Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Hidalgo Co. Cemeteries of Tx
Submitted by Frances Isbell
Updates & photos by Mildred T. & Helen V.
With Permission of Hidalgo Co. Historical Commission (2006)
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To reach the cemetery in the city of Mercedes, Texas, one should go north on Vermont Street past the Retama Housing Center. Turn left on Vermont onto Anacuita Street (mile 7 north) and go west approximately one-half mile. Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery and the Cementerio Bautista are located on the left and the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery on the right.
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The cemetery is maintained by the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mercedes, Texas. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Eilers serve as the cemetery committee. Compiled in July 1986.
We visited the cemetery in June 2001, and it is fenced and well kept, still a small cemetery. A Texas Historical Marker was dedicated February 19 1989
2006 The cemetery committee now consists of: George Erchinger, Earl and Billie Jo Neuhaus.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Mrs. Frances Richmond Cooper and Mrs. Colleen Dodson Ferguson, Jul 1986
Updated by Helen Vogel January 2006 ( Info from Earl Neuhaus, current head of their cemetery committee
(Jan 2006)
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The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, the only Lutheran Cemetery in the Valley,
is located in the northwest part of the City of Mercedes, Texas. It is situated in the midst of a grove of
ebony trees in the southeast corner of Lot 16, Block 103 in the Campacuas Addition to the Capisallo District of the
Llano Grande Grant.
The approximately three and one-third acres on which the cemetery is located was given to the German Evangelical Lutheran Church (known today as the
Immanuel Lutheran Church), Mercedes, Texas , by the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company.
A mistake was made when the deed was prepared and the property was deeded
to the Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church, another Lutheran church located in
Mercedes at that time (Deed recorded March 7, 1914, Deed Records, Hidalgo
County, Texas, Volume 38, Pages 463-464).
Realizing that an error had ,been made and that the land "was intended for
another branch of said church instead of this branch" William Drewes and
Henry Kruse, Trustees of the Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church, transferred the property to J. Geo.
