Spring Valley Baptist Cemetery

SPRING VALLEY BAPTIST CEMETERY

This cemetery is located 7/10 mile south of the intersection of State Highway 42 (265th Street) and 449th Avenue, Monroe, SD

Detail below list – 120 names listed

Name Born Died
Ernest Melvin Barto 1910 1928
Ada May Buseman 1921 NO DATE
Alvin A. Buseman 1922 2000
Anna Buseman 1927 1961
Baby Buseman 1951 1951
Bert Buseman 1888 1962
Claus H. Buseman 1908 1975
Delwin J. Buseman 1951 1952
Dorothy L. Buseman 1927 NO DATE
Florence A. Buseman 1894 1973
Florence J. Buseman 1907 1975
Folena Buseman 1862 1919
Fred Buseman 1895 1936
George I. Buseman 1930 NO DATE
George M. Buseman 1900 1978
H. Buseman 1887 1960
Harold Russel Buseman 1923 1924
John Buseman 1882 1936
Katherine L. Buseman 1929 NO DATE
Katie Buseman 1883 1917
Klass Buseman 1856 1936
Lawrence E. Buseman 1923 2007
Lena Buseman 1901 1978
Louisa Buseman 1902 1975
Margaret Buseman 1917 2005
Orville F. Buseman 1927 2006
Rennie Buseman 1915 1915
Doede Doeden 1871 1921
Klass J. Doeden 1840 1917
Cornelius Druger 1905 1954
Jaunita Mary Lou Druger 1931 1972
Wanda Druger ---- ----
Chester R. Ellstrom 1894 1962
Elva Ellstrom 1896 1983
Donald Geaghan 1941 1986
Joan L. Geaghan 1939 NO DATE
Arje Gortmaker 1857 1937
Ben J. Gortmaker 1896 1973
Jur W. Gortmaker 1883 1965
Leonard Gortmaker 1917 1995
Lydia Gortmaker 1883 1947
Ramona M. Gortmaker 1919 1988
Tracie Gortmaker 1904 1992
W. W. Gortmaker 1853 1925
Anna Johnson 1883 1949
Anne L. Johnson 1887 1960
Arnold R. Johnson 1921 1991
Ben A. Johnson 1879 1948
Dick H. Johnson 1885 1959
Doris Johnson 1938 1956
Ella Johnson 1889 1968
Emme E. Johnson 1847 1927
Fred C. Johnson 1894 1959
Harry Johnson 1884 1965
Ira Johnson 1911 1921
Jean M. Johnson 1923 NO DATE
John E. Johnson 1876 1956
Lena Johnson 1856 1936
Lena Johnson 1878 1954
Lillian Johnson 1925 ----
Lorene Johnson 1914 ----
Steven R. Johnson 1951 1952
Konni Kae Kraemer 1966 2002
Aleida (Lydie) Lankhorst 1906 2001
Anna N. Lankhorst 1905 1929
Evert J. Lankhorst 1908 1976
George L. Lankhorst 1926 1927
Marvi L. Lankhorst 1926 1927
Marvin Miller 1932 1977
Virginia Miller 1935 2005
Lena Nelson 1908 1978
Lester E. Nelson 1917 1996
Louis F. Otto 1898 1991
Martha Otto 1906 1987
Nathaniel Pond 1980 NO DATE
Cleo L. Rasmussen 1919 1992
Lucy Rasmussen 1889 1958
Jennie M. Rice No Date 1930
John Schweertman 1926 1976
Tena B. Schweertman 1897 1980
Baby Smith NO Date
Marie Smith 1899 1921
Duane E. Stoops 1966 NO DATE
Luverne E. Tarrell 1913 1986
Charles E. Terrell 1894 1980
Elsie Marie Terrell 1915 1924
Lena L. Terrell 1893 1961
Elmer Tiahrt 1918 1986
Huldan Tiahrt 1920 1978
Edward Turnow 1910 1986
Elsie M. Turnow 1918 1997
Klass Van Wieland 1854 1930
Anthony Vanderlinde 1849 1925
Arnold Vanderlinde 1916 1917
Bertha Vanderlinde 1859 1925
Ed F. Vanderlinde 1907 1931
Erne T. Vanderlinde 1917 1918
H. Vanderlinde 1890 1919
Hilko Vanderlinde 1893 1950
John F. Vanderlinde 1885 1955
Martha M. Vanderlinde 1891 1974
Mary Vanderlinde 1886 1956
U. B. Vanderlinde 1922 1922
Marie Visser 1907 2000
Baby Bertha Wendt 1917 1917
Ella P. Wendt 1885 1969
Henry Wendt 1880 1964
Edward Williams 1886 1966
John Williams 1886 1966
Corey Witkop 1984 NO DATE
Gertude M. Witkop 1927 NO DATE
Janna Witkop 1889 1943
Janna Witkop 1976 NO DATE
Lori Witkop 1917 NO DATE
Roscoe J. Witkop 1920 1992
Wesley B. Witkop 1917 2003
Jean Y. Woltzen 1939 NO DATE
John Woltzen 1904 1994
Lucille Woltzen 1916 1987
Sam B. Woltzen 1915 1976

