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Location
This active cemetery is located between Prairie Avenue and West Avenue at Luke Avenue, Waukesha City, Section 10, Waukesha Township.
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History
It was established officially in 1849, although there were much earlier burials on this site. On December 3, 1849, a three acre parcel was purchased from Nathaniel Walton for $50. On April 13, 1864, an additional five acres was acquired from S.S. Sawyer for $500.
It is a self-supporting municipal cemetery with a five member cemetery commission. Some of the small cemeteries in the county have been relocated to Prairie Home: Prairieville Cemetery, the College and East Avenues cemetery, Muskego Village Cemetery, The Benecke Family Cemetery and the Bidwell or South Pewaukee Cemetery.
Prairie Home also has a Potter's field. There are no stones in Potter's Field area, but the names of the people might be in the records. Some of the burials are unknowns.
There is also a section of the cemetery for the Wisconsin State Industrial School. The plot is full with the last burial in the 1930s. Most of the burials from the Industrial School were before 1900. About half of the boys from the school buried in Prairie Home were known though school records. Other school records show names of boys who died, but give no indication as to where they were buried. Prairie Home kept no records for these burials, since the identity of the boys sent to the school was considered confidential. These were unclaimed boys who died at the school and were buried by the State of Wisconsin. In the Industrial School plot there are only a few stones with names on them and only a few names listed in the record books.
The first person to be buried at Prairie Home was the mother of Reverend O.F. Curtis. Morris Cutler, first settler of Waukesha County, is buried here.
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Cemetery Records
There are cemetery records 1841 to date, but there are some earlier burials with no records. There is a chart of the cemetery and records are available to the public for research, Monday-Friday for a fee. The cemetery charges an in person fee for the first half hour of research. For research that takes over a half hour, a total fee is usual. Mail requests will be answered, but you must send a self addressed stamped envelope for your reply. If more than a few names are requested by mail, the fee is required in advance.
Contact:
Prairie Home Cemetery Contact Information
605 S. Prairie Ave.
Waukesha, Waukesha Co., WI 53186
Phone: 262-524-3540
At the Waukesha County Museum: there are Incomplete records from the cemetery, sections M, N, and K 1836-1949.
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Transcriptions
The numbers in braces {} indicate Elizabeth Lamb's tombstone survey, NOT the plot and grave locations recorded by Prairie Home Cemetery.