Birkham, C.A. Carlson and Wm. Buckholz, Trustees of the German Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel Church (Deed recorded
August 4, 1914, Deed Records, Hidalgo County, Texas, Volume 44, Page 103).
In 1913, the Rev. M. W. Pott, pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel Church at that time, dedicated the cemetery as "God's Acre."
Today there are approximately one hundred ten persons ,buried in the cemetery
(1986 survey). The earliest recorded death on a tombstone is that of Wilhelm
Schumacher in 1911.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|
ANTILL |
Adelia Schroeder |
11/10/1918 |
11/29/1995 |
Lot 134 D/o Bernard & Ana Schroeder; Sis/o of Lorene S Brockette grand d/o Conrad & Dorathea Schroeder & Emilie E. Hohmier |
|
BACKMAN |
Requel |
9/15/1847 |
12/8/1924 |
Lot 133 |
|
BORCHELT |
Anna (Mother) |
11/15/1862 |
7/16/1928 |
Lot 104 Mother of Cornelius: George: Walter: Ella and Martin: Grandmother of Loren |
|
BORCHELT |
Charles C. |
8/28/1915 |
10/25/1975 |
Lot 104 Son of Emma and George |
|
BORCHELT |
Ella |
1890 |
1970 |
Lot 104 Daughter of Anna and William Sister of George;Cornelius;Walter and Martin |
|
BORCHELT |
Emma Eva |
4/2/1892 |
5/15/1968 |
Lot 104 Wife of George; Mother of Charles C.; Sister of Anna Rickert |
|
BORCHELT |
George Frank |
6/16/1887 |
5/19/1951 |
Lot 104 H/ of Emma; Son of Anna and William; bro/ of Cornelius;Walter and Martin & Ella |
|
BORCHELT |
Lillian Drefke |
1900 |
1952 |
Lot 102 Wife of Martin A.; Daughter of Ernest & Elisa; Sister of Raymond |
|
BORCHELT |
Loren |
6/24/1924 |
12/13/1942 |
Lot 104Son of Pauline & Cornelius; Grandson of Anna & William |
|
BORCHELT |
Martin A. |
1896 |
1974 |
Lot 102H/ of Lillian Drefke; bro/ of George;Cornelius; Walter and Ella Son of Anna and William |
|
BORCHELT |
Pauline |
9/28/1898 |
4/19/1986 |
Lot 104Wife of Cornelius; Mother of Loren |
|
BORCHELT |
W. G. Cornelius |
2/3/1892 |
5/21/1959 |
Lot 104H/ of Pauline; Father of Loren; Son of Anna & William; bro/ of George |
|
BORCHELT |
Walter |
7/24/1894 |
1/18/1922 |
Lot 104 Son of Anna & William; bro/ of George |
|
BORCHELT |
William |
3/21/1857 |
9/17/1928 |
Lot 104H/ of Anna; Father of Cornelius (Father) |
|
BROCKETTE |
Lorene Schroeder |
3/31/1925 |
8/25/2001 |
D/o Bernard & Ana Schroeder; Sis/o of Adelia S Antill |
|
BURCH |
Johanna Ohls |
1/4/1940 |
1/4/1940 |
Lot 136Granddaughter of Johanna & Reinhold Ohls |
|
CARBIN |
Loyd G. |
1882 |
1963 |
Lot 147H/ of Bessie A. |
|
CARBIN |
Bessie A. |
1896 |
1978 |
Lot 147 Wife of Loyd |
|
DAVIS |
Christopher |
10/07/1986 |
7/1/1988 |
Lot 99 lots Ben Karle - grandson |
|
DAVIS |
R Howard |
5/19/1935 |
9/17/1998 |
