Hubbard/White River Cemetery
Meinert Park Rd and Indian Bay Road
White River Township
Also known as White River #2
History
The year was 1866, and General Lee had just surrendered to Grant on April 9. It was spring and a Dolney, New York resident named Thomas M. Hubbard, Jr., set out for the Michigan Territory and a new life. He and his entire family settled on a piece of property in White River Township, which was bordered on the north by what is now known as Meinert Park Road and on the east by Williams Road.
Hubbard was a local “supply minister” and a farmer, who put down roots and so did his son, Ezra. The younger Hubbard had purchased 40 to 60 acres on the north side of Meinert Road and was bordered on the west by what is now known as Old Highway M-99.
When tragedy struck the Ezra Hubbard family, in the death of their twin sons Glen and Grant, they were buried in the southwest corner of the Hubbard farm. A simple ceremony followed and tradition was begun. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard moved away, but have the acre of land where the graves were located for a burying ground and many people would later come to Thomas Hubbard, Jr. when there was a death in their family. He would help them locate a proper burying plot for their loved one and there was no charge and no sexton. Each person cared for their own lots.
Thus the tradition of the Hubbard Cemetery was born and even today you can stand before the weather-beaten tombstones and find the names of many White Lake area pioneers recorded on the silent stones.
(Research supplied by Bessie Hubbard, Austin and Mirabel Sumner Dahl for the White Lake Area Historical Society publication.)
For photos see www.findagrave.com
Last Name | First Name |
Born |
Died | Comments |
Abel | Charles J. |
1877 |
1953 |
Mason |
Aho | Arthur O. | 25 Sep 1929 | 18 Feb 1953 | |
Aho | Norma J. | 1932 | 2004 | |
Berry | Carol R. Nelson | 1953 | 2004 | |
Best | Elaine E. | 1933 | Living | |
Best | Ronald W. | 1928 | 2004 | |
Cannon | John J. | 9 May 1926 | 23 Jul 1995 | |
Cockerill | Eileen | 1918 | Living | |
Cockerill | Robert W. | 1920 | 1998 | |
Crosby | Estella |
unknown |
18 Sept. ---- |
3 days old or 8 days old |
Crosby | Goldie |
16 May 1881 |
16 Sept. 1881 |
|
Crosby | Ray |
31 May 1876 |
4 Feb. 1877 |
|
Degen | Irma B. | 13 Apr 1927 | 4 May 1993 | |
Degen | William C. |
5 Nov 1922 |
10 Dec 1997 |
|
DeJonge |
Irene |
28 Jan 1940 |
Living |
|
DeJonge |
Wally |
9 May 1935 |
7 Sep 2006 |
|
Dobberstein | Sandra Kay Friday | 18 Jul 1953 | 19 Oct 1995 | |
Erickson | Ingrid A. | 2 Apr 2010 | 4 Apr 2010 | |
Ferrier | Mary M. | 21 Jun 1949 | 27 Jan 2006 | |
Ferrier | Raymond E. | 4 Nov 1931 | 2 May 2009 | |
Fischer | George |
1894 |
1951 |
father (same stone as mother) |
Fischer | Sophia D. |
1885 |
1973 |
mother (same stone as father) |
Flanders | Nathan R. | 24 Feb 1979 | 25 Aug 2005 | |
Franklin | Raymond E. | 5 Apr 1921 | 12 Sep 1996 | |
Friday | Bernice A. | 1928 | 2011 | |
Friday | Merle H. | 1925 | 1998 | |
Friday | Robert Henry | 8 Feb 1963 | 5 Jul 2010 | |
Gamble | Baby Boy |
unknown |
5 May 1971 |
|
Gerdan | Jeffery | |||
Goodrich | Doris | 1933 | 2005 | |
Goodrich | Doug | 1932 | 2009 | |
Grems | Mathilda |
1838 |
1929 |
Mother |
Grems | August |
unknown |
unknown |
Father |
Griffin | Keith N. | 14 Jan 1927 | 29 Oct 2004 | |
Griffin | Phyllis A. | 15 Dec 1928 | 13 Oct 2010 | |
Gums | August | 1840 | 1926 | |
Gums | Mathilda | 1838 | 1929 | |