Once you know the person's name and the section they are buried in, cemetery employees will be able to find the records.
Numbers before the person indicate section-row-grave. The South side of the cemetery has numbered sections; the North sections are lettered.
Surveyed September 19, 1999
Section 1 - SW corner of Prairie Home Drive and S. West Avenue.
Row 1 - east to west Chester H. HIGGINS, father, 1854-1921 Kate M. HIGGINS, mother, 1861-1947 Chester H. HIGGINS, son, 1898-1943 Charles A. HIGGINS, son, 1885-1949 Frank P. HIGGINS, husband, 1892-1975 Mamie H. HIGGINS, wife, 1894-1997 <space> Edwin FRITCHEK, son, 1884-1932 Elsie FRITCHEK, our dear daughter, Nov. 25, 1886 - Sept. 24, 1920 Clara FRITCHEK, wife of Carl, 1892-1990 Carl FRITCHEK, 1892-1972 Emma-Fredrich-FRITCHEK, mother, 1862-1932 Frank FRITCHEK, father, 1857-1933 <space> Martha M. [GUDEYON], mother, 1888-1963 <GUDEYON stone> Willard C. [GUDEYON], son, 1913-1950 Charley H. [GUDEYON], father, 1881-1920 <space> George KEUPER, Aug. 9, 1852 - May 14, 1921 Bertha KEUPER, Sept. 27, 1855 - June 6, 1920 <KEUPER stone> Amanda C. KEUPER, Apr. 14, 1884 - July 10, 1965 <space> Ruth PAULSON, 1881-1919 <PAULSON stone> Marie MALAGIAN, 1881-1969 <space> <on J. J. KEUPER stone:> John J. [KEUPER], 1845-1921 [mason "G" symbol] Margaret [KEUPER], his wife, 1844-1919 Frank [KEUPER], son, 1871-1919 <space> Gustav C. VOIGHT, father, 1854-1919 Christiane VOIGHT, mother, 1859-1938 Richard VOIGHT Sr., father, 1900-1978 Ida D. VOIGHT, mother, 1902-1975 Richard VOIGHT Jr., father, 1925-1961 [WWII marker] Gloria J. VOIGHT, mother, 1928-1960 Row 2 - east to west Ruth, wife of Rollo KRUEGER, 1896-1968 [flowers] Rollo KRUEGER, 1896-1979 Meta, wife of Rollo KRUEGER, 1898-1923 <space> Wm. STAPEL, father, 1850-1930 Caroline STAPEL, mother, 1851-1932 Minnie STAPEL, 1875-1923 <space> Amelia LEIPSKI, mother, born Oct. 15, 1867, died June 1, 1946 Gustave LEIPSKI, father, born Jan. 19, 1862, died April 22, 1930 <space> George E. OLSON, papa, 1890-1920 Philip E. OLSON, father, 1897-1974 [and] Hazel A. OLSON, mother, 1905-[no death date] <space> Marion H. WILLIAMS, 1916-1924 <space> Harry E. DROUGHT, 1887-1965 <space> Mathilde GUDEYON, 1851-1945 Gustave GUDEYON, 1845-1921 <space> Ella C. BEEHEIM, 1889-1969 Lawrence E. BLACKWELL, 1892-1922 John L. BEEHEIM, 1888-1951 Norman H. SELTZER, Feb. 27, 1911 - Mar. 10, 1983 [live flowers] Hattie Godman SELTZER, 1872-1923 [live flowers] <space> Louis WOLFE, 1862-1952 Mary WOLFE, 1867-1931 David WOLFE, papa, 1889-1922 [live flowers] Caroline SCHIRMACHER, 1892-1970 [live flowers] George SCHIRMACHER, 1904-1995 [flowers] Harold A. SCHIRMACHER, US Navy, Jan. 27, 1906 - Feb. 16, 1983 [military stone, "U.S." marker, flowers] <space> Arthur VIELBAUM, son, 1889-1948 Bertha VIELBAUM, mother, 1864-1936 William VIELBAUM, father, 1858-1920 Mary Woolsey ENSIGN, 1839-1922 <space> Julia ST. PETER, Apr. 3, 1883 - Mar. 26, 1964 