Granfa/o Christopher Davis |
|
DREFKE |
Elisa |
1877 |
1964 |
Lot 102 Wife of Ernest D.; Mother of Raymond & Lillian Herbert Helen Brothers |
|
DREFKE |
Ernest |
1873 |
1958 |
Lot 102 H/ of Elisa D.; Father of Raymond & Lillian |
|
DREFKE |
Gladys Mann |
. 1902 |
1978 |
Lot 102 w/o Herbert O. |
|
DREFKE |
Raymond |
1906 |
1928 |
Lot 102 Son of Elisa and Ernest; bro/ of Lillian Borchelt |
|
DREFKE |
Herbert |
12/31/1902 |
1/20/1989 |
Lot 102 SE |
|
ENGELBRECHT |
Herman |
8/20/1868 |
10/12/1934 |
Lot 92 H/ of Louisa |
|
ENGELBRECHT |
Louisa |
12/15/1873 |
10/27/1923 |
Lot 92 Wife of Herman |
|
ERCHINGER |
Andrew |
1898 |
1938 |
Lot 100 H/ of Rosina |
|
ERCHINGER |
Rosina K. |
1899 |
1978 |
Lot 100 Wife of Andrew; Daugher of Heinricke & Frederick G. Karle; Sister of Ben F. H. |
|
ERMEL |
Anna |
10/17/1904 |
4/7/1921 |
Lot 184 (no headstone) sis/o Carl Ermel |
|
FOSSLER |
Christine |
6/8/1878 |
2/4/1959 |
Lot 99 Wife of Jaco F Sr |
|
FOSSLER |
Jacob Sr. |
1/23/1878 |
8/12/1966 |
Lot 99 H/ of Christine |
|
FRANKE |
F. |
1/28/1859 |
10/28/1921 |
Lot 183 H/ of Marie |
|
FRANKE |
Marie |
01/28/1859 |
10/2/1920 |
Lot 183 Wife of F. Franke |
|
GARCIA |
Mary R. |
1/22/1920 |
6/30/1970 |
Lot 144 |
|
GREEN |
Selma Kankop |
10/30/1911 |
12/4/1938 |
Lot 138 Daughter of Emma Lankop Ohls; Sister of Lydia Perkins |
|
HAHN |
Clara |
1897 |
1920 |
Lot 132 |
|
HARKOWEN |
John (Child) |
UNK |
UNK |
Lot 134 (no headstone) |
|
HAWK |
Helma Karle |
02/19/1909 |
3/24/1996 |
d/o Fredrick Karle 87 years old |
|
HEGGEN |
Lilly Myrl |
3/13/1919 |
5/12/2004 |
w/o Lloyd |
|
HEGGEN |
Lloyd |
3/22/1916 |
04/11/1999 |
h/o Lilly |
| HENSLEY | Lawrence | 06/04/1922 | 05/03/1989 | h/o pearl hensley Lot 144 |
| HENSLEY | Pearl | 01/15/1917 | 12/31/1990 | Lot 145 w/o Lawrence Hensley |
|
HERZOG |
Ruth E. |
1913 |
1963 |
Lot 146 |
| HOHMEIER | Alvina | 11/30/1898 | 05/19/1990 | d/o Emilie Hohmeir |
|
HOHMEIER |
Emilie E. |
7/8/1861 |
7/17/1941 |
Lot 135 Mother of Anna Schroeder Alvenna Hohmeier d/o Emilie H. |
|
HOPPE |
Lydia |
3/2/1897 |
4/5/1969 |
Lot 142 Sister of Elinor Johnson (no headstone) |
|
HOPPE |
Matthew |
2/5/1894 |
2/6/1994 |
Lot 135 h/o Lydia Hoppe (Finnish Haapoja) |
|
JACKSON |
Roy S. Jr |
6/2/1943 |
4/7/2000 |
son-in-law of Crockett Murray |
|
JOHNSON |
Elinor |
1910 |
1984 |
Lot 98 Sister of Lydia Hoppe w/o John Johnson |
|
JOHNSON |
Esther Rickert |
1924 |
1955 |
Lot 103Mother of Jimmie; Daughter of Anna & Henry Rickert |
|
JOHNSON |
Jimmie |
1941 |
1951 |
Lot 103 Son of Esther Rickert Johnson; Grandson of Anna & Henry Rickert |
| JOHNSON | John | 05/08/1897 | 02/18/1987 | h/o Elinor Johnson |
|
KALLIO |
Aina |
1890 |
1982 |
