Old St. Patrick's Cemetery
Block 8
Read May 26, 2004
By Carol Szelogowski
Many of the stones are very old and difficult to read.
Stones from the 1860's and 70's are mixed in with more contemporary stones.
Block 8
South Side
Row 1 starting from the east
Kochom
South side of Kochum Family Marker
Rose Kochum
1902 - 1922
FATHER
1844 - 1924
MOTHER
1864 - 1949
SON
George
Born 8-14-1895
Died (unreadable, underground)
BROTHER
John Briskey
1874 - 1901
BABY
North side of Kochum Family Marker
Blanche A.
1892 - 1978
Athala
1866 - 1946
Henry
1865 - 1917
Bruno
1901 - 1966
VENNIX
Gerardus Vennix
(Funeral Card image)
Apr 14 1830
Jan 21 1907
Jacoba Vennix
(Funeral Card image)
Oct 21 1850
Feb 5 1907
MOTHER FATHER
The DeWyse Family
Mildred Cecelia DeWyse
1914 - 1919
Mable Agnes DeWyse
1916 - 1919
Lawrence Edward
1919 - 1922
Dorothy Rose
1928 - 1929
MOTHER
Clara De Wyse
1883 - 1973
FATHER
Edward DeWyse
1886 - 1959
SCHNEBLE
MOTHER
Victoria
1849 - 1912
FATHER
Fredolin J.
1846 - 1908
Agatha C Schneble Laskowski
1880 - 1962
Max Laskowski
1879 - 1970
Mary Sexton
1858 - 1950
James Sexton
1856 - 1909
NAGLE
Helena
1884 - 1890
Hanora
1858 - 1896
Row 2 starting from the east
DeLa Durantaye
BALLANTINE
Helen Ballantine
1898 - 1988
Loretto Ballantine
North side of stone is
Chuckie Bissonnette
1885 - 1964
1950 - 1951
Thomas A. Ballantine
Michigan SGT Infantry
Sept. 22, 1889 March 19, 1946
Oympna Ballantine
Nov 29, 1895
Sept. 29, 1899
John Ballantine
1853 - 1917
Mary Ballantine
1859 - 1935
Row 3 starting from the east side
LOVELL
MOTHER
Mary A. Lovell
Stacey
1855 - 1916
SISTER
Bridget Stacey
dau of Mary Lovell
1866 - 1891
MOTHER
Mary Lovell
1819 - 1893
BROTHER
(stone is unreadable)
VAN SUMEREN
Joanna
John
1868 - 1930
1868 - 1929
Our Darling Rosemary
VAN OCHTEN
Gerrit Van Ochten
Arnolda Van Ochten
1829 - 1908
1826 - 1899
Immigrants from Holland
Stones surrounding the Van Ochten stone, without surname:
William J.
Haric (?)
Anna
Joseph
Leo O.
1897 - 1916 1842 -
1903 1893 -
1901 1831 - 1904
1835 - 1899
Hubert B. Laskowski
M2 US Navy
World War II
Oct 19 1914 Mar 3 1994
Larry D. Zielinski
July 25 1943
July 28 1989
C. MULLANE
1830 - 1906
Row 4 starting from the east side of the row
WISE
Charles
1872 - 1911
FATHER
1833 - 1907
MOTHER
1834 - 1906
Anton
1874 - 1899
DUFORD
Ida
David
1868 1923
1863 - 1929
LASKOWSKI
Veronica M.
Hubert B.
1912
1914 - 1994
Deegan Family
Thomas Deegan
Died Sept 7, 187_
Aged 10 years
John Deegan
Died
____ ____ 1867
Aged 36 yrs.
