Tunker Cemetery
Washington Township
Whitley County Indiana

WHITLEY COUNTY CEMETERIES

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Tunker Cemetery

Tunker cemetery originally belonged to the Sugar Creek Church of the Brethren the ground had been donated by a J. Kreider to use for burial ground. Now it is under the auspices of the township trustee. The cemetery location is on 350W just south of 800S and contains about 110 graves. The lot is long and narrow with the 6 rows running north and south parallel to 350W.

Previously the cemetery was read and compiled by the DAR in 1948 though the individual readers are unknown. Dr. Williamson also printed an index in 1965. The 1997 reading was done by Tonya Brown and Jeanette Brown.


Name — Details — Location Key




Barsh Bessie — born 1884 died 1905 daughter of G & M A Barsh — Tunker 4-12
Barsh Ida Mae — died September 3 1874 aged 2 months 28 days daughter of G & M A Barsh — Tunker 4-11
Barsh John — born April 5 1840 died November 28 1866 aged 26 years 7 months 23 days — Tunker 4-9
Barsh Noah J — died February 16 1872 22 days son of G & M A Barsh — Tunker 4-10
Bersch George — born 1837 died 19?? Mary — Tunker 4-13-2
Bersch Mary — born 1847 died 1915 George — Tunker 4-13-1
Bills Infant — died April 9 1859 of E F Bills — Tunker 7-1
Bills Infant — died June 28 1858 of E F Bills — Tunker 7-2
Bills Susan — died April 11 1889 wife of E F — Tunker 7-3
Breniser Anna — born 1840 died 1917 — Tunker 4-8
Burkett Lucinda — died December 26 1878 — Tunker 5-2
Burkett Nancy — died May 7 1880 aged 66 years — Tunker 5-3
Crum Catherine — died October 29 1891 aged 73 years 1 month 3 days — Tunker 2-18
Dimmick Francis I — died October 3 1938 Ind Pvt 1 Cla Ord Dept — Tunker 2-23
Dimmick John W — born 1853 died 1939 Mary I — Tunker 2-26-1
Dimmick Mary I — born 1858 died 1938 John W — Tunker 2-26-2
Dimmick Ora K — born 1900 died 1915 son of JW & MI Dimmick — Tunker 2-25
Dimmick Roy L — born 1888 died 1963 — Tunker 2-27
Dimmick — died 1895 illegible — Tunker 2-24
Eby Sarah — born 1839 died 1911 aged 72 years 8 months 8 days — Tunker 4-14
Garrett Clara L — born 1907 died 1960 — Tunker 3-25
Garrett Hilary C — born 1915 died 1965 — Tunker 3-26
Geist Charles E — born 1859 died 1934 Elizabeth C — Tunker 3-9
Geist Elizabeth C — born 1857 died 1947 Charles E — Tunker 3-9
Geist Frank R — born 1856 died 1943 — Tunker 3-10
Geist G Harvey — born 1863 died 1933 — Tunker 3-11
Geist Gail — born 1911 died 1917 — Tunker 3-12
Geist Herbert C — born February 21 1892 died May 29 1892 aged 3 months 8 days son of C & E Geist — Tunker 3-8
Hummel Charlotte — born 1854 died 1931 Fred — Tunker 4-7-1
Hummel Fred — born 1854 died 1942 Charlotte — Tunker 4-7-2
Keppler Anna J — born 1867 died 1942 Fred J — Tunker 1-16-2
Keppler Fred J — born 1864 died 1941 Anna J — Tunker 1-16-1
Kitch Ezra — born 1898 hand carved on a granite rock — Tunker 6-13
Kitch Henry K — born 1838 died 1908 Mary A — Tunker 6-8-1
Kitch Mary A — born 1840 died 1910 Henry K — Tunker 6-8-2
Kitch Michael — born 1865 died 1938 Minerva — Tunker 1-15-1
Kitch Michael — born December 18 1816 died August 10 1902 Susan — Tunker 6-10-2
Kitch Minerva — born 1869 died 19-- Michael — Tunker 1-15-2
Kitch Susan A or Susana — born December 29 1815 died October 3 1893 Michael — Tunker 6-10-1
Kitch Wm — born 1856 died 1908 hand carved on a granite rock — Tunker 6-15
Kreider Cobern A — died December 9 1863 aged 10 months 24 days son of J & L Kreider — Tunker 5-6
Kreider Dessah N — died January 17 1872 aged 2 years 1 month 2 days daughter of J & L Kreider — Tunker 5-7
Kreider Emma B — born 1875 died 1913 his Wife LU — Tunker 5-12
Kreider Emma I — born 1874 died 1962 — Tunker 5-13
Kreider Ida May — died January 11 1879 aged 14 years 8 months 5 days daughter of J & L Kreider — Tunker 5-9
Kreider Jacob — died October 18 1895 aged 86 years — Tunker 6-1
Kreider John Ira — Maratee — Tunker 5-8
Kreider Joseph — born October 9 1838 died June 5 1915 Lydia Rev 22 1-40 — Tunker 5-11
Kreider L U — born 1874 died 1960 Emma B — Tunker 5-12
Kreider Lorella L — died September 13 1879 aged 2 years daughter of J & L Kreider — Tunker 5-10
Kreider Lydia — born February 21 1874 died April 10 1901 Joseph Rev 22 1-40 — Tunker 5-11
Kreider Maratee Ila — died September 7 1873 aged 1 month 5 days John Ira — Tunker 5-8
Krider Mary — died October 2 1863 aged 52 years 6 months 7 days wife of Jacob — Tunker 6-3
Krieder Daniel — died February 14 1863 son of Jacob & Elizabeth Krieder — Tunker 6-4
Krieder Daniel — died December 19 1873 son of D & N E Krieder — Tunker 6-5
