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Hillside Cemetery

Columbus township, Columbia County, Wisconsin

N. Lewis St. on North side of the city of Columbus. Copied from the cemetery records furnished by Gloria Moldscheck. Edited and typed here by Anna Mae Axness 2005.

See the Columbus Democrat, May 24, 1872. The upper portion of the present cemetery was laid out in 1846. the land was given to the township by Mrs. Lewis Ludington and was surveyed by Mr.James T. Lewis (later govenor of Wisconsin) and Squire Topplif. Many additions followed over the years. Squire Allen was the first burial in 1845. Many of the early burials are unmarked. In 2005 there are over 6600 burials on record.

Welk - Witthuhn

Last name, First name(spouse)	Born	Died	Comments: s/o, dau of, wife of, husband of, child of--s/o, d/o, w/o, h/o, c/o
Welk, Alvina Clara(Frank)	1869	1955	buried 07-19-1955
Welk, August	11-03-1831	12-29-1897
Welk, Bertha	04-11-1877	07-07-1895	d/o August Welk
Welk, Bertha C.(Louis)	07-23-1892	12-27-1980
Welk, Frank	1866	1947	buried 10-30-1947
Welk, Harmie A.	1894	1983	d/o Frank Welk, buried 04-27-1983
Welk, Jessie(Paul)	1884	1949	buried 08-01-1949
Welk, Lester Paul	08-30-1899	06-15-1913	s/o Frank Welk
Welk, Louis(Bertha)	1892	1966	WW I & WW II, buried 08-24-1966
Welk, Paul H.	1879	1964	Son-in-law of Ira Ford, buried 02-05-1964
Welk, Wilhelmina-Mrs.		1930	Buried 04-18-1930 on William Wetzel lot
Welk, Wilhelmine(August)	06-14-1842	01-04-1892
Weller, Amalia(Otto)	10-13-1845	08-07-1902
Weller, Doris(Otto)	1898	04-24-1983	Cremains
Weller, Louise(William E.)	1875	1944	buried 10-20-1944
Weller, Otto(Doris)	1903	1955	buried 07-31-1955
Weller, Otto F.(Amalia)	01-01-1842	03-27-1925
Weller, William	06-17-1925	06-27-1985	Cremains
Weller, William E.(Louise)	1872	1944	buried 08-18-1944
Wendling, Carl/Karl(Ernstine)	05-05-1849	10-04-1916
Wendling, Ernstine(Carl/Karl)	01-30-1841	05-21-1926
Wendt, Alma S.(Herman)	11-16-1877	03-08-1960
Wendt, Arthur F.(Sadie)	04-07-1911	02-25-1980	s/o Herman Wendt
Wendt, Donald(Majorie Braker)	03-19-1923	07-09-1999	s/o Max & Winifred Feelyater Wendt
Wendt, Dorothy	1915	1917	Infant d/o Henry Wendt, buried 03-17-1917
Wendt, Eugene	04-15-1943	04-25-2003
Wendt, Harold H.(Mabel)	07-09-1906	11-11-1976	s/o Herman Wendt
Wendt, Hazel A.(Arthur)	09-26-1907	05-28-1964	Daughter-in-law of Herman Wendt
Wendt, Henry A.	1881	1959	buried 11-24-1959
Wendt, Herman E.(Alma S.)	02-13-1875	01-06-1960
Wendt, Janette B.(Raymond)	08-04-1911	12-16-1999	d/o Otto & Lena Will
Wendt, Joe/Herman(Elaine)	07-19-1915	01-21-1972
Wendt, John E.	04-23-1921	09-15-1998	WW II, US Army Air Force, s/o Max & Winifred Fellyater Wendt
Wendt, John J.(Katherine)	1877	1966	buried 12-06-1966
Wendt, Katherine/Katharine A.(John J.)	1884	1955	buried 06-09-1955
Wendt, Lydia F.(Henry)	1889	1962	buried 02-28-1962
Wendt, Mabel S.(Harold)	03-03-1908	08-04-2000	d/o Carl & Minnie Pust Schroedel
