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PLEASANT PLAINS CEMETERY

Sangamon County, Illinois
   

Thanks to Jeanie Lowe for the photos shown here.

Pleasant Plains Cemetery is a beautiful, well-maintained and currently active cemetery. To reach the cemetery, turn off Rte. 125 in Pleasant Plains on to S. Cartwright Road. Drive through Pleasant Plains and you'll find the cemetery approximately .2 miles outside the city limits. The cemetery sits on the left side of the road. This is not a complete listing of the burials in this cemetery. As time and weather permit, we'll continue to provide additional photos/inscriptions for this cemetery. In the meantime, Jeanie has expressed a willingness to take pictures of stones in this cemetery for anyone who needs them. You can send her an email with your request by clicking on her name above.

Click on a name to bring up a photo of that individual's tombstone.



Name Born Died Age Additional Inscription/Information
MAHLER, Barbara J. (Smith) 11 Apr 1937 12 Aug 2009 (Wife of Theodore W. Mahler)
MANCHESTER, Katharine Elizabeth, Col. 9 Dec 2009 U.S. Army Ret.
MANN, Hazel (Coffin) 4 Nov 1915 6 Dec 2007 (Wife of John B. Mann)
MARCHBANKS, Doyle G. 27 Sep 1926 13 Jan 2004 U.S. Navy
MARCHBANKS, Essie Delene (Anderson) 27 Nov 1928 15 Jul 2008 (w/o Daniel W. Simmons & Doyle Marchbanks)
MARRETT, Reid Purviance 1885 1976
MARTIN, Alice G. 6 Jun 1907 27 Jun 1908
MAYREIS, Caroline Katherine Daughter
MAYREIS, Christine Elizabeth Daughter
MAYREIS, John IV 1833 1918 Father
MAYREIS, Margaret F. Irwin 24 Nov 1869 9 Feb 1902 Wife of Charles J. Mayreis
MCCLINTICK, Harold E. 1905
MCCOMBS, Doyle Thomas 22 Jul 1909 7 Nov 1988
MCCOMBS, Glenna Rae 14 Feb 1913 24 Mar 1982
MCCOMBS, Mary Ann 5 Jul 1908 5 Mar 1971
MCCOMBS, Timothy P. 20 Dec 1959 12 Dec 2002
MCDONALD, H. E. (Bubby) 30 Sep 1930 21 Sep 1976 Father
MCGILLEN, Irene M. 3 Oct 1920 29 Mar 2001
MCSHERRY, Mary 1912 1984 Mother
MELODY, Oleta 1907 1944 Wife
MENDENHALL, Myron L. Sr. "Pete" 24 Feb 1928 9 Jul 2009 Marr. 17 Dec 1954
MENDENHALL, Viola (Wilson) 9 Mar 1936 9 Jul 2007 (Wife of Myron Mendenhall)
METZ, Mae Stecher 29 May 1884 3 Mar 1980 Mother
METZ, Peter Ralph 17 Sep 1879 15 Dec 1969 Father
MILEUR, Willard 23 Mar 1923 25 Feb 2009 (Marr. 20 Oct 1948)
MILLER, D. Roscoe 1904 1969 Husband
MILLER, Dolly F. 1905 1978 Wife
MINGEE, Mildred M. Garner 19 May 1922 1 May 2003 Wife of Bobby Dean Mingee
MORGAN, John Franklin 6 Sep 1886 29 Apr 1910 Son of Rufus M. & Irene G. Morgan
MORGAN, Rufus M. 1853 1917 Father
MORRISON, Essie Mabel 1904 1957 Wife
MOYER, Ella 10 Dec 1869 21 Jul 1919
MOYER, W. H. 10 Feb 1863 25 Apr 1909
MULLEN, Gertrude (Willis) 1 Aug 1934 14 Sep 2003
MUNCY, Marcella I. 24 Aug 1904 31 Dec 1995 Daughter
MURRAY, John W. 1875 1948
MYERS, A. Marcella 1922 2003 Mother
MYERS, Lawrence O. 1917 1990 Father
NELSON, Garnett R. (Wheeler) 16 Jan 1925 22 Aug 2004 (Wife of Herbert Vishue Nelson)
NELSON, Owen Lee (3 Apr) 1912 1973
NEWMAN, Caroline M. 23 May 1853 26y8m4d Consort of Rev. B. Newman
NICHOLSON, J. B. 5 Dec 1926 16 Jul 1986 Married 1 Oct 1947
NICHOLSON, Rosemary (McGinness) 27 Aug 1928 27 Jul 2007 (Wife of J.B. Nicholson)
NOBLE, James E. 1881 1914 Their Son (Son of John W. & Sarah J. Noble)
NOBLE, John W. 1852 19??
