ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CEMETERY

Gate at Cemetery

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CEMETERY

DEWEY TOWNSHIP

La Porte County, Indiana

875 W between 1800 S AND 1850 S

Photos contributed by:
Patricia Gruse Harris
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Overview of Cemetery

This cemetery was also named as Schimmel Cemetery. From the History of Dewey twp, LaPorte County, we take the following phrase: "The township is settled chiefly by Germans, George P. Schimmel is probably the first one who made a settlement. He arrived on the first day of January, 1854, though Jacob Schauer came about the same time, and possible was foremost."
From The History of the Diocese of Gary. Saint Martin of Tours Parish - The original church was located at Schimmels, about two miles northwest of LaCrosse and built in 1860. A new church was built in La Crose in 1914. The present church was built in 1932 after a disastrous fire, but the original bell from first church in Schimmels survived and is in the present church. However, the cemetery is located more northeast of LaCrosse.

Burials

SURNAME	GIVENNAME MAIDEN	DATE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	Addt’l comments	ROW
Bliss	Diona C	1910	---		2
Bliss	John T.	1903	1954		2
Breitenbach	Arthur	29 Apr 1816	---		10
Breitenbach	August	1845	1930		11
Breitenbach	Bertha	19 Dec 1874	2 Apr 1898	age 23 yrs 3 mo. 13 da.	11
Breitenbach	Josephine	26 Jan 1883	4 Apr 1898	age 15 yrs. 2 mo. 8 da.	11
Breitenbach	Julia II	1849	1924	wife/August	11
Bremer	A. Maria		6 Sept 1861	alter 43 yrs.	7
Bremer	E.				8
Bremer	Ignatz		9 Nov 1861	alter 58 yrs.	7
Bremer (or Price?)	Michael			son/E & M	8
Bremer	M.				8
Bucher	Joseph	1891	1945		1
Bucher	Margaret J	1894	1918	wo Joseph	1
Burk	L.G.	1887	1927		4
Burk	Mary E.	1889	1937		4
Burk	William B.	Feb 3, 1916	May 30, 1944	WWII Cpl. U.S. Air Force 85^th Depot Repair Squadron	4
Butz	Donald				3
Butz	Donald Dean	Sept 4, 1920	Apr 12, 1970	WWII Ohio Tec 4 614 Med Clearing Co.	3
Butz	Helen				3
Butz	Michael Lawrence	Jan 20, 1947	Jan 25, 1947	son/Donald & Helen Butz	3
Chapman	Maybelle	1904	2001	wo Roy E	4
Chapman	Roy E.	1902	1964		4
Cincoski	Anna	1850	1882	"Mother"	12
Colich	John	Nov 8, 1931	Nov 12, 1931		3
Dewey	Catherine E. (Huncheon)	1828	1900		11
Dewey	Ella H.	1850	1920		11
Dewey	Luke B.	1851	1938		11
Diskavish	Anthony	5 Jan 1832	29 June 1912	"Father"	17
Diskavish	Katherine	11 Nov 1839	3 Dec 1910	"Mother"	17
Fuller	Catherine J	1882	1962		3
Fuller	Harry E	1885	1967		3
Gluski	William	no dates on stone		age 80 yrs	5
Gluski	"his wife"*(Wm.)	no dates on stone		age 60 yrs.	5
Gorski	Jozef	1874	1952		2
Gorski	Jozefa	1882	1983		2
Gorski	Paulette Mary	1943	1963		2
Grams	Helen	1896	1924		4
Grams	John J	Dec 10, 1872	1939-July 27	son/Joseph & Cecelia Grams	4
Grams	Mary A	1876	1955		4
Hausler	Elizabeth	1861	1941		5
Hausler	Eugene	1857	1921		5
Hildebrand	Beverly Kay	May14, 1947	May 17, 1947		3
Hucker	Wilbur Kenneth, Sr.	Nov. 29, 1910	Dec. 30, 1984.	buried in the northeast corner
Hucker	Anna (Garber)	Dec. 23, 1911	April 3, 1999	wf -Wilbur contributed by: Betty Hucker
Huncheon	Catherine				11
Huncheon	Ellen	1836	1915		11
Huncheon	Eliza				11
Huncheon	Patrick	1830	1897		11
Huncheon	Richard	1833	1910		11
Kasten	Theresa S	1901	--		4
Kasten	William E	1899	1956		4
Klabisch	Joseph	1870	1934		6
Klabisch	Harriet	1878	1943		6
Klabish	Andrew J	Aug 17, 1906	Apr 3, 1995	-	6
Klabish	Anna	1833	1900	wo Frank	14
Klabish	Edward A	Jan 15, 1911	Aug 22, 1971		6
Klabish	Felix	1904	1904		15
Klabish	Frank	1827	1911	-	14
Kneifel	Fredericka	abt 1837		wo John	11
Kneifel	John	1831	1900		11—1o
Kneifel	Louisa				11
Kugel	Lawrence	Aug 10, 1810	Nov 6, 1891		14