Death Record Volume B, page 8
Died Bay City, September 2, 1867
Aged 36
Ann Deegan
Died ___ July 1868
Ellen Behan Deegan
1840 - 1926
Mary Deegan Hess
1871 - 1909
Arthur T. Hess
1893 - 1950
Row 5 east side
Nellie J. Edsall
Mother
1888-1930
Marguerite
dau of Wm. E. Demus
1891-1897
Boivin (No Names)
small stone in front of Boivin
Bovin
Zilda
Louis
Mother
Father
1872-1934
1868-1915
Catherine
Welch
Mother
1813-1909
Leonard
Etue
Husband
Oct. 8, 1831
Apr. 22, 1914
Joseph Franklin
Etue
March 24, 1892
Apr. 11, 1907 *8
Levi Anthany
Etue
8-19-1874
7-23-1895
Ida
Mulholland
1870-1898
Mary
Wife of
Saml W Ware (this is an interpretation of the stone, the stone is very worn)
Row 6 east end
Dorothy A Graham
1898-1977
Ella G. Hanson
1900-1974
Theodore J. Malleck
1902-1942
Louise Grundman
11-25-1826
5-9-1900
Martha A. and Max T. Malleck
1876-1972 1864-1953
Alexsy Jankowiak
Father
1848 - 1930
Jadwiga Jankowiak
Mother
1853 - 1930
Smielewsky, Gnacy
umarl 15 Wrsenia 1899
Lat 25
Mother
Valentynia
Zielinski
1875-1954
M.A. Spence
1895-1912
Cahill Marker
Katherine (No last name) east of Lynch stone
Died April 20 1868
Age 24
Lynch (end of row 6 west end)
Josephine OHara
Mother
1881-1969
Mother Anna Father James
1849-1893 1837-1921
Stones are beside Josephine OHara
Row 7
east end
Greene Family
Blanche Greene
1873 - No Date
Daughter
Edith L. Chase
1868+1945
Daughter
John T. Greene
1878-1921
Son
S.
Greene
1842-1916
Mother
S.W. Greene
1844-1913
Father
Bessie
1878-1900
daughter
Gladys Cook
1905-1926
Meagher McAllester Cooper - one stone
Mother (same type of stone as Meagher, McAllester, Cooper, with cross on it)
Row 8 east end
Neering
Jennie August
1918 1916
Neering
Mother
Father
Josephine Nicholas
1874-1960 1869-1959
Shea Dennis C.
Father
1855-19-16
His Wife
Mother
Margaret A. Burns
1864-1901
Row 9
Alphonse Cadotte
died Jan. 26 1924
Age80 years
SCHMIDT
Anna
Phillip
1850-1912
1891-1912
Emma Jane Gregory
Jan 23, 1915
Age 7 months
Daniel J. Gregory
1888-1928
Raby
Father Mother
Charles Mary
Son Daughter
Joseph Jennie
Geo. L. Trombley
Died 18?3
unable to read
Row 10
Kunz/Eschenbach
small stone in front no name
Rose G Kunz
1863-1936
Mother
Lillie K. Eschenbach
1863-1931
John D. Eschenbach
1893-1918
Francis A. Eschenbach
1880-1913
Lillie D. Eschenbach
1888-1910
Della May Kunz
born Feb 15 1880
Died May 1 , 1912
Joseph Kunz
1829-1900
Row 10
Sullivan
Anna
wife of
Wm Sullivan
died July 23 1890
Age 31
Leonard Gainsiver
1912
Fred Fillion
1863-1912
George J Groulx
1885-1945
Isabelle Groulx
1910-1912
Ellen Groulx
wife Geo. Groulx
1888-1912
Elizabeth
Harper
1913
Florence
Harper
1913
James Naud
broken stone
Edward Harmon
1814-1889
Catherine Harmon
1842-1924
George Harmon
died 1874
Mary Harmon
1879-1884
Cassie MacDonell
March 5 1861
Dec 8 1893
Row 10 west end
Stokoe
6 stones in front without names just dates
1869-1870
1871-1872
1876-1877
1878-1881
1876-1918
1852-1913
Joseph H
1873-1956
VanNess
Robert
1841-1923
GAR
Eliza R.
His wife
1848-1916
broken stone looks like Name ? S. Fox , drowned April 17 1871
Gregory Marker