Lee S. ST. PETER, May 16, 1897 - June 1, 1937 Eugene ST. PETER, Mar. 17, 1872 - Feb. 17, 1920 [WWI marker] Row 3 - east to west Henry G. JORGENSON, father, 1893-1969 Lillian C. JORGENSON, mother, 1895-1962 [flowers] William H. MILLER, Wisconsin, CPL CO F 127 INF 32 DIV, WORLD WAR I PH, Jan. 15, 1893 - Aug. 25, 1958 [military stone, WWI marker] Lillian Miller HOEFT, Mar. 7, 1903 - Jan. 3, 1998 [military stone] Emilie M. HENDRICKS, wife, 1908-1958 <space> Edmund B. PHILLIPS, 1842-1926 [mason "G" symbol] Agnes M. PHILLIPS, 1848-1922 Addison PHILLIPS, 1873-1894 Harry T. PHILLIPS, 1886-1960 Ruth J. PHILLIPS, 1893-1952 Elizabeth PHILLIPS, 1855-1934 <space> J. Joseph KEWER, 1855-1930 A. Margaret KEWER, 1855-1954 J. Fred KEWER, 1879-1948 <space> Hattie GRAEF, 1858-1942 Phillip GRAVE, PVT 45 WISC INF, Jan. 9, 1926 [military stone, Civil War marker] Eva Graef PEARCE, 1892-1921 <space> Daniel L. DUNN, 1884-1959 [live flowers] Grace E. DUNN, 1889-1977 [live flowers] <WIESENTHAL stone> Emma WIESENTHAL, 1877-1959 Wm. WIESENTHAL, 1869-1921 <space> Edward H. [POLSFUSS], 1891-1921 Ida B. [POLSFUSS], 1879-1931 <POLSFUSS stone> Mary Ann Polfuss WHIPKEY, 1892-1983 [WWI marker] George W. [POLSFUSS], 1881-1949 [urn] <space> <onJONES stone:> George A. [JONES], Sept. 27, 1872 - Apr. 22, 1920 Sarah Ann [JONES], Oct. 3, 1843 - May 8, 1924 <space> Chester M. [WHITE], father, 1878-1920 [mason "G"] Hattie A. [WHITE], mother, 1883-1938 [inverted star marker] Chester M. WHITE, II, 1915-1989 <WHITE stone> [live flowers] Virginia Dunn WHITE, 1918 <space> Margaret C. HOPSON, daughter, 1918-1920 Row 4 - east to west <on KARL stone:> Robert F. [KARL], Feb. 17, 1923 - [no death date] Marion E. [KARL], Mar. 4, 1924 - [no death date] <space> Katherine SCHULTZ, 1857-1947 August F. SCHULTZ, 1855-1928 <space> Louise H., wife of Edward L. GOLDACKER, 1857-1923 Edward L. GOLDACKER, 1855-1940 Carrie BLOCK, 1872-1950 Elmer BLOCK, 1873-1945 Mildred VREDENBREGT, 1902-1921 <space> Emilie DRAGER, mother, 1848-1925 Gustave DRAGER, father, 1846-1921 <space> Lina LANG, 1854-1940 [flowers] Jacob LANG, 1851-1922 [flowers] Sarah Bowes, wife of Wm. BUCKE, 1857-1921 William BUCKE, 1859-1941 <space> Benigena MALIK, mother, 1857-1926 Ignazt MALIK, 1856-1922 <space> Emilie H. THIELE, Sept. 12, 1862 - Oct. 30, 1919 Minna T. KINO, Oct. 18, 1877 - Apr. 21, 1939 Row 5 - east to west Fred B. WILCOX, father, Nov. 17, 1902 - Apr. 27, 1987 Hannah C. WILCOX, mother, Aug. 10, 1900 - May 18, 1968 <space> Fred S. GLIDDEN, father, 1876-1936 Mary GLIDDEN, mother, 1874-1929 <space> Bertha A. DEISSNER, 1865-1924 Richard DEISSNER, 1854-1931 <space> Henry C. LUKE, July 4, 1856 - July 24, 1924 <space> Carl W. KEWER, 1887-1956 Signa KEWER, 1896-1968 <space> Herbert WILCOX Sr., father, May 23, 1859 - Apr. 24, 1924 Caroline WILCOX, mother, Aug. 14, 1868 - Apr. 15, 1939 <space> Ella M. HOWARD, Mar. 26, 1853 - Oct. 25, 1923 Chas. P. DOWNIE, father, 1845 - 1923 ["our