Wendt, Marjorie R.		1914	buried 10-28-1914
Wendt, Max M.(Winifred R.)	1890	1967	buried 04-24-1967
Wendt, Raymond W.(Janette Will)	06-16-1909	09-02-1995	s/o Henry & Lydia Borchert Wendt
Wendt, Russell(Evelyn)	06-11-1917	11-18-1985	s/o Henry A.Wendt
Wendt, Winifred R.(Max M.)	1891	1952	buried 06-06-1952
Wendtland, Cheryl K.	10-16-1951	08-11-1969	d/o Evangaline Wendtland
Wesenberg, Emma(John)	1880	1941	a/s Weisenberg
Wesenberg, Freddy		1897	s/o Emma and John Wesenberg
Wesenberg, Friedrick	05-01-1837	10-16-1910	a/s Weesenberg
Wesenberg, Johann	10-28-1862	09-01-1877	s/o Friedrick Wesenberg/Weesenberg
Wesenberg, John	1865	1950	a/s Weisenberg, buried 02-23-1950
Wesenberg, Minnie(John)	1864	1889	a/s Weisenberg
Wesenberg, Wilhelmine(Friedrick)	10-10-1835	12-24-1905	a/s Weesenberg
Westen, Elizabeth(Christ)	09-15-1827	06-10-1895
Westen, Welhelm		11-17-1861	s/o C. E. Westen
Westen, Winfield		01-13-1856	s/o C. E. Westen
Weston, Christian		1918	buried 08-10-1918
Weston, Mary Ann Rath		1928	buried 05-18-1928
Westphal, August	09-15-1839	09-26-1926
Westphal, Bertha(August)	11-03-1847	04-19-1923
Westphal, Clarence R.(Lucille)	07-18-1905	05-22-1963
Westphal, Donna M.	08-11-1938	05-25-1983	Mother of William Westphal
Westphal, Gertrude"Trudi" E.(Alvin)	04-18-1915	01-26-1999	d/o Fred & Elsa Kurtz Wuethrich
Westphal, Hannah/Anna(Henry C.)	1871	1956	buried 05-05-1956
Westphal, Henry C.(Hannah)	1874	1969	buried 01-20-1969
Westphal, Hulda F.	09-27-1909	06-29-1911	d/o Henry Westpahl
Westphal, Infant son		02-23-1904	s/o Henry Westphal
Westphal, Lucille W.(Clarence)	09-09-1909	09-03-1980
Wetzel, Anna	1887	1946	Sister of Martha Wetzel, buried 07-09-1946
Wetzel, Ferdinand		1910	s/o William Wetzel, buried 11-27-1910
Wetzel, Martha	03-24-1884	09-06-1970	Sister of Anna Wetzel
Wetzel, Randal A.	10-05-1950	04-08-1998
Wetzel, Wilhelmine(William)	1844	1898
Wetzel, William		no dates	Infant; Buried on William Wetzel lot
Wetzel, William F.	1842	1921	buried 07-06-1921
Wheeler, Anne K.(J.Russell)		1959	Cremains buried 05-23-1959, d/o Lester R. Rockwell
Wheeler, J.Russell(Anne K.)		1966	Cremains buried 09-01-1966, Son-in-law of Lester R. Rockwell
Wheeler, John R.	1816	1881	Buried on Lester R. Rockwell lot
Wheeler, Mary Rockwell(J.R.)	1821	1859	Buried on Lester R. Rockwell lot
Whitcomb, A.J.		05-13-1876	Age 45 years
Whitcomb, Ernest	11-10-1858	10-25-1925	s/o A. J. Whitcomb
Whitcomb, Herbert--infant			s/o Ernest Whitcomb
Whitcomb, Laura Mae			d/o Ernest Whitcomb, buried 02-27-1945
Whitcomb, Laura R. Tyng(A.J.)		03-31-1908
Whitcomb, Nellie Marone(Ernest)	09-01-1851	09-04-1940
Whitcomb, Ruben			s/o A. J. and L. R. Whitcomb
White, Catherine M.(Lawrence)	01-27-1864	06-10-1935
White, Cora	05-15-1900	07-16-1985	d/o William Casper
White, Erwin/Ira(Martha A.)	1880	1948	buried 01-12-1948
White, Esther---buried 02-23-1912		1912	d/o W. H. White. No marker as of 8-11-1984.
