Walling Cemetery, Hill Co. Cemeteries of Tx ,Gloria B. Mayfield

Walling Cemetery

Hill Co., Cemeteries of TX. 

Submitted by Betty Penney

Photos  by  Mildred R. Greenstein

 St. Peter Lutheran Church of Walling was established in July 1906. Though this was the formal organization of the church, there evidently was a need to organize and to have a proper place for burial before that time in the Walling community. Some of the first graves of  this community are located south of the old railroad right of way south of the church. To locate these graves leave the church, take the first left and continue south until you cross the railroad right of way, turn left and they are approximately one fourth mile on the left in a grove of trees. It is my understanding that the fenced in area held the grave of Ottilie Sophie Manske. - Her  gravestone was moved to the current Walling Cemetery location and  that information is listed first in the attached records. Listed below is the information located on the other  other two graves at this site.

William Arthur Gehrels - Born June 30, 1893 Died May 20, 1900
Frenklin Gehrels - Born July 9, 1885 Died May 5, 1891

According to the Warranty Deed, Rudolf Piel and wife (Julia) sold  a specified section of land on which now the Walling Cemetery  exists to A. Radke, Sam Kelm and Rudolph Piel, Trustees for the sum of $204.00. “It is expressly agreed and stipulate, however, that the above described tract of land is deeded to the aforementioned trustees  and their successors to be held by them for the use and benefit   of the Walling Community, as a public burying ground.
The above mentioned trustees and the Piels signed the Warranty Deed  on March 2, 1904. It was recorded in Hill County Deeds and Records  on March 7, 1904.
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church has served as the sponsoring organization  for these trustees and over the years, trustees have been elected on   a rotating basis by the church. In January 1998, the elected trustees are Marvin Schulz, Ronnie Radke and Leona Piel. A copy of the bylaws   and operational procedures for the Walling Cemetery as approved by the membership of St. Peter Lutheran Church in January 1998 is attached.  No past records could be located other than those that were kept by Charlie Sonnenburg. His daughter, Onnie Mae Boortz, shared his records with us. You will see notations “Sonnenburg Records” which indicates that this is our only record now or when we first began. Where dates and other information was difficult to read, they were compared with the first church record book which beings in 1906 and ends in 1980. At this writing later records were not used for comparisons and questionable dates. Please also note that when church records are  references they are presented in Script. These records have been recorded and checked again, however, there  may still be errors in them. If you have a question about a specific date or name, check it out on the gravestone. If we need to go to the church records to verify the information, I will be glad to assist in doing that research. Please share any misinformation and its corrections with all of us. I hope you find this information of value to your and your family. Thanks to Leona Piel, Camille and Michael  Penney for their assistance in obtaining and correcting these records  in the hot sun. In Christian Love ----- Betty (Piel) Penney -----June, 1998

Photos added Oct 2009

Space Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Notes/Inscriptions
R1-23 Arndt Herman Gotlieb May 27, 1922 April 16, 1923
R2-31 Arndt Emilie August 5, 1871 August 05, 1926 nee. Maas
