Russey-Hurlburt Cemetery, Parachute, Garfield County, Colo
Contributed by: Judy L. Crook <jlcrook@rof.net>.
Russey-Hurlburt Cemetery
Located in Parachute, Colorado.
Take the
Parachute exit off of I-70. Take the frontage road about 1/2 mile
to Watson Ave. This avenue curves left onto Evans Ave. after 1/2 block.
Turn right onto Laurel Dr. (Evans and Laurel aren't marked by street signs).
Drive to the end of the street, and you've found the cemetery.
Transcribed on September 13, 1998.
Additions and corrections are welcome.
The cemetery
is divided into three sections. In the western-most section,
the stones face east. I transcribed the cemetery row by row from the west
to the east.
ROW 1:
Nelson
Reuben W. Leila M.
1919 Jan. 4, 1929
[living] May 24, 1993
"Married 44 years--together forever."
Alber
Carl H. Edna M.
1898-1974 1897-1982
Zediker
"Husband"
Allen Lloyd
"Dad"
1919-1968
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
Back side: 1st Lt. A Lloyd Zediker
36th Cavalry World War II.
Behind this is a stone:
"Aunt Neva"
Geneva Hazel Jones
Mar. 13, 1895-Dec. 13, 1979
Looney
Larry Lee Looney
Colorado
Sp 4 Co E1 Bn3 Bct Bde
Oct. 26, 1946-April 19, 1967
"Larry"
"Hereafter he is a memory."
Same style
as Looney stone, and right next to it:
Mark P. Hurlburt
Mar. 30, 1877-Apr. 5, 1970
McKay
Stanley David Evelyn Wason
"Our children"
David Stanley Iris Evalee
Michael Wasson
Evelyn Grace Stanley David
[living] Jan. 3, 1915
May 12, 1979
"Married March 16, 1937"
Rose M. Carry
1909-1979
Delmer R.
Dyer
Pvt. US Army World War II
Dec. 17, 1922
Jan. 22, 1994
ROW 2:
Thomas D.
Kelley
U.S. Coast Guard
Aug. 6, 1916
Aug. 20, 1986
Metal marker
Curtis
"Dad" "Mom"
Albion Percy Jennie D.
1893-1981 1905-1970
"Married Feb. 1930"
Anna Mae
Alber Hayward
Jan. 16, 1921-Mar. 20, 1989
"Dear Mom,
How often we think of your quiet strength and perseverance, your
loving acceptance and devotion. The grace, courage, and faith
you've shown will give us the spirit to face our times of heart-hurt
and crying. Thank you for our legacy of integrity and dignity.
We miss you and love you so.
Craig and Cristy
Her grandchildren
Reed and Ryan"
Brunson,
Archie H.
1914-1968
"Married Dec. 10, 1944"
"Jack"
John E. Miller
1914-1963
"Husband and Father"
"His children"
1940 Neola R.
1945 Leroy E.
1946 Viola M.
Herson H.
White
1878-1960
Gardner
Vern Franklin Winifred Staley
1889-1960 1891-1968
"To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die."
Allen
"Dad" "Mother"
Albert A. Married Gladys E.
May 3, 1886 Oct. 11, 1913 Mar. 21, 1895
Jan. 14, 1983 Nov. 20, 1990
George Charles
Allen
1937-1958
"Our dearly beloved"
ROW 3:
Green
Robert Ernest Daisy June
May 15, 1891 June 25, 1899
Mar. 15, 1968 Dec. 20, 1994
"Married Oct. 6, 1917"
George M.
Benedetti
Sept. 29, 1896
Dec. 20, 1957
Hansen
Harry R. M. Thelma
1892-1989 1900-1970
Hansen, Harry R. PFC
Co. lt. 2nd Battalion
164th Depot Brigade
World War I
Mildred A.
Mabee
1900-1958
Alfred L.
Mabee
1879-1961
Power
Glen W. Power Marjorie L. Power
Sept. 30, 1909 Jan. 3, 1913
Apr. 14, 1969 Feb. 3, 1975
Allen
"Mother" "Daddy"
Lola M. John C.