White, Florence Olive	1897	1918	d/o Lawrence White, buried 04-04-1918
White, Inez J.	10-22-1890	01-15-1944	d/o Lawrence White
White, Jessie G.N.	12-11-1887	12-16-1978	d/o Lawrence White
White, Lawrence	01-25-1856	10-14-1908
White, Lorane(William J.)	11-18-1901	01-15-1985
White, Marette E.	10-24-1894	07-11-1982	d/o Lawrence White
White, Martha A.(Ira/Erwin)	1880	1968	buried 11-11-1968
White, William J.(Lorane)	12-01-1908	07-22-1975
Whitefoot, Anna----buried 10-14-1940	1874	1940	Mother-in-law of Joseph Johnson
Whitefoot, Anne	1873	1919	d/o Charles Whitefoot, buried 02-11-1919
Whitefoot, Charles/Carl	1847	1933	buried 01-27-1933
Whitefoot, Emma	1869	1950	d/o Charles/Carl Whitefoot, buried 09-02-1950
Whitefoot, Henrietta(Charles/Carl)	1842	1924	buried 04-30-1924
Whitefoot, Hilda	12-24-1907	07-14-1983	Sisr-in-law of Joseph Johnson, WW? Army Nurse
Whitefoot, Otto----buried 09-12-1947	1871	1947	Father-in-law of Joseph Johnson
Whiting, Josiah(Maria)	08-28-1814	07-02-1889
Whiting, Maria(Josiah)	06-21-1816	02-01-1885
Whiting, Mary A.		06-05-1856	d/o J. & M. Whiting, 1yr 6mos old
Whiting, Waren J.		02-14-1863	Soldier, s/o J. & M Whiting, 18y11m14d old
Whitney, Alonzo H.(Esther)	1854	1929	buried 04-19-1929
Whitney, Esther(Alonzo H.)	1852	1905
Whitney, H.A.(Helen M.)		05-25-1888	Age 72 years
Whitney, Helen M.(H.A.)		01-23-1869	Age 43 years, 8 months
Whitney, Lillian Stevens(G.C.)	1860	1943	buried 06-26-1943
Whitney, Rosultha A.		06-17-1845	d/o H. A. Whitney
Whittier, Mary(Reuben)		08-07-1863	Age 83 years, 18 days
Whittier, Reuben(Mary)		03-30-1853	Age 67 years, 6 months
Wienke, Christian(Wilhelmina)	03-27-1838	06-05-1929
Wienke, Christian/Fred(Emma)	12-25-1886	07-28-1973	2nd Husband of Emma Lange Wienke
Wienke, Emma(Christian/Fred)	09-08-1890	11-08-1986
Wienke, Margaret(William F.)	11-25-1894	02-22-1993
Wienke, Wilhelmina or Johanna	03-13-1854	02-27-1937	Widow of Christian Wienke
Wienke, William F.(Margaret)	07-25-1893	08-30-1971	WW I
Wilkin, Adelaide/Addie M.(Mark M.)	1875	1941	buried 03-18-1941
Wilkin, Mark M.(Addie M.)	1874	1946	buried 02-14-1946
Wilkins, Augusta L.(George)	1854	1895
Wilkins, Maria(A.)	1826	03-15-1879	Age 53 years
Will, Caroline M.(Otto)	07-15-1885	06-21-1971
Will, Charles F.	03-02-1903	04-27-1979	Stepfather of Nick Roth
Will, Edward M.(JoeAnn Hatzinger)	10-25-1916	02-21-1999	s/o Otto & Emma Horn Will
Will, JoeAnn(Edward M.)	04-22-1930	02-14-2003	d/o Leo & Ida Kehl Hatzinger
Will, Margaret	06-14-1915	06-01-1997
Will, Otto M.(Caroline M.)	1877	10-28-1966
Will, William E.(Frances)	1876	1945	buried 06-07-1945
Williams, Bell			Sister of Lansing Williams
Williams, Belle	1876	1952	d/o Lansing Williams, buried 06-17-1952
Williams, Blanch		1917	buried 11-17-1917
Williams, Catherine L.(Richard H.)	1870	1969	buried 07-26-1969
Williams, Clara Daher(Ira)		1941	buried 12-29-1941
Williams, Edith(George W.)	1875	1969	Nee Griswold, cremains buried 05-03-1969
Williams, Elizabeth(O.H.)	09-15-1841	08-17-1921
Williams, Elizabeth(Theodore Sr.)	1906	1966	buried 11-04-1966
Williams, Ervin--infant	1905	1907	s/o Louis Williams
Williams, George E.	1870	1944	Ashes, buried 10-20-1944 on John Williams lot
Williams, Harry C.	06-19-1847	03-25-1915	Spanish American War
Williams, Harry P.			Cremains buried 05-04-1978
Williams, Harry Scott	04-15-1876	08-22-1901	s/o H. C. Williams
Williams, Hugh R.(Ruth Altschwager)	1909	1965	Son-in-law of William Altschwager, buried 08-23-1965
Williams, Ira		1945	buried 08-06-1945
Williams, John		1856
Williams, John	1842	1910	buried 10-14-1910
Williams, Julia A. Cooper(H.C.)	04-16-1851	06-29-1891
Williams, Lansing		1927	War Veteran, 06-02-1927
Williams, Lansing-Mrs.
