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Saint John Cemetery
Popple Creek, Benton County, Minnesota

Lat: 45° 39' 57"N, 94° 01' 24"W
Mayhew Lake Twp, T37N R30 W Sec 25

This cemetery is located about 7 miles NE of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. From Sauk Rapids take Hwy 3 NE towards Gilman Minnesota. At Hwy 4 you will see Saint John Lutheran Church on your left and just past the church and you will see the cemetery about 100 yards ahead on your right. Of interest is the cemetery is about 90 % Polish surnames in a Lutheran Cemetery.

This is not a complete listing of burials! The records below were provided by contributors to Interment.net. Last edited Jan 06, 2007. Total records = 209.

Contributor's Index:

• [MB] Marty Byzewski [sherlynmeiers@invisimax.com]

Bartishatski, Julia, b. 1840, d. 1921, [MB]
Bartosiewski, Eunice E. Reberg, b. Feb 04, 1929, d. Nov 15, 2004, Mother of Cheryl Lenore, Bruce, [MB]
Bartosiewski, Fred, b. 1890, d. 1962, [MB]
Bartosiewski, Laura M., b. Dec 04, 1914, d. Dec 28, 1914, Baby, [MB]
Bartosiewski, Minnie, b. 1893, d. 1975, (w/o Fred Bartosiewski), [MB]
Belinski, Gottlib, b. 1851, d. 1920, [MB]
Belinski, Gustav, b. 1886, d. 1970, [MB]
Belinski, Laura M., b. 1917, d. 1949, [MB]
Belinski, Libby, b. 1895, d. 1984, (w/o Gustav Belinski), [MB]
Belinski, Mary, b. 1846, d. 1926, [MB]
Bible, Bertha (A.), b. (May 21), 1889, d. (Jul 11), 1966, (w/o Joseph Bible), [MB]
Bible, Joseph (W.), b. (Mar 14), 1883, d. (Dec 05), 1971, (s/o Peter and Julia Bible), [MB]
Blaschke, , b. Aug 24, 1854, d. Apr 09, 1935, Father, Rest in Peace, [MB]
Blaschke, , b. Oct 23, 1855, d. Apr 27, 1924, (w/o unnamed Blaschke 1854-1935), [MB]
Blaske, Allan, b. 1929, d. 1930, [MB]
Blaske, August, b. u/r, d. (1945), [MB]
Blaske, Beatrice, b. 1925, d. 1946, [MB]
Blaske, Charles G., b. 1919, d. 1972, [MB]
Blaske, Charles, b. Dec 19, 1889, d. Oct 20, 1970, Father, [MB]
Blaske, Emil Herman, b. Aug 19, 1896, d. Mar 12, 1957, Minnesota S2 US Navy World War I, [MB]
Blaske, Fred E., b. Jan 22, 1925, d. Apr 13, 1994, PVT US Army World War II, [MB]
Blaske, Frieda M., b. 1921, d. 1999, (w/o Charles G. Blaske), [MB]
Blaske, Harvey, b. 1927, d. 1946, [MB]
Blaske, Lawrence, b. 1920, d. 1946, [MB]
Blaske, Lee, b. 1879, d. 1947, [MB]
Blaske, Marie, b. 1894, d. 19, Wife of Emil), [MB]
Blaske, Minnie, b. 18.., d. (u/r), (w/o August Blaske), [MB]
Blaske, Olga, b. Sep 11, 1899, d. Nov 03, 1946, (w/o Charles Blaske) Mother, [MB]
Botzek, Adam, b. Nov 25, 1856, d. May 25, 1914, Ur 25 Listo 1856 R, Um 25 Maja 1914 R., [MB]
Botzek, Augusta, b. 1892, d. 1949, (w/o Fred Botzek), [MB]
Botzek, Fred, b. 1893, d. 1955, [MB]
