Calvary Cemetery

Menard County, Illinois



Directions: This cemetery is located on Route 123 just about 1 mile outside of Petersburg. From Petersburg, turn east at the Route 97 and 123 junction (the stop light), and go about one mile. The cemetery is located on the North side of the highway and easily seen. It sits across the road from Rose Hill Cemetery.

The original transcription of Calvary Cemetery was completed by Mr. James Toal in 2000. Betty Albert and Jeanie Lowe are currently taking photos and re-reading the cemetery to bring the listing up to date.


Jeanie's granddaughter Kelsey "taking a close up" photo at Calvary.

Click here for: Plat Map1          Plat Map 2

Pictures & transcription for the web provided by: Jeanie Lowe.


Name Born Died Age Additional Inscription/Info.
AMBERGER, Anna A 1876 1940
AMBERGER, Joseph C 1876 1951
AMBERGER, Lucille - (Obit) 1914 2002
AMBERGER, Thomas P. 1911 1996
ANDREE, Adolph 1 Jul 1864 7 Aug 1937 Father
ANDREE, Caroline 10 Mar 1882 9 Dec 1972 Mother
ANDREE, Peter 1843 1906
ANDREE, Susanna 1841 1911
ARMSTRONG, Clyde H. 21 Sep 1903 17 Feb 1974
ARMSTRONG, Genevieve E. 24 Oct 1903 5 Apr 1994
BABB, Alice 1922 1997
BABB, William H. 1911 1978
BAGBY, Helen J. 1925
BAGBY, Raleigh G. 24 Jan 1923 4 Nov 1995 CPL US Army Air Corps WWII
BALL, John W. 1937 1953 Son
BALL, Mary Alice 1885 1953
BALL, Thomas E. 1914 1999
BALL, William J. 1884 1958
BELL, Dora F. 1888 1955 Mother
BENNETT, Elizabeth 2 Apr 1847
BENNETT, John 28 Dec 1826 17 Sep 1912
BENNETT, Martin 15 Aug 1833 25 Sep 1904 Native of Queens Co. Ireland
BIRCH, Thomas Francis 23 Oct 1893 2 Dec 1964 Ill. S2 US Navy WWI
BLANQUART, Dorthea 1909 1972
BOEHM, Carl J. 1918 1992
BOEHM, Dorthalyne C. 1921
BRADFORD, Jennie K. 30 Sep 1888 23y7m9d
BRADY, Daniel Adam 5 Jul 1986 23 Aug 2006
BRADY, Elaine H. 4 Jul 1929
BRADY, J. Eugene 1907 1976
BRADY, Glenn F. 21 Feb 1931 24 Sep 1988
BRADY, Margaret M. 1908 1975
BRISCOE, Andree P. 4 Jun 1907 3 Sep 1907
BRISCOE, Christine 2 Mar 1875 26 Nov 1918
BRUSEKE, Henry A. 2 Mar 1828 29 Jan 1906
BRUSEKE, Louis 28 Feb 1869 15 Dec 1893 Son of Henry & Mary Bruseke
BRUSEKE, Mary K. 25 Jul 1835 7 Aug 1918
BUETTNER, Carol A. 20 Dec 1949
BUETTNER, Mark R. 9 Sep 1949 20 Sep 1994
BURGIO, Judith A. 4 Jan 1945 1 Nov 1985
CALLAHAN, Ellen 1848 1934
CALLAHAN, James E. 13 Oct 1877 31 Dec 1947
CALLAHAN, Thomas 1837 1887 (Per death records, he died 23 Nov 1886)
CALLAHAN, Zita Lt. Col. 21 Apr 1885 15 May 1960
CAMPBELL, Doretna M. (Stewart) 14 Jan 1934 16 Jun 2007 (Wife of Dale Campbell)
CAMPBELL, Minnie Pfaffenback 1881 1970
CAPECCHI, Onorato 10 Apr 1854 16 May 1924 Grandfather
CARNEY, Elenor M. 6 Jan 1897 86y
CARNEY, Ellen M. 1862 1938 Mother
CARNEY, James 4 Jun 1896 82y Father
