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Vernon Cemetery, Vernon,Michigan
This section is on the west side of the cemetery at the north end. The last section in the older part. The rows go west to east with the stones read south to north.
Section 4
row 1
1
GURIA
Our Beloved Mother and Father
Mary Peter
1897-1980 1889-1930
double stone
2
Anna R. GURIA
May 2, 1919 - May 26, 1999
3.
Salvador GURIA
Dec. 31, 1917 -
4
William J. FORMAN
1938-1984
5
WEST
James M. Donna M.
Oct. 3, 1943 Oct. 19, Mar. 30, 1945
1968 Oct. 14, 1999
east side of double stone
WEST
west side of stone
row 2
6
planted urn
7
James H. CLIFFORD
QM3 US Navy
May 15, 1958 - May 10, 1981
8
Frank A. CLIFFORD
SGT US Marine Corps
Jul. 10, 1948 - June 26, 2000
9
Elsie J. SHOEMAKER
Mother
1921-1984
10
BEHNKE
Kenneth W. married Jimmye J.
1930-2001 July 22, 1950 1933-
Mason logo - east side of double stone
Kenneth W. BEHNKE
US Navy
Korea
1930-2001
west side of stone
11
Misty
Sept. 6, 1974 - Jan. 14, 2002
on a wooden cross, hand lettered
12
HOPPER
Edward E. Jr.
Jan. 26, 1921
Helen RIDDELL
May 7, 1920
row 3
13
Mother
Gay K. WATKINS
1902-1969
14
KRANTZ
west side of stone
KRANTZ
Donald W. Marie E.
1913-1969 1911 R.N. 1983
double stone
row 4
15
John Paul REYNOLDS
May 1, 1910 - Aug 12, 1965
Mason logo
16
Margaret E. REYNOLDS
1910-1961
17
MARSH
William R. Nellie May
Co F 7th Inf 3rd Div
1895-1975 1890-1956
double stone
18
HORVATH
west side of stone
HORVATH
Stephen Martha L.
1912-1995 1917-1998
double stone
19
ESTEP
Artington E. Pauline M.
1911-1996 1915-1982
double stone
20
BURD
Melvin VanAkin Julia Ella
1914 1909-2000
Son of Melvin S. and daughter of Charles R. and
Elizabeth VanAKIN BURD Jennie J. MONTAGUE ROBINSON
double stone
21
SHERMAN
Wellington H. Alice Marie
Feb. 7, 1909-Nov. 25, 2000 May 16, 1908-July 10, 1996
double stone
22
Ellsworth Lucy M.
Aug. 20, 1906-May 29, 1994 Nov. 19, 1910
married June 30, 1951
OSBORN
double stone
23
PARKS
Carlyle C. Virginia R.
1919-1991 1926-
Eagles marker - double stone
24
PORTER
Clifford E. Maxine K.
Aug. 10, 1921 Feb. 6, 1924
May 26, 1994
Mason and Eastern Star logo’s - east side of double stone
Clifford E. PORTER
CPL US Army
World War II
1921-1994
west side of stone
row 5
25
Harold Louis LARSON
Michigan
SGT 1662 ORD MAM Platoon
World War II
Sept. 11, 1913 - Oct. 15, 1964
26
Alfred Fern
1887-1962 1897-1968
ALLEN
double stone
27
KALAKAY
Father Mother
Steven J. Jr. Florence E.
1916-1972 1917-
double stone
28
COONEY
William E. Helen L.
“Edd”
1922- 1926-1997
double stone
29
BADOUR
Dad Mom
David G. Patricia
“Susie”
1938- 1941-1995
double stone
30
BELLINGER
Dorothy L. Kenneth R.
1918-1994 1918-2001
double stone
30A
new unmarked grave
row 6
31
Lucinda MacKAY Ida E. ARMES
1859-1960 1878-1967
double stone
32
SHERMAN
William H. Gertrude D.
1881-1975 1884-1956
Mason and Eastern Star logo’s - double stone
33
HOLMES
Florence J. Arthur L.
1912-2001 1921-1998
USN World War II
picture of couple on stone-east side of double stone
Arthur L. HOLMES
US Navy
World War II
Jul 28, 1921 - Oct. 6, 1998
west side of stone
34
MILLER
William A. Ruby M.
