St. Margaret's Catholic Church Cemetery
Harvard, Spencer Township, Kent County. Michigan

Census completed on 5 October 2000. The cemetery is located next to the church and is also called Harvard Cemetery. The land for this church and cemetery was donated by Margaret Power Ward; and was named for her patron saint. Census performed by James & Margaret Ward Family Genealogists: Barbara Ward Donohue, Phyllis Ward Schafer, Julia Ward, Georgiann Shafer Ward & Kelly Ward.

Ward Family Statue

??, M.A. 1915-1922 (no last name on stone)
Ahern, Dennis 1828-1868 (large AHERN family monument)
Ahern, James 1864-1916
Beardslee, Melvin 1862-1904 (son of John C. & Ann M.)
Benham, Brian E. 23 April 1963-26 April 1963 (Leon & Eileen Benham grandson)
Benham, Eileen M. (nee Cooper) 1915-1999
Benham, Leon R. 1912-1997 (son of Eugene & Jennie Robson)
Brocker, Lloyd 1905-1993
Brocker, Mary E. 1902-1994
Carey, Ellen 1869-1952
Carey, John 1858-1935
Carey, Mary 1892-1918 (small stone next to large BERRIGAN monument)
Carey, Patrick 1820-1905
Coady, Ernestine E. 1917-1977 "Mother"
Coady, John P. 1909-1997 "Father"
Cooper, Anna L. 1885-1961 (wife of Dennis J.)
Cooper, Dennis J. 1882-1954 (husband of Anna L.)
Cooper, Ella 1902-1991
Cooper, Erwin C. 1855-1900
Cooper, John 24 May 1949 (infant’s stone with Lottie & LaVerne Cooper)
Cooper, Kathleen 1920-1920 (daughter of A. & D. Cooper)
Cooper, LaVerne I. 16 April 1923-20 Aug 1999 "Cpl US Army"
Cooper, Leo 1891-1962
Cooper, Lottie C. 1927-1991
Cooper, Margaret 1860-1941
Cooper, Walter V. 18 Aug 1898-24 Jan 1967 "Pvt 486 Bomb Tnr SQAA7 WWII"
Cowan, Armillia M. 1835-1906
Cowan, Thomas 1831-1906
Deal, Helen E. 1924-1984 "Married June 19, 1942"
Deal, Robert J. 1921-1991 "Married June 19, 1942"
Devine Frank 1861-1929
Devine, Jennie (nee Jane Ward) 1872-1909
Devine??, Dennis 1837-1913 "Father"
Devine??, Martin 1864-1944 "Son"
Devine??, Mary 1842-1917 "Mother"
Fitzpatrick, Joseph 1912-1989
Fitzpatrick, Louise M. 1914-
Golaher, Jane 1854-1929
Golaher, Thomas 1843-1932
Griswold, Delia A. 1892-1982 "Married 65 years"
Griswold, Lloyd J. 1893-   "Married 65 years"
Guilfoyle, John 1841-1913 "Father"
Guilfoyle, Lovina H. 1844-no date "Mother"
Guilfoyle, William 1846-1911 "RIP"
Howard, Beatrice 31 Mar 1890-8 Mar 1978 "Beloved Wife"
Howard, Harold  1895-1979 "WAGR US Army"
Keller, Charles 1884-1962
Keller, Delia H. 1862-1905
Keller, Ellen R. 1865-1932 "Mother"
Keller, George V. 1850-1939
Keller, Helena E. 1896-1896
Keller, Henry M. 1886-1959
Keller, John Edward 24 Apr 1888-16 Apr 1957 "Pvt Michigan CO B93 Engineers"
Keller, Mary R. 1898-1906
Keller, Myrtle 1867-1900 "Mother"
Keller, Oliver V. 1904-1906
Kurnat (nothing else on stone)
Magoon, bonnie K. 1960-   (shared stone with Dan W. Magoon)
Magoon, Dan W. 16 April 1942-30 July 1997 "Married April 18, 1987"
Malinowski, Joseph L. 1917-1993
Malinowski, Virginia R. 1921-1972
Marvin, Mary (nee Ward, widow of Melvin Beardslee) 1868-1962 "Mary Ward ? Mary Marvin"
Merren, Baby T. N. September 1911
Moran, ?? 1842-1900 "Wife of J. Moran"
Moran, James 1842-1914
Moran, John 1839-1912
Moran, Lawrence 30 Mar 1903-19 March 1905
Moran, Margaret 1842-1900
Nizol, Walter 1921-1981
Norton, Arthur 1883-1968
Norton, Harry  C. 24 Oct 1865-30 July 1910
Norton, John L. 1837-1908
Norton, Margaret 1847-1916
Norton, Nellie 1800-1969
Otterbacher, Agnes L. 23 Aug 1918 ? 5 Dec 1922 "Daughter"
Otterbacher, Baby 1930 (son of Henry J. And Vera L.)
Otterbacher, Evelyn A. 1915-1972
Otterbacher, Frank J. 1883-1957
Otterbacher, Gotlob 1841-1924 "Father"