CARNEY, James J. 1857 1934 Father
CARNEY, John T. 15 Jan 1886 6 Nov 1921 Son of J.J. & N.M. Carney
CARR, Jane McCleary 1890
CARR, Louise Pfaffenbach 1877 1952
CARR, William D. 1888 1949
CARROLL, Ellen 8 Apr 1885 19y5m20d
CARROLL, Patrick 10 Sep 1902 31y5m23d
CARROLL, Phillip 14 Nov 1896 72y
CASE, Mary Pauly 1898 1990
CHIATELD, Infant 14 Dec 1905 6y Infant Son of C. & A. Chiateld
CLARK, Dorothy Knous 21 Mar 1928
CLARY, Helen Marie 20 Jul 1915 22 Apr 1993 Married 26 Oct 1944
CLARY, W. Hugh 18 Dec 1913 10 Mar 1993
CLAUSSEN, Anna L 1909 1993
CLAUSSEN, C. Joseph 1933
CLAUSSEN, Daniel W. 1881 1962
CLAUSSEN, Kathryn B. 1878 1964
CLAUSSEN, Margaret Joan 1934 1973
CLAUSSEN, Theodore R 1905 1985
CLAUSSEN, Wayne Edward 1931 1973
CLINTON, Catherine 19 Sep 1897 65y Wife of B. Clinton
COADY, Anna A. 1868 1948
COADY, John F. 1887 1959
COADY, Katie A. 1894 1983
COADY, Thomas H. 1905 1984
COADY, Thomas J. 1859 1939
CODY, Thomas Sr. 1 May 1903 76y
COLEMAN, Bridget 1866 1901 His Wife (Wife of Patrick J. Coleman)
COLEMAN, Bridget 1926
COLEMAN, Catherine 1945
COLEMAN, Henry 18 May 1830 6 Nov 1909 Father
COLEMAN, Martin 1928
COLEMAN, Martin P. 1840 1912
COLEMAN, Mary His Wife
COLEMAN, Patrick 1859 1913
CONNERY, James 31 Mar 1879 47y8m14d
COPECHIO, Onorato 20 May 1854 10 May 1924 Death Cert.
COSTA, Kenneth J. 29 Aug 1939 19 Dec 2005
CRONAN, Arthur W. 1903 1966
CRONAN, Bridget 1 Aug 1828 18 Aug 1883 Wife of Patrick
CRONAN, Catherine 1872 1957
CRONAN, Dorothy K. 1905 1982 His Wife
CRONAN, Edward P. 30 Jul 1885 28 Aug 1885
CRONAN, Elizabeth 8 May 1865 9 Sep 1889
CRONAN, George F. 4 Jul 1910 8 Jul 1989 Uncle
CRONAN, Jerry 1860 1940
CRONAN, John Inf Son of P. & B. Cronan
CRONAN, Leo 1884 1967
CRONAN, Margaret 15 Jul 1827 17 Sep 1855 Wife of Patrick
CRONAN, Mary Inf Dau of P. & B. Cronan
CRONIN, Mary 21 Apr 1889 10 Oct 1889
CRONAN, Patrick 17 May 1829 22 Sep 1891 Husb of Margaret & Bridget
CRONAN, Patrick Inf Son of P. & B. Cronan
CRONAN, William L. 1929 1994 Son
DAILEY, Gertrude Regina 1895 1926
DAILEY, Mary H. 1856 1916 His wife
DAILEY, Thomas J. 1855 1928
DAILY, Callie 6 Feb 1862 3 Mar 1893
DALY, Edwin P. 1902 1940
DALY, Muriel D. 1906
DAWSON, Frank John 10 Apr 1892 26 Apr 1926
DAWSON, Helen Mary 28 Jul 1895 1 Aug 1965
DEGAN, Ellen 1848 1888
DEGAN, James 1847 1887
DICKEN, Thomas E. 23 Mar 1907 14 Sep 1985 US Navy WWII
DONAHU, Bridget 14 Aug 1829 24 Feb 1924 His Wife
DONAHU, John 14 Dec 1816 31 Aug 1896
DORAN, Malachi 14 Nov 1847 31 Oct 1901
DORAN, Mary 1854 1910
DOUGLASS, Michael 20 May 1898 76y2m Father
DOWLING, Ira T. 1901 1977
DOWLING, Nelle M. 1905 1973
DOWNEY, Ida May 1878 1958
DOWNEY, John 1833 11 Mar 1882
DOWNEY, Joseph 1877 1933
DOWNEY, Nelle E. 10 Mar 1883 25 Jan 1905 Wife of Paul J.