1919-[living] 1918-1973
"Grandpa John"
"Married Mar. 19, 1937"
ROW 4:
Morrow
Orin T. Waleta K.
Aug. 11, 1883 Aug. 24, 1893
Aug. 27, 1960 Mar. 27, 1986
"Married Sept. 25, 1912"
Lindauer
Karl A. Iva T.
July 18, 1909 [living]
Dec. 5, 1991
"Married Feb. 23, 1944"
The next
section to the west (divided by a roadway) has tombstones which
face east.
ROW 5:
John Purdy
Crawford
T. Sgt. US Army
World War II
Dec. 19, 1920-Nov. 25, 1973
Scarrow
Betty L. George E.
May 22, 1936 [living]
Aug. 27, 1990
"Married Nov. 14, 1954"
"Beloved parents of
Gary-1957
Sherry-1959
LuAnn-1961
Shelly-1962"
William H.
Hattory
PR3 US Navy
Jun. 18, 1944-May 27, 1995
Holder
Claude A. Mary E.
1883-1959 1896-1970
Lindauer
Edith "Gram" Felix "Gren"
Apr. 6, 1903 [living]
Oct. 10, 1991
"Married Oct. 17, 1922"
Ogden
Wm. H. "Bill" Roberta E.
Aug. 26, 1907-Jan. 17, 1978 Sept. 1, 1906-Dec. 28, 1997
"In loving memory"
Martin
Marvin M. 1902-1975
Della M. 1914-open
Melvin M. 1937-1954
"Friendship Memorial"
Mable Dickerson
May 30, 1892-May 4, 1963
Watson Dickerson
Pvt US Army
World War I
Dec. 8, 1892-Dec. 11, 1973
S. Floyd
Bruckner
June 5, 1905-April 11, 1977
"Father"
Fred W. Bruckner
1903-1973
Arle Bruckner
1903-1959
Walters
"Daddy"
C. Bruce M. Viola
1901-1958 1906-1980
"Married Dec. 30, 1926"
Lester L.
Sherwood
Colorado
Tec 5 Quartermaster Corps
World War II
July 3, 1910-Feb. 8, 1962
Billy F.
Stanton
Sept. 22, 1930-Aug. 3, 1951
ROW 6:
Gordon G.
Son of John & Vesta Crawford
Jan. 7, 1949
Jan. 9, 1949
Scarrow
"Mother" "Dad"
Mary E. Finley M.
1879-1949 1875-1947
Also a separate stone:
Sherry Lou
Daughter of
George and Betty
July 6-14, 1959
John W. Hunter
1863-1941
Bertha A.
Warren
1871-1968
Bruce E.
Jackson
1882-1939
Inez Alma
Jackson
1878-1958
Nellie A.
Holder
1886-1940
"Pop"
Guy M. Stockton
1909-1956
"Mother"
Alice Rae Lindauer
1925-1962
Mary M. Lindauer
1926-1942
Funk
"Father" "Mother"
Carl Funk Bertha Funk
1878-1956 1877-1963
"Married Nov. 19, 1902"
Melvin Martin
July 19, 1937
June 23, 1954
"Husband"
Carl E. Moore
1883-1947
"Wife"
Sallie I. Moore Kremer
1892-1981
"Husband"
John Kremer
1891-1984
Edsel R.
Bruckner
Colorado
A1C 303 Bomb Wing AF
May 11, 1931-Aug. 30, 1969
"Friendship
Memorial"
Son & Brother
John A. Bruckner
1938-1954
"Father"
Sam Bruckner
1867-1944
Additional hand-carved marble stone adds "Pa"
Martel Sherwood
1903-1965
(has his brand)
Sherwood
"Father" "Mother"
H. Arch Z. Madge
1881-1951 1885-1950
ROW 7:
Francis Leroy
Ellis
Apr. 1, 1952
Oct. 31, 1958
"Husband"
Ben H. Anderson
1883-1959
"Wife"
Pearl Anderson
1886-1944
Harry A.
