Saint Johns Cemetery, Union County Explained

Saint Johns Cemetery
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Location:	Prairie Township, Union County, South Dakota
Type:	Catholic
Interments:	Over 700

St. Johns Cemetery (alternatively St. John or St. John's^[1]) 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.^{[2] [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.

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
• [ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sd/union/cemeteries/st-johns.txt 1940 W.P.A. burial records for St. John Cemetery]
• retired. 1257615. St. John Cemetery.

References

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Notes and References

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