DOWNEY, Patrick 2 Feb 1832 13 Aug 1903 71y9m11d
DOWNEY, Willie 1872 1885
DOYLE, Marguerite M. 1 Sep 1870 11 Aug 1954
DOYLE, William B. 6 Nov 1869 7 Oct 1941
DUNCHEN, Anthony 29 Mar 1935 72y 8m 16d
DUNCHEN, Edward 1900 1982
DUNCHEN, Ernest 1905 1960
DUNCHEN, Louise 3 Jun 1914 42y 10m 6d
DUNCHEON, Fred A. 1911 1967
DUNCHEON, John L. 1896 1964 Father
DUNCHEON, Leo A. 1931 1989 GMG1 U.S.N. Korea Vietnam
DUNCHEON, Mary I. 1918 1978
DUNCHEON, Meta G. 1904 1967 Mother
DUNCHEON, Norma F. 1903 1998
DUNCHEON, Thelma 11 Aug 1935
DUNCHEON, Walter R. 12 Jan 1935 13 Nov 1991 Married 17 Oct 1953
ED, Carl F. (3 Dec) 1923 (29 Sep) 2006 Married 25 Oct 1940; U.S. Navy WWII
ED, Eileen M. (Moody) 1924 1998 (Wife of Carl Ed)
EILERS, Nora 4 Jun 1862 28 Apr 1928
EVANS, Marilyn A. 25 Mar 1938 12 Aug 1988 Dau of Ann Peterson
EVANS, Richard D. 20 Jan 1937 31 Dec 2000 Husband of beloved Marilyn
FAHAY, Edward J. 29 Feb 1908 41y 13d
FAHAY, James 1838 17 May 1908 Born in Tipperary, Ireland
FAHAY, John M. 25 Dec 1901 20y 1m 16d
FAHAY, Mary 24 May 1904 32y 1m 23d Wife of E.J. Fahay
FAHAY, Mary 1 Aug 1841 27 Jun 1917 Born in Co. Cavern Ireland
FAHAY, Mary 9 Apr 1890 53y
FAHEY, Philip 4 May 1878 43y22d Native of Tipperary Co., Ire.
FAYHAY, Charles F. 1878 1962
FAYHAY, Lizzie A. 1877 1981
FEAGANS, Carol J. 1934 1988
FEAGANS, Frank A. 2 Dec 1927 7 Mar 1994 A1C US Air Force Korea
FEAGANS, Michael Erin 16 Feb 1990 20 Feb 1990 Son of J.G. & C.E. Feagans
FIELD, Andrew 12 Aug 1837 26 Feb 1895
FIELD, Margaret 1851 22 Mar 1923
FIELDS, Harold C. 1919 1919
FIELDS, Lorene E. 1917 1919
FIELDS, Lucy Pauly 1896 1938 Mother
FIELDS, Marjorie Irene 1922 1924
FILBRIGHT, Francis 9 Dec 1881 46y
FITZSIMMONS, Ruby J. 23 Mar 1896 15 Jul 1966
FITZSIMMONS, Thomas E. 23 Jun 1888 16 Apr 1979
FOERSTER, A. Marie 1897 1956
FOERSTER, Gerhard 13 Jan 1856 5 Aug 1907
FOERSTER, John 19 Aug 1905 6 Apr 1918
FOERSTER, Mary M 1930 1955
FOERSTER, Matthew P. 198? 1961
FOERSTER, Theresia 3 Aug 1870 5 Nov 1940
FOLEY, John 13 Aug 1869 1m 16d Son of T. & G.E. Foley
FRANZA, Louis 1910 1979
FRANZA, Mary J. (8 May) 1916 (6 May) 2005 (Wife of Louis Franza)
FRICK, Albert E. 1894 1970
FRICK, Helen M. 31 May 1928
FRICK, Mae F. 1893 1980
FRICK, Mary Catherine 1930 1938
FRICK, William E. 7 Jul 1920 23 Jan 2001
GALLAGHER, Ann 1840 1913
GALLAGHER, Charles F. 1869 1944 Father