Gibbons
Colorado
T. Sgt. 62 Signal Bw.
World War II
Jan. 17, 1927-May 10, 1962
Riel H. Zediker
1881-1963
Burnside
W. Fred Mae
Nov. 21, 1884 May 25, 1884
Aug. 17, 1957 Dec. 13, 1978
"Married Nov. 22, 1910"
ROW 8:
Van Pelt
"Father" "Mother"
Dick Grace
1866-1954 1874-1942
"Married Apr. 25, 1901
Behind this stone is"
Dere
"Wife" "Husband"
Flora B. Charles
June 11, 1903 Apr. 28, 1899
Feb. 5, 1988 Sept. 20, 1969
"Married May 12, 1928"
John M. Cox
1889-1937
John Anderson
1862-1936
Alice Anderson
1861-1937
Lindauer
Peter Margaret
1859-1948 1878-1914
Betty Lou
Daughter of E.G. and Hazel Power
July 16, 1932-June 27, 1938
"Mother"
Mary Adeline
"Addie" Power
July 22, 1887-March 7, 1974
"Father"
Geo. Edward Power
June 26, 1878-June 11, 1940
Gibbons
"Dad" Theo A. 1865-1955
"Mom" Carrie G. 1889-19__
Zediker
"Mom" "Papa"
Alpha O. William G.
1889-1963 1887-1954
Willie Fred
"Bill" Burnside
Mar. 21, 1918-Jan. 23, 1996
"Dad"
Behind this grave is another tombstone:
Willie F. Burnside
S. Sgt. US Army
World War I
Mar. 21, 1918-Jan. 23, 1996
"Purple Heart"
Elizabeth
A. Burnside
July 10, 1916-Oct. 13, 1969
James R.
Bumgardner
Colorado
PFC 19 INF
24 INF DIV
World War II
March 25, 1914
October 21, 1944
Bumgardner
Cora Robert
1889-1980 1891-1979
Calvin 1923-1940
Rachel 1941
James 1913-1944
ROW 9:
Nora K. Van
Horn
1885-1931
M.T. Van
Horn Kate Van Horn
Nov. 17, 1852 Feb. 1, 1861
Jan. 12, 1932 Dec. 29, 1944
"Gone but not forgotten" "At rest"
W.J. Wes
Van Horn
1882-1960
Fay Wayne
Stanton
Cpl US Army
World War II
Feb. 11, 1912-June 20, 1972
Clyde Warren
Stanton
1898-1932
Behind this stone is:
1864-1935 Henry F. Stanton
1868-1939 Viola B. Stanton
Armstrong
John F. Agnes M.
March 9, 1872 Dec. 16, 1880
Feb. 15, 1934 [no death date]
Robert Woodrow
Armstrong
1917-1954
Paul Latham
Armstrong
1901-1963
The following stone is located near the flagpole:
"Dedicated to all Veterans Through Peace and War"
Martin Billeter
Martin A. DeWitt
R.S. Wheeler James R. Bumgardner
William O. Stilwell Robert W. Armstrong
John Wilkinson Norman M. Baughman
I.N. Cornell John G. Crawford
Jasper N. Hunter George M. Benedetti
McKay Russey Harry A. Gibbons
S.W. Neel Lester L. Sherwood
Charles E. Pratt Larry L. Looney
Sidney G. Bailey A. Lloyd Zediker
Guy T. Bainter Edsel R. Bruckner
William A. DeWitt Glen W. Power
Edward C.
DeWitt
John H. Cline
Fay W. Stanton
John P. Crawford
Watson Dickerson
Marvin H. Wambolt
John Kremer
Thomas D. Kelley
Harry Hansen
Delmer Dyer
Karl Lindauer
William F. Burnside
William H. Hattory
The next
section, divided by a road from the previous section, is
the largest. Stones mostly face east, but are mixed.