Botzek, George, b. 1919, d. 1989, Son (s/o Julius Botzek), [MB]
Botzek, Julius, b. 1895, d. 1977, Father A mighty Fortress is our God, [MB]
Botzek, Mary, b. 1900, d. 1982, Mother (w/o Julius Botzek), [MB]
Chapek, Frank, b. 1855, d. 1937, [MB]
Chapek, Katherine, b. 1852, d. 1939, (w/o Frank Chapek), [MB]
Cziok, Augusta, b. 1895, d. 1969, (w/o William Cziok), [MB]
Cziok, Gottliebe, b. Oct 18, 1855, d. Jun 01, 1919, (w/o Jacob Cziok), [MB]
Cziok, Helen Anna, b. Nov 07, 1898, d Nov 12, 1904, [MB]
Cziok, Jacob, b. May 09, 1853, d. Dec 01, 1924, Here Rests in Peace, Blessed are the Dead, Which die in the lord from Henceforth Rev 14:13, [MB]
Cziok, Martin, b. 1920, d. 1963, [MB]
Cziok, William, b. 1893, d. 1961, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, [MB]
DeLong, Harold A., b. Oct 11, 1932, d. Aug 02, 1995, SP3 US Army Korea, [MB]
Duscha, Anna, b. Dec 05, 1857, d. Jan 13, 1949, Born Died (w/o William Duscha), [MB]
Duscha, Augusta, b. 1898, d. 1968, (w/o Michael Duscha), [MB]
Duscha, Emil, b. 1900, d. 1965, [MB]
Duscha, Emily, b. 1903, d. 1967, (w/o Emil Duscha), [MB]
Duscha, John F., b. Jan 13, 1893, d. Nov 06, 1918, Private John F. Duscha, Co K 357, Inf. Killed In Action in Fracne May He Rest In Peace, [MB]
Duscha, M. John, b. 1928, d. 1949, [MB]
Duscha, Michael, b. 1886, d. 1961, [MB]
Duscha, William, b. Dec 14, 1854, d. Aug 29, 1928, Born Died, [MB]
Gawenda, August, b. 1902, d. 1921, [MB]
Gawenda, Tillie, b. 1900, d. 1905, [MB]
Grabinski, Anna, b. 1874, d. 1954, (w/o John Grabinski), [MB]
Grabinski, Grace, b. 1922, d. 1992, (w/o Henry Grabinski), [MB]
Grabinski, Henry, b. 1910, d 2003, [MB]
Grabinski, John, b. 1861, d. 1946, [MB]
Grabuski, Albert, no dates, [MB]
Grabuski, August, b. Jan 30, 1884, d. Oct 08, 1921, [MB]
Grabuski, Edna, no dates, (s/s with Albert Grabuski), [MB]
Grabuski, Harry W., b. 1933, d. 1934, [MB]
Grabuski, Henry L., b. 1925, WWII Vet, [MB]
Grabuski, Leonard, b. Apr 29, 1923, d. Apr 19, 1924, [MB]
Grabuski, Paul A., b. Jan 06, 1919, d. Apr 29, 1978, [MB]
Grabuski, Sally J., b. 1941, m. Dec 02, 1967 (w/o Henry L. Grabuski), [MB]
Grabuski, Tillie, b. 1888, d. 1960, Mother (w/o William Grabuski), [MB]
Grabuski, Willard, b. Jul 09, 1916, d. Jan 01, 1925, [MB]
Grabuski, William, b. 1885, d. 1966, Rest in Peace, [MB]
Gratke, Anna I., b. 1917, (w/o Julius Gratke), [MB]
Gratke, Duane, b. 1932, d. 1956, (s/o John and Violet Gratke), [MB]
Gratke, Eugene M., b. Jul 10, 1945, d. Sep 20, 2003, Our Children Timothy, Troy, & Kristin, [MB]
Gratke, Gottlibe, b. 1862, d. 1940, (wo Samuel Gratke) Mother, [MB]
Gratke, John, b. 1902, d. 1965, Father, [MB]
Gratke, Julius, b. 1900, d. 1976, [MB]
Gratke, Kathleen J., b. Sep 17, 1946, (w/o Eugene M. Gratke), [MB]