Williams, Margaret"Peggy"	12-25-1947	10-01-2004	d/o Theodore & Elizabeth Kezertee Williams
Williams, Martha "Mattie"(John)	1841	1892
Williams, Mary-Mrs.		03-27-1971	d/o Harold Hempel & Grddtr/o Charles Hempel
Williams, Mrs.			Lot in name of James Anthony. Later sold to Otto Lange
Williams, Norma P.(William R.)	03-22-1914	11-02-1995	s/o Glenn & Laura Koblitz ????
Williams, Orlando		no dates	Soldier
Williams, Orpha	04-02-1818	01-02-1899	Mother of H. C. Williams
Williams, Owen H.	05-05-1846	01-17-1920
Williams, Richard H.(Catherine)	1858	1943	buried 12-06-1943
Williams, Ruth Esther--infant	1908	1910	d/o Louis Williams, buried 01-30-1910
Williams, Ruth M.(Hugh R.)	05-18-1913	01-20-1997	d/o William Altschwager
Williams, Sidney	1866	1895	s/o John and Martha Williams
Williams, Tad Louis(Doris)	07-07-1955	11-15-1975
Williams, Theodore Sr.	07-25-1903	10-19-1978
Williams, Tobin L.	07-08-1979	05-14-1996	s/o Tracey & Dawn Balfanz Williams
Williams, William R.(Norma)	1903	1967	buried 05-29-1967
Wilske, Almira(Carl F.)		03-11-1953
Wilske, Auguste E.	11-07-1856	10-31-1876	d/o Carl F. Wilske
Wilske, Bertha(Frank)	04-08-1855	06-26-1918
Wilske, Carl F.	11-05-1828	01-04-1904
Wilske, Carl F.	-	08-17-1945	s/o Frank F. Wilske
Wilske, Frank F.	03-18-1854	07-16-1914
Wilske, Frank R.	02-12-1848	01-20-1923
Wilske, George	05-16-1880	03-07-1926
Wilske, Henriette(Carl F.)	12-25-1830	02-14-1904
Wilske, Infant		05-08-1867
Wilske, Infant		09-21-1869
Wilske, Infant		02-22-1872
Wilske, Johann F.(Johanne M.)	09-05-1833	11-12-1900
Wilske, Johanne M.(Johann F.)	06-16-1830	12-09-1919
Wilske, Louis G.	07-01-1876	07-31-1901	s/o Frank Wilske
Wilske, Louise(Frank)	06-09-1852	05-11-1936
Wilske, Maria(Fred)	-	-	buried 12-12-1919, no marker
Wilske, Otto G.	1872	1937	Buried 03-02-1937 on Frank Wilske lot
Wilson, Cecelia	1846	1909	d/o Jane Wilson, buried 08-28-1909
Wilson, Charles(Hazel E.)	09-23-1922	03-22-1990
Wilson, Hazel E.(Charles O.)	07-01-1922	01-08-2000	d/o Charles O. & Alma Tiedt Witthuhn
Wilson, Jane A.	1817	1901
Wilson, Mary E.	1844	1875	d/o Jane A. Wilson
Wilson, Thomas	1849	1852	s/o Jane A. Wilson
Winch, George D.--M.D.	1837	1877	s/o Joel & L. Winch
Winch, Joel(Louisa)	1808	1889
Winch, Louisa(Joel)	1812	1899
Winch, Mary	1852	1868	d/o Joel and L. Winch
Winkel, Clara/Clare(Meindert)	1878	1948	buried 10-27-1948
Winkel, Meindert(Clara)	05-14-1882	09-16-1971
Winker, Joe		1930	Buried 07-01-1930 on A. L. Farr lot
Winter, Anthony	04-29-1859	05-18-1896	s/o Mathias & Caroline Winter
Winter, Carolina		1873	d/o R. G. Winter