R4-23 Boortz Adolph B July 3, 1886 March 30, 1943   Photo    Adolph and spouse
R5-14 Boortz Robert F. February 6, `1883 June 22, 1958   Robert and Olga
R5-15 Boortz Olga August 21, 1905 January 29, 1972 Olga
R6-1   Boortz Charlie December 12 1912 April 14, 1970
R6-2   Boortz Onnie Mae March 31, 1905 6,318
R6-5   Boortz Milton 1937` March , 1971 2/26/37 - Shot in holdup He was city marshall Malone
R6-6   Boortz Janie 1939`
R6-29 Boortz Willie January 31, 1914 January 15, 1988
R6-30 Boortz Elda December 10, 1915 May , 1998
R2-4  Fieseler Emma B. July 30, 1875 April 30, 1908 Nee. Altmann
R2-33 Fieseler Mathilda January 20, 1877 May 07, 1927
R2-34 Fieseler Louis J. December 26, 1872 November 28, 1948
R1-4   Fieseler Norma Fieseler February 24, 1908 June 15, 1908 Norma Natalie Otilie Fieseler
R2-46 Geltmeier W. C. August 6, 1864 August 19, 1916 Buried Out of Sequence due to Suicide
R6-18 Geltmeier Reinhard (Pete) September 17, 1906 March 12, 1978
??-?? Geltmeier Willie E. Aug 29 1917   Aug 26 2000
??-?? Geltmeier  Levona Strauch   Feb 19 1919 - NDD
R6-19 Geltmeier Ella Mae December 30, 1908 January 27, 1991
R6-33 Geltmeier Robert D. February 4, 1941 June 25, 1990
R5-42 Giebler August December 27, 1899 April 26, 1969
R5-43 Giebler Lydia February 16, 1906 December 10, 1995
R7-21 Giebler Vernon Ray November 24, 1930 July 09, 1999
R2-7 Hocher Herman Karl January 28, 1845 March 27, 1913
R2-8 Hocher Bertha H. August 21, 1841 March 27, 1915 nee. Strauch
R1-5 Hocker Herman Adolf Hocker July 02, 1907 August 27, 1909 Son of Paul & Augusta Hocker
R3-6 Hocker Baby Boy Hocker April 13, 1967 April 13, 1967
R5-25 Hocker Paul B August 20,. 1878 September 25, 1962
R5-26 Hocker Augusta August 9, 1888 June 01, 1964
R6-7   Hocker August G. July 2,1907 April 29, 1972
R6-8   Hocker Haddie F. August 24, 1909 February 10, 1993
R7-14 Hocker Melvin (Pete) Adolf December 23, 1931 May 01, 1999
R4-27 Hoffman Nick December 6, 1874 May 30, 1944
R4-28 Hoffman Mary December 18, 1885 August 22, 1951 nee Habel
R5-23 Hoffman George F. November 27, 1909 May 11, 1961
??-?? Hoffman, Annie August 25 1907 July 17 2001
R4-11 Hugo August February 15, 1879 January 27, 1938 Check Date
R4-12 Hugo Emma September 14, 1883 September 12, 1979
R6-15 Hugo Alvina February 22, 1903 January 30, 1977
R6-16 Hugo Adolf September 29, 1902 September 30, 1983
R7-3  Jenkins Cleve November 16, 1907 November 30, 1995 Married 1938
R7-4  Jenkins Alice January 10, 1917 May 28, 1998
R4-13 Kaddatz Erna October 2, 1893 January 27, 1938 Check Date
R4-14 Kaddatz Charlie January 15,1891 February 03, 1938
R1-26 Klein Edward January 04, 1919 August 14, 1924 From Sonnenburg records Edward Gustav
R2-36 Klien Jacob July 26, 1886 October, 1928 Flat Marker with Name Only
R1-12 Korb Lundy O. December 12, 1908 July 10, 1913 Ludwig Henrich Oswald Korb
R4-26 Korb Edgar R. December 15, 1910 January 12, 1944 Edgar Otto Robert Korb
R5-3   Korb Ed December 21, 1876 September 30, 1955 Edward Korb - October 2, 1955
R5-4   Korb Emma J. January 6, 1875 January 28, 1963
R5-19 Korb Marie November 21, 1892 August 28, 1959 Martha
R5-20 Korb Robert November 4, 1887 February 10, 1965
??-?? Kruger, Georgia F, May 16 1920 - June 03 2005
??-?? Kruger, Delton F. (Blackie),  Jan 16 1923,  Sep 11 1992
R1-17 Kruger Adolph O. August 22, 1920 August 22, 1920 No gravestone - Sonnenburg Records
R1-18 Kruger Albert  E September 17, 1922 Sep 19 1996  US Navy WWII   Dec 06 1914 - Sep 19 1996
R1-40 Kruger Johnny Mack March 03, 1951 October 23, 1951
R2-19 Kruger Magdalena June 19, 1854 April 5, 1922
R2-20 Kruger John September 17, 1922 Difficult to read Albert
R4-18 Kruger Eula January 27, 1854 March 17, 1941 Sonnenburg Recrods???
