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Galena Township, La Porte County Indiana


See La Porte County Obits  for many of the Surnames listed below.

La Porte County Indiana. In locating some of these families, keep in mind that this cemetery is extremely close to the Michigan state line.
Some of these families, at different times, might be found in the Berrien County census. For later burials after 1950,
please write our local libraries or contact webmaster to see if we have a copy. This site is © copyrighted - 2005.

Adnson, Rinnert Albert - information found in obituary & census records. Immigrated to USA abt 1876 from Oslo, Norway.
Wife was Mina Goodwin b. June 1879 in Minnesota and 16 years of age at time of marriage. Rinnert and Mina had a total of 15 children.
Three of the sons must have died at a very young age. Living children at time of various census reports were 12 in number as follows:
Most of the children were born in Cherokee Co., Iowa. Sadie b. Apr 1898 , Ruth abt 1902, Grace B abt 1903 m. EArl Mongan she d. 15 Nov 1962,
Raymond B. abt 1904 & d. 1968, Earl S. abt 1906, d. 1968, Lucille I abt 1907 married and divorced William Fredericks then m. Bowers she d. 1978,
Amy b. abt 1909 m. an Albright , Norma G., 16 Feb 1910 m. Robert G. Stoner she d. 24 May 1997 (Norma & Robert buried Wills Baptist, this county),
Ima 1914 , Iola 17 Feb 1914 m. Charles Bennitt and d. Sept 1979,  Elsie M. 23 Mar 1917 m. Verlin Kuhl and she d. 2 Nov 1976 in CA.
and Robert 1920 d. 1981 in CA.
Census reports indicate that two of the children, Raymond & Grace were born in Wisconsin,
all others born Wisconsin. Although the obit for Rinnert Adnson indicates that some of the daughters married names at the time of his death were
Mrs. Irwin Sprague, Mrs. Barney Amon and Mrs. James Comis, I was not able to ascertain who matched with who.

Arnst, Miles – MC News, Galena Township, February 20, 1900

Arnst, William Henry - Michigan City News, March 20, 1929

Beal, Mrs. Harriet E. (Davis) - La Porte Argus-Bulletin, 23 October 1903

Beal, Jessie – Cemetery Not Listed, Possibly Heckman/Hesston - LaPorte Argus, December 15, 1892 (Galena News)

Beal, Infant – Cemetery Not Listed, Possibly Heckman/Hesston - Westville Indicator August 1, 1895 -
A special to the daily press says "The midget daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beal, of Rolling Prairie died Wednesday.

Beal (Beall), William - Michigan City Evening News - March 31, 1914 

Beeman, Bert – Michigan City Evening News, April 22, 1908

Beeman, Corvando A. - Publication Unknown, June 1, 1920

Birkholz, Agnes – Michigan City News Dispatch, November 8, 1963.
Birkholz, Arthur – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 8, 1972.
Birkholz, Gertrude – Michigan City News Dispatch, June 2, 1992
Birkholz, Henry (II) – The Herald-Argus (LaPorte), November 27, 2004
Birkholz, Robert (Sgt) – Michigan City News Dispatch, July 16, 1970 – Vietnam Casualty

Bolles, William – Michigan City News Dispatch – (probably) Nov. 7, 2001.

Clark, Margaret Mabel (Swanson) – Herald Argus (La Porte) July 27, 2005.

Cooper, Elizabeth (Horner) – Michigan City News, December 13, 1916 

Crawford, Dwight D. – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 28, 1950.
Crawford, Julia (Kinney) – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 22, 1969.
Crawford, Violet (Cover) – Michigan City News Dispatch, July 27, 1981.
Crawford, William R. – Michigan City News Dispatch, October 24, 2001 and (correction) October 25, 2001.

Dietz, Robert – Michigan City News Dispatch, May 31, 1931

Dixon, Judith – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 13, 1979.
Dow, Orma Jean – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 4 and April 6, 1995.
Friedrich, Manfred (Rev.) – Michigan City News Dispatch, February 5, 1979.

Fuller, Wilbur W. - Michigan City News, Nov. 24, 1904 -

Galloway, Frances M. (Shipton) – La Porte Herald Argus, December 13 (?), 2003.
Galloway, Jesse – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 13, 1989.

