St John's Evangelical Lutheran Chapel Cemetery

Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
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Cemetery	St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Chapel Cemetery
Location	Cootes Store area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Court Square, Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 north (Harpine Hwy) 12.1 miles to Broadway. Turn left onto Route 259 (Brocks Gap Road) and go 3.3 to Route 613 (North Mountain Road) and turn right. Go 3.2 miles and church/cemetery on the left side of road behind the church.
Notes	Cemetery is well maintained. Enclosed by iron fence. Cemetery rows are recorded from gate entrance to the back (east to west) and headstones from left to right (south to north). In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "There are probably more unmarked graves then those with named markers."
Survey Date and Recorder	17 Jul 2003 Bob and Lois Emswiler
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Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks	Images
001	Sager	Levi	3 Mar 1828	5 Jun 1915	Aged 87y 3m 2d; A Veteran of the Mexican War 1846-1847
001	Sager	William	5 Jun 1871	23 Jun 1942
001	Smith	Thomas A.	11 Jul 1854	16 Dec 1923
001	Unknown					Illegible funeral home marker
001	Helmick	Phyllis Ann		Nov 1960		Rhodes funeral home marker only
001	Eaton	John W.	18 Oct 1891	12 Feb 1950
001	Calhoun	Alice Eaton	16 Mar 1894	4 Jul 1973
001	Miller	Charlie E.	11 Sep 1912	19 Jun 1978
001	Miller	Anna Lee O.	26 Feb 1914			w/Charlie E.
001	Miller	Melvin E.	1933	1995		Grandle funeral home marker only
001	Helmick	Wilbur	19 Sep 1926
001	Helmick	Effie Mae	22 Jan 1932	8 Feb 1981
001	Campbell	Winifred R.	19 Feb 1917	13 Oct 1995	Sgt U.S. Army WWII
002	Spitzer, Sr.	William A.	29 Mar 1897	9 Apr 1964	Virginia Cpl Co L 9 Infantry WWI
002	Spitzer	Mary J.	7 Jan 1905	5 Dec 1977		w/Wm. A. Sr.
002	Spitzer	Bonnie Fay	27 Mar 1933	27 Mar 1933	Infant/W. A. & M. J.
002	Spitzer	Connie May	27 Mar 1933	27 Mar 1933	Infant/W. A. & M. J.
002	Riggleman	Phillip	16 Oct 1842	23 Aug 1924
002	Riggleman	Elizabeth	16 Oct 1854	8 May 1924		w/Phillip
002	Burkholder	Infant Son		Mar 1980	s/Stephen & Connie
003	Wilt, Jr.	Franklin L.	10 Feb 1927	20 Mar 1990	Our children: Franklin III, Judy Lynn
003	Wilt	Hilda B.	16 Mar 1933		Married 18 Dec 1954	w/Franklin L. Jr.
003	Kluge	Eunice	5 Apr 1933	1 Aug 1985
003	Rhodes	Rose Wilt	1908	1948
003	Strawderman	Laban	17 Feb 1864	19 Mar 1923
003	Wean	Dora Bell	1878	1958		Rhodes funeral home marker only
003	Lambert	Susan	20 Nov 1842	30 Mar 1922	Aged 79y 4m 11d
003	Lambert	John F.	10 Feb 1869	30 Apr 1929	Aged 62y 20d
003	May	Samuel E.	19 Feb 1901	6 Feb 1983
003	May	George William	4 Apr 1908	21 Oct 1953	Brother
003	May	George H.	12 Jan 1864	10 May 1943	Father
003	May	Nancy G.	6 Nov 1870	27 Nov 1951	Mother	w/Geo. H.
003	May	Frances Jane	15 Jul 1845	18 Feb 1922	Aged 76y 6m 3d
003	May	Charles R.	9 Jun 1894	23 Jun 1970	Virginia Pvt 54 Infantry WWI; Erected by Rhoda Turner May
004	Wean	Floyd F.	13 Oct 1902	4 Nov 1978
004	Wean	Christopher	3 Aug 1912	14 Apr 1974		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
004	Wean	Clara Viola	1916	1963
004	Wean	Dora Belle	1882	1968		Rhodes funeral home marker only
