Saint Johns Cemetery, Union County

Coordinates: 43°04′12″N 96°45′18″W / 43.07°N 96.755°W / 43.07; -96.755
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Saint Johns Cemetery
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Establishedc. 1886
Location
Prairie Township, Union County, South Dakota
TypeCatholic
No. of intermentsOver 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

  • 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

  • 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

  1. ^ a b "Business Entity Detail". sosenterprise.sd.gov. South Dakota Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ "KnowWhereGraph". stko-kwg.geog.ucsb.edu. Geographic Names Information System.
  3. ^ "Parish Directory - Parishes in the Diocese of Sioux Falls". Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls. Retrieved 13 April 2024.


43°04′12″N 96°45′18″W / 43.07°N 96.755°W / 43.07; -96.755