NOBLE, Samuel R. 11 Dec 1914 16 Jan 2007
NOBLE, Sarah J. 1855 1930 His Wife (Wife of John W. Noble)
NOBLE, Wilbur M., Pvt. 1918 1943 2nd Bat. 141st Inf., 36 Div. Bur. in Italy
OGG, Carol A. 1 Aug 1945 12 May 1992
OTTEN, Erma T. 1888 1967
OTTEN, Otto J. 1890 1980
OWENS, Gerald L. 2 Sep 1942 17 Aug 2007
OYLER, Roger Dale 8 Jun 1943 27 Sep 1982
PARK, Anna H. 1862 1901
PARKER, M. Amanda 1873 1955 Mother
PEECHER, Clarence E. 13 Jul 1945 11 Nov 2004 Married 6 Mar 1964
PENNEY, Everett 21 Dec 1805 3 Jul 1903
PENNEY, Luella 17 Jan 1864 19 Dec 1927
PENNEY, S. H. 27 Aug 1859 2 May 1907
PETTY, Ernest L. 22 Oct 1932 22 Jan 1933
PINCKARD, Preston F. 1873 1935
PINCKARD, Sylvia E. 1875 1968
PINCKARD, Thomas Stanton 2 Mar 1900 26 Sep 1904
PLUNKETT, Oliver Logan 1874 1910
PLUNKETT, Warren 1882 1946
POLLARD, Grover 1903 1945
POLLARD, Joe Henry 11 Mar 1915 25 Mar 1955 Ill. Tec5 Co. B 112 Engineer C Bn WWII
PURVIANCE, Alfred B. 1848 1928
PURVIANCE, Infant 2 Nov 1907 Inf Dau of W.P. & C.M. Purviance
PURVIANCE, Leonard B. 1886 1939
PURVIANCE, Lottie M. 1878 1963
PURVIANCE, N. Katherine 1850 1914 His Wife (Wife of Alfred B. Purviance)
PURVIANCE, William P. 1873 1969
PURVINES, Achilles Newton 1832 1928 Co. F 114 Ill. Inf.
