Cologne United Methodist Church

Benton township, Carver county, Minnesota: T115N - R25W, section 24

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This cemetery is located about 1 mile south of Cologne, Minnesota. The church is still standing, but no longer used on a regular basis. The church and cemetery are kept up and in good shape. The cemetery is overseen by the Cologne United Methodist Cemetery Association.

In the "Compendium of History and Biography of Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota" [1915] edited by Maj. R.I. Holcombe and William H. Bingham, t hey wrote: "The Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church ... (section 24) was organized as early as 1856 ..." (page 243).

This cemetery was transcribed in 1991.

Copyright (c) Debbie Boe 1991

William F. Baumeister 8 September 1873 - 22 June 1900

Claus H. Bensen 1898-1988

Elsie (Sauter) Benson 1898-1977

Alfred J. Bipes 1896-1971

baby son Bipes(?) 1896

Carl Bipes 8 May 1826 - 2 January 1911

Carl H. Bipes(?) 20 January 1905 - 14 February 1922

Edward Bipes 22 June 1865 - 22 May 1885

Fredy, son of Charles & Ernstine Bipes 10 December 1869 - 8 December 1876

Grustine Bipes 28 August 1828 - 18 April 1904

John Bipes 1 January 1855 - 4 December 1946

Louie Bipes(?) 1884

Mary A.F. Bipes(?) 8 September 1864 - 15 October 1932

Wesley B. Bipes 1892-1978

Anna Bitzer 1867-1947

Balthas Bitzer 1825-1901

Balthas Bitzer 1 October 1825 - 10 August 1901 veteran *

Balthas F. Bitzer 29 July 1884 - 12 September 1956

Dorothea, wife of John Bitzer 22 February 1845 - 9 December 1877

Emma D. Bitzer 9 December 1877 - 16 January 1879

Emma E. Bitzer 17 June 1879 - 10 November 1881

Heinrich B. Bitzer 20 April 1870 - 29 November 1881

Ida R. Bitzer 9 September 1880 - 21 June 1941

Johanna C.H. Bitzer 31 July 1840 - 15 March 1926

John G. Bitzer 10 November 1836 - 29 January 1912

Sophia Bitzer 1839-1910

Sophia, wife of B. Bitzer, nee Mahle 30 December 1839 - 23 September 1910

Katherina Bleichner 12 October 1901 - 24 January 1924

Louisa Bublitz 2 January 1868 - 16 July 1894

Lydia Bublitz 12 November 1877 - 21 April 1903

August Fritz 1890-1953

Carolina Fritz 1 July 1893 - 28 September 1909

Gottfried Fritz 1860-1910

Gottfried G. Fritz 1905-1976

John G. Fritz 1884-1947

Kathrine Fritz 1862-1943

Wm. F. Fritz 1889-1972

Marguerite Gipple 30 July 1892 - 5 November 1895

Henriette, wife of J. Guthling 11 July 1825 - 1 March 1909

Johann Guthling 6 December 1825 - 17 July 1889

Harold Albert Guethling 14 April 1905 - 4 February 1979

Helene A. Guethling 1868-1931

Ludwig Guethling 1863-1957

Rose Clara Guethling, nee Urbach 26 November 1904 - 1 August 1975

August Heese 17 July 1836 - 1 January 1886

August G., son of Aug. & A. Heese 30 January 1879 - 2 September 1901

Freedrih Heese (difficult to read) (?) 1802 - 30 January 1882

Helmuht Heese (difficult to read) 16 December 1872(?) - 3 April 1881

Dorothy S.B. Hoffmann, daughter of J.J. & Catherine Hoffmann 12 February 1901 - 9 February 1947

Kathrine D., born Bitzer, wife of J.J. Hoffmann 3 November 1870 - 25 December 1908