GALLAGHER, Hugh 1834 1894
GALLAGHER, James 20 Mar 1880 33y
GALLAGHER, James J. 1867 1942
GALLAGHER, Mary V. 1876 1948 Mother
GALLAGHER, Sarah 1835 1875
GLEASON, Edward 1 Nov 1871 18 Mar 1943
GLENN, John 19 Aug 1887 34y
GOETZ, Shawn Patrick Sullivan 18 Mar 1973 26 Jun 1995
GORMAN, John 1814 22 Sep 1889
GORMAN, Julia 1832 1915 Wife of John Gorman
GOSA, Mary L. Gum 29 Aug 1961 7 Apr 1986
GOWAN, Samuel 1837 1907
GUINAN, Arthur M. 1919 1980 Brother
GUINAN, Bernard J. 1916 1996
GUINAN, Bridget 1877 1938
GUINAN, Caroline 1898 1932
GUINAN, Catherine C. 1873 1954 Mother
GUINAN, Catherine C. 1899 1987 Daughter
GUINAN, Charles Edward 17 Aug 1911 18 Sep 1991 Pvt US Army WWII
GUINAN, Clement W. 1902 1987
GUINAN, Edward A. 1871 1963 Father
GUINAN, Eleanor E. 1915 1976 Sister
GUINAN, Ella M. 1876 1967
GUINAN, Ellen E. 19 Mar 1875 17 Jan 1903 Wife of John J. Guinan
GUINAN, Emma M. 1898 1984
GUINAN, Evelyn Z. 24 Jan 1880 14 Dec 1952
GUINAN, Frances M. 1913
GUINAN, Francis E. 1900 1960
GUINAN, Freida W. 1915 1973
GUINAN, Harold E. 17 Jul 1905 27 Dec 1961 Tec 5 1641 Service Unit WWII
GUINAN, Herbert D. 1906 1979
GUINAN, John 2 Aug 1880 50y
GUINAN, John H. 1914 1964 Pvt 62 AAA gun bn CAC WWII
GUINAN, John J. 1887 1945
GUINAN, Lawrence A. 1902 1944 Son
GUINAN, Mary 31 Oct 1934 85y
GUINAN, Mary G. 1884 1964 Daughter
GUINAN, Michael 1898 1955
GUINAN, Otto R. 1907 1981
GUINAN, Patrick 1 May 1904 73y
GUINAN, Philip H. 1913 1991
GUINAN, Thomas F. 3 Mar 1875 20 Apr 1954
GUINAN, Walter J. 1911 1993
GUINAN, William G. 1882 1952 Son
GUM, Clara (Piechorowski) 23 Mar 1920 4 Apr 2008
GURNSEY, Anna Marie 1871 1940 Wife of William
GURNSEY, Elizabeth 20 Feb 1892 22 Nov 1962
GURNSEY, Lawrence D. 16 Apr 1893 22 Oct 1951 PVT 5 BN Discharge Unit WWI
GURNSEY, William 1861 1939 Husband of Anna
GUTMANN, C. Hermann 1 Apr 1937 7 Jun 1998 SP4 U.S. Army
GUTMANN, Carl 1905 1991
GUTMANN, Janetta 1903 1969
GUTMANN, Leioba 1900 1984
GUTMANN, Linda K. 29 Sep 1942 18 Oct 1981
GUTMANN, Nicholas L. 4 Feb 1894 11 Feb 1952 IL Horseshoer 40 Inf 14 Div WWI
HAMDWARGE, Wold ? 1877 Born in Germany
HELLER, Emma Lee 15 Jun 1957 6 Nov 1996
HENRY, Fred 6 Jun 1918 18 Jul 2000
HENRY, Virginia 1 May 1919 14 Oct 2001
HESS, Irene K. 24 May 1899
HESS, John D. 14 Mar 1898
HILE, Anna E. Jan 1841? Apr 1867 Wife of Victor Hile
