Saint Johns Cemetery, Union County
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| Saint Johns Cemetery | |
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| Established | c. 1886 |
| Location | Prairie Township, Union County, South Dakota |
| Type | Catholic |
| No. of interments | Over 700 |
St. Johns Cemetery (alternatively St. John[1] or St. John's[2]) is a Catholic cemetery located in Prairie Township, Union County, South Dakota, with links to St. Teresa of Avila parish and church, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls.[1][3] The cemetery is one of a group of four adjacent cemeteries 1.2 miles south-east of Beresford, of which St. John is the is farthest west.
The earliest known burial is that of a child named Felix Phillip Mangan in 1886. As of 2001, the remains of more than 700 individuals were interred at St. John Cemetery.[citation needed]
Notable people buried in St. John Cemetery
[edit]- William J. Bulow, South Dakota Governor and United States Senator.
- James and Frances (Kukar) Lass, parents of Donna Lass (possible victim of the Zodiac Killer).
- John W. Maher, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
External links
[edit]- St. John Cemetery records at Find A Grave
- St. John Cemetery records at Interment
- 1940 W.P.A. burial records for St. John Cemetery
- "St. John Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Business Entity Detail". sosenterprise.sd.gov. South Dakota Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "KnowWhereGraph". stko-kwg.geog.ucsb.edu. Geographic Names Information System.
- ^ "Parish Directory - Parishes in the Diocese of Sioux Falls". Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls. Retrieved 13 April 2024.