VOTE APRIL 7TH, 2026

I am a sixth generation resident of the Waunakee vicinity. I am a member of Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Parish in the town of Westport and a trustee on the Waunakee Village Board. I can generally help with information at St. John's and St. Mary of the Lake parishes/cemeteries. I do not photograph a stone after a burial until the date of death is engraved in the stone or approximately three months have gone by since the date of death. If you have any suggestions, memorial transfers, additional information, or concerns, please don't hesitate to send me a message. Please submit general edits using the edit tab on individual memorials. When I photograph a cemetery, I first transcribe all of the photos I have taken. I then go back and edit the new memorials to add relatives. For my Waunakee/Dane memorials, I try and add a short biography if possible on what they did for our town during their life. Most of my photography activity and Findagrave use is between December and February, as well as between May and September.

You may use my photos for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes (as I want my photos to be universally available for folks with roots here for family trees), but please credit - Photo by Sam Kaufmann - Find A Grave Contributor #49294344. In addition, if you find a photo on F.A.G. where I forgot to upload it to a memorial but the name is on the stone and photo is on spouse's memorial, you may upload it yourself, but please give credit to me in the description. Thank you!

WHERE HAVE I VISITED? (YEARS INDICATE WHEN I LAST WALKED THROUGH THE ENTIRE CEMETERY AND/OR UPDATED IT):

Adams County (4)

Big Spring Cemetery (Big Spring) - 2021

Easton Cemetery (Easton) - 2021

Olin Cemetery (Plainville) - 2021

Plainville Cemetery (Plainville) - 2021

Columbia County (24)

Annunciation Catholic Cemetery (Randolph) - 2023

Arlington Evangelical Cemetery (Arlington) - 2023

Arlington Prairie Cemetery (Arlington) - 2023

Arlington Presbyterian Cemetery (Arlington) - 2023

Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery (Caledonia) - 2022

Courtland Methodist Cemetery (Randolph) - 2023

Dekorra Cemetery (Dekorra) - 2023

Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery (Dekorra) - 2022

Fountain Prairie Cemetery - 2022

Greenwood Cemetery (Leeds) - 2021

Hillcrest Cemetery (Lewiston) - 2021

Inch Cemetery (Poynette) - 2022

Leeds Cemetery (Leeds) - 2021

Pacific Cemetery (Portage) - 2023

Rocky Run Cemetery (Rio) - 2022

Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (Doylestown) - 2022

Saint Michaels Cemetery (Portage) - 2021

Saint Patricks Cemetery (Lodi) - 2023

Saint Patrick's Catholic Cemetery (Doylestown) - 2021 (will be making a second visit to finish)

Saint Stephens Cemetery (Englewood) - 2022

Shanks Cemetery (Caledonia) - 2022

Spring Prairie - Hauge Cemetery (Leeds) - 2021

Welsh Church Cemetery (Portage) - 2022

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery (Leeds) - 2022

Dane County (83)

Blooming Grove Cemetery (Madison) - 2021

Bristol Lutheran Cemetery (Sun Prairie) - 2022

Burke Lutheran Cemetery (Madison) - 2023

Burke Station Cemetery (Burke) - 2021

Burke/Hoepker Cemetery (Burke) - 2022

Cottage Grove Cemetery (Cottage Grove) - 2023

County Line Cemetery (Dane County) - 2020

Deerfield Lutheran Cemetery (Deerfield) - 2022

East Blue Mounds Lutheran Cemetery (Mount Horeb) - 2021

East Primrose Cemetery (Primrose) - 2022

Evergreen Hill Cemetery (Middleton) - 2022

First Lutheran Cemetery (Middleton) - 2022

Frenchtown Cemetery (Montrose) - 2023

German Valley Cemetery (Mount Horeb) - 2021

Graves Cemetery (Rutland) - 2021

Hauge Cemetery (Deerfield) - 2021

Hauge Lutheran Cemetery (Daleyville) - 2021

Highland Memory Gardens (Cottage Grove) - 2021

Holy Redeemers Cemetery (Daleyville) - 2022

Hope Cottage Grove Cemetery (Cottage Grove) - 2024

Immanuel Cemetery (Dane) - 2024

Kingsley Cemetery (Waunakee) - 2024

Lakeview Lutheran Cemetery (Madison) - 2021

Liberty Prairie Cemetery (Nora) - 2021

Lower McFarland Cemetery (McFarland) - 2021

Lutheran South Cemetery (Stoughton) - 2024

Mazomanie Cemetery (Mazomanie) - 2024

McFarland Cemetery (McFarland) - 2021

Middleton Junction Cemetery (Middleton) - 2024

Montrose Pioneer Cemetery (Montrose) - 2021

Moravian Cemetery (DeForest) - 2022

Mount Vernon Cemetery (Mount Vernon) - 2022

North Side Cemetery (Mount Horeb) - 2021

North Windsor Cemetery (Windsor) - 2022

Oak Hall Cemetery (Fitchburg) - 2022

One Hundred Mile Grove Cemetery (Dane) - 2024

Paoli Cemetery (Paoli) - 2021

Perry Lutheran Cemetery (Daleyville) - 2021

Pierceville Cemetery (Sun Prairie) - 2022

Resurrection Cemetery Mausoleum (Madison) - 2024

Rockdale Lutheran Church Cemetery (Rockdale) - 2021

Roselawn Memorial Park Sections E, F, and I (Monona) - 2021

Rutland Center Cemetery (Rutland) - 2021

Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Cemetery (Sun Prairie) - 2024