004	Wean	Christian C.	1871	1952		Rhodes funeral home marker only
004	Wilt	Franklin L.	1901	1944
004	Wilt	Bertie W.	1905	1969
004	Wilt	Donald E.	1938	1938
004	Wilt	Infant Daughter		1941
004	Shope	Vere	20 Jan 1904	20 Jan 1904	s/Geo. & Sarah	Partially illegible-recorded by Swank in 1967
004	Wilt	Elizabeth C. Gordon	1868	1902
005	Andes	William	1857	1948
005	Andes	Sallie C.	1863	1958		w/Wm.
005	Smuck	Ellen Biller	30 Sep 1874	19 Jan 1953
005	Smuck	Robert	18 Jul 1868	11 Aug 1946
005	Smuck	Mary A.	18 Aug 1833	20 Jan 1923	w/Robert	Partially illegible-recorded by Swank in 1967
005	Dellinger	Ophelia	8 Sep 1866	28 Dec 1952	Mother	w/Ambrose
005	Dellinger	Ambrose	22 Sep 1868	27 Aug 1917	Father
005	Dellinger	Sarah		11 Sep 1886	Aged 82 yrs; Mother
005	Dellinger	John		20 Feb 1882	Aged 79 yrs; Father
005	Branner	Harrison		6 Mar 1879	Aged 58y 10m 26d
005	Leasa	Adam	1812	1875
005	Leasy	Philip R.	12 Nov 1878	26 Nov 1878
005	Smith	Pearlie Grace	19 Jun 1888	9 Sep 1891	d/Thomas F. & Sarah	Partially illegible-recorded by Swank in 1967
005	Smith	Sarah A.	17 Sep 1856	29 Jan 1910	Aged 68y 4m 12d	w/Thomas F.
005	Smith	Thomas F.	31 May 1851	18 Jul 1915
006	Reedy	Ada M.	15 Oct 1903	21 Nov 1958
006	Reedy	John W.	8 Jul 1902	11 Jan 1980
006	Reedy	Jennie E.	18 Dec 1910	24 Mar 1984
006	Leecy	Granville F.	23 Sep 1922	9 Nov 1995	Cpl U.S. Army WWII
006	Leecy	Infant Daughter		1959
006	Unknown					Illegible funeral home marker only
006	Tusing	Mary Ann	18 Jun 1836	18 Apr 1919	w/Nathaniel
006	Tusing	John Casper	6 Sep 1874	19 Dec 1887	Aged 13y 3m
007	Orebaugh	Saylor J.	9 Jan 1899	9 Aug 1965
007	Orebaugh	Jennie I.	19 Jun 1911	3 Dec 1992
007	Orebaugh	John F.	3 Mar 1908	10 Nov 1944	Brother
007	Orebaugh	Edward J.	1863	1937
007	Orebaugh	Francie R.	1875	1932		w/Edward J.
007	Unknown					Base only
007	Leasy	Margaret V.	18 May 1877	1 Mar 1899
007	Leasy	John	21 Jul 1840	15 Apr 1898
007	Leasy		19 Mar 1843	10 Mar 1904	Aged 60y 11m 21d	Illegible given name 2003
007	Mathias	William F.	1899	1964		Funeral home marker only
008	Runion	Miriam E. Tusing Campbell Leecy	3 Jan 1898	3 Jan 1992
008	Tusing	Joseph F.	1869	1957	Father
008	Tusing	James M. L.	1904	1992	U.S. Army WWII	Military marker shows James Luther Tusing b. 3 Dec 1904 d. 3 Jul 1992
008	Wilt	William A. D.	1922	1955
008	Wilt	Lydia A.	1880	1966
008	Wilt	Jacob E.	1879	1954
008	Wilt	Jackson Lee	2 Feb 1868	28 Aug 1946		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
008	Wilt	Annie Beeler	28 Apr 1838	13 Aug 1921		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
008	Wilt	Absalom Emmanuel	7 Jun 1840	8 Dec 1905		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
008	Wilt	Benjamin Ambrose	16 May 1881	18 Oct 1897		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
008	Wilt	William Edward	1 Oct 1869	16 Mar 1895		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
008	Wilt	Absalom Henry	5 Mar 1877			Homemade wooden cross with data on it; no death date
008	Wilt	Effie	17 Oct 1869	1869		Homemade wooden cross with data on it
008	Wilt	Sarah Anna	21 Aug 1873			Homemade wooden cross with data on it; no death date
009	Rickard	Pete	2 Oct 1919	3 Sep 1989
009	Rickard	Florence N.	15 Feb 1919	10 Jul 1985

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