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General Information
Cemetery name: Saint Johns Cemetery, full name Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, also known as the Ableman Village Cemetery and the Rock Springs Village Cemetery.
Not to be confused with Saint John Cemetery east of Loganville on Sunrise Road, which apparently also has a Rock Springs mailing address.
Address: Haven Rd, Rock Springs, Wisconsin 53961 (physically located in the Town of Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin).
GPS Coordinates: 43.4964000, -89.9114000
History
Layout
Saint Johns is located along the 90-degree bend of Haven Road and is divided by it. It largely sits on the south side of the road before the bend, however, a recent addition lies on the north and west of Haven Road. Pine Hill Cemetery sits directly north of the oldest sections of Saint Johns.
Sections
There are ten sections to the cemetery. Section 1 is located along the far eastern edge of the cemetery and possesses some of the oldest headstones. Section 1 has three rows. The sections increase in number heading down the hill to the west. Section 10 is the farthest west on the north side of Haven Road and is largely empty save for a few recent burials.
This cemetery has also been broken up into Blocks, as shown in a diagram of the cemetery. Block I is synonymous with Section 1. Blocks II, III and IV continue westward down the hill. Block IV appears to be synonymous with Section 6. To the southeast is Block V and to its west and south of Block IV is Block VI, which appears to be synonymous with Section 7. On the north side of Haven Road is Block VII which may be Sections 8-10.
Section 1
Row 1
- Grave 1 - Wilhelmina Budach (1808-1893)
- Grave 9 - William H Harding Jr (1866-1891)
- Grave 12 - William H Harding (1835-1910)
- Grave 13 - Joachim Lewerenz (1818-1884)
Row 2
- Grave 3 - August Stoeckmann (16 Aug 1888)
- Grave 30 - Arthur H Richardson (1880-1891)
Row 3
- Grave 3 - James Koroch (1933-1934)
Section 2
Row 1
- Herman A Doro (1888-1956)
- Julius August Herman Doro (1860-1910)
- Caroline Doro Carlin (1858-1933)
- Carl Henry Carlin (1889-1931)
- Mabel P Stoeckman Doro (1895-1979)
- Albert J Gehrke (1867-1946)
- Bertha Augusta Wilhelmina Klitzke Gehrke (1874-1929)
- Caroline Steinhorst Frank (1860-1950)
- Karl Herman "Carl" Carlin (1855-1938)
- Ernest Dekeyser (1912-1980)
- Ida Marie Hinz Dekeyser (1924-2012)
- Franz Frank (1861-1941)
Row 2
- John William Clapper (1923-2009)
- Sue Ann Clapper (1944-1972)
- Wilhelm Kumke (1869-1947)
- Henrietta Kumke (1832-1914)
- Henry Holtz (1854-1924)
- Arlene D Braun Clapper (1918-1983)
- Bertha A Holtz Pfaff (1879-1967)
- William Henry Pfaff (1876-1935)
- Anna Emilie Erdman Steinhorst Gehrke (1875-1958)
- August Steinhorst (1869-1895)
- Nellie Bryanicok Kumke (1865-1943)
- Alma Kramp Douglas (1886-1969)
- Arthur Wiseman (1885-1919)
- Arnold A. “Arnie” Schaefer (1911-2012) (centenarian)
Row 3
- LaVon Elaine Kopf Astle (1937-2011)
- Marie M Bendin Knuth (1893-1987)
- Margaret E Moldenhauer (1921-2004)
- Albertina Yech Bittrich (1843-1933)
- Caroline Steinhorst Driefke (1840-1929)
- Emil B "Bennie" Bauer (1925-2012)
- Loretta Driefke (1911-1911)
- Audrey Mae Gustin Bauer (1925-2013)
- John Ferdinand Dreifke (1839-1895)
- Iva J Moldenhauer Meyer (1912-1988)
- William H Knuth (1887-1970)
- Frederick W Dettmann (1902-1954)
- Clarence J Moldenhauer (1907-1973)
Row 4
- Emma Panzer Manthey (1878-1931)
- Margaret Ruth Replogle Stebbins (1925-1993)
- Arthur Henry Link (1938-1982)
- Lois Eleanor Daniels Link (1904-1951)
- Friederike Dettmann Huebbe (1863-1933)
- Arthur Carl Adam Link (1902-1972)
- John Huebbe (1863-1925)
- Carl F Manthey (1875-1948)
- Caroline Miller Klages (1838-1906)
- Adolph C Huebbe (1890-1949)
- Babe Volz (1899-1899)
- William Edward Daniel Stoeckmann (1892-1894)]
- Reuben C Stoeckmann (1902-1976) (FindAGrave)
Row 5
Row 7
Row 9
Row 10
Section 3
Row 6
Section 4
Row 4
- Grave 1 - Peter Albers (7 Sep 1890-8 Sep 1890)
Row 7
Row 8
- TSGT Carl August Domke (23 Jun 1919–1 Aug 1943) (Domke-33) (Cenotaph)
Row 13
Section 6
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
Row 6
Section 7
Row 1
- Daniel M "Danny" Clark (1956-1989)
- Carole A Boyles Galicia (1948-2013)
- Florence Rose Boyles (1906-1986)
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
Row 6
- Grave 1 - Donald W "Champ" Costerisan (1938-2002)
- Grave 2 - Donalin "Lin" J Clark Costerisan Hackbarth (1947-2015)
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- Grave 3 - Roland William Giese
- Grave 4 - Audrey Dwars Giese
Row 7
- Grave 1 - Oscar Freeman Sandstrom Jr (1937-2015)
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- Grave 2 - William Donald Stoeckmann
- Grave 3 - living Stoeckmann (Mathison-Richards) wife
Section 8
Row 1
Row 2
- Grave 18 - Herman August Horstmann (1939-2015)
- Grave 19 - Carl L Horstmann (1934-2013)
- Grave 37 - Kurt T Hinze (1963-2013)
Section 10
- Alexandra "Alex" Szruba Kallin (1949-2010) and Stanley "Satch" Kallin (1941-2020) (both share a bench shaped headstone)
Unknown Section
Notable Monuments
- Klitzke Monument in Section 3 Row 6.
Notable Interments
- Oscar Freeman Sandstrom Jr. (13 Sep 1937 - 9 Jan 2015) - Find A Grave volunteer who contributed over 59,000 memorials and photographed over 16,000 headstones, including his own at this cemetery.
More Information
- See the Saint Johns Cemetery category for profiles of those who have been documented at this cemetery.
- Saint Johns Cemetery in Rock Springs, Wisconsin on Find A Grave - 1,022 added (96% photographed as of 17 Oct 2022)
- Saint John Cemetery on BillionGraves (empty as of 20 Jul 2021). Address might be inaccurate and placement is offset.
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