Winter, Caroline(Mathias)	09-24-1833	04-13-1919
Winter, Leo A.(Mabel)	1877	1942	s/o Mathias & Caroline Winter, buried 12-26-1942
Winters, Loretta	12-11-1911	02-11-2002
Winter, Louis	09-27-1865	03-17-1932	s/o Mathias & Caroline Winter
Winter, Mabel(Leo A.)	05-12-1894	01-15-1979	Dtr-in-law of Mathias & Caroline Winter
Winter, Mathias(Caroline)	04-18-1829	01-04-1887
Winter, Otto		1868	s/o R. G. Winter
Winter, Ray L.	07-06-1903	1978	Cremains interred 5-31-1980. Son-in-law of Charles Holsten
Winter, Russell Gene--from obit.	11-08-1933	10-16-2006	s/o Leo A. & Mabel Rasmussen Winter
Wipperman, Adolph G.(Anna M.)	1864	1954	buried 06-14-1954
Wipperman, Anna M.(Adolph G.)	1869	1957	buried 04-26-1957
Wipperman, Edgar G.(Myrtle N.)	07-05-1889	03-7-1980
Wipperman, Helen	06-20-1896	11-23-1896	d/o A. A. Wipperman; Grandd/o Fred Briese Sr.
Wipperman, Myrtle N.(Edgar G.)	07-08-1898	11-23-1967	Nee Church
Witt, Caroline(Frank)	1872	1951	buried 02-17-1951
Witt, Frank(Caroline)	1870	1959	buried 12-23-1959
Witte, Arthur(Bessie M.)	02-07-1915	06-27-1985	s/o Emil A. & Helen B. Witte
Witte, Bessie M.(Arthur)	02-14-1916	12-14-2000	d/o James & Emily Volek
Witte, Clarence	12-13-1920	05-21-2002
Witte, Donald	12-30-1953	09-07-1977	s/o Clarence Witte Grands/o Charles Berger
Witte, Emil A.(Helen B.)	1879	1962	buried 02-26-1962
Witte, Ernestine(Michael H.)	01-01-1852	09-14-1924
Witte, Helen B.(Emil A.)	1887	1949	buried 06-06-1949
Witte, Laura E.	11-17-1888	10-03-1915	d/o Michael H. Witte
Witte, Louis V.	07-29-1880	12-31-1934	s/oMichael H. Witte
Witte, Lydia	1884	1918	buried 01-03-1919
Witte, Michael H.	1839	1926	Civil War Soldier, buried 01-11-1926
Wittenberg, Hannah	1830	1901	Buried on August Steindorf lot
Witthuhn, Alma Tiedt(Emil)	04-03-1894	03-12-1929
Witthuhn, Alvina(Frank)	05-20-1865	05-28-1950
Witthuhn, Carl	1861	1928	Buried 08-15-1928 on Christian Witthuhn lot
Witthuhn, Christian(Friederike)	1826	1912	buried 07-18-1912
Witthuhn, Dorothy Block(Earl E.)	04-25-1925	09-03-1952
Witthuhn, Earl E.	06-18-1916	12-03-1985
Witthuhn, Emil	06-20-1887	07-23-1958
Witthuhn, Frank E.(Alvina)	12-08-1857	06-13-1913
Witthuhn, Friederike(Christian)	1825	1913	buried 06-15-1913
Witthuhn, Harriet A.(Herbert O.)	08-30-1918	11-16-1985
Witthuhn, Herbert O.(Harriet Gogert)	07-07-1918	07-19-1998	WW II, US Army Artillery in Pacific, s/o Emil & Alma Tiedt Witthuhn
Witthuhn, Paul	1869	1930	Buried 02-24-1930 on Christian Witthuhn lot
Witthuhn, Victor	12-15-1915	07-07-1944	s/o Emil Witthuhn

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