comrade" marker with star and A.F.J.C.L.] Mary S. DOWNIE, mother, 1855-1930 Lillian E. LEMPER, daughter, 1899-1964 Minnie H. DOWNIE, daughter, 1880-1972 <end of straight row> Row 6 - east to west Edna B. MUNRO, 1905-1958 Robert B. MUNRO, 1893-1963 [WWI marker] <space> Walter A. FELSING, father, June 13, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1957 [WWI marker, mason "G"] Emma W. FELSING, mother, Feb. 11, 1889 - Dec. 18, 1992 <space> Anna B. LANG, mother, 1885-1950 [flowers, urn] Jacob J. LANG, father, 1878-1970 [flowers, urn] Dwight M. HASKINS, father, 1879-1946 Minnie HASKINS, mother, 1883-1947 <space> Nicholas M. MADDEN, 1849-1924 Clara BIAS, 1856-1937 James BIAS, 1850-1924 <end of straight row> Row 7 - east to west Capt. F. R. BROWER, 1833-1921 [damaged Civil War marker] <space> Howard Gale KOENTOP, 1920 [birth and death] <space> Henrietta BRAUN, mother, 1822-1920 <end of straight row> Row 8 - east to west Samuel PIFKOWITZ, father, 1871-1921 <space> Kathrine Gasser WYTTENBACH, 1896-1924 <space> Alice M., dau. of H.& L. JORGENSEN, 1922 [birth and death] <space> Rudolph SCHUR, 1886-1922 <space> Arthur WALLSCHLAEGER, 1901-1922 <space> H. SIERT <space> Roe S. Jr., inf. son of R.S. & Ruth JOHNSTON, 1920-1921 <space> UNKNOWN BOY found in O'Laughlin Quarry, Waukesha, Wis., March 8, 1921 <end of straight row> Row 9 - east to west Anna LOBUSCHER, mother, June 24, 1883 - Feb. 24, 1959 <space> Etta TUYLS, mother, Dec. 11, 1873 - Dec. 13, 1953 John F. TILLEY, Iowa, PVT US ARMY, April 10, 1891 - March 6, 1945 [military stone, "U.S." marker] Bernard LOCKERMAN, Wisconsin, PVT 106 INF 27 DIV, September 25, 1918 [military stone, WWI marker] Philip TUYLS, Jr., Feb. 16, 1903 - Jan. 22, 1921, died Portsmouth, VA ["U.S." marker] Pvt. Walter A. J. WALSCHLAEGER, Dec. 8, 1894 - Aug. 6, 1920 ["U.S." marker] <end of straight row> Row 10 - east to west Mamie D. CARROLL, mother, Aug. 15, 1900 - Nov. 19, 1975 <space> Marie E. KARL, mother, May 4, 1907 - Dec. 6, 1995 [live flowers] William F. KARL, father, Mar. 22, 1901 - May 7, 1997 [live flowers] <end of straight row> Surveyed October 9, 1999 Section 1 continued Row 11 - first curved row, east to west Keith Austin GIGOUS, 1928-1929 <space> Mahala HUGHLETT, mother, Apr. 11, 1848 - June 21, 1930 Ernest Gerald KLINE, Wisconsin, Pvt US Army, May 10, 1930 [military stone, "U.S." marker] <space> Charles W. PREI, 1876 - 1927 <space> LeRoy John GRAHAM, our darling, May 10, 1925 - Mar. 13, 1926 <space> George H. BRYANT, 1865-1925 Carrie M. BRYANT, 1870-1930 <space> Gust GOFFAS, died 1926 <space> Doris M. HEETER, baby, Aug. 24, 1925 <space> Lillian [WHITE], wife of Joseph N. WHITE, 1889-1925 <space> Wm. BRUHN, father, June 16, 1870 - Mar. 9, 1939 [flowers, WWI marker] Elizabeth M. BRUHN, 1869-1925 <space> Jennie Dall SNYDER, mother, 1877-1925 James A. SNYDER, father, 1870-1953 <space> Violet A. PEASE, our darling, 1923-1925 <space> Mamie LUDWICK, died