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Located 1/2 mile south of the church, on the east side of Bartz Road behind a grove of trees. Burials here began in the early 1890's. The cemetery behind the church was expanded sometime after 1900, but the South cemetery remains open, well-maintained, and in use.
Just south of this cemetery is a field with the grave of Rev. Msgr. A. George Koch 1898-1980 (St. Cecilia's pastor 1943-1971) and a large stone cross with a plaque reading:
Site of first Roman Catholic Church of Sheldon 1839-1848 (now St. Cecilia's).Historical articles note that the land for the log church was acquired in 1839, and that an early cemetery was opened in 1836. If a cemetery existed at the cabin site, no traces of it are found today and no records are known to exist.
A log church (28' x 32') was built here during the time St. John Neumann served Sheldon 1836-1840.
This cross (erected 1976) came from St. Joseph's New Cathedral in Buffalo.
ALMETER John P. 1967 1993
ALMETER Paul N. 9-26-08 3-17-2001 Father
Bertha T. 12-4-08 11-5-95 Mother
Mary E. 7-10-35 Daughter
ALMETER Tracy J. 1961 1983
ARMBRUST Edward 1852 1914
ARMBRUST Edward A. 1882 1967
Hattie K. 1887 1980
ARMBRUST Frank 1844 1920
Clara 1849 1928
Clara M. 1874 1948
ARMBRUST George 1875 1945
Mary 1879 1960
McCORMICK Dennis 1896 1951
ARMBRUST Ida 2/4/1904 Daughter of Frank and Clara Armbrust, aged 22 years
ARMBRUST John 1852 1936
Sylvia 1852 1907 his wife
ARMBRUST Julia 1876 1960
ARMBRUST Michael 12/16/1896 AE. 82 yrs.
Elizabeth 7/22/1891 AE. 78 yrs.
ARMBRUST Michael 4/23/1849 3/26/1908 AE. 59 yrs.
Frances 4/24/1850 5/17/1895 AE. 45 yrs. 23 da.
ARMBRUST Michael George 6/8/1914 7/7/1914
ARMBRUST Victor M. 10/9/1906 1/30/1908 Twin Son of William and Bertha Armbrust
BARTZ John 1854 1938
BARTZ Nicholas 4/2/1804 6/17/1897
Elizabeth 8/18/1814 9/4/1895
BARTZ Nicholas A. 1909 1990 m. 1936
Madeline 1919
BARTZ Leo 1912 1996
Rosaline 1920 1998
BARTZ Nicholas W. 1881 1931
Ella M. 1886 1925
BARTZ Peter 1843 1922
BARVIAN George A. 1874 1949
Elizabeth C. 1871 1942
BARVIAN Ida M. 4/23/1907 3/2/1908 Dau. Of George & Lillie Barvian
BARVIAN Richard 1911 1988
Anna 1917
CALMES David A. 1938 1959
CALMES Nicholas 1873 1954
CANNEY John Charles
Cathleen Doeblin 1940 2000
CONRAD Joseph J. 1861 1951
Catherine B. 1858 1942
DANIEL Charles A. 8/3/1924
Elizabeth A. 1/12/1925 6/16/2000
DOMINESEY Mark A. 1961 1985
EBERTH John 1906 1979 father
Helen 1915 1998 mother
FERDINAND John 1839 1896
Anna Maria 1842 1922 his wife
FERDINAND John 1873 1932 brother
FERDINAND Julius 1887 1917 brother
FOUNTAIN Fred 1832 1926
Mary 1844 1907 his wife
GALLIGAN Thomas F. 1882 1939
Odelia H. 1878 1965 "Della"
GEORGE Eastella 10/5/1898 3/22/1899 Children of F.N. & Elizabeth George
Henry 7/28/1900 7/22/1903
GEORGE Gerard J. 1919 1999
Dorothy J. 1922 1972
GEORGE John F. 1820 1904
Clara 1820 1892 his wife
GEORGE Martin 1855 1936
GEORGE Nicholas 6/12/1820 4/17/1893
GEORGE Richard P. 1922 1989
HARMAN William 1870 1891 also an original marker "E.C.H."
Edward 1884 1895 also an original marker "William M."
HENNESSY Louise M. 5/15/1877 1/5/1925
HOLMES Evelyn 1895 1966
HYMAN Frank no dates age 25
John no dates age 71 (?)
JUNGERS Frances 4/16/1859 8/14/1892
KARPIO Richard P. 1942 1979
Sharon A.
KIBLER George W. 1876 1940 Father Always in our hearts
Louise M. 1889 1984 Mother
KIRSCH August 1882 1967 "Mary 1920" also on stone
Mary J. 1882 1924
KIRSCH Francis J. 5/28/1922 12/5/1978 SSGT US Marine Corps World War II, Korea
LOREAUX Napoleon 6/18/1815 1/30/1901
Barbara 1/30/1828 12/30/1907 his wife
LEROUX Clotilde 11/10/1808 9/25/1905 Clotilde Loreaux Leroux
Josephine 4/12/1811 8/11/1900 Josephine Loreaux Jeancyr
LOGEL Mary 6/2/1866 9/22/1891 Daughter of Peter & Cordula Logel
LOGEL Peter 7/3/1833 4/20/1902
Cordula 4/23/1831 12/2/1909 his wife
---- Joseph 1869 1913 (near Logel graves, son of Peter and Cordula?)
Church log: Joseph Logel d. 10/13/1913 age 43.
M.L. (near Logel graves)
MEIDENBAUER Lester F. 1930
Dorothy J. 1929 1985
Leonard 1959
OBERTEAN Edward C. 1896 1924 Sergt. 13th Co. 4th Batt. 153rd Depot Brigade
OBERTEAN Fred J. 3/31/1893 2/3/1954 New York Sgt US Marine Corps World War I
OBERTEAN Marie 1899 1928
PERRY Nicholas E. 1919
Mary E. 1925
Chester 1953 1979
PETERS Margaret L. 1906 1998 Mother
Robert 1923 1997 Son
RASMUS John 1878 1954
SIMONS Albert 1880 1937
Frances 1879 1940
STEVES Henry J. 2/15/1917 5/18/2000 Husband
Josephine H. 6/9/1914 6/24/1995 Wife
STRAUB Elizabeth 1841 1921 Wife of Frank Straub R.I.P.
TUSK Dominick 4/12/1897 Age 68 yrs.
VOSS Rev. Theodore 4/17/1894 Requiescat in Pace - Inscription on back of marker was unreadable
WEIDIG Nicholas 6/20/1914 Age 72yrs 6mo. 24 da.
Anna 4/17/1908 Age 61yrs 4mo. 21 da.
WILDGEN Henry 1820 1898
Kathreen 1822 1904 his wife
WISE John 1863 1927
ZIELINSKI Ted 9/19/1922 6/8/1979 F1 US Navy World War II
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