EAST FORK CEMETERY

FORK TOWNSHIP, MECOSTA CO., MICHIGAN

Transcribed by Addison Kemp

 

Section One

ROW 1  (Going North)                                       ROW 2  (Going North) 

1          ??Palmer??                                                                                1          Our Baby

    ?? and relic of the late                                                             M.E. & R..J.          

           Ben J. Soule                                                                 Rathburn

               Died                                                                                       Born

          Feb 12 1881                                                                           Oct 1 1820

              Aged                                                                                      Died

      75 ys 1 mo 1 day                                                                   Feb 5 1820

 

2     John Arthur                                                                   2    Stone Marker

           Son of                                                                           No Name No Dates

   J.H. & S.M. Gibbs

           Died                                                                             3         Jabcob Z.

    Feb 19  1877                                                                                    Butts

          Aged                                                                                       1838-1924

       9 yrs 2 mo

                                                                                                4    Josephine A. Butts

3        Adel L.                                                                               Born Nov 29  1844

          Wife of                                                                               Died Mar 27  1890

        C.E. Kemp                                                                                     BUTTS

          Dau of

   J.H. & S.M. Gibbs                                                      5    Stone Marker

           Died                                                                                   No Names   No Dates

     Oct 22  1880

          Aged                                                                            1 Space

     19 yrs 2 mos

                                                                                                6        Peter

4         Sarah M.                                                                               Nellis

     Wife of J.H. Gibbs                                                              1839-1876

         1837-1901

                                                                                                7      Mamie  I.

5          Sylvia M.      GAR Flag                                                          Nellis

          1881 - 1953                                                                         1904-1905

 

6.         Mother                                                                       8        E. Fern

        1848-1924                                                                                  Nellis

                                                                                                       1908-1914              

7         C.W. Bark

                                                                                                9      C. Henry

8.          Father                                                                                   Nellis

         1852-1938                                                                              1910-1963

 

                                                                                                10     Elvin G.

                                                                                                           Nellis

                                                                                                       1914-1932              

 

                                                                                                11     Marguerite

                                                                                                             Nellis

                                                                                                         1900-1922

 

 

ROW 3  (Going North)                                       ROW 4  (Going North)

3 Spaces                                                                                                1        GROOMS

                                                                                                   Aunt           Uncle         GAR Flag

1    HOFFMAN                                                                     Nancy            Jimmy

     Fredrick L.

     1906-1975                                                                                    2 Spaces

       Bertha L.        

     1912-1951                                                                          2      Nancy L. Kill

  If We Never Meet Again                                                                  Sept 5-28  1945

 Entire song 3 versus 1 chorus

                                                                                                                1 Space

2     Nellie

       Nellis                                                                               3  Base of Stone

    1880-1970                                                                                 ISANHART

 

3        Father                                                                           4          Peter

     Charles .S. Nellis                                                               Son of

         1870-1940                                                                            S.P. & M.A.

3 Spaces                                                                                                        Isanhart

4                  BARK                                                                                            Died

      James B.        Abbie O.                                                                     Mar 13  1905

   1857-1944        1865-1956                                                                           Aged

                                                                                                     2 yrs 8 mos

                                                                                               

                                                                                                5        Frankie

                                                                                                         Son of

                                                                                                    S.P. & M.A.

                                                                                                       Isanhart

                                                                                                          Died

                                                                                                  Aug 13  1888

                                                                                                          Aged

                                                                                                   ??? mos 12 days

 

 

ROW 5  (Going North)                                       ROW 6  (Going North)

1     James Kennedy        GAR Flag                                               1      Robert A.

              CO E.                                                                             Apr 4  1889

      193 RD  N.Y.  INF                                                               July 3 1893

 

2        STURGIS                                                                     2      Freddie E.

    Floy E.      Alfred H.                                                                        Dec 27  1893

  1895-1977   1893-1988                                                                Mar 25  1894

 

Huge Maple Tree                                                                 3        Ida L.

                                                                                                        Sept 4  1895

3        WILLIAMS                                                                         Aug 26  1896

    Julina                  Henry

  Sept 14  1864   Feb 13  1859                                          4           Pearl E.

  June 26  1932   Feb 20  1933                                                 July 23  1898

                                                                                                       Aug 16  1898

           1 Space

                                                                                                5        WINKWORTH

4            Baby

     Elva L. Walrath                                                  6                Father

          1888-1888                                                                                      George

                                                                                                             Jan 1  1851

5            Mother                                                                                  Sept 16  1917

     Louise M. Walrath

            1846-1904                                                                   7                Mother

                                                                                                                Harriet J.

