Zion Lutheran Cemetery

Pickard and Coldwater Roads
Isabella County, Michigan

Transcribed 13 May 1999
by Donna Hoff-Grambau
with permission.


        The cemetery is located at the crest of a hill.  Many old trees shade the tombstones.
        Earlier tombstones from the turn of the century are written in German with German
        phrases on the stones.  Many of the early stones are difficult to read due to lichen
        overgrowth.  The cemetery itself is well kept with natural flowers growing among
        the tombstones.

        In rows starting at the back of the cemetery:

        Mother
        Mary Funsch Hein
        1870-1972

        Father
        John E. Hein
        1858-1913

        Mother
        Bertha M. Hein
        1874-1930

        Father
        Edward Hein
        1874-1963

        Infant
        E.E. Hein
        Died 21 September 1908

        Inbetween the Infant Stone and the Father stone is the following stone:
        Mother
        Wilhelmina SICH
        No dates readable

        RUHE Head Stone

        Rudolf F. Fritz
        25 January 1876
        30 April 1912
        Quote from John 16

        John W. Fritz Jr.
        1882-1917

        Mother
        Fredrika Fritz
        1855-1943

        Father
        John Fritz
        1852-1940

        Next Stone reads:
        Mother
        Mary _ust (could be D or G)
        Geboren (Born) 4 January 1829
        Gestorben (Died) 13 January 1908

        Wilhelm D. Krueger
        7 October 1858
        29 August 1899

        Cook
        One Stone
        Mary T.
        1882-1971
        Charles
        1874-1953

        Single Stone
        Ernest
        1916

        One Stone
        Carl H.  TEC5 US Army WWII
        20 October 1908
        15 June 1979
        Marguerite
        1916

        Single Stone
        Fritz H. Cook
        1913-1964

        Schultz Baby

        Margaret Theiss
        1904-1969

        Boettner
        Father
        John
        1858-1938

        Christina
        Mother
        1864-1952

        Putzig
        Louis W.
        1901-1995

        Vera E.
        1922

        Heinrich C. Krueger
        born and died 1897
        difficult to read

        FRITZ - large stone

        William Robert Fritz
        Michigan Sea US Navy
        8 September 1889
        21 April 1960

        Laura A. Fritz
        1 February 1901
        7 November 1977

        John Fritz
        1852

        Fredrike Fritz
        1855

        Baby Daughter
        of William and Laura Fritz
        1922

        Two unreadable stones

        HEIN Large Stone

        Minnie B.
        1897-1984

        Emil R.
        1890-1959

        Adolf
        1860-1933

        Amalia, His Wife
        1865-1902

        William Hein
        1882-1954

        Frau Louise Neumann
        1826-1907

        Henry C. Hein
        Pvt. Air Service
        14 March 1892
        23 April 1974

        Edna Hein
        1895-1943

        Mother
        Amelia
        1851-1915

        Father
        Michael
        1842-1915

        Starr
        John R.
        1916

        Marie A.
        1912-1996

        Married: 11 February 1937

        HEIN  Large Stone

        To the left of the stone:

        Albert H. Hein
        1883-1951

        Louise M.
        1887-1942

        To the right of the stone:

        Margaret M. Stout
        1910-1956

        Richard G. Hein
        1909-1979

        One Stone:

        Paul Lueder
        5 August 1896
        11 May 1977

        Vidabelle Lueder
        20 November 1899
        15 May 1980

        The last two stones in the row read as follows:

        August C.
        1856-1919

        Augusta
        1856-1946

        In front and to the right of these stones is a large stone with the RHODE.

        Vater (father in German) on the top of the small stone
        Gestorben 1908, everything else is unreadable due to degradation of the stone

        William R. Winters
        Michigan Pvt. Co. M6 Development BN WWI
        18 April 1889
        23 November 1962

        Fred Winters
        12 June 1891
        28 July 1971

        Lyle R. Warner
        1892 B.L.E. 1971

        Marie Winters Warner
        1897-1929

        Next stone reads Mother
        1865-1929

        LUEDER large stone

        To the right of the stone, a single headstone

        Anna K. Nicholson
        1888-1944

        To the left of the stone
        Mother
        Marie
        22 November 1844
        8 January 1923

        Father
        Heinrich
        6 July 1837
        4 September 1924

        Single Stone
        Fred W. Lueder
        31 October 1876
        28 Maarch 1927
        Beloved Husband of Anna K., father of Mildred

        Helen M. Hartman
        LPN
        17 May 1911

        One singular stone:
        LUEDER
        Martha E.
        1890-1945

        Carl H.
        1880-1962

        Small stone
        Our Darling

        Muter (Mother in German) on top of small stone
        Unreadable

        Father
        Theo Hummel
        Died 7 February 1910
        Aged 60 or 69 years

        Mother
        Carolina Hummel
        died 5 April 1929
        74 years

        RHODE

        Wilhelmine
        1867-1940

        Robert
        1862-1943

        Infant
        John Rhode
        Mar 1902

        Kay Elizabeth Rhode
        1949

        ___________
        17 April 1892
        17 May 1899

        Otto C. Rhode
        1890-1929

        Van Zandt

        Eda L.
        1909-1997

        Charles
        1878-1949

        LUEDER

        Albertina
        1872-1958

        William
        1865-1953

        LUEDER

        Herman C.
        1901-1985

        Helen M.
        1905-1989

        COOK

        Robert S.
        1928

        Christine
        1931

        Married: 16 September 1950

        COOK

        Marie
        1846-1928

        Theodore
        1849-1933

        William J.
        1886-1965

        Maycie I.
        1896-1974

        RHODE

        Mildred L.
        1912-1996

        Theodore
        1904-1969

        Hummel
        Frederika geborne Faulmann
        12 December 1855
        29 April 1892

        Theo Hummel
        1841-1910

        Clifford Hummel
        31 January 1909
        6 February 1909

        Frank Hummel
        1872-1939

        By Hummel Stones
        Herman Binger
        1885-1958
 
 

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