ROW 10:
John O'Connell
June 20, 1859
May 18, 1911
John Wilkinson
Born Dec. 1, 1840
Died Jan. 30, 1903
Orvil Wilkinson
Born Feb. 28, 1885
Died Oct. 12, 1890
[this one is really hard to read]
Stilwell
W.O. Stilwell
Born Dec. 22, 1830
Died Oct. 20, 1903
Baby Freeland
Jan. 9, 1908
Freeland
"Father" "Mother"
Dee Edna
1877-1958 1880-1956
"Married 52 Golden Years, June 18, 1904"
Zediker
Lucretia Thomas J.
1862-1928 1859-1943
John Wm.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ulrey
Born Dec. 28, 1890
Died May 20, 1915
"Asleep in Jesus"
Ulrey
"Mother" "Father"
Anna B. William I.
1869-1956 1865-1961
Baughman
Clarence C. Mary L. Dave K.
1890-1913 1864-1933 1854-1939
Baughman
Jonathan Jessie
1887-1929 1892-1977
Russell Lee
Lindauer
Apr. 17, 1947-Apr. 19, 1947
Sandstrom,
Elmer Eugene
1907-1924
"A precious one from us has gone
A Voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our house
Which never can be filled."
Sandstrom
Ernest Blanche
1881-1950 1884-1958
Benson
"Sweet by thy sleep"
Arcadeous Bertha
July 5, 1863 Apr. 27, 1876
May 24, 1943 July 17, 1944
Philip Patrick
Haptonstall
October 27, 1977-September 11, 1993
"Your time with us was but a whisper on the wind"
"Phil" "#74"
"Our
darling"
David C. Bonis
1912-1925
Maribelle
Bonis
1880-1925
ROW 11:
Clyde Helm
Born
Died
[the rest of this stone is illegible, having been carved in sandstone]
"Mom"
Rose Amy Clarke
Dec. 15, 1905-Oct. 27, 1983
II Corinthians 5:8
Clarke, Lyle
James
1932-1933
Lincoln A.
Shriver
1860[?]-1901
Florence
Shriver
1899-1901
Lucia E.
Wheatley
1899-1917
Elmer E.
Wheatley
1867-1937
Sidney Greene
Bailey
Kentucky
Electrician 3CL(R)
US Navy
July 6, 1930
William Pratt
1870-1927
Norman M.
Baughman
May 11, 1914-Dec. 3, 1954
"Daddy"
Julius Lindauer
1913-1955
Letson
Shirley Ann
1934-1935
Harry Lee
1936-1937
Nollett
"Mother" Married "Father"
Sadie W. Sept. 3 Al F.
1896-1960 1947 1891-19__
"Mother"
Lula May DeWitt
Dec. 30, 1895-Mar. 17, 1940
"Ever in our hearts"
William A.
DeWitt
Colorado
Sgt. 504 ABN Inf 82 ABN Div
World War II
April 21, 1915-Dec. 15, 1943
Martin A.
DeWitt
Colorado
Sgt. 38 Inf. 2 Inf. Div.
Sept. 17, 1918-June 12, 1944
"Daddy"
James T. DeWitt
Mar. 27, 1887-Mar. 21, 1955
"Sweet rest be thine"
Edward C.
DeWitt
Colorado
Cpl US Marine Corps
Korea
Oct. 16, 1930-Oct. 22, 1971
ROW 12:
Henry J.
Christensen
1894-1932
Winifred
S. Christenson
1896-1976
Martha A.
Hurlburt
1852-1940
M. Billeter
Co. H
15 IA Inf.
"Baby"
Infant child of
J.S. & M.H. Clark
John B. Hulburt
1839-1923
Shehorn
Lottie B. Joseph E.
1886-1920 1889-1920
Anna B.
1918-1920
Margrete
A. Hurlburt
1890-1890
Maud C.
Dau. of
E.F. & H.
Yeoman
Died
Mar. 10, 1899
Aged 17 Ys 19 Ds.
Clifford
Yeoman
1890-1964
John Henry
Cline
Pvt. Co. D 1 Bn Infantry
World War I
June 20, 1891-June 5, 1972
Jasper N.