Gardner, Cinderella (Rhodes) – Michigan City Evening Dispatch, March 30, 1926

Godin, Lilly F. – La Porte Herald Argus, Jan. 10, 1970.
Godin, Louis Albert – La Porte Herald Argus, November 12, 1955.
Gooldy, Gladys Mae (Crum) – Herald Argus (La Porte), October 6, 2005.

Hatfield, William – Michigan City Dispatch, November 2, 1905 – 

Heckman, Artimus (Asa Artimus) – Michigan City Evening Dispatch, September 24, 1926

Heckman, Caroline “Carrie” Stites - Galena Gleanings, MC News November 1900 -

Heckman, Issac – Michigan City News Final Edition, August 19, 1932 –

Heckman, Melissa (Morrow) – Michigan City Evening News, November 13, 1913

Heckman, Mina (Snow) – Michigan City News, April 8, 1908

Heckman, Myrtle (Seward) - Michigan City Evening Dispatch, January 28, 1934

Heckman, Rachel (Paddock) – From "The Jacob Heckman Family, LaPorte County, Indiana", by Agnes Merchant; Rachel Paddock
was born in Onondaga Co., New York March 27, 1821. She taught public school at the age of 15 years in the state of New York,
then came with her parents Levi and Marinda Paddock to Indiana. She and her mother made the trip in a sail boat the length of the great lakes
landing at Michigan City in 1836. She taught public school in log school houses in Michigan and Indiana. Receiving at first $1.50 per week,
later $2.00 per week until she was married in 1842. Grandpa Paddock and his son,
Asa, drove through from New York to Indiana and Michigan. Diary of Arthur C. Davis 1892 - Jan. 19: Mrs. Theodric Heckman died this evening at 7 p.m.
in the eastern edge of Springfield Twp......Jan 22: Mrs. Rachel Heckman was buried today at Christian Church, yard funeral at the same place.
She was born in Onondaga Co., N.Y. in 1821. Came to this County in 1837. Married to Theodric Heckman in 1841. Mother of 11 children, 6 of whom survive her.

Heckman, Theodrick – The Acorn (Three Oaks, MI), Jan. 9, 1903 &   Argus Bulletin, Jan 3, 1903 - "T.L. Heckman, 

Hein, Adam – Michigan City News Final Edition, August 11, 1932

Hoole, Arthur – Michigan City News Dispatch, (probably) Oct. 9, 1999.
Horner, Mildred (Ott) – Michigan City News Dispatch, (probably) Jan. 29, 2001.

Horner, Myrtle – Publication Unknown, April 1887 – The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Horner, of Springfield township,
a girl about fifteen years old died April 21, 1887, and was buried in the Heckman graveyard at the Christian church in Heston.
The services were conducted by Elder Thomas Webster. The sympathy of the neighborhood go with Mr. and Mrs. H. Horner.

Hough, Charles S., Sr. “Red” – Michigan City News Dispatch, (probably) July 19, 1999.
Huntington, Leonora (Birkholz) Newby – Michigan City News Dispatch, May 14, 1971.
Johnson, Hattie (Dietz) Oman – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 24, 1986.
Jones, Thomas Allen – Michigan City News Dispatch, June 9, 1978.

Keene, Clara Louise (Arnst) – Michigan City News Dispatch, November 8, 1947

Keiner, Marie – Publication Unknown, September 1994
Kill, Archie – Michigan City News Dispatch, August 12, 1967.
Kruger, Edwin H. – 13 Mar 1954
Krzyzak, Mary (Zoladz) – Michigan City News Dispatch, September 13, 1976.
Kurfman, Agnes – Michigan City News Dispatch, May 23, 1992
Kurfman, Russell – Michigan City News Dispatch, July 24, 1990.
Larson, Carl – Michigan City News Dispatch, July 3, 1989.

Lewis, Uriah – Daily Republican, July 31, 1888-

Liedtke, Arnold – Michigan City News Dispatch, August 26, 1975
Liedtke, Dorothy – Michigan City News Dispatch, June 11, 1994
Lindborg, Norman L. – Michigan City News Dispatch, Jan 10 & Jan 12, 1999
Logman, Clarence E. – Michigan City News Dispatch, May 25, 1962.
McCullough, Ronald Jr. – Michigan City News Dispatch, August 14, 1995
Maerz, Bonnie Louise – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 12, 1963.
Maerz, Dewana – La Porte Herald Argus, September 17, 2003.
Maerz, Edward – Publication Unknown, April 12 (?), 1974

Maerz, Fred – Michigan City News, April 8, 1938

Maerz, Gladys (Barnes) – Michigan City News Dispatch, July 3, 1985.
Maerz, Louis – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 5, 1995.