Saint Ann Cemetery (Stoughton) - 2024

Saint Annes Catholic Cemetery (Deerfield) - 2022

Saint Barnabas Cemetery (Mazomanie) - 2024

Saint Bernard Cemetery (Middleton) - 2023

Saint Ignatius Calvary Cemetery (Mount Horeb) - 2023

Saint James Catholic Cemetery (Vermont) - 2021

Saint John's Cemetery (Waunakee) - 2024

Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery (Black Earth) - 2023

Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery (Lutheran Hill) - 2022

Saint Johns Cemetery (Middleton) - 2023

Saint Joseph's Cemetery (East Bristol) - 2023

Saint Luke's Lutheran Cemetery (Middleton) - 2022

Saint Martin's Cemetery (Martinsville) - 2023

Saint Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery (Pine Bluff) - 2023

Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery (Waunakee) - 2024

Saint Mary's Cemetery (Marshall) - 2024

Saint Norberts Cemetery (Roxbury) - 2023

Saint Olaf's Catholic Cemetery (DeForest) - 2024

Saint Patricks Catholic Church Cemetery (Cottage Grove) - 2023

Saint Pauls Liberty Lutheran Cemetery (Deerfield) - 2022

Saint William Cemetery (Paoli) - 2023

St. Michael Cemetery (Dane) - 2024

St. Paul's Cemetery (Marxville) - 2023

St. Peter's Cemetery (Ashton) - 2024

Story Cemetery (Oregon) - 2023

Sun Prairie Cemetery (Sun Prairie) - 2022

Sun Prairie Memory Garden (Sun Prairie) - 2024

Sunning Hill Cemetery (Marxville) - 2020

Sweet Cemetery (Albion) - 2021

Sweet Cemetery (Bristol) - 2022

Town of Dunn Burying Ground (McFarland) - 2021

Union Cemetery (Waunakee) - 2024

United in Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery (Morrisonville) - 2023

Valley Home Cemetery (Cross Plains) - 2023

Vermont Lutheran Church Cemetery (Mount Horeb) - 2022

West Blue Mounds Lutheran Cemetery (Blue Mounds) - 2023

West Primrose Cemetery (Primrose) - 2022

Willerup Methodist Cemetery (Cambridge) - 2021

Wheeler Prairie Cemetery (Stoughton) - 2021

Dodge County (2)

Annunciation Cemetery (Lost Lake) - 2023

Reeseville Cemetery (Reeseville) - 2022

Door County (3)

Ellison Bay Cemetery (Ellison Bay) - 2023

Rowleys Bay Cemetery (Rowleys Bay) - 2023

Saint Rosalia Cemetery (Sister Bay) - 2023

Green County (3)

Jug Prairie Cemetery (Brooklyn) - 2023

Peace Cemetery (Brooklyn) - 2023

Saint James Catholic Cemetery (Dayton) - 2023

Iowa County (6)

Arena Cemetery (Arena) - 2024

Hollandale Cemetery (Hollandale) - 2022

Hyde Chapel Cemetery (Ridgeway) - 2022

Middlebury Cemetery (Barneveld) - 2022

Long Valley Cemetery (Hollandale) - 2022

Saint Patricks Calvary Cemetery (Hollandale) - 2022

Jefferson County (1)

Mamre Moravian Cemetery (Milford) - 2022

Richland County (3)

Bear Valley Cemetery (Bear Valley) - 2022

Lone Rock Cemetery (Lone Rock) - 2022

Saint Kilians Cemetery (Bear Valley) - 2022

Rock County (2)

Cooksville Cemetery (Cooksville) - 2022

Fulton Cemetery (Fulton) - 2022

Sauk County (16)

Andrew Roll Free Congregation Cemetery (North Freedom) - 2022

Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery (Black Hawk) - 2022

Big Hollow Cemetery (Spring Green) - 2022

Denzer Cemetery (Denzer) - 2022

Kingston Cemetery (Merrimac) - 2022

New Saint Lukes Catholic Cemetery (Plain) - 2024

Oak Hill Cemetery (Merrimac) - 2022

Old Saint Lukes Catholic Cemetery (Plain) - 2024

Otter Creek Cemetery (Bluffview) - 2021

Pleasant Hill Cemetery (Plain) - 2022

Saint Aloysious Cemetery (Sauk City) - 2023

Saint Patricks Catholic Church Cemetery (Loreta) - 2022

Salem Honey Creek Cemetery (Prairie du Sac) - 2022

Sauk Prairie Cemetery (Prairie du Sac) - 2022

Webster Prairie Cemetery (Lake Delton) - 2022

Zion Memorial Cemetery (Prairie du Sac) - 2022

Names of Interest (southern WI plus other locations noted):

Corcoran

Dolfen/Dolphin

Faust (Morrison County, MN)

Hartung

Hellenbrand

Helm (New York boroughs, Long Island, Florida)

Kalscheur/Kalscheuer

Kaufmann (Long Island, New York boroughs, Ulster & Westchester County)

Kennedy (Davison, Spink, Faulk County, SD)

Koltes (Minnesota & South Dakota)

Miller

Raemisch/Roemisch

Ripp

Schroeder

Shillinglaw

Tierney (Davison, Spink, Faulk County, SD)

Townsend (New York)

Communities of Interest:

Anywhere within 20 miles of Waunakee

Floral Park, Oyster Bay, Ulster County, Queens, Bronx, and Hempstead, New York

Faulk County, Spink County, Davison County, South Dakota

Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

Morrison County, Minnesota

Traverse County, Minnesota