R4-21 Kruger Albert February 14, 1893 June 08, 1942
R4-22 Kruger Tillie March 15,1891 August 29, 1963
R5-41 Kruger Helmut September 03, 1913 February 12, 1969 John
R6-9   Kruger John Henry May 14, 1919 August 16, 1972
R6-10 Kruger Mary O. August 21, 1925
R6-40 Kruger Delton F. (Blackie) January 16, 1923 September 11, 1992
R7-9   Kruger Albert E. December 6, 1914 September 19, 1996
R1-31 Kreuger Walter H. September 20, 1918 December 23, 1927 Heinrich
R2-43 Kreuger Mary Ann 1894` 1952`
R4-35 Lehmann Henry 8/25/1876 June 06, 1946 Henry Otto
R4-36 Lehmann Lena January 27. 1888 March 13, 1970
R2-17 Lentz Scharlothe April 1, 1831 December 15, 1920 Charlotte nee Hahn
R1-24 Loewe Lillie Alvine February 07, 1910 November 01, 1923
R1-29 Loewe Oliver June 24, 1927 June 24, 1927
R4-3   Loewe Adolph January 25, 1874 March 16, 1935
R4-4   Loewe Augusta K. December 27, 1878 January 25, 1957
R6-20 Loewe Adolph F. June 26, 1901 March 12, 1979
R6-21 Loewe Ida L. October 11, 1906 December 17, 1985
R6-42 Loewe Adolf Maloyde May 01, 1940 May 10, 1994
R2-5   Maass Karoline K. May 5, 1843 May ll, 1908 nee. Hahn
R2-35 Maass Charlie Ernest October 26, 1907 August 29, 1928 Son of F.M. & Minnie Maass
R4-33 Maass Albert H December 06, 1903 Auguest 13, 1945 Albert Henry
R4-34 Maass Erna A. June 27, 1905 November 18, 1994
R4-47 Maass W.F. (Bill) September 8, 1875 April 12, 1953 Willie F.
R4-48 Maass Minnie January 10, 1876 December 04, 1967
R5-16 Maass Dwayne H. September 09, 1940 July 11, 1958 (Pete)
R6-14 Maass Ray O.W. September 27, 1926 October 19, 1973 Rayolyn
R6-24 Maass Henrman December 17, 1907 May 5, 1985
R6-25 Maass Irene Pauline February 4, 1915 August 16, 1998
R7-5 Maass Lavon Albert 1936` January 19, 1996 LaVonne born January 15, 1935
??-?? Maass, Wilhelm A. (Bill) May 28 1900 - May 17 1997
R7-8   Maass Willie Adolf 1900` May 17, 1997 William born March 28, 2000
R1-36 Mandel Aubrey Mandel August 19, 1937 August 19, 1937 Oliver Dee Mandle
R1 - 0 Manske Ottilie Sophie August 21, 1889 July 01, 1901 Gravestone moved from original cemetery near railroad Child of Karl & Ottilie Manske
R1 - 1 Manske Leonie Benate Manske January 07, 1904 July 08, 1906
R1-13 Manske Robert O.E.G. July 01, 1913 June 09, 1915 Son of Henry and Frieda Manske Robert Friedridh Oswald Manske
R1-27 Manske Evelyn Rosa March 31,1925 April 01, 1925
R2-29 Manske Ottilie May 30, 1858 November 13, 1925 nee. Krause
R2-30 Manske Carl     Feb 14 1919- NDD
R4-5 Manske Henry December 19, 1883 November 05, 1937 Heinrich
R4-6 Manske Frieda August 15, 1891 August 15, 1974
R4-40 Manske Louise Melinda Markillie May 1, 1897 January 25, 1951
R4-41 Manske Augusta October 11, 1885 September 19, 1954
R4-43 Manske Rosa Dora Manske January 10, 1896 June 20, 1952 nee. Maas