1904-1983 1901-1987
double stone
row 7
35
Kelly Ann WARREN
April 3, 1978
36
Jason Jeffrey WARREN
May 23, 1977
row 8
37
FERRELL
Father Mother
Ebert L. Mable L.
1905-1961 1909-19(blank)
married May 24, 1927
double stone
38
COONEY
Charles J. Margaret J.
1883-1963 1887-1965
double stone
39
HURLEY
Juanita M. Frank J.
1916-1969 1906-1982
double stone
40
Wendell O. MORSE
1940-1970
41
Father
Thomas E. MORSE
1909-1972
42
ROSSER
John C Betty M. Steven J.
1930- 1932- 1957-1976
triple stone
43
ROSSER
Otis Sr. Evelyn
1897-1980 1906-1992
double stone
44
Harold J. ROSSER
PFC US Army
World War II
Nov. 3, 1923 - Mar. 7, 1979
45
Randy C. WHITE
Apr. 21, 1983 - Aug. 7, 1983
row 8
46
AUGUSTINE
Vera M. Joseph S.
1892-1980 1888-1957
double stone
47
BEDELL
Delphis Victoria
1878-1966 1882-1972
Elks logo - double stone
48
Helen H. BUCK
Aug. 22, 1912 - May 18, 1975
49
Charles S. BUCK
1904-1969
Mason logo
50
Mark W. BOEFF
1955-1959
51
KAMM
Lillian E. Kendall J.
1924-1969 1907-1978
double stone
52
Wife & Mother
Pauline D. COY
1916-1969
53
George F. CHAPMAN
SSGT US Army
World War II
Jun 28, 1926 - Mar 18, 1976
53
NELSON
Charles H Dec. 15, Ruth P.
1895-1981 1928 1909-1998
double stone
Charles H. NELSON
PFC US Army
World War II
Mar 25, 1895 - Jan 18, 1981
footstone
55
Billie PRICE Melba Marie PRICE
Oct. 17, 1920 Feb. 17, 1923
Dec. 6, 2001
World War II
double stone
row 9
56
Son, Father, Grandfather
Raymond W. COY
Apr. 7, 1943 - Dec. 11, 1996
We Love & Miss You
row 10
57
Virgal Lee PITTS
1902-1957
58
George A. CHAPMAN
Michigan
PFC US Army
World War I
Dec. 2, 1894, - Feb. 10, 1974
59
Henrietta CHAPMAN
Sept. 21, 1905 -
60
Charles G. Johnson
1868-1961
61
Daughter
Cindy Lee CONRAD
Mar. 2, 1957 - Oct. 20, 1968
62
Milton Frank FARERO
Michigan FN US Navy
Korea
Sept. 3, 1934 - Feb. 10, 1970
63
LENESCHMIDT
Jon C. “Jack” Janet A.
1941-1970 1942 -
double stone
64
JOHNSON
married June 20, 1940
Richard J. Margaret H.
1910-1974 1916-
Brotherhood of Railroad men marker - east side of double stone
Son
Douglas M. JOHNSON
born Oct. 8, 1958
Lost at sea Nov. 14, 1981 On the Christina J off Coos Bay, Oregon
west side of stone
65
Phillip L. FALER
1932-1977
66
SHENK
Joseph H. Carol G.
1913-1979 1915-1996
Mason and Eastern Star logo’s-double stone
67
DALLAS
Joe L. Helen E.
1916-1999 1914-
Mason and Eastern Star Logo’s-east side of double stone
Joseph L. DALLAS
SGT US Armay
World War II
1916-1999
west side of stone
row 11
68
Percy A. TYLER
PFC US Army
World War I
Feb. 19, 1898 - Oct. 3, 1982
69
Mother
Marie K. TYLER
1900-1956
70
MANGRUM
Nathaniel A. Agnes M.
1889-1965 1892-1959
double stone
71
Edgar H. MUSTARD
Jan. 23, 1904 - Sept. 27, 1961
72
Irene w. MUSTARD
July 8, 1905 - Dec. 11, 1956
73
Ruth E. DELL
Jan. 15, 1878 - Oct. 10, 1958
74
Harry B. DELL
June 26, 1890 - May 18, 1966
3rd Div Reg Army W. W. I
75
MILLER
Hazel M. Hugh J.