Mayes, Emily (Jones) – MC News, Galena Township, June 27, 1900

Mayes, James – Michigan City Evening Dispatch, March 6, 1913 

Meredith, Deema – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 2, 1992.
Miller, Amy Jo – Michigan City News Dispatch, June 19, 1992
Mrozek, Mary (Oman) – Michigan City News Dispatch, October 8, 1995
Newby, Eloise (Zaring) –

Oman, Mamie (Dall) – Michigan City News, July 9, 1919
Oman, Roger W. – Michigan City News Dispatch, January 19, 1960.
Pagel, Clara A. (Rieman) – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 20, 1965.
Pagel, Elmer G. – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 3, 1967

Replogle, John – Michigan City News, October 21, 1891

Richardson, Charles – The Herald Argus (La Porte), August 28, 2004.
Schade, Frederick – Publication Unknown, July 21, 1981.

Rumbaugh obituaries contributed by: Debbie Lonie - granny-deb@comcast.net

Rumbaugh, Andrew Jackson - Andrew Jackson Rumbaugh, - LaPorte Herald Argus, June 17, 1947.

Rumbaugh, Christina E. (Engle) - Mrs. Christina Engle Rumbaugh,  LaPorte, Apr 21, 1937

Rumbaugh, James -  La Porte, Jan 7, 1921

Mrs. James Rumbaugh -  Daily Herald, Jul 5, 1917

Rumbaugh, John H. -  La Porte, Jun 3, 1940 Compiler’s Note: No grave marker found for John.

Rumbaugh, Melissa (Bailey) - The Daily Herald, Sat, June 30, 1917

Schwenk, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Heckman – Michigan City News, October 11, 1906 - Mrs. Charles Schwenk,

Schwenk, Ward – Herald Argus (La Porte), August 22, 2005.

Scott, Kathryn (Birkholz) – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 27, 2001.

Seward, Mary (Hess) - Michigan City News, March 15, 1899, Page 1, Col. 4;

Seward, Theron A. – Michigan City News, January 11, 1927 - 

Shippee, Helen (Tappan) – Michigan City News Dispatch, September 15, 2001.

Shippee, Paul Rolland – Michigan City News, April 9, 1919 – Paul Rolland Shippee, four-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shippee

Slater, John H. - Michigan City News, Sept. 19, 1901 

Smith, Joyce (Kimble) – Michigan City News Dispatch, February 6, 1991.
Smith, Lora Mae (Ballou) – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 23, 1963.
Spriggs, Otis Paul “Bob” – Michigan City News Dispatch, October 14, 1995.

Stanage, Edith (Sands) – Herald Argus (La Porte), January 14, 1944

Stanage, Genevive “Jenny” (Brandys) – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 20 and 21, 1999.
Stearns, Kenneth P. – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 9, 2001.
Swanson, Maybelle – Michigan City News Dispatch, October 17, 1985.
Swanson, Sven Louis – Michigan City News Dispatch, October 22, 2003.
Taylor, Anna (Walk) – Michigan City News Dispatch, June 10, 1959. (Wife of Nelson Taylor, Mother of Joseph)

Taylor, Benjamin – Michigan City Dispatch, June 4, 1909

Taylor, Joseph F. – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 3, 1987.
Taylor, Nelson H. – Michigan City News Dispatch, December 7, 1964.
Thaldorf, William – Michigan City News Dispatch, February 15, 1979.

Waldruff, Margaret – Michigan City News, January 2, 1895 – Died, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 1894, 

Wendt, Harry William – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 2, 2000.
Wendt, Leona (Birkholz) – Michigan City News Dispatch, Michigan City News Dispatch, June 24, 2000.
West, Carley – Michigan City News Dispatch, May 31, 1966.
Wilson, Nathaniel W. – Michigan City News Dispatch, February 14, 1991.
Wilson, Nathaniel Walter, Jr. – Michigan City News Dispatch, March 18, 1951.
Wilson, Orma Gertrude (Britton) Patton – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 30, 2000.

Wilson, Sarah (Mayes) – Daily Argus Bulletin (La Porte), May 29, 1907

Zelenka, Emma Louise (Liedtke) – Michigan City News Dispatch, April 28, 1975.

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