R4-44 Manske Charlie H. October 13, 1891 November 02, 1952
R5-8 Manske Olga August 21, 1905 January 13, 1958
R5-9 Manske Paul April 23, 1901 May 23, 1976
R6-11 Manske W.N. June 16, 1918 November 05, 1972 Warner Nolan
R6-34 Manske Norman C. December 16, 1916 Augustr 24, 1990
R6-35 Manske Louise M. January 1, 1914 May 08, 1996
R6-43 Manske Shirley Ann Hancock July 16, 1937 July 09, 1995
R5-33 Manthie Edward Fredrick July 13, 1883 August 30, 1965
R5-34 Manthie Hilda A. May 24, 1888 May 20, 1966
R4-45 Monthey Fritz 1897` 1953` No Church Records
R4-46 Monthey Mary 1894` 1972` No Church Records
R6-17 Monthie Robert September 09, 1912 December 17, 1977
R1-6 Muesse Herbert Ernest Muesse April 18, 1910 May 30, 1910 No gravestone - Sonnenburg Records
R4-29 Muesse Gus June 16, 1872 September 25, 1944 Gustav A.
R4-30 Muesse Hedwig September 4, 1873 July 24, 1951
R5-44 Muesse W.M. (Bill) March 27, 1904 January 06, 1970 William
R5-45 Muesse Elsie March 26, 1907 March 26, 1998
R6-27 Muesse Monroe A March 5, 1893 April 12, 1987
R6-28 Muesse Bertha M. November 1, 1909 February 1, 1989

R7-16 Muesse, Milton James, Mar 04 1927, Jan 27 2005
R7-15 Muesse Billie June June 28, 1927 May 18, 1999
R2-1   Neumann Adolph March 25, 1977 July 29, 1907 No gravestone - Sonnenburg Records
R2-38 Neumann Emilie November 10, 1851 November 24, 1931
R2-39 Neumann August June 27, 1850 April 20, 1936
R4-9   Neumann Matilda May 14, 1882 December 07, 1937
R4-10 Neumann Otto October 20, 1884 November, 1937
R6-38 Neumann Adolph O. November 12, 1909 April 30, 1992 Married January 14, 1933   Lillie M  June 17 1913 - Oct 02 2001
R5-37 Open Ed Lehmann (Moved -Now Open) Unavilable October 66 Moved to Gerald Cemetery -
R6-12 Perry Arvid G. October 31, 1927 March 23, 1973
R1-22 Piel Robert Herbert March 17, 1923 April 02, 1923
R2-24 Piel Emma Cook September 15, 1889 May 17, 1923 Died in New York Buried here 5/23/1925
R2-40 Piel Louis A. April 22, 1894 November 17, 1932
R2-41 Piel George W. Jr. November 3.1884 March 20, 1935
R2-42 Piel George Sr. December 25,1849 December 29, 1942
R4-19 Piel Rudolf August 15, 1855 September 12, 1941
R4-20 Piel Julia July 10, 1860 July 08, 1960 Juliane nee Huse
R4-38 Piel Pauline October 14, 18881 January 20, 1950 Pauline Elizabeth Charlotte nee Manske
R4-39 Piel Adolph December 14, 1882 August 27, 1974
R5-12 Piel Herman T. May 7, 1896 June 21, 1958
R5-13 Piel Jennie December 5, 1898 November 13, 1972
R7-1 Piel Herbert "Bubie" September 27, 1914 August 21, 1995 Married December 15, 1934
R7-2 Piel Leona Turk March 19, 1914
R7-6 Piel Wilton R. March 31, 1921 February 18, 1996 Married December 16, 1945
R7-7 Piel Lillian M. (Schulze) December 23, 1923
R1-3 Radke Edna Radke October 12, 1905 November 26, 1907 Child of Edwin & Lina Radke