Lauer	Anna I	1838	1901	age 63 yrs.	14
Lauer	Freddie	Feb 9, 1881	Feb 16, 1891	age 10 yrs 7 da	14
Lauer	John	Oct 30, 1890	May 3, 1891	age 6 mo. 3 da	14
Lauer	John P	Aug 22, 1826	Aug 2, 1906		14
Lentz	Crescentia	Aug 1, 1852	Sept 22, 1886	wife/John	9
Lentz	Franzis M	July 2, 1886	Sept 26, 1886	dau/J & C Lentz	9
Lentz	John				9
Lentz	August			not legible	9
Lentz	Franz			not legible	9
Mc Cormick	David	1967	1967		2
Mc Farland	Frank G	abt 1873		He and Ida may NOT be buried in this cem.	16
Mc Farland	Ida A	July 15, 1901	Apr 3, 1903	dau/Frank G & Ida C	16
Mc Farland	Ida C	abt 1877			16
Mahoney	Jno	no dates	no dates	Civil War Veteran	13
Mendyk	Lucy	1893	1937		3
Mendyk	Michael Jr.	1926	1926		3
Mishnick	Ignatius	Oct 21, 1852	Aug 6 1887		5
Nazimek	Joseph C.	Oct 17, 1919	Feb 19, 2010	WW II & Korean See note below
Pfeil	Frances C	1902	1953		4
O’Reilly	Eliza	1816	1902	(Huncheon)	11
O’Reilly	James	1840	1921		11
O’Reilly	Mary A	1845	1863		11
Price	Charles	1864	1944	"Father"	5
Price	Charles H	1864	1942	"husband"	9
Price	Clarence	1904	1994	husband of Salome A	3
Price	Frances	1889	1955		7
Price	Franciska			"Mother"	8
Price	Frank A	1902	1982
Price	George	March 17, 1825	June 2, 1906	-	5
Price	John E	June 24, 1889	Apr 2, 1894		8
Price	Josef			"Father"	8
	Crosses - two crosses	Crosses - 2 fancy and 2	plain crosses	both sets of crosses in	8
Price	Joseph	1855	1935		7
Price	Leo	1895	1915		7
	A cross (no name)
Price	Magdalene	June 5, 1853	Jan 24, 1920	"Mother"	7
Price	Maggie	Sept 26, 1882	Apr 2, 1894		8
Price	Mary	July 10, 1882	July 24, 1899		5
Price	Mary A.	1862	1947	"wife"	9
Price	Mary Anna	1879	1958	"Mother"	5
Price	Mary Catherine		Dec 27, 1946	do Clarence & Salome	3
Price	Mary L.	Aug 17, 1886	Apr 2, 1894		3
Price	Michael	no date	need dates	might be the so Josef	8
Price	Salome	1909	2002	wo Clarence	3
Rauen	Elmer	1908	1909		15
Rauen	John	Dec 28, 1869	July 21, 1886	son/J & M	13
Riehle	Martha Jane Wagner	1923	2011	-	3
Riehle	Melven	no date	need dates	-	3
Riehle	Stephen Dale	1953	1957	son/Melven & Jane (Rudolph) Riehle	3
Roberts	Elma C	1896	1992	wo John F Roberts	5
Roberts	John F	1886	1951	see note below	5
Rudolph	Anthony	1859	1925		6
Rudolph	Christina	1880	1954		6
Rudolph	Jane	no dates	no dates	-	3
Rudolph	Rosa	1874	1897		6
Rudolph	Theresa	1835	1889		6
Rudolph	William	1867	1922		6
Schabluski	A				11
Schabloski	Johann	14 Aug 1888	7 Oct 1888	son/R & A	11
Schabloski	R				11
Schimmel	Anna M	Geb 1 Mai 1824 Reuhmuisdorf, Oberfrankew, Bayen	Gest 18 March 1887 Valparaiso, Porter Co. Ind.	frau/George P	10
Schimmel	George B	May 1821 Germany	Dec 17, 1900 buried here?	lived with daughter & husband (John & Margaret "Maggie" Finn) 1900 census in Jasper Co., IN and died there. arrived USA 1842	10
Trinosky	Claud	1884	1896		6
Trinosky	Felix	1882	1968		6
Trinosky	Joseph	1850	1929	See obit below	6
Trinosky	Kathryn F	1885	1956		3
Trinosky	Madglon	1847	1933		6
Trinosky or Trynoskey	(Meia—Mezie M ???)		Mui 9, 1899	age 43 yrs 6 mo 18 da	4
Trinosky	Max		same as above d. Apr 9, 1899	See below	I believe this is the same entry as above.
Trinosky	Millie	1891	1968		6
Trinosky	Wade J	Apr 3, 1912	Aug 1, 1912		3
Trombolee	Augusta	Aug 11, 1863	Aug 18, 1891	wo George
Tucker	Agnes P	1873	1952	"Mother"	4
Tucker	Aurilla M	1904	1987	wo Rainard E
Tucker	Clifford J	1911	1999	-
Tucker	Leona Mae	1916	1921		4
Tucker	Orpha R	1921	1980	wo Clifford
Tucker	Rainard E	1901	1984	husb to Aurilla
Tucker	Thomas	1866	1933	"Father"	4
Tucker	Warren J Jr.	infant	June 20, 1978
Tucker	Warren J Sr.	1941	2004	-
Volko	John	1876	1950		4
Volko	Mary	1882	1972		4
Wagner	Jennie M	1894	1971	"wife"	5
Wagner	John F	21 Oct 1929	11 Jan 2006	so Otto & Jennie	5
Wagner	Katherine M	1917	1918	do Otto & Jennie	5 White cross marks grave
Wagner	Otto C	1887	1955	"Husband"	5