Lot 143 Wife of John |
|
KALLIO |
John |
1885 |
1964 |
Lot 143 H/ of Aina |
|
KARLE |
Arthur B. |
10/29/1913 |
10/26/1989 |
Lot 100 h//o Olivia |
|
KARLE |
Ben F. H. |
; 11/2/1904 |
4/2/1958 |
Lot 100 Son of Frederick & Henricke; bro/ of Rosina Erchinger |
|
KARLE |
Bertha |
1907 |
1996 |
w/o John K. |
|
KARLE |
Elizabeth |
3/4/1911 |
2/4/1996 |
sis/o Rose E. |
|
KARLE |
Frederick G. |
1873 |
1952 |
Lot 99 H/ of Henricke; Father of Ben F. H. & Rosina Erchinger; Grandfather of John C. & Robert W. |
|
KARLE |
Henricke |
; 1874 |
1948 |
Lot 99 Wife of Frederick G.; Mother of Ben F. H. & Rosina Erchinger; Grandmother of John C. & Robert W |
|
KARLE |
John B. |
06/19/1900 |
06/07/1941 |
H/Bertha Karlef a/o Frederick & Heinricke |
|
KARLE |
John Charles |
7/10/1929 |
8/14/1951 |
Lot 98 bro/ of Robert W Grandson of Frederick G. & Henricke |
| KARLE | Lisa | 09/21/1969 | 07/15/1992 | Lot 98 |
| KARLE | Olivia | 12/27/1913 | 06/28/1997 | Lot 100 w/o Arthur Karle |
|
KARLE |
Robert W. |
6/12/1934 |
4/22/1958 |
Lot 98 bro/ of John Charles; Grandson of Frederick G. & Heinricke; (Killed in Service) |
|
KARLE |
Velma Anna Fossler |
10/22/1912 |
04/16/1996 |
B: Mercedes w/o Ben Karle d/o Jacob Fossler Lot 100 |
|
KEPPLER |
(Unknown) |
UNK |
UNK |
Lot 185 (Mother) (no headstone) |
|
KING |
George A. Jr |
8/11/1922 |
9/16/2000 |
son-in-law of Ernest Meier |
|
KLEIN |
Bruce |
3/10/1945 |
7/6/1971 |
Lot 140 Son of Clara & Wm. Henry |
|
KLEIN |
Clara Alice |
8/8/1911 |
3/30/1978 |
Lot 140 Mother of Bruce |
|
KLEIN |
Helena Matilda |
10/5/1880 |
8/30/1963 |
Lot 139Wife of Wm. Henry |
| KLEIN | Walter | 11/27/1908 | 12/23/1988 | h/o Clara Klein fa/o Bruce Klein Lot 140 |
|
KLEIN |
Wm. Henry |
9/16/1877 |
12/9/1969 |
Lot 139 H/ of Helena Matilda |
|
MALOY |
Ruth A. |
1922 |
1947 |
Lot 138 Daughter of Ed Ziebarth |
|
McMILLIN |
Esther |
1906 |
1966 |
Lot 147Wife of Henry G. |
|
McMILLIN |
Henry G. |
1903 |
1982 |
Lot 147 H/ of Esther children Ellen Rejas Douglas |
|
MEIER |
Mabel |
1905 |
1983 |
Lot 96 |
|
MEIER |
Ernest |
9/2/1907 |
4/4/1987 |
Lot 96 |
|
MEYER |
Henry W. |
1869 |
1951 |
Lot 149 H/ of Ida D. |
|
MEYER |
Ida D. |
1878 |
1927 |
Lot 149 Wife of Henry W. |
|
MURRAY |
Crockett |
3/3/1918 |
12/20/1995 |
Lot 196 |
|
NEUHAUS |
Edgar |
5/17/1912 |
10/11/1984 |
Lot 153 |
|
NEWMANN |
Willie Jean |
4/19/1921 |
7/7/1978 |
Lot 187 |
|
OFFERDAHL |
Orville Robert |
8/17/1918 |
12/19/1982 |
Lot 191 |
|
OHLS |
Emma Langkop |
10/26/1873 |
6/27/1941 |
Lot 137 Mother of Selma Green & Lydia Perkins |
|
OHLS |
Johanna |
1872 |
1930 |
Lot 136 Wife of Reinhold |
|
OHLS |
Reinhold |
1875 |
1959 |
Lot 136 H/ of Johanna & Emma Langkop Ohls (mother of Selma L. Green & Lydia Perkins) |
