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Schilpp Or Sparrow Cemetery
Hopedale, IL

'TIS BUT THE CASKET LIES HERE, THE GEM THAT FILLED IT SPARKLES YET."
Samuel A. and Matilda Sparrow
 

 

Driving Directions:
From Hopedale, Illinois travel West 1/2 mile to 1 mile on Route 122 to Sparrow Rd.
(You will see the Mennonite Cemetery on the left just before you get to Sparrow Rd.)
Turn North (right) on Sparrow Rd. go about .7 of a mile. The cemetery will be on the right.

It is small, well maintained cemetery with many old stones that are difficult to read.

 
 
Stewart, Alma Bernice d/o Myrtle Van Dyke Stewart Aug. 7, 1920  Jan. 20, 1926  
 SPARROW, Julian   1875  1959  
 SPARROW, Samuel A.   June 25, 1830 Aug. 1, 1891 Same Stone
 SPARROW, Matilda  w/o Samuel July 3, 1841 No Date
 SPARROW, William H. Their Children Samuel and Matilda Sparrow May 6, 1864  Dec. 22, 1868 Same Stone
 SPARROW, Clyde Their Children Samuel and Matilda Sparrow Sep. 14, 1879  July 13, 1880
 VAN DYKE, Milton C.   1869 1941  
 VAN DYKE, Sarah E. w/o Milton 1875 1929  
 SCHILPP, Mary   Born SEPT.7,1834   DIED FEB.9,1889  
 SCHILPP, Illegible   Born SEPT.27,180   Died  JAN.28,1898  
 MAURER, Wayne Frederick  LTJG US NAVY, WWII,  Aug 2 1915  Nov 8 2004 Mausoleum
 MAURER, Edith A. Schilpp w/o Ben Maurer 1893 19--
 SCHILPP, Harold   1897 1953
 SCHILPP, Merle F. s/o H. D. &  Schilpp 1920 1921  
 SMALLEY, Paul D.  ILLINOIS PVT. CO B 122 MACHINE GUN BN, WWI NOVEMBER 17 1897 NOVEMBER 12 1953  
 McCABE, Sarah Ann    FEB.23,1859  DEC.24,1917  

 

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