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Lehman, Charlotte C., a.k.a. Dollinger, Charlotte C.; stone # 69; location: D-24; b. not listed, d. 22 March 2009; Mrs. Norman E. Lehman (see next entry); JSOnline Notices (www.legacy.com): "Dollinger, Charlotte C. (Nee Krueger) Charlotte has claimed her well-earned Eternal Peace on Sun., March 22, 2009, at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by her first husband of 38 years, Norman Lehman and second husband of 23 years, Herman Dollinger. Her smiling face will be missed by her children, Lewis (Elaine) Lehman, Neal (Nancy) Lehman, Glenn (Ellen) Lehman and Marlene (Gerald) Duehr; her siblings, Genevieve Sage, the late Margaret Dagelen and the late Walter Krueger; and her many grandchildren, and great- grandchildren, as well as her many friends and extended family. Visitation Wed., March 25, at St. Leonard Catholic Church, W173 S7743 Westwood Dr., Muskego, from 10:30-11:30 AM. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11L30 AM. Interment St. Columba Church Cemetery. Church and Chapel...www.churchandchapel.com"

[note: stone # 69 has 2 listings: Charlotte C. Lehman and Norman E. Lehman]

Lehman, Norman E.; stone # 69; location: D-24; 25 July 1911, d. 25 September 1972; husband of Charlotte C. Lehman (see previous entry)

Lilley, Ellen; stone # 43; location: C-12; b. no date, d. 21 January 1861; also on headstone: "aged 40 years, his wife"; Mrs. John Lilley (see next entry)

[note: stone # 43 has 2 listings: Ellen Lilley and John Lilley]

Lilley, John; stone # 43; location: C-12; b. no date, d. 30 June 1867; also on headstone: "aged 56 years"; husband of Ellen Lilley (see previous entry)

[note: the online website: The Gravestone Photo Project has John Lilley and Ellen Lilley born in the parish of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland]

Please note the next two photographs of the amazing restoration of the above headstone (# 43) of Ellen and John Lilley.

John and Ellen's Great-great-grandson, Joseph Dunn, and his wife, Jean, and granddaughter, Kathleen, hoped to do something with the above middle third of their ancestors headstone that they found laying in the cemetery. Remarkably, they found a top third of the headstone buried under the sod and then realized there was a bottom part that they dug out shortly afterwards.

With the help of their friend, Stan van derkooy, who made the stainless steel frame, they turned a broken, partial headstone into an excellent honor to their ancestors. Their extensive efforts included re-etching the written information, adding paint to improve the appearance, and gluing the headstone together to fit inside the custom-made frame.

Mr. Dunn is available to consult with anyone interested in doing restoration work on their family's headstones. Please email to this St. Columba Cemetery site (okeane.robert@gmail.com) to have Mr. Dunn's contact information forwarded to you.

What a great tribute to those who came before us!

Lilley, Margret; stone # 66; location: D-20; b. no date, d. 26 July 1879; also on headstone: "aged 74 years, native of the parish of Enish, Co. Fermanaugh, Ireland"

Lilly, Alexander; stone #167; location: I-4; b. 30 March 1891, d. 04 December 1968; Veteran: Wis. Major US Army Res. WWI

Lilly, Anna M.; stone # 128; location: H-4; b. 11 May 1898, d. 23 November 1991

Lilly, James R.; stone # 129; location: H-4; b. 07 February 1903, d. 01 May 1978

Lilly, John; stone # 166; location: H-4; b. 03 July 1858, d. 22 September 1930;

[note: stone # 166 has 2 listings: John Lilly and Julia M. Cody Lilly]

Cody Lilly, Julia M.; stone # 166; location: H-4; b. 14 February 1870, d. 31 August 1928; also listed in "C's"

Lily, Lynn E.; stone # 131; location: H-4; b. 27 January 1910, d. 23 July 1970; Veteran: Wis. Cpl. US Army, WWII

Lilly, Margaret; stone # 154; location: H-26; b. 02 Feb 1840, d. 19 June 1917

Lilly, Thomas; stone # 165; location: I-4; b. 02 March 1889, d. 21 October 1965; Veteran: Wis. Pvt. 3 Co. Discharge Det WWI

Lilly, Thomas; stone # 155; location: H-26; b. 19 December 1846, d. 15 October 1917

Lilly Buerger, Maywin, "Dub Da"; stone # 130; location: H-4; b. 29 August 1893, d. 09 December 1972; also listed under "B's"

Gillick Carey Linden, Almyra; stone # 141; location: H-12; b. 1886, d. 1978; also listed under "C's" and "G's"

Note: Husband and wife, Emmanual and Anna (Henke) Loew, along with their daughter, Donna Mae Loew, longtime parish members, are buried in the nearby U.C.C. Church---St. Paul's---at the intersection of St. Augustine and Monches Roads where many of their Loew relatives are also buried.

Loew, Chester; stone # 222; location: J-20; b. 1886, d. 03 November 1956; also listed on headstone: "Father"; husband of Emma Loew (see two entries below); NCH comments: "Loew, Chester Jacob, 70 yrs., native Erin, 11-3-1956, died at Town of Merton home, ailing 3 yrs., b 3-17-1886, married Emma Gans at Holy Hill.., 6 children: LaVerne, Irving, Howard, Lester, Caroline (Mrs. Donald) Stapleton and Mary (Mrs. Lester) Krueger, 3 brothers: Gordon, Emmanuel and Armin, 4 sisters: Ruby (Mrs. Ernest) Winkler, Dorothy (Mrs. William) Monroe, Irma (Mrs. Francis) O'Keane and Louise (Mrs. Leo) Navin"

[note: stone # 222 has 2 listings: Chester Loew and Emma Loew]