|
PAUL |
Dorothy Mae |
1923 |
1923 |
Lot 130 (infant) |
|
PERKINS |
Lydia Langkop |
2/17/1904 |
9/23/1933 |
Lot 138 Daughter of Emma Langkop Ohls; Sister of Selma Green |
|
PEYNADO |
Bobbie |
12/14/1970 |
12/14/1970 |
Lot 145 bro/ of Ray (no headstone) |
|
PEYNADO |
Ray |
2/26/1951 |
12/28/1961 |
Lot 145bro/ of Bobbie |
|
REISTERER |
Margaret D. |
. 1881 |
1921 |
Lot 101 Wife of Henry John |
|
RESITERER |
Henry John |
1866 |
1943 |
Lot 101 H/ of Margaret D. |
|
RICKERT |
Anna |
1894 |
1976 |
Lot 103 Wife of Henry; Mother of Edna Max & Esther Johnson; Grandmother of Jimmie Johnson; Sister of Emma BORCHELT |
|
RICKERT |
Christina |
1861 |
1927 |
Lot 103 Mother of Henry J. |
|
RICKERT |
Edna (infant) |
UNK |
UNK |
Lot 129 Daughter of Anna & Henry (no headstone) |
|
RICKERT |
Henry J. |
1889 |
1971 |
Lot 103H/ of Anna; Son of Christina; Father of Edna Max Esther Johnson; Grandfather of Jimmie Johnson |
|
RICKERT |
Max E. |
1936 |
1951 |
Lot 103 Son of Anna & Henry; bro/o Edna & Esther Johnson |
|
RISSANEN |
Ida |
1894 |
1921 |
Lot 133 Wife of Rev. K. G. |
|
RISSANEN |
K. G. (Rev.) |
1872 |
1924 |
Lot 133H/ of Ida |
|
RISSANEN |
Paul |
1908 |
1925 |
Lot 133Son of Ida & Rev. K. G. |
| SANCHEZ | Savera | 08/08/1929 | 04/18/2006 | m/o Daniel Cantu Lot 147 |
|
SCHRANK |
Sophia W. |
7/12/1895 |
8/9/915 |
Lot 128 NW corner Sister of Paul; Daughter of John J. |
|
SCHROEDER |
Ana E. |
12/16/1889 |
9/1/1979 |
Lot 135 Wife of Bernard; Daughter of Emilie Hohmeir |
|
SCHROEDER |
Conrad |
7/10/1865 |
10/11/1918 |
Lot 104 H/ of Dorathea; Father of Bernard Ferdinand and Elda Timken |
|
SCHROEDER |
Dorathea |
8/19/1867 |
4/20/1943 |
Lot 105 Wife of Conrad; Mother of Bernard & Ferdinand & Elda Timken |
|
SCHROEDER |
Ferdinand |
2/6/1897 |
6/14/1936 |
Lot 105 Son of Dorathea & Conrad; bro/ of Bernard & Elda Timken |
|
SCHROEDER |
Bernard W. |
9/18/1892 |
9/26/1960 |
Lot 135H/ of Ana; Son of Dorathea & Conrad; bro/ of Ferdinand & Elda Timken |
|
SCHUMACHER |
Carolina |
12/30/1833 |
9/17/1917 |
Lot 127 Mother of Wilhelm; Grandmother of Walter |
|
SCHUMACHER |
Walter |
11/2/1903 |
11/24/1967 |
Lot 127 Son of Bertha & Wilhelm |
|
SCHUMACHER |
Wilhelm |
6/2/1840 |
6/3/1911 |
Lot 127 H/ of Bertha; Father of Walter; Son of Carolina (1st in cemetery moved 1913-1914 from their farm) |
|
SCHUMACHER |
Bertha |
12/10/1883 |
10/24/1965 |
Lot 127 Wife of Wilhelm; Mother of Walter |
|
SCHUPP |
Ida R. |
9/17/1901 |
4/7/1986 |
d/o Henry & M. Reister |
|
SCHUPP |
Julius Albert |
5/16/1899 |
10/22/1945 |
Lot 101 |
|
SEGOVIA |
Elizabeth Cordelia |
6/1/1979 |
6/10/1979 |
Lot 143 |
|
SPREEMAN |
Harriett |
5/6/1923 |