1894-1983 1893-1964
double stone
76
SACK
west side of stone
SACK
Victor H. Catherine A.
Aug. 16, 1916 Dec. 5, 1919
Apr. 9, 1985
east side of double stone
77
DIMKOFF
Kosta
1912-1981
double stone, one side is blank
78
SHENK
Donald R. Emma
1883-1970 1891-1972
double stone
79
Edward NELSON
1892-1969
80
PARKS
Wellington S. Florence
1890-1977 1896-1978
double stone
81
CRAWFORD
Frank E. Norma M.
1921-1982 1922-
east side of stone
Frank E. CRAWFORD
S2 US Navy
World War II
Dec. 26, 1921 - Mar. 3, 1982
west side of stone
82
MOTT
Robert L. Sr. Norma M.
May 25, 1941 Dec. 29, 1941
Apr. 28, 2000
east side of double stone
Robert L. MOTT Sr.
US Air Force
Vietnam
1941-2000
west side of stone
row 12
83
CRAVEN
Nora J. Bert R.
1901-1993 1894-1973
west side of stone
HALE
Richard Mildred
1899-1993 1904-1990
Knights of Columbus and Easter Star logo’s-east side of stone
84
Our Baby
Jennifer Lynn ERNEST
Sept. 16, 1971
85
2 urns plus planted flowers - no marker
86
Joseph W. SHEPHERD
SN US Navy
Korea
Apr. 4, 1937 - Oct. 24, 1982
row 13
87
VARGA
Father Mother
Steven together Lidia
1882-1957 in memory 1895-1969
double stone
88
SOLOC
Anna E. Joseph
1886-1956 1884-1968
double stone
89
Daughter
Deborah Lee BANCROFT
June 25, 1952 - Dec. 11, 1969
90
FAGAN
Frederick J. Judy D.
1944- 1945-1976
double stone
91
TONY
Pete Anna
1885-1985 1888-1976
double stone
92
Lamonte Van HORSLEY
Michigan
CPL H&S Co 2 BN 1 MAR Div (REIN)
Vietnam PH
Jan. 31, 1947 = May 9, 1968
93
HORSLEY
William Alta
Apr. 28, 1923 May 31, 1922
double stone
94
Jeffrey C. SUNDAY
1956-1975
95
Kathy Ann SUNDAY
Apr. 2, 1962 - Apr. 21, 1986
96
Phyllis Ann SUNDAY
May 9, 1934 - Sept. 29, 1990
97
Marion Ralph SUNDAY Jr.
Dec. 20, 1933 - Nov. 27, 2000
98
WEBER
Lynwood R. Betty J.
Sept. 11, 1934 Apr. 30, 1932
Sept. 28, 1999
Father Mother
married March 23, 1968
99
Omer WITTUM
1914-2000
row 14
100
NICHOLS
James E. Minerva E.
1890-1956 1894-1979
double stone
101
JOHNSON
Anna L. George W.
1882-1955 1875-1957
102
MOORE
Harry Cora E.
May 15, 1888 Sept. 24, 1888
Aug. 21, 1961 Mar. 16, 1963
double stone
103
BANCROFT
Neosha J. Roger C.
Dec. 7, 1937 July 12, 1938
Sept. 19, 1999
double stone
104
Mother
Bernice BANCROFT
1911-1987
105
Robert Ray DIAL Jr.
Michigan
A1C US Air Force
Nov. 2, 1931 - Jan. 16, 1961
106
DIAL
Yvonne N. Robert R.
1908-1970 1905-1962
double stone
107
SMITH
O. Bert Anna M.
1872-1962 1876-19(blank)
double stone
108
CRAWFORD
Alberta Jefferson A.
1904-blank 1899-1961
double stone
109
HATHON
Cecil J. Georgianna
1916-2001 1915-1995
double stone
110
SEEBACK
Albert C. Betty J.
1912-1966 1924-1996
double stone
111
Violet M. GRASKEY
Jan. 14, 1940 - Oct. 3, 1975
112
Robert Allan ERNEST
1943-1969
Dear Son, Paint the heavens with the colors you lved so well
113
ERNEST
Majil E. James F.