PURVINES, Emily F. Eaton 1841 1920 Mother
PURVINES, Fern B. 1891 1981
PURVINES, John C. 13 May 1891 1 May 1953
PURVINES, Lillian I. 1885 1943
PURVINES, Martha - (Obit)
PURVINES, Mary Harnett - (Obit) 1853 1940
PURVINES, Mary Stuart 1882 1909
PURVINES, Nathan Stanhope 3 Mar 1829 8 Apr 1909
PURVINES, W. G. 1834 1915 Father
PYLE, Edith (Hawkins) 28 Jul 1919 16 Jun 2008
PYLE, Erlene R. (Roberts) 11 May 1935 21 Mar 2006 (Wife of Harold Pyle)
PYLE, Harold E. 9 Apr 1932 Married 15 Jun 1957
PYLE, Kay Joyce (Durston) 15 Dec 1943 12 Mar 2009 (Wife of Wm. Pyle)
RANKEN, Florence L. 13 May 1931 17 Jan 2007 (Dau of Henry G. & Martha Wallner Renken)
RAWLS, Anna M. 20 Jul 1877 4 Nov 1965
RAWLS, Elsie Catherine 21 Sep 1904 26 May 1905
RAWLS, Hiram W. 1829 1879 Father
RAWLS, Jessie R. 17 Aug 1869 4 Apr 1963
RAWLS, Norine Elsie 18 Jun 1884 6 Oct 1904
RAWLS, Rosa C. 1833 1917 Mother
RAY, Edna V. 1913 1962
RAY, Hardin S. 1913 1996
REICHART, Charles T. 10 Dec 1926 16 Apr 2005
REICHERT, Earl C. 28 Apr 1889 16 Jan 1953 Ill. Pvt2 Discharge Det. WWI
REISER, Ronald 30 Nov 1934 29 Aug 2010 (Marr. 6 Aug 1955)
RESIDE, John L. 2 Apr 1895 21 Jan 1978
RESIDE, Pauline E. 22 Mar 1916 6 Oct 1991 (Wife of Willard L. Reside)
RESIDE, Sarah M. 17 Jun 1896 27 Jan 1975
RESIDE, Willard L. 23 Jan 1918 26 Apr 1994 Married 1 Sep 1940
RICH, Beverly Jean 1947 1950 Daughter
RICH, Mont E. 11 Mar 1917 21 Sep 1973 Ill. Pvt. U.S. Army WWII
RICHARDS, Alice S. (Wright) 6 May 1917 2 Apr 2005 (Wife of Edward Richards)
RICHARDS, William 25 Jun 1911 21 Oct 2004
RIECK, Carl L. 9 Nov 1897 17 Jan 1985
RIECK, Fred Sr. 18 Nvo 1855 4 Feb 1946
RIECK, Minnie 14 Dec 1860 18 Jun 1943
RIECK, Minnie M. 15 Apr 1898 28 Mar 1990
RILEY, Marjory (Noble) 20 Jul 1913 23 Aug 2009 (Wife of Ernest Riley)
ROBERTS, Adam Blake 24 Aug 1985 26 Aug 1985
ROBERTS, Elmer 16 Nov 1906 26 Oct 1981
ROBERTS, Harry J. 1888 1889 Son
ROBERTS, Jeremy Allen 24 Aug 1985
ROBERTS, John L. 1860 1931 Father
ROBERTS, Lina M. 1861 1910 Mother
ROBERTS, Lydia E. 8 Jun 1907 20 Apr 1975
ROBERTS, Myrtle 1894 1992
ROBERTS, William L. 1886 1953 Son
ROBINSON, Marvin H. 26 Sep 1942 29 May 1975
ROBINSON, Nellie Noble 14 Mar 1894 1 Jan 1985
ROBINSON, Rudell M. 5 Dec 1919 9 Jun 1966
ROBINSON, Verna 7 Jan 1919 9 Jul 1966
ROBINSON, William F. 10 Sep 1892 18 Mar 1984
ROBY, George 1845 1927
ROBY, Mary Ellen 1851 1919
RUDISILL, Mary Jane Hayes 16 Nov 1838 1 Jul 1900 His Wife
RUDISILL, Richard J. 1 Jan 1837 2 Apr 1895
RUGGLESS, Alva 8 Jan 1930 27 Jun 2009 Married 18 Dec 1948