10/01/2003 |
Lot 187 w/o Howard H. |
|
SPREEMAN |
Howard H |
7/16/1924 |
5/7/2003 |
Lot 187 US Navy WWII |
|
STUGARD |
Tusten E. |
8/10/1925 |
4/9/1971 |
Lot 101 |
|
THIEME |
Edna Martha |
3/2/1919 |
6/2/1919 |
Lot 131Daughter of Lena & Alvin |
|
THIEME |
Ella Maria |
3/2/1919 |
6/2/1919 |
Lot 131 Daughter of Lena & Alvin |
|
THIEME |
Lena C. |
1879 |
1957 |
Lot 131 Wife of Alvin; Mother of Edna Martha & Ella Maria |
|
THIEME |
Alvin Gustav |
1880 |
1921 |
Lot 131 H/ of Lena C.; Father of Edna Martha and Ella Maria |
|
TIMKEN |
Edna |
1/26/1931 |
11/15/1934 |
Lot 104 Daughter of Elda & Fred; Sister of Harold |
|
TIMKEN |
Elda |
3/22/1895 |
3/29/1940 |
Lot 105 Wife of Fred W.; Mother of Edna & Harold; Daughter of Dorothea & Conrad Schroeder |
|
TIMKEN |
Fred W. |
12/17/1883 |
11/12/1963 |
Lot 105 H/ of Elda & Father of Edna & Harold |
|
TIMKEN |
Harold |
6/9/1923 |
10/19/1925 |
Lot 105 Son of Elda & Fred W.; bro/ of Edna |
|
VOGEL |
Adolph G. |
1/15/1889 |
4/1/1981 |
Lot 139 H/ of Mathilda A. |
|
VOGEL |
Mathilda A. |
3/3/1888 |
6/2/1971 |
Lot 139 Wife of Adolph |
|
WEBER |
Edna Clare |
7/18/1914 |
7/19/2001 |
- |
|
WEBER |
Edward |
11/10/1920 |
2/4/2003 |
s/o Earnest. & Emma |
|
WEBER |
Emma C. Hamm |
5/7/1902 |
9/25/1982 |
Lot 151 Mother of Lucille Augusta |
|
WEBER |
Ernest |
7/2/1894 |
4/17/1987 |
Lot 151 h/o Emma |
|
WEBER |
Genevieve |
9/10/1907 |
1/7/1982 |
Lot 151 Mother of Joyce |
|
WEBER |
Henry W. |
1/20/1903 |
7/18/1996 |
- |
|
WEBER |
Joyce Natilia |
2/16/1929 |
4/28/1931 |
Lot 150 Daughter of Genevieve |
|
WEBER |
Leonard |
5/22/1933 |
3/31/2001 |
Lot 151 s/o Orwood & Genevieve |
|
WEBER |
Lucille Augusta |
8/18/1924 |
8/20/1924 |
Lot 130 Daughter of Emma C. Hamm |
|
WEBER |
Orwood M. |
6/8/1900 |
11/24/1986 |
Lot 151 h/o Genevieve |
|
WEISS |
Anna M. |
1870 |
1951 |
Lot 154 Wife of John Benjamin; Mother of Katie & Viola |
|
WEISS |
John Benjamin |
1868 |
1950 |
Lot 154 H/ of Anna M.; Father of Katie & Viola |
|
WEISS |
Katie E. |
12/19/1900 |
12/4/1943 |
Lot 154 Daughter of Anna & John Benjamin; Sister of Viola |
|
WEISS |
Viola Caroline |
9/1/1915 |
4/10/1918 |
Lot 130 Daughter of Anna & John Benjamin; Sister of Viola |
|
WESTFALL |
Donley |
1909 |
1977 |
Lot 146 |
|
WOIRDKE |
Kenneth |
4/23/1924 |
1/1/1990 |
Lot 95 |
|
WOIRDKE |
Roseanne |
7/22/1928 |
6/15/1994 |
Lot 95 |
|
WOLTERS |
Edger |
12/8/1913 |
10/23/1915 |
Lot 129 |
|
WOODWARD |
Timmy |
5/4/1962 |
5/4/1962 |
Lot 143 Son of Faye Mitchell & Tommy Woodward grson/o Henry & Alice Mitchell |
|
ZIEBARTH |
Edward |
1892 |
1982 |
Lot 138 Father of Ruth A. Maloy |
|
ZIEBARTH |
Emilie |
1892 |
11/19/1986 |
Lot 138 w/o Edward Mo/o Ruth Z Maloy |