1922- 1915-1999
Married Sept. 15, 1940
double stone
114
Floral decoration - no marker
row 15
115
Gone But not Forgotten
Mary E. GEORGE
Dec. 3, 1925 - Oct. 14, 2000
116
Lillian M. KITTLE
(Ma KITTLE)
1906-1972
117
KOLMAN
Mother Son
Davette J. James B.
1936-1954 1952-1959
double stone
118
WINER
Delmar F. Edith
1910-1955 1911-1990
double stone
119
DOCKINS
Elmer E. Flora I.
1912-1989 1993
double stone
120
BUGINSKY
Steve Tressa
1881-1959 1887-1967
double stone
121
BREILER
Amy R. Albert C.
1914-1987 1911-1980
double stone
122
Leland S. MACK
1930-1959
123
FALER
Fred W. Alice Mae
1896-1988 1906-1960
double stone
124
Dale K. KENNEDY
Feb. 4, 1924 - Feb. 17, 1965
125
Kelli Ann WISMER
Jan. 15, 1964 - June 3, 1968
126
BALISH
George A. Maria C.
1922-1984 1920-
east side of double stone
George A. BALISH
PFC US Army
World War II
May 24, 1922 - Jun. 11, 1984
west side of stone
row 16
127
Otto William BEHNKE
Michigan
SGT Motor Trans Corps
World War I
May 29, 1892 - Oct. 7, 1967
128
Dorothy G. BEHNKE
1898-1956
129
Francis (Frank) C. RUMERY
August 15, 1912 - July 15, 1989
W. W. II Veteran
130
FORRO
Steve Emma
1883-1958 1885-1973
double stone
131
DURLING
Hattie William H.
1886-1975 1882-1973
double stone
132
Son
John A. ANDERSON
1932-1960
133
ANDERSON
John C. Kathryn L.
1906-1967 1911-1986
double stone
134
Daughter
Lila J. ANDERSON
1933-1988
135
McCARTY
William J. Mary F.
1892-1962 1894-1967
Woman Relief Corp and VFW Aux logo’s-double stone
136
Edward L. GRASKEY
1911-1967
137
Helen A. GRASKEY
1911-1984
138
TAYLOR
Murle D. Bertha M.
1899-1963 1899-1987
double stone
139
GUSTIN
L. Minetta Daniel T.
1876-1964 1874-1963
Easter Star and Elks logo’s-double stone
140
In Remembrance of
Walter W. DOUBLESTEIN
1933-1996
141
In Loving Memory of
Emma DOUBLESTEIN
June 20, 1896 - June 15, 1964
142
DOUBLESTEIN
Eldon G. Barbara A.
Sept. 14, 1923 Sept. 13, 1931
double stone
row 17
143
HARTMAN
David Leona C.
April 24, 1915 Sept. 15, 1920
Sept. 11, 1988
double stone
144
MAAR
Mother Father
Mary Joseph
1892-1955 1885-1963
double stone
145
Jerome Ethel
1899-1958 1910-1980
BROTHERS
146
DURLING
Velma L. Rollin W.
1905-1959 1906-1965
double stone
147
DANFORTH
Harry C. Margaret J.
1891-1958 1892-1988
Mason and Eastern Star logo’s-double stone
148
Elmer H. VanGORDER
Mar. 18, 1926 - Dec. 22, 1959
149
Dear Uncle
Charles MAAR
1893-1963
150
HOPPER
Charles F. Jessamine Berlyn Edward E.
1904-1962 1909-19(blank) 1902-1993 1901-1988
Quad stone
151
UNGER
William F. Christina H.
1883-1962 1881-1967
double stone
152
UNGER
Harold J. Imelda
1910-1984 1911-1994
double stone
153
Corabelle Maurice
1916- 1916-1962
DeCLERG
154
SPENCER
Louisa M. Martin V.
1910-1969 1904-1963
double stone
155
SPENCER
Roy M. Rosmary
1933-1982 1930-1996
married May 25, 1965
double stone
156
HUNT
Mildred Clyde
1892-1987 1887-1963
double stone
read by S. Gorman, November 2002.
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