Loew, Elizabeth; stone # 276; location: L-12; b. 25 December 1882, d. 10 December 1952

Loew, Emma; stone # 222 (see two entries above); location: J-20; b. 1884, d. 1941; also on headstone: "Mother"; nee: Gans; Mrs. Chester Loew (see two entries above); NCH comments: "Loew, Emma, Mrs. Chester J., 57 yrs., nee Gans, at home in Erin 11 miles southeast Hartford, 10-20-1941, ill 2 yrs., heart attack, born: Erin, 3-24-1884, married...in Hubertus, 2 children preceded her, Mildred and Oscar, sister: Mrs. Anna (August) Horn, Mrs. Tessie (Joseph) Theis, Mrs. Alice (Irving) Meister, Mrs. Lilly (Harold) Hoechler and Mrs. Mamie (Robert) Kohler

Loew, William H.; stone # 277; location: L-12; b. 10 January 1914, d. 02 February1958

Loew, William J.; stone # 275: L-12; b. 22 March 1871, d. 12 November 1948

Location and Contact Information

If You Visit St. Columba Cemetery

Headstones listed on this blog are given a "letter" and a "number" to identify their location on an "x-y axis" layout.

The cemetery has 11 rows of headstones, labelled "A" through "L."
The rows run south-to-north, parallel to Highway 164. "Row A" is closest to Highway 164 (east) and "Row L" is farthest from Highway 164 (west), towards the Mobil gas station.
The north and south fences have letter markers attached to designate row location.

Headstones are also given a number to identify their approximate location, in paces (steps), away from the south fence (along County Line Q).

Headstones are also given a specific and unique number. For example, the headstone for James and Katherine McCartan is "# 96" (the 96th headstone to be recorded in an east-to-west row progression with a south-to-north movement along each row). The headstone is also designated as "F-18," to aid in locating the headstone in "row F" (the sixth row in from Highway 164) and about 18 paces in from the south fence, along County Line Q.

Please note that many headstones in the "oldest" (south) section of the cemetery are missing, so there may be many open spaces along a row of headstones.

Genealogical Research

The records on this blog are available free for your use in family research. Please credit this source.

Please contact us at okeane.robert@gmail.com for permission to use the material on this blog for other purposes.

As noted above, many headstones in the "oldest," south section of the cemetery are missing.
Sadly, records to identify who is buried in those open spaces is not available from St. Gabriel Parish which is the church maintaining the cemetery, nor from the Milwaukee Roman Catholic Archdiocese.

The Milwaukee Archdiocese Archivist responded to enquiries in 2004 that they would respond to individual enquiries, as time allows, when you submit the name of a specific, deceased person, including as much additional information as possible. (See their website at http://www.archmil.org/ .)

Another resource is available through the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Library. See their website at http://www.familysearch.org/ to find the library nearest you. From that library, you can order microfilm # 1871065 that contains records for St. John, Monches and St. Columba, Lake Five. Death records are only included for the years 1898 to 1920, but there are records for Baptisms (1845-1855, 1856-1879, 1884-1920, 1884-1894), First Communions (1908-1920), Confirmations (1898-1916, 1919-1920) and Marriages (1845-1854, 1858-1894, 1885-1920, 1871-1891).

Abbreviations used:
b. = born / date of birth
Co. = County
d. = died / date of death
m. = married /date of marriage
Milw. J/S = Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper
NCH comments: = information provided by Nancy (Collins) Henke (R.I.P.), local historian
obit. = obituary / death notice
VS comments: = information provided by Vincent Sennott (R.I.P.), lifelong parish member and local historian
yrs. = years

Good luck with your efforts.

More Research Sources

Although St. John - "Monches" Roman Catholic Church does not provide research information for its former Mission Church---St. Columba, they have an interesting website that has cemetery listings for St. John's and nearby St. Clare's - "North Lake." The two parishes merged in 2006 and are now called St. Teresa of Calcutta.
Go to www.blteresaparish.org/ and click on the "Our History" selection along the left side of the website to find more local history.

The Menomonee Falls Library at http://home.mf.lib.wi.us/ is another good source for local history information.

St. Columba Parish History

St. Columba Roman Catholic Church, Lake Five, was a mission of St. John Church, Monches, according to the book "The Story of Washington County," by Carl Quickert. Both parishes were established in 1842 by the Reverend Martin Kundig, a Roman Catholic priest. Initially, Father Morrisey, a "circuit-riding" priest, said Mass in the home of John Donnelly on the shores of Lake Five.

Among the first members of the congregation were the families of Matthew Cosgrove, Patrick Flynn, Edward McCartan, John Fleming, Martin Claffey, Michael & John Redmond, John Donnelly, William Dunn and Michael Denney.

The name of the church, "St. Columba," is likely to be a reflection of the Irish heritage of many of the church's early members. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "Saint Columba," also known as "Columcille," was one of the twelve leading churchmen in Ireland's history. He was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and was a statesman, scholar, poet and founder of numerous churches and monasteries.

The original church, built in the mid-1800's, was a log structure. The second building, "the little, white church," was built around 1901. The newer, Lannon Stone church was built in 1972.

In 2002, St. Columba merged with two area churches, St. Hubert-Hubertus and St. Mary-Richfield, under edict by the Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese, to form a new church, St. Gabriel, which is located about two and one-half miles north of the cemetery, just off State Road 164.

St. Gabriel Parish maintains the three original cemeteries and can be contacted at www.stgabrielhubertus.org , 262-628-1141, or St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 1200 Saint Gabriel Way, Hubertus, WI 53033. Office hours are listed on their website as: Monday-Friday, 8:30am to 3pm.

St. Columba Cemetery at "Lake Five," Wisconsin, USA

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