes P45
Lynn Hutchinson J10
+Charles Ice D14
Daniel Jach S29
Daniel Johnson P54
Clarence Jordan H12
Francis Jordan R53
Frederick Jordan F38
+John Jordan B10
John Jordan E46
Leo Jordan D44
Robert Jordan F41
Robert Joyce X39
James Keegan S42
James Kelley S24
Eugene Koelfgen A40
Felix Konat P13
Key
Martin Kula P17
+
=
Civil
War
Veteran
James LaFortune 4,46
**
=
old
section
of
Louis LaPoint J50
cemetery
Carl Lenzen I31
Theodore Lenzen I32
Frank Leuer B39
John Leuer Z59
Joseph Leuer M39
Clyde Libby P47
Robert Logan M55
Douglas Lorentzen L42
William Mailhot P29
Patrick McDonough S20
Patrick McLarty S28
Theodore Merriam C16
A.J. “Fritz” Merz U47
+Nicholas Miller F11
+Peter Miller G23
Peter Moeger R58
Mark Nadeau X30
Robert Neis N42
John Pohlker B26
Frederick Prodahl OA39
Donald Raskob A34
Joseph Raskob OA37
Alexander Reiser F6
Benjamin Reiser F5
Henry Reiser L39
John Reiser U39
Robert Richel N48
Terrance Roddy V27
C. Allan Roehl C32A
Donald Roehl G47
John Roehl C35
Robert Roehl C38
Vernon Roehl N33
John Rowles U43
Harvey Scherer K16
Henry Scherer A201
Meinrod Scherer L20
Alan Schmidt S25
Charles Schmit H7
Terry Schneider X48
Edward Schommer M33
Gerald Sebring R26
Donald Stotts R47
Eugene Stumpf N27
+Leo Stumpf **
Gordon Tauer N35
Edward Thode BB53
Jon Van’t Hull P36
Roger Wenner W38
Milton Wooding S27
Douglas Zumbusch S48
Must See Sites
Holy Name Cemetery
The Marian Grotto
The Holy Name Cemetery is the final resting place of many
people who resided and worshipped in the communities of Medina, Plymouth and beyond. Our parish community is a revelation of God’s love for His people. Our God allowed those early
families from Germany, Ireland and Canada to immigrate to this
community. They were then inspired to establish a parish to
make His love known. Our cemetery serves, in part, to remind
us of the many people who established this parish and those
who resided and worshipped in this community over the past
160 years.
Beginning in 1854, and for about the next 10 years until the parish was formally established, the ancestors of those who currently worship here first came to this community. Those families
include: Hansmann, Reiser, Merz, Stumpf, Scherer, Lenzen,
Ditter, Jordan and so forth.
Charlie Brown’s Grave
We owe our gratitude to everyone who helped preserve our
cemetery in the past, as well as those who continue to do so
today. Bill Rudolph is one of these individuals. Bill, who has
been caretaker of the cemetery for over 30 years, said that the
parish priest used to be the caretaker years ago. We appreciate
all he and past caretakers have done for us—including preserving our cemetery records and taking good care of the burial
sites. Although we constantly preserve and update our records,
you may notice that many of the graves in the cemetery do not
have markers. We do not know why this occurred, but nonetheless, we are grateful for those who occupy those sites because
they made up our community years ago.
Monument to the Unborn
In recent years, we expanded our cemetery and roadway. Last
summer, we paved the roadways with asphalt. Also, the
Knights of Columbus created a memorial dedicated to the unborn and Andy Renier graced the cemetery with his Eagle
Scout project, a Marian Grotto. Be sure to stop by and observe
these places today.
Please continue to pray for all the individuals who are buried in
our cemetery. They are the reasons our parish exists today. In
our 150th year, we also ask that you join us in thanking God for
the blessings He’s bestowed upon our parish in years past, as
well as the blessings He continues to shower on us today.
Did You Know…?
Our Cemetery Then
1. The first known burial was that of Helena Thies. She died
on May 24, 1864.
Name
Plot
Charlie Brown
F33 (new)
+James Donahue C29 (new)
+Edward Hughes D6 (new)
+Charles Ice
D14 (new)
+John Jordan
B10 (new)
Mathilda Keil
E9 (new)
Fr. Keil
E11 (new)
+Nicholas Miller F11 (new)
+Peter Miller
G23 (new)
George Reiser
A9 (new)
Mary Ann Reiser A11 (new)
Francis Stumpf A26 (new)
+Leo Stumpf
A (old)
*Helena Thies
NE end (old)
Margaretta Thies S side (old)
2. The cemetery contains the grave of one priest, Fr. Joseph
Henry Keil. He shares a tombstone with his sister, Mathilda,
who died one year earlier. The circumstances surrounding
Fr. Keil's death were tragic. While entertaining two priests,
he fell in Holy Name Lake and drowned. He was in the United States for only four years.
3. Francis Stumpf was the first to be baptized at Holy Name of
Jesus. He is buried in the cemetery, along with his parents
and godparents.
4. Johann Thies was denied burial next to his family because
of his infrequent Mass attendance. This is something we’d
consider uncharitable today.
5. Charlie Brown, the real-life friend of Charles Schultz
(founder of the Peanuts comic strip), is buried in the cemetery. He died on December 5,1983.
A Guide for Your Tour
“Remembering the past helps call to mind
who and what has shaped us.”
-Fr. Steve Ulrick
Our Cemetery Now
Birth
1926
1834
1844
1837
1845
10/30/1883
6/3/1872
1840
1833
8/23/1816
8/12/1827
1857
4/11/1825
7/06/1862
5/27/1824
Death
12/5/1983
1914
1918
1899
1916
1/1/1907
4/21/1908
1907
1921
3/16/1901
4/301909
4/28/1944
7/5/1895
5/24/1864
1882
Key
* = oldest grave in cemetery
+ = Civil War veteran
(old) = old section of cemetery (to left of crucifix)
(new) = new section of cemetery (to right of crucifix)
Note: Row OA is in line with the crucifix, and starting to the
right is row A, row B, etc. Grave numbers begin near the
roadway.
“The actions you take today not only
impact you; they influence generations.
Every matter matters for eternity.”
-Dillon Burroughs
The gravestone of Fr. Joseph Henry Keil
and his sister, Mathilda Keil