Hunter
Born Oct. 4, 1836.
Died Nov. 10, 1904.
Elizabeth
A. Hunter
1836-1924
Eva F. Wasson
1874-1962
Samuel B.
Wasson
1865-1931
Charles W.
Warren
1881-1932
"Dad"
Coda C. Cline
Oct. 8, 1888
Mar. 11, 1960
Cline
Wilber Lee
Jan. 7, 1912-Jan. 29, 1912
Vera Pauline
Jan. 8, 1913-Apr. 18, 1913
Minnie H.
Clarke
1879-1961
"Our
Dad"
James "Jim" C. Clarke
Apr. 4, 1904
Jan. 14, 1987
"Jim"
"I have loved the stars too long to be fearful of the night."
ROW 13:
Ernest E.
Wayne
Died Dec. 4, 1898
Aged 1 yr 6 ms 13 ds
Clarence E. Wayne
Died Oct. 28, 1897
Aged 2 ys 8 ms 22 ds
Rebecca Ellithorpe
"We loved her"
"Mother"
"Gone where the sun never sets and the leaves never fade."
1832-1903
Anna Shehorn
Holton
Jan. 13, 1868-Apr. 7, 1931
George W.
Shehorn
Feb. 10, 1865-Oct. 11, 1920
Marble marker
"Father"
"Mother"
John H. Sill Mary L. Sill
1851-1921 1855-1947
"In
memory of our baby"
James Harold Booth
Oct. 11, 1910-Aug. 6, 1912
ROW 14:
Kartharina
Dere
Born Aug. 27, 1895
Died Oct. 21, 1910
"Dum
Tacet Clamat"
Adolph Wheeler
Son of James F. & Mary L.
Wheeler
Born Dec. 3, 1879
Died Oct. 30, 1900.
Aged 20 yrs. 10 mos. 27 Dys.
"Gone but not forgotten."
"Here rests a woodman of the world."
"Dum
Tacet Clamat"
"Here lies a Woodman of the World."
William C. Wheeler
Sep. 3, 1876.
Feb. 6, 1901.
Aged 24 Ys. 5 Ms. 3 Ds.
"Gone but not forgotten."
James F.
Wheeler
1851-1941
Mary L.
Wife of
J.F. Wheeler
Died
Feb. 5, 1916
Aged
59 Ys 10 ms. 4 ds.
R.S. Wheeler
Co. G
21 IA Inf.
Robert Wheeler
1883-1942
Cline
John W. Sarah E.
1841-1906 1851-1930
Charles Haley
Born 1880
Died 1951
Lindauer
"Mother" "Dad"
Bessie E. Paul R.
Born Centerville, Kan. Born Grand Valley, Colo.
Feb. 27, 1902 June 30, 1900
Apr. 11, 1994 June 18, 1977
"Married Dec. 20, 1924"
Displays their brand, which looks like a diamond over an oval.
"In memory of our baby"
Iola Lindauer
Nov. 7-10, 1929
Iola has a separate hand-carved marble stone which is barely legible.
Joseph Bellis
Jessye Bellis
1872-1936 1893-1987
Nellie M.
Bainter
May 23, 1890
Feb. 27, 1985
Guy Theron
Bainter
Colorado
Pvt. 1 Cl. 126 Field Arty.
34 Div.
July 6, 1940
ROW 15:
Illegible sandstone marker.
Ella Kerlee
"Life" "Love" "Truth"
"Friendship's offering to the memory of"
Ella Kerlee
Died April 9, 1902,
Age 20 years
"Kerlee"
Robert A.
Wallace
1860-1933
Benson
"Dad" "Mom"
Charles E. L. Ruth
1905-1990 1909-1988
Marvin H.
Wambolt
Sgt. US Air Force
World War II
Nov. 7, 1928-Nov. 20, 1982
Virginia
Dau. of
W.H. & J.O.
Pritchard
Dec. 6, 1910
Jan. 25, 1911
"Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven"
Pritchard
"Father" Married "Mother"
Walter H. May 29 Jessie O.