Starting at on the street side (west side) and working left (north) to right (south)

Row 1
Mother, Lena Johnson – 1856 – 1936

Father, Emme E. Johnson – 1847 – 1927

Son, Fred C. Johnson – 1894 – 1959

RENNIE – ([next line] can’t read ?? [infant ?]), John & Katie Buseman, Born and died Jan 21, 1915 “Gone So Soon”

Katie Buseman – 1883 – 1977

John Buseman – 1882 – 1936

Virginia “Miss Ginny” Miller – 1935 – 2005 “Together Forever”

Marvin “Fat” Miller – 1932 –1977 “His House by the Side of the Road”

Doede Doeden – Dec 13, 1871 – Mar 2, 1921 “We Will Meet Again”

Klass J. Doeden – Aug 1, 1840 – Jan 3, 1917 “We Will Meet Again”

Tiahrt
Huldan Elmer
1920 – 1978 1918 - 1986

Buseman
Mother Father
Florence A. Bert
1894 - 1973 1888 - 1962
Married Feb 25, 1914

Daughter
Lorene Johnson
1914 –

Johnson
Ella Harry
1889 – 1968 1884 - 1965

Row 2
Daughter
Doris R. Johnson
1938 - 1956

“Our Beloved”, Lillian T. Johnson
February 19, 1925

Father
Dick H. Johnson
1885 - 1959

Mother
Annie L. Johnson
1887 - 1960

“Gone But Not Forgotten”
H. Buseman
Oct 3, 1883
June 19, 1915

Mother
Marie Smith
1899 – 1921

Baby [next to marker above]

John Williams
1910 – 1949

Edward Williams
1886 – 1966

Tena B. Schweertman
Dec 6, 1897 – Sept 2, 1980

John Schweertman
TEC5 – US Army – WWII
August 8, 1926 – Dec 12, 1976

Gortmaker
Ramona M Leonard
1919 –1988 1917-1995
Married May 1, 1940

Tornow
Elsie M. Edward
1918 - 1997 1910 - 1986

Row 3
Konni Kae
Kraemer
May 6, 1966
Sept 4, 2002

Buseman
Margaret Claus H.
1917 – 2005 1908 - 1975

Luverne E. Tarrell
July 7, 1913
Jan 28, 1986

Daughter
Elsie Marie
1915 – 1924

Terrell
Lena L. Charles E.
1893 – 1961 1894 - 1980

[can’t read marker]
[concrete very weathered]

Duane E. Stoops
Mar 1966 –

Vanderlinde
Mary Hilko
1886 – 1956 1883-1950

Jean Y. Woltzen
Daughter – 1939

Woltzen
Lena John
1912 – 2000 1904 - 1994
Married March 7, 1932
Our children – Ardell Joan Jean Curtis

Woltzen
Lucille Sam B.
1916 – 1987 1915 – 1976

Baby Buseman
June 16 – 17 1951
Infant son of Alvin and Ada May

Buseman
Ada May Alvin A.
Feb 23, 1921 Sept 16, 1922
[no death date] Oct 6, 2000

Buseman
Orville F. Dorothy L
Jan 4, 1927 August 4, 1927
July 14, 2006 [no death date]

Beloved Mother
Marie Visser
April 19, 1907
March 5, 2000

Buseman
Florence J. George M. Louisa
1907 – 1975 1900-1978 1902-1975

Druger
Wanda [cant read]

