GENEVA COMMUNITY CEMETERY, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN

Located in Section 1, Castor Road, North Bradley, north of Saginaw Road; township owned.  
Read September 5, 2004 by Margaret Wegner. Read from stones, left to right (South to North)
starting at the row closest to Castor Rd. (b date) is usually the sexton's burial date.                                                                                

Row one

Fowler, Cecil W.  Feb. 12, 1923 – Aug. 17, 2003   S1  US Navy  World War II

Row two

Hilliker, Genevieve I.   Mar. 27, 1936 – April 10, 1999   God gave me the greatest gift of all
and I call her mother
Hilliker, Edward F.      Nov. 9, 1936 -                    married Nov. 10, 1963

Row three

Cartwright, Steven M.  1955 - 1977   (22y,  burial 9/7)
Aultman, Justin M.  Nov. 7, 1977 – Jan. 11, 1978       our little angel
Tidd, Harold M.  Aug. 31, 1915 – Feb. 12, 1978     Pfc  US Army  World War II                                (died Gladwin)
Tidd, Leola E.  June 26, 1918 – June 3, 1996     beloved wife
Thornson, Rebecca D.    Dec. 1, 1940 – Oct. 29, 2002
Thorson, Richard L.  Feb. 13, 1934 – July 11, 1996  U S Air Force  Korea

 Row four

Simon, Patricia M.    1932 –
Simon, Steve R. 1928 – 2002            married Aug. 27, 1955
grave    (no marker; floral sign reads  Dad)
Hafer, Robert F.  1974 – 1975   (age 9m died Ann Arbor, burial 5/24)
McCartney, Treva I.  1900 – 1988
McCartney, Charles H.  1897 – 1971
Synyzyn, Mykyta  1890 – 1982
Synyzyn, Mary  1894 – 1967   (burial 10/18)
Haller, Janet E.  1945 – 1961    our daughter  (burial 11/21)
Haller, Dexter M.  Oct. 1, 1920 – Apr. 14, 1996
Holsinger, Gary Carson  1952 – 1975   Sgt. U. S. Air Force Vietnam  (died Nov.
                         in Marquette)
grave   (no stone, small wooden cross)
Todd, Barb M.    Mar. 3, 1941 -                                  mom    married July 1, 1960
Todd, Larry W.   Oct. 12, 1938 – Feb. 12, 2003    dad         grandparents
VanBergen, Jeff A.   1916 – 1986
VanBergen, Ruth M. 1911 – 1998
Pavlicek, Anthony     1911 – 1987
Pavlicek, Vivian  1925 – 1991

Row five

Synyzyn, Anna     1917 –
Synyzyn, Michael  1917 – 1994      married May 21, 1938     together forever
Tigner, Andrea J.  1945 – 1998      beloved wife and daughter
Gibbs, Elmer E.  1910 – 1974      love Bobby & Shirley    (burial 5/31,  63y, died
                                    in Gladwin)
Rickord, Terri Lynn  1968 – 1971   our baby    (burial 6/19)
Fox, Cary  (burial 7/22/1965)
Rease, Lewis L.  1912 – 1975     (62y, burial 7/30, died in Mt. Pleasant)
Rease, Zella M.   1918 –
McGarvey, Lois A.   March 28, 1911 – June 12, 2001
McGarvey, Gilbert H.   1917 – 1978     Tech 5   US  Army  World War II,  61y,
                                     buried March 4)
Hewitt, Elmer   Aug. 4, 1906 – Sept. 7, 1976    MOMM  3  US Navy World War II
Weber, Benedict J.  1894 – 1978    Pvt  US Army World War I   (84y,  burial 3/21)
Hawkins, Delbert L., Sr.   Sept. 25, 1925 – Apr. 28, 1993      US Army  World
                                     War II, Purple Heart)
Hawkins, Eleanor M.  Oct. 24, 1928 –
Tammy       May 26, 1977    (Hawkins?)

Sexton additions:

Fowler, Allan Edward   (burial 10/7/1967) 

Newspaper obits:

Gorniki, infant   (son of John, burial 8/27/1919)

Lewis, J. C.    (died 3/18/1920)

McDonald, Lucille Marguerite    (died 9/25/1919

Shostak, Ruth   (age 2m, died 11/1/1919)

Tripp, Mildred   (63y, died 6/26/1919)

Tripp, Will      (died 6/16/1919)