Aug. 8, 1876 1907 July 1, 1887
Nov. 18, 1945 Jan. 4, 1968
ROW 16:
Charles Pratt
1889-1927
Baby Pratt
1894-1894
Agnes Pratt
1867-1894
America Pratt
1843-1919
Ruth Pratt
1898-1906
LeRoy Pratt
1900-1901
John Gordon
Crawford
Colorado
Pvt. Co. E 35 Inf. 18 Div.
World War I
Feb. 26, 1894-Feb. 6, 1955
Titus Brown
Crawford
1858-1925
James Gordon
1875-1898
Owen R.
Son of
Purdy & Lena
Crawford.
Died.
Feb. 1, 1901.
Aged
9 Ys 9 Ms
15 Ds
"Our darling."
Crawford
Gabriel Purdy Lena
Mar. 1, 1857 Jan. 31, 1869
Apr. 23, 1932 Jan. 19, 1950
"Settled on Parachute Creek in 1888"
Browne
Francis Franklin
1867-1949 1862-1935
"Mother" "Father"
I.N. Cornell
Co. F
9 Kan. Inf.
Zediker,
T. Alvin
1907-1932
Harriet H.
Hansen
1923-1925
Wm. Irvin
Gardner
1878-1925
Roseltha
L. Cone
Feb. 2, 1840
Mar. 10, 1923
Glen Elvin
Bainter
Dec. 31, 1894
Aug. 15, 1909
ROW 17:
Mother Neel
S.W. Neel
1835-1908
Mary E. Neel
1850-1919
Behind other Neel stone:
Sergt. G.W.
Neal [sic]
Co. K.
20 Ind. Inf.
"Baby"
Frederick H.
Son of
R.W. & P.N.
Ostrom
Elizabeth
Russey
Died May 28, 1892.
Aged 77 Ys.
Russey,
McKay
Oct. 25, 1845
Apr. 10, 1915
Also, behind this stone is a Civil War marker:
McKay Russey
Co. I
130 Ind. Inf.
Henry C.
Dec. 17, 1843
Oct. 22, 1915
Sarah
Wife of
D.J. Hoffman
Died
July 8, 1904.
Aged 63 Ys.
In Gated
Area:
Louis Barthell
1838-1889
3 other individual stones, 2 unmarked, one says "R.B."
Merrill Tracy
1922
March 4. March 7.
Dickerson
Frank W. Jennie M.
1870-1960 1870-1951
Jennie joined Ionic Chapter No.
20 O.E.S. Franklin, NH Oct. 9, 1905.
Frank joined Kearsarge Lodge,
F&AM No. 81 East Andover, NH
June 23, 1894
F. Fern Granlee
Born Mar. 24, 1895.
Died Feb. 7, 1897.
"Weep not Father and Mother for me,
For I am waiting in glory for thee."
Cox
"We have loved the stars too fondly
to be fearful of the night."
Sig Alice
1863-1942 1863-1964
"Pioneers of Colorado 1895"
Nellie Cox
1889-1920
"Gone but not forgotten"
Mary Ann
Williams
Gardner Cox
[death date open]
[born 1901]
Mother of
Nancy Ann
James Henry
Sarah E.
Francis Boggs
John Morgan Gardner
Cox
Francis Gifford Leora Jackie
1913-[no date listed] 1916-[no date listed]
Sara E. Wall
Wife of M.K. Wall
Nov. 22, 1853
Oct. 18, 1902
Cox
Eugene Erwin Ward Eldon
1921 1919
Cox
Ada Pearl Albert
Wife of Son of
James H. Cox James H. &
Died Ada Pearl Cox
Jan. 12, 1905 Died
Aged June 17, 1904
20 Ys. 11 Ms. 5 Ds. Aged
9 Ms. 2 Ds.
Marie Elizabeth
Barreith
1913-1930
Emma
Wife of
F.J. Lenhart
1861-1907
F.J. Lenhart
1859-1944
Elizabeth
Lenhart
1833-1927
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