Druger
Jaunita Mary Lou
Born Died
April 8 July 11
1931 1971

Ed F. Vanderlinde
Born Oct 14, 1907
Died Sept 26, 1931

Cornelius J. Druger
1905 –1954

Geaghan
Joan L. Donald
1939 - 1941 – 1986
Married Aug 8, 1970

Row 4
Father John F. Vanderlinde 1885 - 1955

Mother Martha M. Vanderlinde 1891 - 1974

Erne T. Vanderlinde 2-15-1917 4-26-1918 [writing could not read]

Arnold Van Derlinde 1916-1917

Wendt
Mother Ella P. Married Father Henry
1885 - 1969 4-14-1913 1880 - 1964

Vanderlinde
Anthony 1849 - 1925
Bertha 1859 - 1925

H. Vanderlinde MAI 17, 1890 (says MAI? not typo)
(cannot read) JAN 10, 1919

Father Klaas Buseman
8-13-1856 5-4-1936

Mother Folena Buseman
1-9-1862 4-24-1919

BUSEMAN (large stone)
Droben Werden Wir Vereint
Dasist Unsere Hoffnunc

Harold Russel Buseman
1923 - 1924

W.W. Gortmaker
1853 - 1926
We will meet again

Arje Gortmaker
1857 - 1937
We will meet again.

Ira Johnson
9-23-1911 - 3-3-1921

Janna Witkop (or Jann A)
1889 – 1943

John B. Witkop
10-27-1891 - 7-18-1921

Witkop

Witkop
Gertrude M. Married Roscoe J.
1927 6-8-42 1920-1992
Parents of Larry, Eldon, Janet, Dean, Julie

Row 5
Witkop Wesley B. Husband of Gertrude
1917 – 2003 Father of James & Elsie Rose

Grandchildren of Roscoe & Gertrude Withkop
Here
Lori Janna Corey
1917 1976 1984

Nathaniel Pond
1980

Johnson
Lena John E.
1878 – 1954 1876 - 1956

Lydia Gortmaker 1883 - 1947

Gortmaker

Jur W. Gortmaker 1883 - 1965

George L. Lankhorst 1895 - 1972

Marvin L. Lankhorst 1926 - 1927

Anna N. Lankhorst 1905 - 1929

H.V.D..L.

U. B. Vanderlinde
May 23 – June 1, 1922

At Rest Ernest Melvin Barto
S.Dak. Seaman 1CL US Navy
Died 10-20-1928 Born 3-15-1910

Baby Bertha Wendt
Born and died 7-3-1917
“Not Lost But Gone Before”

Row 6
Lena Nelson
11-22-1908 1-27-1978

Lester E. Nelson
US Army WW II
1917 - 1996

Anna Johnson
1883 - 1949

Ben A. Johnson
1879 - 1948

Lawrence E. Buseman
Tec 5 US Army WW II
Mar 17, 1923 Mar 1, 2007

Buseman
Lena Fred
1901 – 1978 1895 - 1936

Jennie M. Rice Died 3-2-1930

Steven R. Johnson
9-3-1951
4-28-1952

Johnson
Arnold R. Married Jean M.
1921-1991 2-21-46 1923
Parents of Judi – Steve – Kathie

Infant son
Delwin J. Buseman
1951-1952

Row 7
Otto
Martha Louis F.
Apr. 22, 1906 Feb. 1, 1898
Sept. 25, 1987 Aug. 11, 1991

Lankhorst Evert J.
1908 - 1976

Lankhorst Aleida (Lydie)
1906 - 2001

Klaas 1854 - 1930
Van
Wieland

Row 8
Gortmaker
Tracie Ben J.
1904 – 1992 1896 - 1973
Parents of Arnold & Ione

Ben Gortmaker PFC US Army WWI
May 14, 1896 Oct. 30, 1973

Cleo L. Rasmussen
1919 - 1992

Lucy Rasmussen
1902 - 1983

N. Pete Rasmussen
1889 - 1958

Buseman
Anna George I. Katherine L.
Oct. 9, 1927 May 8, 1930 July 1, 1929
Sept. 7, 1961
“Salvation is free but it’s not yours until you ask for it”

Row 9

Eva Ellstrom
July 24, 1896 May 27, 1983

Chester R. Ellstrom
CPL 803 Aero Sq. South Dakota WW I
Sept 29, 1894 Jan. 26, 1962

A big thanks to Roger Berke for getting this information!