R1-8 Radke Child of Otto November 08, 1911 November 08, 1911 Infant Daughter of Otto & Matilda Radke
R1-14 Radke Mayedda June 16, 1914 August 03, 1917 Mayedda Adele Radke
R1-15 Radke Alex Otto January 02, 1919 January 02, 1919 6,998
R1-32 Radke Leona May 25, 1925 May 30, 1928 Wilhemina Leona Radke
R1-33 Radke Edmund August 13, 1916 July 20, 1928 Edmund Walter Radke
R1-38 Radke Betty Joan October 10, 1939 October 10, 1939
R2-14 Radke Augusta December 25, 1891 October 02, 1918 Augusta Bertha Radke
R2-15 Radke Felix A. October 30, 1914 January 10, 1938
R2-27 Radke Adeline December 30, 1848 February 24, 1925 Adalina Marie Helene Radke nee Ohmstead
R2-28 Radke Alex May 9, 1851 March 01, 1931 Alexander
R2-32 Radke Walter September 19, 1888 October 26, 1926 Walter Albert Richard Radke
R4-7 Radke Otto J. December 4, 1884 February 06, 1968
R4-8 Radke Matilda E. December 14, 1891 November 30, 1937
R5-1 Radke A.F.C. (Alie) September 13, 1874 September 01, 1954
R5-2 Radke Martha February 9, 1879 February 14, 1971
R5-35 Radke Harry A. March 6, 1883 April 06, 1966
R5-36 Radke Emma P. March 18, 1888 August 10, 1971
R7-19 Radke Alvin Willy Walter August 29, 1912 May 20, 1999
R2-18 Reiske Ottilie May 11,1847 April 08, 1920
R1-28 Scheler Herbert L. September 25, 1920 June 03, 1925
R1-9 Scheu Child  December 24, 1912 December, 1912 Child of Fritz and Alvina Scheu
R2-6 Scheu Alwine December 7, 1867 Feburary 25, 1911 Difficult to read
R2-9 Scheu Otilige January 4, 1846 November 22, 1912 nee. Braudt (9/30/1913) ???
R2-10 Scheu Ernestine August 12, 1884 March 25, 1965
R2-16 Scheu Otto August 21, 1834 March 30, 1919
R4-42 Scheu Fritz December 7, 1867 March 21, 1952
R5-7 Scheu Paul June 17, 1871 November 17, 1956
R1-16 Schlueter Norma July 17, 1913 August 19, 1919 Norma Elise Helen Schlueter
R1-35 Schmidt Herbert O January 10, 1926 February 22, 1935 Sonnenburg Records-Herbert Dee Walker Schmidt
R2-22 Schrank J.L. July 27,1843 November 05, 1922 Johann Ludwig
R2-23 Schrank Caroline June 5, 1844 April 30, 1931 Anna Caroline
R4-16 Schrank Will March 25, 1869 January 05, 1939
R4-17 Schrank Emma September 15, 1874 Ma;y 29, 1956
R5-29 Schrank Walter February 08, 1901 November 08, 1963
R5-17 Sonnenberg Erna August 26, 1916 April 25, 1959
??-?? Sonnenberg, Vernon Feb 02 1916 Oct 19 2007 R6-22
??-??Sonnenberg Henry E. August 14, 1899 June 18, 1983
R6-23 Sonnenberg Alice C. October 09, 1900 December 25, 1990
R6-32 Sonnenberg Christopher Lee November 11, 1972 May 2, 1990
R2-25 Sonnenburg Emma December 15, 1874 January 18, 1925 nee Reinke
R2-26 Sonnenburg Friedrick March 10, 1854 July 01, 1932 Fritz
R3-4   Sonnenburg Betty Charlene August 03, 1950 October 19, 1958
R4-1   Sonnenburg Charlie March 25, 1889 June 7, 1978
