St. Sebald Church Cemetery is located immediately east of the St. Sebald Church building and adjoins the St. Sebald Church timber acres. Burial spaces are currently available for purchase.
A perpetual care fund has been established with plans for continued care of the cemetery for long into the future with support from the St. Sebald Life Fund. Additional perpetual care donations are always accepted.
St. Sebald Church Cemetery is currently managed by the cemetery administrator, who also serves on the St. Sebald church council.
A perpetual care fund has been established with plans for continued care of the cemetery for long into the future with support from the St. Sebald Life Fund. Additional perpetual care donations are always accepted.
St. Sebald Church Cemetery is currently managed by the cemetery administrator, who also serves on the St. Sebald church council.
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As of May 15, 2013, there are 533 recorded burials in the cemetery. Two of the more notable burials are of two Indian converts that died shortly after St. Sebald Church was founded in 1853. Indian Gottfried died on August 2, 1865, and Indian Paulus died on December 12, 1865. The grave marker for these two Indians is a very common objective of visitors to the St. Sebald Church Cemetery.
Commonly found family names in the cemetery include (among others) the following: Andreae, Baumgartner, Burrack, Druecker, Eder, Eichler, Frederick, Fritschel, Fuehr, Graesch, Herzman, Hock, Huebsch, Kleinlein, Meisgeier, Mueller, Nus, Opperman, Otdoerfer, Pebler, Prottengeier, Schmidt, Schuchmann, Stelzmueller, Weger, Wuest, and Zwanziger. Current Cemetery Administrator is Mark A. Zwanziger. He can be reached at 563-933-6009 or cell phone 563-920-7728. |
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