Hale | Peter E. | 19 Dec 1923 | 23 Sep 2000 | |
Hamilton | Elizabeth Wells | 1 Sep 1952 | 20 Feb 1997 | |
Hamilton | John B. | 18 Oct 1951 | Living | |
Hansen | Charles J. |
1890 |
1963 |
|
Hansen | Hazel A. |
1895 |
1975 |
|
Hansen | Jackie J. |
19291945 |
1973 |
CPO USN 1945-1972 |
Hansen | Lawrence C. | 9 Jun 1926 | 25 Nov 1996 | |
Hansen | Lorens | 1854 | 1922 | Father |
Hansen | Wilhelmina |
1861 |
1936 |
Mother |
Hansen | Woodrow Kline |
1916 |
1939 |
son |
Hepworth | Beryle | 1912 | 2008 | |
Hepworth | Paul E. | 1914 | 2000 | |
Hill | Elvira A. |
3 Jan. 1823 |
1 June 1894 |
mother on POPKEY lot |
Hoffman | Albert |
1891 |
1956 |
son |
Hoffman | Ardis | 14 Sep 1914 | 5 Sep 1989 | |
Hoffman | Agusta |
1872 |
1947 |
mother |
Hoffman | Barbara |
1906 |
1976 |
|
Hoffman | Carl |
1849 |
1926 |
father |
Hoffman | Gottlieb |
unknown |
unknown |
"Here Rests In God Our Parents" |
Hoffman | Lewis | 20 Apr 1911 | 29 Dec 1994 | |
Hoffman | Michael |
unknown |
unknown |
"Here Rests In God Our Parents" |
Hoffman | Walter | 1909 | 1985 | |
Howell | Alice L. | 1926 | Living | |
Howell | Donald F. | 1928 | 2003 | |
Humphres | Burnel G. | 1927 | 2009 | |
Humphres | Lawrence W. | 1927 | 2009 | |
Hysell | Lyle W. | 20 Mar 1943 | 13 Feb 1993 | |
Jacobs | Merlin E. | 5 Feb 1938 | 17 Nov 2001 | |
Johnson | Karl |
1883 |
1965 |
|
Kasmiski | A.C. |
1870 |
1936 |
Husband |
Kessler | Henry | 25 Apr 1926 | 27 Aug 1998 | |
Kessler | Mary E. | 24 Aug 1928 | 10 Jan 2012 | |
Kidd | Jo Ann | 10 Dec 1944 | Living | |
Kidd | Richard J. | 10 Feb 1947 | 11 Jun 2007 | |
Kissling | Joann C. | 1946 | 2003 | |
Kissling | Melvin E. | 1942 | 2006 | |
Kline | Woodrow | 1916 | 1939 | |
Koepke | Benjamin J. | 1928 | 1998 | |
Koepke | Catherine M. | 1928 | Living | |
Kollath | Johanna | 1885 | ||
Kollath | John |
unknown |
1892 |
77 yrs. 10 mos. |
Kowarsch | Joseph | 1897 | 1943 | father (Co27 3rd Batt. Post 7 GAR?) |
Lash | Martha M. | 18 Apr 1940 | 29 Mar 2010 | |
Lash | Robert C. | 30 Dec 1938 | Living | |
Lash | Sandra Lynn | 23 Sep 1960 | 13 Nov 1994 | |
Lauterberg | David G. | 1939 | 1985 | |
Lauterberg | Irene D. | 1918 | 2004 | |
Lauterberg | Kenneth C. | 1911 | 1996 | |
Lehman | Augusta |
1860 |
1923 |
|
Lehman | August B. | 1891 | 1986 | |
Lehman | Elsie A. | 1904 | 1996 | |
Liening | August |
1858 |
1925 |
|
Liening | Willhelmine B. |
1897? |
(72?) |
daughter of F. |
Lumer | Babette |
1881 |
1963 |
|
Maiden | Ardis A. | 7 Apr 1933 | 14 Nov 2010 | |
Maiden | Carl G. | 11 Jun 1928 | 29 Aug 2011 | |
Maleski | Ray Richard | 19 Mar 1945 | 28 Dec 2000 | |
Marquardt | Albertina |
1865 |
1914 |
Mother |
Marquardt | Gustav |
1857 |
1932 |
Father |
McGuire | Helena M. | 1901 | 2000 | |
Meyer | Kenneth A. | 7 Jun 1928 | 18 Feb 2000 | |
Meyer | Mary A. | 3 May 1929 | Living | |
Michael | H. Olive | 1916 | 2006 | |
Michael | William A. | 1915 | 1999 | |
Mikos | Jan L. | 21 Apr 1949 | 22 Oct 1996 | |
Mikos | Leo R. | 25 Oct 1948 | Living | |
Morey | Allen C. | 15 Sep 1939 | 18 Apr 2011 | |
Murphy | Maxine S. Hansen | 1940 | 1993 | |
Mussman | John L. | 1922 | 2003 | |
Mussman | Sylvia L. | 1926 | Living | |
Neff | Carolyn C. | 12 Jun 1944 | Living | |
Neff | J. Richard A. | 7 May 1941 | 16 Jun 2010 | |
Neff | Maxine J. |
1916 |
2007 |
on stone with Robert |
Neff | Robert L. |
1911 |
1975 |
on stone with Maxine |
Neitzke | George |
1825 |
1906 |
|
Nichols | Mary Lois | 10 Mar 1931 | 30 Apr 1997 | |