6       WALRATH                                                                               Oct 6  1860

                                                                                                             Dec 10  1912

7             Father

       Henry Walrath

         1852-1911                                                                      8             Neva Morey

                                                                                                                   Lemkau

8       Mary P Tanner                                                                   1906-1974

                Gibbs     

        1897-1950                                                                       9          Clark W. Morey

                                                                                                                1878-1880

 

                                                                                                10       Floyd L. Morey        WW I Flag

                                                                                                               1904-1967 

 

                                                                                                11       Vida Grace Morey

                                                                                                                 1889-1903

 

                                                                                                12                Mother

                                                                                                            Sarah A. Morey

                                                                                                               1848-1926

 

                                                                                                13                 Father

                                                                                                            James I. Morey

                                                                                                                1845-1914

 

 

ROW 7  (Going North)                                       ROW 8  (Going North)

          2 Spaces                                                                                      2 Spaces

 

 1              GEASLER                                                              1                     BARK                          

       Baby            Father         Mother                                           Benjamin         Lillian

    Marvel J.      Albert J.                 D. Pearl                                            1887-1963      1889-1980

  1933-19333    1904-1984     1902-1981

3 Spaces                                                                                                2      Large Stone Planter

2      Connie Schuchaskie                                                                          REX carved into base of it.

               1955-1975

                                                                                                3     Stone Base

3            DeWITT                                                                                  IVA carved into it.       

    Lillie M.          James F.

    1878-1957       1873-1960                                                               4                NELLIS

                                                                                                       Louis F.        Mildred L.

4     John Anderson                                                                    1920-             1922-1987

           1832-1890                                                                                  1 Space

                                                                                                5                 Mother

                                                                                                                      Born

                                                                                                               March 22  1841                                    

                                                                                                                      Died

                                                                                                                 May 23  1914

 

                                                                                                6                  KEMP

                                                                                                         Large Piller Stone

                                                                                                         On North side is

                                                                                                               Chas Kemp

                                                                                                              1836-1896

 

                                                                                                7       Stone Marker

                                                                                                          No Name     No Dates

 

ROW 9  (Going North)                                       ROW 10  (Going North)

           4 Spaces                                                                                     3 Spaces

 

1        KIMBELL                                                                    1               Mother

    Roy E.          Lydia Lee                                                                          Birdie  Haney

  1905-1988      1916-                                                                     1876-1901

 

2         KIMBELL                                                                   2              Father

    Jesse S.        Alice B.                                                            Henry Haney

  1871-1945      1878-1979                                                                            1871-1943                                                                                                                                                              

3                 WAITE                                                  3                HANEY

      C.E. "Ted"      Ada Belle

   1898-1983         1900-1987                                                               4                   Mother

                                                                                                               Lillie Bentley

4            WAITE                                                                                         Heckert

      Daniel E.     Emma F.                                                                    1898-1944

     18501-1935   1862-1931              

                                                                                                5                Father

                                                                                                          George O. Bentley

                                                                                                             1895-1937

 

                                                                                                6         Donald A. Waite

                                                                                                                 MICHIGAN

                                                                                                        PFC 3705 AAF BASE UNIT

                                                                                                               WORLD WAR II

                                                                                                       Mar 20 1922   Sept 14  1951

               

                                                                                                7                    WAITE

                                                                                                        William D.       Bessie J.

                                                                                                        1888-1966        1899-19-

 

                                                                                                8                  Chamberlain

                                                                                                           Dwight W.    Linnie C.

                                                                                                           1857-1941      1872-1932

 

 

ROW 11  (Going North)                           ROW 12          (Going North)                               3 Spaces                                                                                                3 Spaces

 

1         WALTER                                                                   1          Our Daughter

     Gladys V.     Henry C.                                                                            Bessie Dau of

   1895-1987       1891-1959                                                                          I. & Iva Gibbs

                                                                                                                  Died

2     Kenneth Walter                                                               Dec 18  1898

          1932-1933                                                                                     Aged

                                                                                                           11 mos 4 days

3      Gladys Luella

             Hansen                                                                     2       Carl A. Gibbs                                               

           1927-1980                                                                               1904-1928

           1 Space

                                                                                                3                 GIBBS

4             James                                                                             Ivone                  Iva M.