June 2, 1924 <space> Emma Bertha [HEISER], wife of A. L. HEISER, 1895-1923 <space> William W. EDWARDS, 1866-1923 <space> Gustie T. DRAEGER, auntie, Nov. 7, 1875 - Feb. 10, 1954 <space> Lorne J. CAMPBELL, father, 1866-1934 Esther CAMPBELL, mother, 1862-1924 >end of curved row> Row 12 - east to west Merle E. GIGOUS, baby, 1932-1933 <space> Phillip TUYLS, father, Mar. 10, 1875 - June 16, 1931 <space> Fannie SKINNER, mother, 1842-1931 <space> Herman BACH, father, 1898-1964 [and] Harold BACH, son, 1928-1929 <space> Landon HARRIS, father, 1874-1930 <space> Albertina VOGT, 1862-1928 <space> Sadie E. LENTZ, 1908-1929 <space> Ida VOUQUETT, mother, 1852-1930 <space> J. Alexander WILSON, father, 1861-1928 <space> Henry KIND, 1860-1928 <space> Alfred T. WALLER, Q.M.Sgt., Co. A, 8 U.S. Vol. Inf., Sp. Am. War [no dates, Spanish-American War marker] Sibbie WALLER, mother, 1855-1927 <space> Mary PETERSON, 1862-1926 <space> Theo June, inf. dau. of A. & L. MARTIN, 1925-1926 <space> Minnie Mae MATTS, R.N., 1874-1925 [WWI marker] <space> Minnie BAUERMEISTER, mother, 1857-1919 August BAUERMEISTER, father, 1852-1929 <space> Clarence J. HASKINS, Wisconsin, Cpl., Co. B 52 MACHINE GUN BN, World War I, Sept. 9, 1890 - April 20, 1966 [military stone, WWI marker] Julia A. HASKINS, mother, 1852-1940 George W. HASKINS, father, 1851-1924 <space> Arthur MUELLER, Wisconsin, CORP 95 CO TRANS CORPS, November 27, 1941 [military stone, "U.S." marker] Louise MUELLER, 1860-1940 Theodore MUELLER, 1851-1922 <space> Emilie DUNWOODY, 1878-1957 Carrie DUNWOODY, 1867-1922 Samuel DUNWOODY, 1863-1950 <space> Mary Jean OWEN, 1866-1922 John Price OWEN, 1860-1943 <end of curved row> Row 13 - east to west CONNELL family stone [other side: JOHNSON] Samuel B. CONNELL, Wisconsin, PVT US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, Dec. 21, 1897 - Dec. 21, 1969 [military stone] Richard S. CONNELL, 1854-1924 Cora E. CONNELL, 1871-1924 <space> John G. KLEMP, father, Oct. 18, 1926 - Aug. 28, 1995 [WWII marker] Betty Wallert KLEMP, mother, Sept. 8, 1923 - June 29, 1992 Dora Leistiko KLEMP, mother, Oct. 19, 1899 - July 13, 1957 Donna Jean KLEMP, daughter, July 26 - Dec. 19, 1941 Bernice Ann KLEMP, daughter, Jan. 15, 1920 - May 4, 1922 <space> Ray T. SEABORN, 1915-1968 SEABORN family stone between two bushes <space> Charles F. PRITZLAFF, Wisconsin, PVT 1 CL. BASE HOSP 81, January 8, 1942 [military stone, "U.S." marker] August PRITZLAFF, 1836-1923 PRITZLAFF - JANKE family stone Ida PRITZLAFF, 1851-1927 Wilhelmina JANKE, 1833-1922 <space> MARQUARDT stone: George W., 1922-1977 [and] Bunny Spillman, 1919-1987 Mary Grace SPILLMAN, 1882-1921 Clarence N. SPILLMAN, WISCONSIN, PVT 6 US ARTY BAND, SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, Sept. 30, 1879 - March 17, 1971 [military stone, Spanish-American War marker] Dora SPILLMAN, 1894-1982 Florence SPILLMAN, 1906-1985 Virginia Spillman BULLOCK, 1902-1986 <space> Philip [KARL], father, 1855-1923 [live flowers] Augusta [KARL], mother, 1859-1923 [live flowers] KARL family stone Martha M. KARL, 1895-1944 [live flowers] Frank H. KARL, 1897-1968 [live flowers, WWI marker] <space> Minnie M. GAW, mother, 1878-1921 Walter N. GAW, 1903-1965 Lucille GAW, 1905-1996 Benjamin J. MELENDEZ, 1907-1987 Gertrude MELENDEZ, 1912-1992 <space> Friedrich BOORTZ, father, 1840-1932 Emelia BOORTZ, mother, 1843-1938 <space> Emma Koepke KUNZ, mother, Aug. 5, 1882 - Jan. 6, 1956 Wm. Wallace KUNZ, father, Jan. 30, 1886 - Sept. 6, 1959 Janice R. KUNZ, daughter, Sept. 8, 1908 - Dec. 31, 1973 <space> Agnes K. STREHLOW, wife, Mar. 4, 1895 - Mar. 11, 1964 Clarence A. STREHLOW, husband, Mar. 12, 1895 - [no death date] <space> Elizabeth F. KESKE, mother, Feb. 3, 1888 - Dec. 1, 1974 Albert C. KESKE, father, Jan. 8, 1881 - June 1, 1959 George Benjamin DILLMAN, SON OF ELIZABETH [KESKE?], May 18, 1909 - March 20, 1993 [military stone] KESKE family stone Minnie E. [KESKE], wife of A. C. KESKE, 1878-1920 E. Dale BUCK, SGT US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, Oct. 26, 1920 - Oct. 21, 1983 [military stone, WW2 marker] <end of row> Row 14 (next to road between Section 1 and Section 7), east to west Violet E. LEIPSKE, mother, June 7, 1907 - Nov. 7, 1995 Richard R. KLEMP, son, Oct. 7, 1930 - Jan. 14, 1971 [Korean War marker] Gustave A. LEIPSKI, father, June 8, 1904 - Dec. 13, 1969 Alvin A. KLEMP, father, Oct. 6, 1895 - Aug. 19, 1970 JOHNSON family stone [other side: CONNELL] Ruth C. JOHNSON, mother, 1895 - 1969 Joseph P. JOHNSON, father, 1884-1978 <space> Mary E. SEABORN, 1868-1943 George R. SEABORN, 1875-1924 <space> Albert E. APLIN, 1857-1922 Hannah APLIN, 1870-1956 <space> John KOEPKE, father, Sept. 30, 1848 - May 7, 1926 Minnie KOEPKE, mother, Aug. 2, 1862 - Feb. 28, 1923 William C. KOEPKE, PH.D., in loving memory, July 3, 1884 - June 10, 1970, my dear sweet hearts [two-headed eagle with 32 in center triangle; arrows pointing to left and right] Leona W. KOEPKE, A.B., in loving memory for my dear wife, Sept. 6, 1893 - Oct. 25, 1963, state president 1936-1937 [arrow pointing to star w/PEO inside] <space> Walter W. STEFFAN, 1900-1953 Mamie STEFFAN, 1872-1950 Wm. F. STEFFAN, 1872-1922 <space> Alma MACOMBER, mother, 1852-1924 Geo. W. MACOMBER, father, 1844-1927 <space> George WEISS, husband, 1921-1999 [urn] Edna D. WEISS, wife, 1915-1995 [urn] Margaret DOEGE, mother, 1887-1973 [urn] Emil O. DOEGE, father, 1883-1924 [urn] <space> Charles R. HADFIELD, 1879-1920 <space> Harry A. HALL, 1882-1966 Pearl L. HALL, 1884-1949 <space> Louise HADFIELD, 1859-1934 O. Wesley HADFIELD, 1858-1929 <space> HAERTEL family stone John E. HAERTEL, 1881-1920 Frederick KESKE, father, 1849-1922 Matilda KESKE, mother, 1844-1933 Juanita I. BUCK, NEE KESKE, WIFE OF EVERETT DALE, Apr. 6, 1923 - Nov. 10, 1984 [military stone] <end of row, end of section>
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