St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
The SW Quarter of the SE Quarter of Section 14 in Township 143 N Range 91 WDunn County, ND, USA
St. John’s Lutheran Church was also known as the Bronco Church because of its proximity to the Bronco Post Office in Mercer County. The church had been built around 1913 with services held until 1942 when the church burned down after a lightening strike. The cemetery had begun before the church was built and was later annexed to St. Paul Congregation in 1980. (From Dauntless Dunn II - 1989 A History of Dunn County North Dakota page 77.)
The sign beside the gate for this cemetery states “St. John Cemetery Annexed to St. Paul’s Lutheran Dodge, N. Dak.”.
Directions to St. John’s Cemetery: From Dodge, ND: Take 81st Ave S.W. seven miles south to 15th Street S.W. Turn left and go east 2 1/2 miles. From Marshall, ND: Take Hwy 8 four miles north to 15th Street S.W. Turn right and go east 8 1/4 miles.
The cemetery is located on the north side of 15th Street S.W. and is not well marked. It does have a small white sign beside the gate, however it can be easily missed if not specifically looking for it. The portion of the cemetery where the actual graves were located had been mowed and well maintained. A path had been mowed along the north side of the cemetery that leads to the Marvin Sayre marker. The area around that grave had also been maintained.
St. John’s Cemetery was a difficult cemetery to transcribe. There were many markers engraved in a language (most likely German) which I am not familiar with. The engravings themselves were often in a font that was difficult to decipher. Also many of the markers had not been deeply engraved and had weathered over time adding to the challenge of reading them.
The cemetery had been maintained. The area from the north fence heading south 195 feet and from the west fence heading east 93 feet had been mowed. A path had also been mowed along the north fence to the grave site located in the northeast corner and that site had also been mowed.
This list was created only from the tombstone transcriptions and is not complete. There is a great deal of evidence of possible missing markers on many sites. As of 04/10/2003, there were 31 visible markers.
Please note: Every care possible has been taken to obtain accuracy but mistakes do occur. This transcription is only as accurate as the source it was transcribed from.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aipperspach | Alma Hulda | 7/18/1922 | 3/20/1924 | |
| Aipperspach | Johann | 6/6/1878 | 8/14/1919 | |
| Bauer | Emilie | 8/18/1911 | 9/2/1911 | |
| Dockter | Paulina | 5/21/1914 | 4/2/1915 | |
| Ehli | Darlene I. | 1946 | 1946 | |
| Ehli | John F. Jr. | 1913 | 1998 | |
| Ehli | Robert | 1951 | 1997 | |
| Ehli | Robert W. | 6/12/1919 | 3/20/1920 | |
| Ehli | Ronald Keith | 7/19/1945 | 9/10/1978 | PFC US ARMY |
| Engwicht | Clarence | 12/28/1923 | 4/29/1941 | |
| Grossman | Katherina | 1881 | 1929 | |
| Halter | Mathaus | 4/16/1884 | 11/1/1939 | Vater |
| Kiesz | Anna | 11/29/1910 | 10/17/1943 | |
| Kiesz | Harold C. | 1922 | 1980 | PFC US Army World War II |
| Kiesz | Katharina | 7/15/1881 | 1/20/1917 | |
| Link | Barbara | 1880 | 1949 | Mother |
| Link | Eugen Alwin | 4/27/1906 | 4/25/1920 | |
| Link | Friedrich | 1880 | 1960 | Father |
| Link | Irvin E. F. | 1922 | 1958 | |
| Lorenz | Lorena | 2/17/1929 | 7/11/1929 | |
| Lorenz | Viola | 5/15/1933 | 1/1/1934 | |
| Neumullee | Dottb^l | (This marker was a concrete table which had sunken into the ground and was partially covered with sod. The inscription had been shallowly handwritten on the table when the cement was still wet. Also, the second to the last letter of the first name appears to be the Greek letter Lambda.) |
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| Otnhir | Fafob | 7/4/1951 | 4/29/1921 | The style of script this inscription was engraved in made it very difficult to decipher. |
| Sayre | Baby | 12/17/1939 | 12/17/1939 | Infant Daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Sayre. |
| Sayre | Marvin | 6/22/1906 | 7/31/1940 | |
| Siegele | John | 1840 | 1915 | |
| Unknown | This is a sunken area outlined with rocks. No marker, no inscription. |
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| Unknown | This is a sunken area outlined with rocks. No marker, no inscription. |
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| Unknown | This site is marked with a stone cross which had no inscription. |
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| Witt | Eva | 1872 | 1919 | |
| Ziegler | Edgar O. | 11/19/1906 | 6/20/1931 | This marker contained a very clear, very well preserved photo of a man. |
*Assumed surname from family marker.
Tombstone Transcription Done April 10, 2003
Transcribed by T. A. Godlevsky
Contributed by: T. A. Godlevsky - Nov 2003
If you have resources for Dunn County or would like to volunteer to help with look-ups, please e-mail me at Tim StowellLast updated: 21 Apr 2009
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