           Reinsmith                                                                       1876-1962            1881-1938

                Died

       Aug 28  1904                                                                  4      Under Large Pine Tree

                Aged                                                                                       Small Stone

       76 yrs 4 mo 15 ds                                                                                 Mabel

                                                                                                                 No Dates

5       CALLED HIGHER

             REINSMITH                                                         5    Large Pillar Stone

                                                                                                       South side has

                                                                                                                Mabel

                                                                                                           Wife of

                                                                                                        Ernest Tanner

                                                                                                              Died

                                                                                                        Feb 1  1899

                                                                                                              Aged

                                                                                                        21 ys 11 mos 13 dys

                                                                                                     On West Side of Same Stone

                                                                                                                Mabel

                                                                                                           Dau of E.M. Tanner

                                                                                                                    Died

                                                                                                          Sept 14  1899

                                                                                                                   Aged

                                                                                                         7 mos 7 days

                                                                                                         Base of Stone

                                                                                                            TANNER

 

                                                                                                6              Baby

                                                                                                           No Name No Date

 

                                                                                                7           Ernest

                                                                                                         Feb 21  1866

                                                                                                         May 5  1942

 

                                                                                                8       Elmer A. Tanner

                                                                                                               1915-1979

 

ROW 13  (Going North)                                        ROW 14  (Going North)

Under Large Maple Tree                                                                              3 Spaces

 

                3 Spaces                                                                                1         Clarabell Gibbs

1        ESSENBERG                                                                    April 2  1933

     Edward W.    Edith L.                                                              April 17 1933

      1918-             1909-1987

                                                                                                2         Baby Gibbs

2        Orvil Mayses                                                             Mar 29  1935

        June 21  1897

        Aug 26  1897                                                                 3               Infant

                                                                                                       Dau of C.E. & L.E.

3        Orvil Taylor                                                                                 Myers

          Oct 29  1876

          June 18  1898                                                        4                   GIBBS

                                                                                                        Ivone  (Pat)        Wilma P.

4               Mother                                                                           1912-1989          1922-1982

         Mary E. Moore

           April 13  1876                                                        5             George V.

           May 30  1908                                                                 Son of H.C. & L.

                                                                                                                 Moore

5                Father                                                                                      Died

       James R. Moore                                                                  Oct 2  1903                                            

                  Born                                                                                         Aged

          Dec 12  1863                                                                           10 ys 11 mo 15 dys

                 Died

           Mar 11  1931                                                        6             Henry C. Moore

                                                                                                                 1855-1917

6           MOORE

                                                                                                7              MOORE

 

                                                                                                8               Mother

                                                                                                         Lenora Moore

                                                                                                            1851-1936

 

                                                                                                9         John O. Moore         VFW Flag

                                                                                                           1881-1921                   American Legion Flag

 

 

ROW 15  (Going North)                           ROW 16  (Going North)

 

             3 Spaces                                                                                   4 Spaces

 

1         La LONDE                                                                  1             Mother

    Rachel           Joseph                                                            Sarah A. Moore

   1871-1943       1870-1911                                                                         1868-1931

 

2      Leon J. La Londe                                                              3 Spaces

        SGT US ARMY         VET Flag

       WORLD WAR I                                                   2      Douglas L Ranshaw

          1875-1982                                                                               1950-1969

       Madline E. La Londe

          1895-1987

 

          1 Space

 

3      Edma P. Rilett

       1885-1959

 

4                Father

        George B. Rilett

          1878-1967

 

            1 Space

 

5              Mother

         M. Daisy Rilett

           1888-1922

 

 

ROW 17  (Going North)                           ROW 18  (Going North)

              2 Spaces                                                                               2 Spaces

 

1               Mother                                                                  1      Betty Louise

              Linda Little                                                                  1929-1931

              1907-1985

              1 Space                                                                    2          RANSHAW

                                                                                                       Gerald A.   Helen T.

2            Julia A. Teed                                                               1908-1979   1913-1943

                1851-1941                                                                        2 Spaces

                                                                                                3        Howard C. Hilliker

3         Warren D. Teed                                                                   1901-1939

                1846-1929

                                                                                                4         Beatrice "Hilliker"

               1 Space                                                                                   Van Syckle

                                                                                                                  1903-1981

4        Oscar E. Moore

           1881-1919                                                                    5         Charles MacWilliams

                                                                                                              1913-1963

5             MOORE

 

 

ROW 19  (Going North)                                   ROW 20  (Going North)

                                                                                                Directly behind white brick shed

1           Elizabeth M.                                                                          

                McNEILLY                                                          1       Byron H. Haney

           1927-1929                                                                             1923-1931

 

2          Linda McNeilly                                                                2                  HANEY

                1950-1951                                                              Lovina M.      Henry N.

          4 mo 21 days                                                             1914-               1901-1984

 

3         Baby Daughter of                                                           2 White brick buildings and many empty rows

         Walter & Louise                                                      with 4 very large pine trees

                  Conley