Otterbacher, Henry C. 1863-1945 "Father"
Otterbacher, Henry J. 1903-1968
Otterbacher, Jacob H. 1823-1905
Otterbacher, John 30 May 1869-9 Nov 1900
Otterbacher, Joseph (infant) 20 Dec 1944 "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Otterbacher"
Otterbacher, Lelah O. 1888-1965
Otterbacher, Leo C. 1888-1966
Otterbacher, Margaret 1869-1943 "Mother"
Otterbacher, Mary 1846-1925 "Mother"
Otterbacher, Nora M. 1893 ? 1952
Otterbacher, Raymond M. 1917-1918
Otterbacher, Richard G. 3 May 1923 ? 16 Dec 1944 "Michigan 2nd Lt. Air Corps"
Otterbacher, Vera L. 1903-1990
Otterbacher, Vincent R. 1914-1973
Post, Rodney L.  b.-----; d. 14 Oct 2001
Post, Shirley A., b. 81 yrs.,; d. 26 Apr 2013
Hb-Rodney L.(m-1965)
Ch-Theresa Dickerson, Rick Post; Sib-Joyce Cramer, Cardinal, John and Harold Helsel
Rigdon, Nellie H. 1891-1969 "Mother"
Rinesmith, Charles 1884-1937
Rinesmith, Laura 1883-1954
Rosa, Thomas F. 1915-1976 "Dear Husband"
Sadler, Albert E., Sr. 1918-1995 "Father" & "Tec 5 US Army WWII"
Sadler, Bessie H. S. 1920-
Shotko, Stanley M. 1918-1994 "Tec 5 US Army"
Smith, Alan P. 1922-1980
Smith, Josephine A. 1926-
Stocks, Anna M. 1873-1957
Stocks, Ernest R. 1900-1970
Stocks, Erwin 1863-1942\
Stocks, Leo J. 1899-1912
Straus, Anthony 1870-1940 (2nd husband of Margaret Ward 1865-1945)
Straus, Margaret (nee Ward, widow of David Wolfe) 1865-1945
Stroupe, "Loving Wife-Mother" (no family name, but with the other Stroupes)
Stroupe, Jane 23 or 25 Mar 1870-15 Mar 1900
Stroupe, Mary Gladys 23 Dec 1894-10 Feb 1898 "Daughter of O. & J. Stroupe"
Troyanowski, Joseph R. 1919-1983 (shared stone "Married May 15, 1948)
Troyanowski, Martha B. 1928-1983 (shared stone "Married May 15, 1948)
Tully, Virginia 1919-1920
Ulmor, Carol 1948-     "Daughter"
Ulmor, Clifford L. 23 Feb 1927-29 Oct 1999 "Father"
Ulmor, Hedy 1922-    "Mother"
Ulmor, Robert J. 9 March 1947-18 Jan 1987 "Son"
VanBergen, Agnes M. 1905-1979 "Mother" & "Thy will be done."
VanBergen, Frank J. 1900-1986 "Father"
VonRieken, Joseph 1882-1976
VonRieken, Susana 1890-1980
Ward, Ella 27 Mar 1874-21 Feb 1898 (daughter of Susan & Jeremiah Ward)
Ward, Harry 18 July 1888-28 July 1959 (son of Michael & Mary Kain)
Ward, James 8 Dec 1881-18 July 1955
Ward, James Jr. 20 July 1847 ? 25 Feb 1899
Ward, James P. 1936-
Ward, James Sr. 1813?18 Dec 1869 (husband of Margaret Power Ward)
Ward, Jeremiah 27 Nov 1839-21 July 1912 (son of James & Margaret Power Ward)
Ward, Leon 31 March 1891 ? died: 31 March 1891
Ward, Lindy L. 1936-1986
Ward, Margaret (Power) 1822 ? 24 June 1892 (wife of James Ward, Sr.)
Ward, Mary 22 April 1853 (infant daughter James & Margaret Power Ward)
Ward, Mary A. 1904-1974
Ward, Michael 1849 ? no death date (died 1 May 1917)
Ward, Susan 1 Nov 1849-12 Feb 1906 "His Wife" (wife of Jeremiah Ward)
Ward, Thomas E. 1930-1931 (son of William J. & Mary A. Ward)
Ward, William J. 1880-1947 (son of Jeremiah & Susan Blessing)
Ward, William M. 1922-1983 ("Big Bill")
Wolbers, Benjamin F. 1901-1974
Wolbers, Frances H. 1904-2000
Wolf (also Wolfe), David 1856-1898 (1st husband of Margaret Ward 1865-1945)
Wolfe, Ezra J. 1887-1967 (son of David & Margaret Ward)
Wolfe, John 1858-1827 (large WOLFE family monument)
Wolfe, Margaret 1882-1962
Wolfe, Margaret E. 1886-1966
Wolfe, Marie A. 1914-1964
Wolfe, Mary 1862-1949
Zielinski, "Betty" 25 April 1932-21 June 1993 "In loving memory"

 



Document Source: James & Margaret Ward Family Genealogists
Location of Original: Ward Farms, Schoolcraft, Michigan
Transcriber: James & Margaret Ward Family Genealogists
Total Names: 150

Created: 16 February 2001