HORGER, Francis 1920 1977
HORGER, Rosemary L. 1926
HUBLY, Elizabeth 11 Jan 1909 80y10m13d
HUBLY, Malkom 8 Apr 1852 18 Dec 1905 Son of August Hubly
HUGHES, Carlean R. 1905 1993
HUGHES, Dorothy C. 1901 1972
HUGHES, Margaret A. 1868 1945
HUGHES, Paul J. 1899 1945
HUGHES, William H. 1872 1913
HUGHES, William P. 1903 1970
ISHMAEL, William B. 16 Dec 1940 27 Aug 2002
JOHN, Adam 1812 1881
JOHN, Francis 1813 1891
JOHNSON, Eleanor M. 23 Jul 1919 20 Jan 1991
JOHNSON, Elmo R. 5 Oct 1912 22 Aug 1994
JOHNSTONE, Elizabeth M. 22 Jan 1964
JOHNSTONE, Stuart J. 19 Feb 1939 26 Jun 2001
JONES, Paul E. 21 Jan 1918 14 May 1997 Married 28 Dec 1938
JONES, R. Eileen 29 Jul 1920
KEARNEY, Nellie 2 Oct 1880 2y
KEEGAN, Ann A. 27 Aug 1880 8d Dau of James & Mary Keegan
KELLEY, Margaret 1880 1937
KELLY, Andrew 1876 1923
KELLY, Andrew J. 5 Jul 1857 21 Dec 1921
KELLY, Andrew J. 1894 1929
KELLY, Andy E. 1880 1949
KELLY, Ann M. 1854 1933 Wife of Patrick Kelly
KELLY, Anna H. 1893 1969
KELLY, Catherine 12 Jul 1842 11 Mar 1917
KELLY, Catherine A. 1878 1964
KELLY, Elizabeth G. 1879 1971 Mother
KELLY, Frances E. 15 Aug 1872 7 Nov 1892
KELLY, Frank 1886 1891
KELLY, Frank L. 1937 56y4m29d
KELLY, Infant Daughter 1 Feb 1910 Dau of D.W. Kelly & Wife
KELLY, Infant Sons Son of M.W. & E.G. Kelly
KELLY, James 1841 1908
KELLY, James P. 3 Jun 1917 39y7m9d
KELLY, James R. 6 Apr 1915 77y9m16d
KELLY, John 1873 1903
KELLY, John A. 13 Sep 1861 30 Oct 1905
KELLY, John Fred 24 Nov 1904 19y9m20d
KELLY, Joseph D. 23 Jan 1906 22y7m10d
KELLY, Mary 1892 1893
KELLY, Mary 15 Apr 1832 4 Nov 1905
KELLY, Mary 1843 1893
KELLY, Mary 29 Oct 1922 67y
KELLY, Mary A. 1851 1940
KELLY, Mary A. 1883 1969
KELLY, Michael 1868 1903
KELLY, Michel P. 1 May 1820 6 Jul 1907
KELLY, Michael W. 1867 1924 Husb of Elizabeth G.
KELLY, Nellie 1883 1914
KELLY, Nettie C. 1886 1974
KELLY, Nora 1855 1929
KELLY, Patrick 1824 1908
KELLY, Patrick 1845 1894
KELLY, Patrick P. 1842 1923
KELLY, Patrick P. 1870 1939
KELLY, Thomas 21 Dec 1800 29 Sep 1876 First burial in Calvary Cemetery
KELLY, Thomas E. 1869 1944
KELLY, Thomas D. 7 Nov 1845 11 Sep 1906
KELLY, W. May 18 Jul 1907 18y5m 12d
KELLY, William J. 1918 Son
KELLY, William T. 1889 1980
KELLY, Winnie T. 1888 1967
KELLY, Winnifred 1853 1879
KENNEDY, Catherine Dwyer 1823 17 Apr 1886 63y Wife of John Kennedy; Nat. Tipperary, Ire.
