Martin Lutheran Cemetery
From local sources during a 1998 trip to Martin with my Uncle Bob Spiess, we determined that Edward Frank Flamme and Mary Keller Flamme are buried in a small, unmarked, un-maintained, cemetery just north of Martin. This cemetery is literally in the middle of a field owned by Bud Michelson. We did not find any headstone for the Flammes, but there are 3 unmarked stones. Mary's death certificate states she was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery. Mary Ann Michelson got the quit-claim deed for the property from the Rugby Courthouse. It is dated July 23, 1906, when Nick Finneman sold this land to the Evangelical Lutheran Church for one dollar. There is a legal description on this deed.
Uncle Bob and I always intended to return and clean the cemetery and add a headstone for the Flammes, but so far, we have not done this.
This is a one-half acre fenced area, but there is only one row of headstones along one side of the fence in a north/south line.
Beginning from the south:
|
Unmarked |
Infant Jarosch |
Margreta Heer |
Helena Karolina Sophia |
Kurt Karl Jarosch |
Unmarked |
Unmarked |
Charles Schrader (8) |
Schrader |
Lilac Bush (as seen above) |
Finneman |
Emma Jarosch |
Karl Jarosch |
Peter Bundus |
no photo - (1) unmarked
(2) Infant Jarosch, daughter of Karl & Mrs. Jarosch, born and died 20 May 1905
(3) Margreta Heer, 3 Oct 1898 - 24 Oct 1898
(4) Helena Karolina Sophia, 8 Aug 1908 - 11 Mar 1909
(5) Kurt Karl Jarosch, 4 Jul 1914 - 15 Aug 1914
(6) unmarked
(7) unmarked
no photo - (8) Charles Schrader
(9) August Schrader, 1843 - 1921, Julia Schrader, 1848-1939
(10) Father Finneman, 28 Oct 1845 - 2 Jul 1926, Mother Finneman, 7 Oct 1845 - 28 Feb 1919
(11) Emma Luise Jarosch, 29 Aug 1878 - 3 Sep 1914
(12) Karl Jarosch, 1872 - 1950
(13) A note on my hand drawn 'map' says the first grave is Peter Bundus, but I don't have the photo.