Hubbard/White River Cemetery

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Meinert Park Rd and Indian Bay Road

White River Township

Also known as White River #2

Hubbard White Lake Cemetery

 

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