CEDAR COUNTY NEBRASKA / ST. HELENA CITY CEMETERY ST. HELENA NE
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December 2001 Updated: Dec. 11, 2003
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The original cemetery records were kept in Omer Jones home. Mr. Jones
was the cemetery sexton and there was only one set of records. His
home burned down and the records burned with it.
It has been said that the first year settlers arrived in the St.
Helena area they lived in caves on the east and south of the
current cemetery the first winter. Later they built homes in the area.
Indians contracted some White man's disease and died. There are Native
Americans buried on the east side of the cemetery.
James Nielsen compiled a cemetery list in 1965. Mr. Nielsen was very
concerned that the rumor that was published in an early Cedar County
History Book which school teachers and students contributed to said
that the first cemetery of St. Helena was on an island in the river.
That is not true. The cemetery then is where it is now.
He noted that Mrs. Henry Felber had an oak slab tombstone. Her husband
Henry was proprietor of Felber House, which was later known as Felber
Tavern. Jacob Felber and wife, who died 1898 and 1897 respectively,
were the great-grandparents of the proprietor of Felber Drug of Laurel
NE during the 1960’s and 70’s.
Also noted that Fred Reifert’s wife dated death dated 1882. Her husband
was coroner and undertaker and lived in the city of St. Helena.
The six Heckt children's birth and death dates were lost when vandals
destroyed the footstones on their grave sites. These children were sons
and daughters of Theo and Catherine Heckt. These graves set at the top of
the hill in the center of the cemetery surrounded by a wrought iron
fence.
Loren and Ruth Bender, the people of St. Helena and the Jones family
need to be commended on their efforts to save the cemetery from
complete destruction. A fence has been erected around the cemetery and
efforts have been made to spruce up it’s general appearance.
Ralph “Red” Jones was the last person to buried in this cemetery. On
the gate to the cemetery each pillar has a plaque. One says St. Helena
Cemetery and the other says In Loving Memory of Ralph A. Jones.
Inside the cemetery to the north side is a beautiful monument and
flagpole. One plaque says “Frances Jones, postmaster 41 years, St.
Helena NE". On the lower level is a plaque that says: Ralph A Jones
PFC US Army WW II Jan. 21, 1918 - Sept. 9, 1991.
This list was made possible by the hard work of Marlys Rice of Concord NE.
68728, who initially recorded these records on April 1, 1987.
There are very, very, few double stones; because of the age of tombstones
they are single tombstones.
HELP: IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE OR ANY OTHER GRAVES IN
THIS CEMETERY, PLEASE CONTACT THE SUBMITTERS!!!
SURNAME Given Name DATE(S) NOTES/INSCRIPTIONS
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ANDRESEN Adolph 3/8/1826 - 6/14/1892
BARINGTON Willie U ? 2/18/1886 3yrs 1mos 14dys
COWMAN Sarah 6/2/1879 wife of J.P. 30yrs 6mos 25dys
EBINGER Bertha 1865 - 1931
EBINGER Mina 1840 - 1915
EBINGER Thomas 1836 - 1919
EVANS Etta 5/25/1879 dau of G.T. & M.E. 11y 6mos 22dy
FELBER (WERNLE) Jacob 5/21/1821 - 11/24/1898
FELBER Verna 2/15/1818 - 3/25/1897 wife of Jacob
FELBER Verena (WERNLE) 1/25/1819 - 8/21/1872 wife of Henry
* could be the same lady very hard to read stones in different parts of the
cemetery but dates could be enough alike to be the same--heavy slab of upright
white painted wood for Verena; badly worn cement marker for Verna. *(not the same lady)
HAGEN Rosa Lee 6 / 20/1865 dau of R.J. & M.J. 6 dys.
HAGEN Willard 11/11/1868 son of R. & M.J. 2 yrs.