Gratke, Samuel, b. 1853, d. 1936, Father, [MB]
Gratke, Voilet, b. 1911, d. 1995, Mother (w/o John Gratke), [MB]
Jesok, Bradley Elmer, b. Aug 04, 1970, d. Aug 04, 1970, [MB]
Kerstein, John, b. 1896, d. 1902, [MB]
Kiekow, Lillian A., b. Jul 21, 1922, d. Dec 11, 1996, [MB]
Kiekow, Walter F., b. Dec 22, 1911, d. Oct 18, 1995, Tec 5 US Army World War II, [MB]
Knafla, Augusta, b. Jan 05, 1888, d. Jun 20, 1927, [MB]
Knafla, John, b. May 14, 1844, d. Feb 09, 1899, [MB]
Knafla, Karl, b. 1858, d. 1928, [MB]
Knafla, Minnie, b. 1860, d. 194., (w/o Karl Knafla), [MB]
Lapinski, Rudolph, b. 1857, d. 1920, [MB]
Lapinski, Willie, b. 1902, d. 1918, [MB]
Lararz, Anna, b. Oct 01, 1864, d. May 16, 1929, Mother (w/o Fred V. Lazarz), [MB]
Lararz, Fred V., b. Feb 18, 1852, d. Jan 22, 1936, Father, [MB]
Lazarz, Anna, b. Dec 28, 1869, d. Jan 14, 1917, Ur 28 Grud 1869 Um 14 Stycz 1917 Niech Sp;oczywa W Pokoju, [MB]
Lazarz, Dorota, b. Jan 27, 1867, d. Apr 04, 1926, Ur 27 Stycz 1867, Um 4 Kwie 1926 (w/o Friedrich Lazarz), [MB]
Lazarz, Fredrich, b. Aug 11, 1865, d. Apr 02, 1928, Ur 11 Sierp 1865 Um 2 Kwie 1928, [MB]
Lazer, Alice V., b. Dec 02, 1919, d. Jan 06, 1920, [MB]
Lazer, Clara, b. 1885, d. 1967, (w/o Mike F. Lazer), [MB]
Lazer, Julius J., b. Feb 02, 1911, d. Aug 06, 1933, [MB]
Lazer, Martin, b. 1921, d. 1998, [MB]
Lazer, Mary Ann, b. 1928, d. 1993, (w/o Martin Lazer), [MB]
Lazer, Mike F., b. 1886, d. 1962, [MB]
Leyk, Anna, b. 1888, d. 1948, (w/o John Leyk), [MB]
Leyk, Caroline, b. 1856, d. 1936, (m/o Edward Leyk), [MB]
Leyk, Edward, b. 1898, d. 1922, [MB]
Leyk, Fritz, b. Aug 21, 1852, d. May 20, 1852, Tu Spoczywa W Panu Ur 21 Sierp 1852 Um 20 Maja 1911, [MB]
Leyk, John, b. 1889, d. 1979, [MB]
Leyk, Lee, b. 1886, d. 1971, [MB]
Leyk, Leslie I., b. 1914, [MB]
Leyk, Minnie, b. 1891, d. 1946, (w/o Lee Leyk), [MB]
Leyk, Nettie M., b. 1919, d. 1967, (w/o Leslie I. Leyk), [MB]
Lezer, Alice H., b. 1922, d. 195., [MB]
Lezer, Emil, b. Jan 16, 1893, d. Apr 24, 1952, [MB]
Lezer, Emma, b. 1905, d. 1984, [MB]
Lezer, Esther V., b. Jan 01, 1908, d. Nov 01, 1997, (w/o Gustav A. Lezer), [MB]
Lezer, Fred A., b. 1881, d. 1957, [MB]
Lezer, Gustav A., b. Sep 16, 1904, d. Apr 22, 1983, m. May 04, 1927, [MB]
Lezer, Kathryn, b. 1918, d. 2004, (w/o Louis Lezer), [MB]
Lezer, Lawrence Roy, b. 1927, d. 1928, [MB]
Lezer, Louis L., b. Jan 24, 1925, d. Dec 11, 2001, PFC US Army World War II, [MB]
Lezer, Mary A., b. 1880, d. 1967, (w/o Fred A. Lezer), [MB]
Marklowitz, Bernice, b. 1913, d. 1979, (w/o Fred W. Markiowitz), [MB]
Marklowitz, Fred W., b. 1895, d. 1977, [MB]
Marklowitz, Norman, b. 1934, d. 1972, [MB]
Mayavski, Bertha E., b. 1894, d. 1965, (w/o Louie A. Mayavski), [MB]