KENNEDY, Daniel 6 Jan 1881 22y11m26d
KENNEDY, James 1870 1967 Husb of Margaret
KENNEDY, John 27 Nov 1819 17 Aug 1878 Born in Tipperary Ireland
KENNEDY, Margaret 1870 1944 Wife of James
KENNEDY, Mary 3 Mar 1876 1y5m3d Dau of A. & N. Kennedy
KENNEDY, Pauline 1901 1943 Dau of James & Margaret
KERN, Charles 2 Nov 1879 15y8m26d Our Son
KERN, Elenor G. 9 Jul 1920 37y 9m 13d Wife of George Kern
KERN, Frank P. 1865 1922 Father
KERN, George P. 1870 1946
KERN, Lena E. 1879 1955 Mother
KERN, Melinda 1 Mar 1890 45y1m22d Wife of W. Kern
KERN, Sophia 8 Nov 1870 28y5m22d Wife of Wm. Kern
KERN, William 31 Dec 1907 58y3m
KERN, William F. 1906 Son
KINDON, Frank 16 Oct 1888 1y3m
KLINGBEIL, Fritz Otto 1882 1958
KNOUS, Carl H. 29 Mary 1926 Married 3 Jul 1954
KNOUS, Carole H. 21 Sep 1934
KNOUS, Dorothy F. (Fisherkeller) 16 Jan 1926 26 May 2006 (Wife of Walter Clyde Knous)
KNOUS, Francis Paul 9 Jun 1920 5 Feb 2001
KNOUS, Joel W. 10 Jan 1890 24 Jul 1957 Ill. PFC Co. E 362 Inf. WWI
KNOUS, Margaret T. 1891 1975
KNOUS, Walter C. "Jack" 7 Apr 1924 9 Dec 1998 (Married 11 Sep 1948)
LANGE, Edward Family
LAPERRIER, Olivia I. 28 Apr 1818 22 Apr 1859
LAVIN, Bridget 4 Nov 1927 85y
LAVIN, Dominick 1878 1951
LAVIN, Ella 1877 1964
LAVIN, John 27 Jul 1888 50y
LAVIN, Kate 8 Apr 1894 20y4m16d
LAVIN, Mary A. 11 Jan 1891 23y5m15d
LAVIN, Winnie 1880 1959
LEAHY, Daniel H. 7 Dec 1891 8m21d
LEAHY, Daniel P. 1830 1918
LEAHY, Mary F. 1854 1937 His wife
LEAHY, Son 4 Jan 1890 11 Jan 1890 Son of D.P. & F.D. Leahy
LEHENEY, Frank S. 1881 1963
LEHENEY, Mary A. 1843 1917
LEHENEY, Mary E. 1878 1960
LEHENEY, Thomas J. 25 Mar 1840 15 Jun 1903 Born in Roscommon Ireland
LEHENEY, Thomas Jr. 1y 14d
LENOX, Ann 1815 1898 His Wife
LENOX, Michael 1828 1887
LIMBERG, Anna 20 Aug 1877 9 Jul 1878 Child of T. & M. Limberg
LIMBERG, August A. 19 Aug 1893 4y22d Child of T. & M. Limberg
LIMBERG, John T. 20 Aug 1845 30 Sep 1895 Born in Germany
LOMBARDO, Mary Klingbell 1895 1963
LONG, E.A. 22 Jan 1895 29 May 1966
LONG, Isabelle C. 14 Sep 1904 1 Jun 1968
LOOBY, Charles L. 1886 1952
LOOBY, Ellen 1833 1883 Born in Tipperary, Ireland
LOOBY, Laurence T. 1874 1911
LOOBY, Lida Coady 1891 1927
LOOBY, Marguerite J. 1892 1969
LOOBY, Mary O. 1862 1938
LOOBY, Thomas 1823 1903 Bornin Tipperary Co. Ireland
LOOBY, William H. 1891 1948
LUCAS, John 8 Apr 1820 23 Jun 1888
LUTHRINGER, Agnes Lewis 1887 1977
LUTHRINGER, Barbara 3 Sep 1840 13 Feb 1900 Mother Wife of FX Born in Bavaria