HAGEN M.J.H footstone
HAGEN R.L.H footstone
HAGEN W.H. footstone
HECKT Bathilda F. 8/25/1875 4y 4m 10 dys
HECKT Charles C. 1/16/1877 son Theo & Cath. 1 mo 11 dys
HECKT Harrie C. 9/3/1879 1 yr. 6 m. 27 dys.
HECKT Harry T. 2/7/1887 1 day
HECKT Jessema T. 6/19/1882 2 yrs
HECKT Theodor F. 11/29/1881 14yr 4m 1d
HOLCOMB Eddie 2/4/1878 son of R. & L. 9 m.
*cement marker with LeMars IA. written on bottom of the stone
JAGER Marie 7/29/1832 - 9/6/1901 (OLD STYLE SPELLING JAEGER)
wife of Henning
JESSEN Fritz 1856 - 1935 husb of Marie
JESSEN Marie 1854 - 1927 wife of Fritz
JOHNSON Claudie 12/21/1881 son of S.J. & L. 5yr 6m 11dys
JONES C.D. 1826 - 1893 husb of Marie
JONES James 2/26/1885 - 6/27/1969
JONES Katherine 12/10/1877 - 12/30/1963
JONES Maria 1832 - 1910 wife of C.D.
JONES Omer L. 12/10/1904 - 5/4/1971
MENG Andrew no dates husb of Matilda
MENG Iver J. 1850 - 1914 husb of Johanna J.
MENG Johanna J 1861 - 1939 wife of Iver J.
MENG Matilda no dates wife of Andrew J.
MENG Rasmus 1889 - 1920
MORGAN Henry Oscar 2/18/1840 - 10/31/1904 unmarked grave
b. NY d. St. Helena, NE
MOTSON / WATSON ? Estella G. 7/16/1886 2 m. 1 d. very hard to read
MOTSON / WATSON ? Mary E. 5/31/1879 1 m. 17 d. very hard to read
McDONALD Howard F. 8/29/1891 son of A.C. & M. A. 9 m. 9 d.
NELSON Lundegaar Iver 9/11/1887 1 yr. 5 mos. 12 dys
son of John & Mary Nelson
NELSON John 12/23/1832 - 8/3/1913 30 yr. 6 m. 10 d
NELSON Neck 12/25/1897 41 yr.
NIELSEN * could find no names or dates large stone
PETERSEN Anne 6/20/1892 dau of Peter & Christina
PETERSEN Peter 12/24/1893 30 yr.
RABEN Hans 5/6/1880 - 11/8/1884
RANDALL Bertha 5/6/1893 6 yr 3 m 1 dy
RANDALL Willie 10/3/1886 3 y 23 d
REIFERT Matilda Domke 2/22/1882 wife of Fred 33 yr.
REMINGTON Clarence M. 4/21/1892 son of E.O. & D. 2 yr.
REMINGTON Della Samantha 3/6/1897 - 11/23/1897 unmarked grave
dau of Erving & Dellaphene Remington
REMINGTON Erving Otto 6/9/1847 - 7/6/1908 unmarked grave
b. Yorktown PA
Co. D 9th Iowa Volunteers
husb of Dellaphene Ellen Morgan
REMINGTON Glen 2-11-1911 - 3-28-1911/12 born & died at St. helena
SCHALLER Anne 12/19/1832 - 8/11/1899 wife of Wilhelm 66? yr.
SCHALLER Wilhelm 5/3/1822 - 6/6/1879 husb of Anna 57 yr. b. Germany
SHOVE E. B. 1860 - 1926
STEINHOFF George N. no dates CO K. 139 ILL Inf. Am. Legion
WATSON -- SEE MATSON
WIGGINS John 1/1/1841 - 3/30/1896 b. Brelin Germany husb of Maria Nilson
aka. WIGGEN John (b. 1/2/1841??)
*** Stones near Nelson and Nielsen
Clemen 12/26/1845 - 3/14/1925
Clementine 11/11/1892 - 5/18/1893