Mayavski, Daniel, b. 1934, d. 1957, [MB]
Mayavski, Earl W., b. Jan 31, 1927, d. Mar 07, 1929, [MB]
Mayavski, Fred W., b. 1896, d. 1965, My Trust is in God, [MB]
Mayavski, Fred, b. 1850, d. 1928, [MB]
Mayavski, Libby, b. 1855, d. 1922, (w/o Fred Mayavski), [MB]
Mayavski, Lila, b. 1899, d. 1988, (w/o Fred W. Mayavski), [MB]
Mayavski, Louie A., b. 1892, d. 1951, [MB]
Mendel, Anna, b. 1861, d. 1957, (w/o John Mendel), [MB]
Mendel, John, b. 1859, d. 1932, [MB]
Poganski, Bertha M., b. 1906, d. 1982, (w/o Emil F. Poganski), [MB]
Poganski, Darlene E., b. 1940, d. 1996, (w/o Delroy V. Poganski), [MB]
Poganski, Delroy V., b. 1938, d. 1994, [MB]
Poganski, Emil F., b. 1902, d. 1971, [MB]
Poganski, James E., b. 1927, d. 1927, [MB]
Poganski, Kenneth, b. 1932, d. 1984, [MB]
Poganski, Viola V., b. 1925, d. 1946, [MB]
Poganski, Willis W., b. 1931, d. 1932, [MB]
Repulski, Alice, b. 1900, d. 1973, (w/o Paul Repulski), [MB]
Repulski, Dennis L., b. 1940, m. Sep 30, 1972, [MB]
Repulski, Lawrence L., b. 1923, d. 1990, [MB]
Repulski, Patricia M., b. 1947, (w/o Dennis L. Repulski), [MB]
Repulski, Paul, b. 1894, d. 1967, [MB]
Robatcek, Anna, b. Oct 17, 1914, (w/o August Robatcek), [MB]
Robatcek, August John, b. Mar 21, 1906, d. May 11, 1964, Minnesota CM1 USNR World War II, [MB]
Scapanski, Gottlieb A., b. 1845, d. 1920, [MB]
Scapanski, Lawrence, b. Feb 18, 1919, d. Mar 07, 1919, [MB]
Scapanski, Samuel, b. Dec 26, 1844, d. Oct 10, 1905, In Memory Of, [MB]
Schibonski, Augusta, b. 1888, d. 1981, (w/o Fred Schibonski), [MB]
Schibonski, Delroy A., b. 1917, d. 1986, m. Oct 04, 1941, [MB]
Schibonski, Fred, b. 1885, d. 1940, [MB]
Schibonski, Louis, b. 1888, d. 1981, m. June 6, 1908, [MB]
Schibonski, Mabel M., b. 1922, (w/o Delroy A. Schibonski), [MB]
Schibonski, Minnie, b. 1891, d. 1980, (w/o Louis Schibonski), [MB]
Skuza, Anna M., b. 1890, d. 1984, (w/o Fred L. Skuza), [MB]
Skuza, Anna, b. Oct 25, 1857, d. Apr 25, 1921, (w/o Fred Skuza), [MB]
Skuza, Arlone M., b. 1938, d. 1938, [MB]
Skuza, Blanche E., b. 1908, d. 1977, (w/o John Skuza) m. Jul 31, 1928 Rest in Peace, [MB]
Skuza, Dorothy, b. 1860, d. 1940, (w/o Michael Skuza), [MB]
Skuza, Fred L., b. 1883, d. 1952, In Loving Memory, [MB]
Skuza, Fred, b. Oct 04, 1864, d. Mar 01, 1934, Father, [MB]
Skuza, John, b. 1897, d. 1983, Rest in Peace, [MB]
Skuza, Libby, b. 1883, d. 1918, [MB]
Skuza, Michael, b. 1858, d. 1934, [MB]
Studanski, Alfred, b. 1914, d. 1986, [MB]
Studanski, Augusta, b. 1886, d. 1970, (w/o Louis Studanski), [MB]
Studanski, Douglas, b. 1967, d. 1990, [MB]
Studanski, Laune, b. 1944, (s/s with Douglas Studenski), [MB]
Studanski, Louis, b. 1874, d. 1945, [MB]
Studanski, Lucille, b. 1919, (w/o Alfred Studanski), [MB]