RUGGLESS, Emma E. 5 Aug 1918 4 Jan 2010 (Dau of Alva J. & Emma Ruggless)
RUGGLESS, Phyllis Jean 4 Jan 1930
RUGGLESS, James David 11 Aug 1949
RUGGLESS, Robert Don 2 Jan 1951 21 Mar 2007 (Married 13 May 1995)
RULE, Ada (Ray) 1 Oct 1915 28 Jun 2007 (Wife of Lawrence J. Rule)
RUSSELL, Calvin H. 3 Dec 1924 Married 3 Dec 1945
RUSSELL, Hallie Marie - (Obit) 20 Feb 1924 28 Jun 1992
SALTSMAN, Beckie E. 1850 1921 Mother
SALTSMAN, Cora S. 1882 1973
SALTSMAN, George A. 1911 1912
SALTSMAN, James M. 1877 1922
SANDIDGE, Leona V. 10 Jan 1888 24 Jan 1970
SANDIDGE, Paul J. 1 Feb 1890 9 Apr 1981
SANFORD, Esta A. 1908 1997
SANFORD, James B. 1933 1971
SANFORD, Paul H. 1908 1992
SANFORD, Kenneth P. 1938 1956
SCHAFER, Kenneth F. 2 Oct 1993 8 Sep 1998 Married 15 Dec 1945
SCHAFER, Marjorie M. (Bergschneider) 25 Aug 1924 21 Aug 2009 (Wife of Kenneth E. Schafer)
SHERREN, James R. 1942 1960 Son of Henry & Helen Sherren
SCHEWE, Mae C. Lange 1891 1986
SCHUBERT, Henry 8 Jul 1897 50y
SCHUMACHER, Fritz 1815 23 Jul 1899 84y
SCHUMAKER, John 7 Feb 1856 27 Jan 1909
SCHUMAKER, Louise 5 Feb 1858 7 Apr 1923 His Wife (Wife of John Schumaker)
SCOTT, Helen D. (Leverton) 11 Jan 1937 2 Mar 2004 (Wife of Bob Scott)
SHEHORN, Howard - (Obit) 6 May 1918 25 Oct 2007 (Married 2 Jun 1940)
SHEHORN, Michael H. - (Obit) 12 Nov 1942 2 Jan 1944
SHEHORN, Ruth (Lowe) - (Obit) 20 Feb 1919 13 Apr 2005 (Wife of Howard Shehorn)
SHERREN, James R. 1942 1960 Son of Henry & Helen Sherren
SHULL, Christopher Byron 11 Jun 1969 19 Apr 2008
SIMONAVICH, Della L. (Crowley) 5 Jul 1921 1 Jan 2005 Wife of Joseph Simonavich
SIMONAVICH, Frances H. 6 Nov 1913 30 Aug 1957
SIMS, Donovon B. 1 Jul 1923 16 Mar 2007 (Married 6 Jun 1948)
SKAGGS, Clyde H. 29 Dec 1922 18 Mar 1983 Sgt. U.S. Army WWII
SKAGGS, Davied L. 1903 1941
SKAGGS, David T. 1882 1963 Father
SKAGGS, Helen M. 1915 1917
SKAGGS, L. Pearl (Douglass) 22 Sep 1922 5 Apr 2011
SKAGGS, Lucy O. 1877 1955 Mother
SLATER, John, Rev. 8 Oct 1887 67y23d Our Father
SLATER, John Wesley 6 Oct 1870 20y7m29d Son of Rev. J. & E.A. Slater
SMITH, Amelia E. 21 Aug 1866 20 Nov 1957
SMITH, Charles D. - (Obit) 11 Mar 1862 27 Mar 1907
SMITH, Gertrude Wheeler 21 Jul 1914 30 Dec 1996 (Wife of Leslie R. Smith)
SMITH, Leslie R. 4 Sep 1910 22 Mar 1998 Married 11 Sep 1931
SMITH, Margaret A. 1844 1915 His Wife (Wife of Peter C. Smith)
SMITH, Marie A. (Sutherd) 28 Aug 1907 2 Nov 2004 (Wife of Ray Smith)
SMITH, Peter C. 1844 1919
SMITH, Raymond L. 1 Sep 1908 23 May 1968
SPERRY, Barbara J. (Kemp) 9 Dec 1946 24 Dec 2003 Wife of Paul E. Sperry Sr.