R4-2   Sonnenburg Emma (Manske) February 14, 1896 November 28, 1932 Emma Adeline Amanda
R6-36 Stephens Bob October 16, 1943 July 12, 1991
R1 - 2 Strauch Herbert Strauch November 29, 1906 Dec. 4, 1906 Son of Martin and Lena Strauch
R4-37 Strauch Samuel October 15, 1915 October 05, 1944 Killed in Europe in War Reburied here 8/12/1948
??-??   Straugh,  Martin & Lena
R5-5   Strauch Lena August 27, 1877 May 23, 1981
R5-6 Strauch Martin n J. October 31, 1876 November 10, 1955
R4-31 Symank Herman October 13, 1889 December 23, 1944
R4-32 Symank Della 1890` 1988` Not in old book
R4-24 Trojan Hattie T May 31, 1893 January 08, 1944
R4-25 Trojan Fredrick (Fred) September 6, 1890 October 31, 1958
R6-26 Trojan Milton August 20, 1922 September 14, 1986
R1-39 Trompler Sammie Dee January 19, 1941 January 23, 1941 Difficult to read Son of Halmet & Leona Trompler
R2-2   Trompler Johnanna July 24, 1854 April 12, 1944
R2-3   Trompler Carl C. March 26, 1834 April 24, 1908 middle name Gotlieb
R5-21 Trompler Gertrude February 14, 1897 December 11, 1959
R5-22 Trompler Henry January 28, 1892 September 18, 1979
R5-27 Trompler Leona February 19, 1919 May 25, 1963
R5-28 Trompler Halmut May 25, 1915 January 12, 1969
R2-21 Unknown Unknown???? 8-27-1918? February 16, 1926 Metal Marker with No.1276798 & No.1573268 on back
R1-34 Walker Patricia Maxine November 08, 1930 November 17, 1931
R5-31 Walker John Henry June 29, 1893 February 03, 1964
R5-32 Walker Annie Alvina February 12, 1903 December 06, 1971
R1-11 Wendt Herman May, 1913 May, 1913 Born & Died November 25, 1912
R5-10 Wendt Emilie July 11, 1881 February 07, 1958
R5-11 Wendt Herman April 19, 1875 December 04, 1962
R6-31 Westmoreland Ruth Ellinoro August 4, 1933 April 11, 1989
R3-1 White Child of Child of Mr.& Mrs. White who lived in
R3-2 White Child of Section Houses next to railroad tracks
R3-3 White Child of
R3-5 Wilkins Kevin Lee August 20, 1966 December 30, 1966
Wise, Dorothy Hattie   Feb 13 1828 -- can't read   2nd photo
R7-10 Young Marvin Joe April 24, 1931 April 20, 1999
Young, Mildred
Young, Paula Kay and Pamela Kay
R1-25 Zettler Alice June 09, 1924 June 09, 1924
R1-30 Zettler Morgan A June 20, 1927 December 17, 1927 Adolf Morgan Zettler
R4-15 Zettler Carl , Sr. October 9, 1855 August 26, 1938 Difficult to Read
R5-39 Zettler Hattie January 05, 1904 November 14, 1966
??-??   Zettler, Ruby A. Dec 10 1927 NDD
??-??  Zettler, Eulan A.  Jun 11 1926,  Oct 16 2003
Zettler Kenneth Ray  "Kenny"   NMay 24 1950   Dec 01 2007
R5-40 Zettler Henry , Jr. February 24, 1900 January 03, 1993
R6-3 Zettler Nellie P. December 31, 1899 February 18, 1971
R6-4 Zettler Ed October 3, 1897 December 10, 1985
R2-12 Zibilske Fritz September 11, 1877 January 02, 1918 Zibilski
R2-13 Zibilske Alvina 1881` January 21, 1958