Studanski, Minnie, b. May 29, 1878, d. Jul 26, 1902, To the Memory of Mrs Minnie Studanski, [MB]
Studanski, Virgil, b. 1937, (s/s with Douglas Studenski), [MB]
Studenski, G., b. Mar 02, 1849, d. Aug 05, 1935, Father, [MB]
Studenski, Henry, b. 1901, d. 1965, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, [MB]
Studenski, Ida, b. 1903, d. 2002, (w/o Henry Studenski), [MB]
Stuneck, John M., b. Sep 7, 1896, d. Feb 19, 1968, Minnesota PVT US Army World War I, [MB]
Stunek, Anna, b. 1905, d. 1989, (w/o John Stunek) (His surname spelt different on his military stone Stuneck), [MB]
Teske, Bernice E., b. Jun 19, 1925, (w/o Roman H. Teske), [MB]
Teske, Roman H., b. Oct 15, 1923, d. Sep 24, 1988, Heaven is my Home, [MB]
Toffel, Mary, b. 1860, d. 1924, Mother At Rest, [MB]
Trushenski, Anna W., b. 1889, d. 1932, (w/o Fred Trushenski), [MB]
Trushenski, Anna, b. 1852, d. 1932, Mother, [MB]
Trushenski, August, b. 1892, d. 1971, [MB]
Trushenski, Clarence, b. Aug 27, 1904, d. May 02, 1905, [MB]
Trushenski, Emma, b. 1897, d. 1992, (w/o August Trushenski), [MB]
Trushenski, Fred, b. 1886, d. 1955, [MB]
Trushenski, Herman M., b. Nov 11, 1902, d. Nov 05, 1918, Here Rests In Peace, [MB]
Trushenski, Howard C., b. 1925, d. 1933, Son, [MB]
Trushenski, Irene M., b. 1921, d. 1981, [MB]
Trushenski, John J., b. 1881, d. 1950, [MB]
Trushenski, John, b. Jun 06, 1852, d. Nov 23, 1919, Here Rests in God, [MB]
Trushenski, Mike F., b. 1878, d. 1945, (s/s with John J. Trushenski), [MB]
Trushenski, Norman H., b. 1927, d. 1942, Son, [MB]
Wittowski, Augusta, b. 1879, d. 1970, (w/o Michael Wittkowski), [MB]
Wittowski, Augusta, b. 1893, d. 1959, (w/o Michael Wittkowski), [MB]
Wittowski, Darlene M., b. Feb 28, 1943, d. Apr 25, 1995, (s/s Merlin D. Wittowski), [MB]
Wittowski, Fredrick, b. 1852, d. 1941, [MB]
Wittowski, Lilly, b. 1855, d. 1939, (w/o Fredrick Wittkowski), [MB]
Wittowski, Merlin D., b. Jul 10, 1930, [MB]
Wittowski, Michael, b. 1865, d. 1954, [MB]
Wittowski, Michael, b. 1886, d. 1961, [MB]
Zablocki, John W., b. 1890, d. 1975, [MB]
Zablocki, Rose E., b. 1892, d. 1989, (w/o John W. Zablocki), [MB]
Zdunek, Fred, b. 1846, d. 1928, Father, [MB]
Zdunek, Lotie, b. 1853, d. 1937, (w/o Fred Zdenek), [MB]
Zika, Benjamin, b. Sep 06, 1918, d. Jan 12, 2004, Parents of Dale, Mary, Kay & Diane, [MB]
Zika, Marie, b. Jul 23, 1924, (w/o Benjamin Zika) m. May 18, 1946, [MB]
Zoltak, Andrew, b. Jun 24, 1855, d. Apr 12, 1918, Father At Rest, [MB]
Zoltak, Edward, b. Apr 06, 1901, d. Feb 18, 1919, Son, [MB]

Misc:
Botzek, Nawet I Wlosy Wszystkie Na Glowie Waszej Policzone Sa Nie Bojcie Sie Tedy Mat 10 30 31 OD Zony I Dzieci, [MB]
Grabuski, Father, Mother, [MB]