SPICER, Leo L. 5 Sep 1930
SPICER, Mary L. 17 Aug 1924 18 Dec 2008
STEVENS, Oramel D. 13 Jul 1918 3 Oct 2003
STUECK, Nancy S. 15 Jun 1944
STUECK, Robert H. 18 Jun 1936 20 Apr 2000
SUDETH, Emmit W. 1877 1957
SUDETH, Eva L. 1885 1965
SUDETH, Olin 1903 1954
SUNDEEN, Henry W. 3 Aug 1934 2 Mar 1988
SUNDEEN, Mary L. 15 Jan 1933
SUTHERD, Russell M. 18 Feb 1908 19 Oct 2008
SUTTILL, Betty J. (Curtis) 26 Jul 1935 10 May 2009 (Wife of Ron Suttill)
SUTTON, J. L. 1849 1915
SUTTON, Juliet 1851 1917
TAYLOR, Annabelle 1923 2002 Mother
TAYLOR, Luther A. 1918 1966 Father
THEILEN, Loarine J. (Alexander) 29 Mar 1934 19 Mar 2008 (Wife of Merle Theilen)
THOLEN, Mary (Arrick) 26 Mar 1914 12 May 2009 (Wife of Raymond Tholen)
THOLEN, Raymond C. 6 Apr 1910 29 Nov 2009 (Marr. 25 Dec 1939)
THOMAS, Evelyn Brandt (Wife of Gordon Reich Thomas)
THOMAS, Gordon Reich 31 Jul 1925 8 Mar 2003 Married 17 Jun 1950
THOMAS, Pauline C. 1912 1995
THOMAS, Walter L. 1903 1991
THORNLEY, Helen Faye 27 Jun 1939 18 Dec 1981
TIMIAN, Dorothea 29 Nov 1833 15 May 1918 His Wife (Wife of Louis Timian) b. Germany
TIMIAN, Emil C. 1872 1955
TIMIAN, Leola O. 1895 1962
TIMIAN, Louis 17 Mar 1827 18 May 1901 Born in Germany
TIMIAN, Minnie F. 1871 1922
TOLAN, Hugh Garren 16 Feb 1929 14 Sep 2003
TROXELL, Carna M. 19 Oct 1908 26 Jan 1991 (Wife of Sam P. Troxell)
TROXELL, Corde A. 7 Apr 1901 24 Oct 1993
TROXELL, Larry E. 1 Apr 1900 13 Oct 1985 Married 12 Aug 1921
TROXELL, Sam P. 2 May 1907 11 Jan 1983 Married 6 Mar 1930
TUCHMANN, Leo M. 1902 1972
TUCHMANN, Opal M. 1915 1984
TUCKER, Lena M. 7 Dec 1887 20 May 1979
TUCKER, Sallie Jane 6 Dec 1851 3 Jun 1931
TUCKER, Thelma M. (Coffin) 16 Oct 1915 2 Oct 2006 (Wife of Floyd Tucker)
TUCKER, William P. 20 Jun 1880 15 Dec 1968
TUMULTY, Virginia A. (Hicks) 10 Mar 1975 15 Jan 2007 (Wife of Nathan Tumulty)
USHERWOOD, Margaret L. (Alexander) 20 Mar 1930 8 Jun 2008 (Wife of Ernest R. Usherwood)
VALENTINE, Mattie F. 15 Jul 1872 2 Aug 1948
VALENTINE, Samuel H. 22 Oct 1864 22 Jan 1960
VANNEVEL, Albert J. Jr. 12 Feb 1941 10 Jan 2007 (Married 20 Jun 1964)
WALBAUM, Ada Crum 1869 1957 Mother
WALBAUM, Barbara Jo 5 Oct 1936 14 Oct 1936 Dau of Fred & Frances Walbaum
WALBAUM, Ernest Alfred 1869 1928 Father
WALBAUM, Ernest Alfred 2 Mar 1902 24 Apr 1904 Son of Ernest & Ada Walbaum
WALBAUM, Fred D. 29 Apr 1908 30 Jul 1970
WALLBAUM, Elizabeth 1826 1894 Mother
WALLBAUM, Emma 30 Oct 1902 26y8m22d Wife of William Wallbaum