Krieder David — born 1841 died 1909 Nancy E — Tunker 6-6-1
Krieder Elizabeth — died February 17 1856 aged 49 years 3 months 23 days wife of Jacob — Tunker 6-2
Krieder Nancy E — born 1843 died 1938 David his wife — Tunker 6-6-2
McKee Elsie Weybright — born 1895 died 1919 1948 list had J & C Montz under remarks — Tunker 1-13
Miesch August — born 1861 died 1944 — Tunker 6-7
Monahan Cora L — born 1873 died 1944 Willaim R — Tunker 4-18-2
Monahan William R — born 1868 died 1946 Cora L — Tunker 4-18-1
Monts Christina — died February 18 1871 aged 47 years 8 months 10 days Wife of Joseph — Tunker 2-3-2
Monts Elijah — born April 18 1850 died May 18 1851 son of J & C Monts — Tunker 2-3-1
Monts Henry A — died August 13 1853 aged 1 year 5 months son of J & C Monts — Tunker 2-2
Monts Julianna H — died May 23 1853 aged 2 years x months 25 days daughter of J & C Monts — Tunker 2-1
Ott Chloe M — born 1889 died 1956 Harry C Mom — Tunker 3-23
Ott Delmar — born 1831 died 1915 1948 lists him as Otto Delmer — Tunker 1-17
Ott Harry C — born 1884 died 1962 Chloe Dad — Tunker 3-24
Ott Clemence N — born 1910 died 1983 — Tunker 3-27
Royer George — born August 8 1876 died June 10 1876 1948 lists him as George Roger Bills — Tunker 5-1
Sherbahn Cathrine — born 1832 died 1916 — Tunker 2-9
Sherbahn George M — died May 17 1874 aged 2 years 10 months — Tunker 2-17
Sherbahn Henry K — born 1831 died 1919 — Tunker 2-8
Slater Mary M — died September 10 1900 20 days daughter of M & AM Slater — Tunker 1-9
Snyder Willie H — died June 21 1876 son of H & E Snyder — Tunker 1-7
Wagner Lewis Carl — died November 18 1894 aged 7 months 24 days son of D E & M E Wagner — Tunker 3-13
Weybright Almira C — daughter of MB & ME Weybright stone very worn — Tunker 1-4
Weybright Charles E — died April 25 1871 aged 7 months 3 days son of L & S Weybright — Tunker 3-2
Weybright Dorothy — died April 1 1816 aged 53 years wife of F W — Tunker 7-5
Weybright Ella — born 1869 died 1950 William H — Tunker 1-14-1
Weybright Franklin — died May 5 1882 aged 2 years 9 months 7 days — Tunker 3-4
Weybright Frederick — died April 3 1880 aged 12 years 4 months 19 days son of L & S Weybright — Tunker 3-3
Weybright Frederick — died September 7 1877 aged 81 years 7 months 20 days stone broken glued together — Tunker 1-3
Weybright Frederick T — born 1863 died 1932 — Tunker 2-21
Weybright George W — died February 15 1865 aged 2 years 9 months son of L & S Weybright — Tunker 3-1
Weybright George W — died April 12 1852 aged 19 years 6 months 18 days son of F & D — Tunker 7-4
Weybright infant daughter — born 1893 died 1900 daughter of WH & E Weybright — Tunker 1-12
Weybright Jacob — born January 26 1818 died January 22 1901 aged 82 years Sarah E — Tunker 2-19-2
Weybright Lauretta May — died September 6 1870 aged 5 months 1 day daughter of MB & ME Weybright — Tunker 1-1
Weybright Lewis — born 1832 died 1917 Sarah — Tunker 3-6
Weybright Martin B — born December 22 1825 died September 9 1897 — Tunker 1-5-2
Weybright Mary E — born August 5 1835 died March 31 1924 wife-stone read in 1948-now unreadable — Tunker 1-5-1
Weybright Nelson W — died September 13 1871 aged 9 years 10 months 20 days son of M B & M E stone broken glued together — Tunker 1-2
Weybright Sarah — born 1837 died January 18 1902 Lewis — Tunker 3-7
Weybright Sarah E — born May 20 1835 died December 6 1881 wife of Jacob — Tunker 2-19-1
Weybright Sariah G — died March 28 1885 aged 24 years 5 months 7 days daughter of J & E Weybright nearly illegible — Tunker 2-20
Weybright William H — born 1857 died 1940 Ella — Tunker 1-14-2
Weybright William S — born 1873 died 1965 — Tunker 2-22
Wise Catharine — died September 30 1896 aged 73 years 10 months 13 days wife of J — Tunker 4-3
Wise Catherine — died August 23 1853 aged 3 years 5 months 12 days daughter of J & C Wise — Tunker 4-1
Wise Florence — died January 17 1875 daughter of S & N - stone gone no location — Tunker
Wise Henry — died January 23 1861 aged 10 years 10 months 5 days son of J & C Wise — Tunker 4-2
Wise John Sr — died January 11 1897 aged 81 years 2 months — Tunker 4-4
Wise Landy — born 1868 died 1941 — Tunker 4-16
Wise Mary V — died May 10 1883 aged 28 years 1 month 1 day wife of S R — Tunker 4-6
Wise Samuel R — died September 21 1878 — Tunker 4-5
Yoder Clara May — died March 6 1897 aged 24 years wife of P G Yoder — Tunker 3-5
Yoder Helen — born 1904 died 1904 — Tunker 3-22
Yoder Infant — — Tunker 3-14
Yoder Infant — — Tunker 3-15



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