ROW 11 under TROMBLEE there is the following note:
LARGE PLOT IN CENTER OF CEMETERY
STONE SAYS "HUNCHEON-DEWEY-O’REILLY

ADDED INFORMATION
1880 Census - LaPorte County - Dewey Township
HUNCHEON, Patrick 48 farmer Born N.Y. father born-Ireland+Mother-Ireland
DEWEY, Catherine 53 sister
Orilley (O’Reilly) 59 sister-kitchen helper (B. Ireland)
Dewey, Rosa 13 niece - born Ind. - parents B. Ireland
Dewey, (I cannot distinguish print-patv) nephew - born N. Y. (parents born N. Y.)
Orilley, James 3(?) nephew - born N.Y.

Obituaries, Family Notes and News Articles

John F and Elma Roberts are buried in St. Martin's Cemetery, LaCrosse. John was the Agent, Telegrapher for the C&O Railroad from 1946 to his death in 1951. They were my parents and they lived in LaCrosse from the 1920s to 1939, when my dad accepted a job as Agent for the C&O in Marion, IN. We later returned to LaCrosse after my dad suffered a heart attack and needed to have a less stressful Job. - From the files of Ann Nazimek

Joseph Nazimek born and reared in Chicago and was of Polish descent. He served in World War II and the Korean conflict. He was a POW during World War II, having been captured by the Germans after his plane was shot down over Germany. He was incarcerated for 14 months. From the files of Ann Nazimek - From webmaster:    Nazimek was a POW from May 1944 to Juy 1945. He was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps and had enlisted in 1942 in Illinois.

Joseph Trinoskey - A man who had made his home in LaCrosse for 50 years, Joseph Trinoskey, age 78, died at his home there last night at 8 o'clock, following an illness of a year.
Mr. Trinoskey was a retired railroad man.
  He was born in Germany July 5, 1851. He came to this country as a young man after his marriage in 1871 to Millie Gershinski. From North Judson he came to LaCrosse.
Mr. Trinoskey was a member of St. Martin's Catholic church of LaCrosse and funeral services will be held there Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, the rev. Leo Faurote, officiating. Koseanke Brothers of LaCrosse will be in charge. Burial will be in St. Martins Cemetery.
  Surviving him are his widow; three sons, Max of Logansport, Felix of Wilders, and Andrew of Gary; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Grams of LaCrosse, Mrs. Josephine Mann of Gary; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Source: LaPorte Herald Argus - Monday Jul 8, 1929.

Max Trinoskey married Augusta Rosenbaum 22 June 1874. Before Max and his BIL, Gust Rosenbaum, met with a tragic accident on 6 April 1899, he and his wife had 10 children. After his death Augusta moved herself and the children to Starke County Indiana. Details of accident on file with cemetery folder.

Thank you Pat VanDierendonck for entering these older records for submission to the WWW. Listing submitted on September 5, 2001.
Anyone wishing to donate burial or family tree information about families in this or any LaPorte County cemetery, please contact Deanna.

Disclaimer: This cemetery is an older reading from the Cemetery Records of LaPorte Co., Indiana Volume 4. D.A.R. Ind. Miriam Benedict Chapter. LaPorte, 1978. Updating for this cemetery done May 3, 2012.

Random Photos Taken April 2008 - Page 2