WALLBAUM, Evalena 23 Mar 1903 7m23d
WALLBAUM, Fredrick D. 30 Jul 1970 (Married 10 Sep 1929)
WALLBAUM, Lena Apr 1900 May 1900
WALLBAUM, Lizzie Ann 21 Aug 1877 16y9m Dau of William & C. Wallbaum
WALLBAUM, Mary Frances (Ferry) 10 Jul 1909 3 Nov 2007 (Wife of Fredrick D. Wallbaum)
WALLBAUM, William 1837 1905 Father
WALLBAUM, William 9 Jan 1905 67y6m
WALLBAUM, William C. 6 Oct 1866 26 Dec 1887
WALPOLE, Virginia A. 10 Mar 1913 16 Feb 1988
WEATHERFORD, J. C. 1875 1929
WATKINS, Marcella (Willis) 13 Aug 1932 22 Apr 2010 (Wife of Wm. David Watkins)
WEIR, Frank 1873 1947
WEIR, Marietta 1876 1968
WELCH, Bert W. 3 May 1920 Married 27 Jul 1943
WELCH, Dorothy A. 13 Mar 1922 Jan 2006
WHEATLAND, Zeuriah L. 1859 1932 Mother
WHISNANT, H. Duane 16 Jan 1940 8 May 2003
WHITCOMB, John W. 1842 1919
WHITCOMB, Mary T. 1846 1913 His Wife (Wife of John W. Whitcomb)
WHITE, Elsie (Davis) 10 Dec 1917 28 Oct 2006
WHITE, Margaret Pfeffer 8 Aug 1891 15 Apr 1972
WHITE, Robert J. 26 Sep 1896 7 May 1979
WILEY, James Elbert 13 Oct 1920 13 Jul 2006 Married 28 Dec 1968
WILEY, Ruby E. Cox 4 Apr 1918 13 Jun 1975 (Wife of James E. Wiley)
WILLIAMS, Henry G. 1850 1938 Father
WILLIAMS, Mary E. 1857 1931 Mother
WILLIAMSON, Eleanor R.) 12 Jul 1948 1 Apr 2006 (Dau of Earl & Esther M. Calhoun Williamson)
WILLIAMSON, Esther M. (Calhoun) 17 Mar 1919 18 Jun 2007 (Wife of Robert Earl Williamson)
WILLIAMSON, George E. 1912 1986
WILLIAMSON, Loretta M. 1913 1980
WILLIAMSON, Richard L. 9 May 1939 1 Oct 2006
WILLIS, Cosby Earl 25 May 1937 10 Sep 1997
WILLIS, Delores F. 25 Dec 1939 12 Jul 1941
WILLIS, Terri Dean 17 Aug 1956 20 Aug 1957
WILSON, Andrew 17 May 1777 14 Mar 1863 65y10m7d Born Harford Co., Md.
WILSON, Anna 1847 1913
WILSON, Elizabeth 15 Aug 1784 14 Sep 1867 83y29d Wife of Andrew Wilson
WILSON, James Nottingham 1845 1929 Co. I, 70th Ill. Vol. Inf.
WILSON, Jane Elder 1 Mar 1813 29 Jul 1868 55y4m28d Born in Carter Co., Pa.; Wife of Rev. S.M. Wilson
WILSON, Samuel M., Rev. 30 Sep 1806 18 Apr 1883 76y6m18d Born Harford Co., Md.
WILSON, Thomas 1843 1910
WILSON, William E. 28 May 1841 17 Feb 1866 24y8m19d Son of Rev. S.M. & J.E. Wilson
YANCY, Emma Rose 24 Jun 1938 (Wife of Walter L. Yancy)
YANCY, Walter Lee 15 Jun 1929 6 Jul 2008 (Marr. 5 Jan 1962)
YOUNG, Lula B. Martin 1 Apr 1900 12 Apr 1986
YOUNG, Oscar Willard 24 Feb 1899 2 Aug 1981
ZOLEZZI, Ellouise M. 18 Jul 1918 27 Jul 2004

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