Wilhelmz Johnson 1893-1952

infant Kluca 1934

Christia Knodler(?) 26 May 1837 - 7 November 1904

Bertha Kohls 3 March 1844 - 1 April 1931

Ernst E., son of W. & B. Kohls 18 June 1885 - 12 August 1885

Herman Kohls (twin) 1868-1932

Wilhelm Kohls 10 March 1833 - 3 October 1890

Wilhelm Kohls 10 March 1833 - 3 October 1890

William F. Kohls (twin) 1868-1932

Albert Kossack 23 may 1866 - 2 January 1914

Hermann F., son of G. & C.L. Kossack 9 April 1862 - 8 May 1909

Anna C. Lemke, nee Bitzer 30 May 1861 - 23 may 1886

baby boy Lemke 1952

Emilie S. Lemke 1882-1884

Emilie S., daughter of Franz & Anna Lemke 16 July 1882 - 3 October 1884

Frank F.W. Lemke 5 September 1857 - 23 July 1940

Lloyd R. Lemke(?) 1910-1989

Louisa S. Lemke, nee Bitzer 4 November 1864 - 21 May 1925

Selma M. Lemke 1889-1980

Victor W.J. Lemke(?) 1920-1937

William J. Lemke 1886-1979

Esther Lenzen 1897-1975

Margaretha K. Lenzen 1927-1928

'Mother' Mesenbring 1854-1924

Otto H. Mesenbring 1853-1937

Otto H. Mesenbring 1886-1924

Rose Mesenbring 1889-1976

Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Rev. Chas. & Ernestine Bipes 23 June 1869 - 3 February 1900

Christina Neustel 27 June 1829 - 7 January 1904

Heinrich Neustel 1 may 1826 - 18 August 1896

Heinrich Neustal 9 October 1857 - 16 February 1881 veteran *

Alma Ortman, nee Schoewe 1891-1931

Elsie F. Peterson, nee Bipes 18 August 1899 - 10 August 1945

Carl W. Sauter 1901-1988

Caroline Sauter 12 May 1871 - 1 October 1927

Charles, son of F. & S. Sauter 29 August 1866 - 4 August 1882

Clarence W. Sauter(?) 2 February 1899 - 20 march 1933

daughter Sauter, daughter of Doug & Kathy 3-27-69

Elmer L. Sauter 1907-1981

Ernst Sauter 13 May 1832 - 24 March 1895

Frederick Sauter 1897-1934

Friederich Sauter 10 August 1836 - 8 September 1923

George R. Sauter 1904-1968

Jakob Sauter ? October 1820 - 13 February 1884

Katherine M. Sauter 26 September 1857 - 23 December 1882

Leslie Sauter(?) 12 October 1910 - 1 January 1929

Sophia, wife of F. Sauter 8 October 1837 - 30 July 1912

twin boys Sauter, born & died 3-8-68, sons of Doug & Kathy

William Sauter 9 December 1869 - 9 November 1961

Florence M. Schmidt 1883-1968

Louis G. Schmidt 1884-1949

Carl A. Schoewe 1857-1942

Edward R. Schoewe 1888-1945 veteran *

Gottlieb Schoewe 31 March 1815 - 4 march 1890

Henrietta K. Schoewe 1864-1944

Hulda Schoewe 1891-1978

Louisa Schoewe, born Barlau 12 July 1819 - 3 May 1894

Albertine, wife of Herman Schroeder, born Liegener ? 21 November 1852 - 27 January 1882

Francis Sturn 1936-1955

August, son of F.C. & V. Thaemert 14 January 1904 - 17 March 1908

Edward W. Thaemert 1910-1919

Frank C. Thaemert 1862-1943

Frank C. Thaemert 1862-1943

Harvey Thaemert 11 August 1856 - 15 May 1919

Johann Thaemert (difficult to read) 12 October 1867 - 14 March 1877 (?)

Johann C. Thaemert 9 November 1828 - 17 February 1907

Katharine Thaemert 1 March 1796 (?) - 14 March 1877 (?)

Valeria Thaemert 1874-1957

Wilhelmine Thaemert 24 March 1834 - 3 March 1910

Caroline L. Wade 1840-1921

Betty J. Zehnder 2 April 1932 - 15 May 1932

Edwin W. Zehnder 1897-1972

Elizabeth Zehnder 1874-1955

Elmer C. Zehnder 1901-1926

William F. Zehnder 1859-1945

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