Oquist | Della | 1952 | Living | |
Oquist | Jeffrey | 1950 | 2004 | |
Painter | Eva N. | 1905 | 1986 | |
Painter | Ronald L. | 1939 | 1989 | |
Painter | Sidney | 1902 | 1997 | |
Parish | George W. |
unknown |
2 Oct 1881 | son of H. & ? |
Parker | Eugene L. | 1914 | 2000 | |
Parker | Mabel M. | 1918 | Living | |
Percy | William |
1904 |
1971 |
|
Pernesky | Albert (A.W.) | 28 Dec 1923 | Living | |
Pernesky | Margie P. | 9 Jan 1922 | 19 Apr 1998 | |
Popkey | Anna B. |
1871 |
3 May 1898 |
other side |
Popkey | C.F. |
unknown |
unknown |
small stone on corner of POPKEY lot |
Popkey | Frederick William |
unknown |
7 Dec. 1876 |
70 yrs. 2 mos. 1 day |
Popkey | Mary Louise |
unknown |
25 Oct. 1884 |
wife of Frederick |
Popkey | Marie |
unknown |
unknown |
one side-nothing more |
Ramthun | Alice M. | 1909 | 2004 | |
Ramthun | Alvin H. | 1907 | 1982 | |
Ramthun | Alvin Jr. | 1937 | 2010 | |
Ramthun | Edward C. | 14 Oct 1922 | 27 Sep 2008 | |
Ramthun | Leo M. | 1909 | 1983 | |
Ramthun | Margaret A. | 1950 | Living | |
Ramthun | Mary Alice | 1922 | Living | |
Ramthun | Norma L. | 21 Jun 1921 | 9 Jan 2008 | |
Ramthun | Pearl I. | 1921 | 1990 | |
Ramthun | Raymond L. | 1914 | 2003 | |
Ream | Judy L. | 1946 | Living | |
Ream | Rodney P. | 1945 | 1997 | |
Rowe | Jerrold P. | 1930 | 1998 | |
Rowe | June B. | 1933 | 2009 | |
Rubin | Brandt Eric | 2 Apr 1975 | 5 Aug 1997 | |
Runzel | Albert |
unknown |
1911 |
49 yrs. |
Runzel | Frank W. |
unknown |
1 June 1891 |
21 yrs. 6 mos. 12 days |
Runzel | Gordon Jeffery |
unknown |
unknown |
16 yrs. |
Runzel | Johanna |
unknown |
10 Feb. 1885 |
71 yrs. 7 mos. 3 days KOLLATH |
Runzel | John |
unknown |
unknown |
KOLLATH |
Runzel | Mathilda |
12 Oct. 1842 |
27 Mar. 1911 |
Mother |
Runzel | Wilhelmine |
unknown |
1897 |
wife of Wm. F. |
Runzel | William F. |
unknown |
9 Jan. 1885 |
55 yrs. 3 mos. 4 days |
Schmiedeknecht | John | 14 Jan 1922 | 20 Dec 2006 | |
Schmiedeknecht | Mildred | 9 Oct 1921 | 7 Dec 2006 | |
Schneider | Alice R. | 1936 | 2001 | |
Schneider | Glenn Owen |
unknown |
19 Nov. 1965 |
"Our Baby" |
Schneider | Owen V. | 1928 | 2011 | |
Schneider | Carl |
23 Jan. 1922 |
25 Jan. 1922 |
baby |
Schulist | Francis | 1898 | 1995 | In Loving Memory |
Schultz, | Marjorie E. | 1919 | 2007 | |
Schultz | Walter J. | 1910 | 1993 | |
Semelbauer | Donald R. | 1933 | 1985 | |
Semelbauer | Joyce P. | 1933 | 2005 | |
Skurka | Henry | 1911 | 1997 | |
Skurka | Patricia | 1917 | 1985 | |
Smith | BerthaG. | 1919 | 2001 | |
Smith | Edith |
1879 |
1963 |
|
Smith | H. Wilfred | 1911 | 2007 | |
Smith | Pearl |
1875 |
1956 |
|
Snobeck | Rosalie Lehman | 17 Dec 1924 | 11 Apr 2011 | |
St. Clair | Marie |
1855 |
1948 |
stones for PERCY, JOHNSON, SMITH, ABEL and ST. CLAIR are matching and side by side |
Storms | Charles R. |
1888 |
1939 |
|
Storms | Mary |
1893 |
1967 |
|
Sumner | Adah A. |
unknown |
30 June 1889 |
wife of A.B. 38 yrs. 6 mos. 11 days. |
Sweeten | Henry |
29 Jan. 1890 |
26-Apr-60 |
Wyo (Cpl HQ Trp 1 Div WW I) |
Thomas | Jerry | 18 Apr 1949 | Living | |
Thomas | Joyce | 30 Jun 1950 | 11 Apr 2004 | |
Thomas | Norman W. | 6 Apr 1927 | 11 May 2004 | |
Unknown | ||||
Unknown | ||||
Unknown | ||||
Vanderzyden | Isaac B. | 1 Apr 2005 | 6 Apr 2005 | |
Vanderzyden | John W. | 15 Oct 1969 | 24 Jul 2005 | |
Wackernagel | Kathryn T. | 1925 | Living | |
Wackernagel | Robert C. | 1924 | 1994 | |
White | Arthur Noel | 9 aug 1916 | 3 Oct 1997 | |
White | Lena Christine | 6 Mar 1923 | 22 Jun 2011 |