Beaver County, Oklahoma

Balko Mennonite Cemetery

Location: S22-T2-R21 (BETHEL)

This well maintained cemetery has a brick entrance, back from the road a bit, and is located 3 miles east and half mile north of Bryan’s corner. (Intersection of State highway 3 and US 83). It was first known as Bethel Mennonite Brethren Church. The Balko Mennonite Church was originally at this location but was moved to Bryan’s Corner in 1970. The parsonage is still by the cemetery. The cemetery contains 125 graves. The oldest date gravestone is December 15,1905.

LAST NAME	FIRST MI	BIRTH	DEATH	OTHER	COMMENT	ROW	SPACE
Bartel	Anna	1864 Nov 27	1948 Jun 8	Mother	cement cover	B	31
Bartel	Chester	1920 Dec 16	1992 Nov 18	m. Oct 3 1962		B	40
Bartel	Clara D	1897 Feb 25	1986 May 6			B	34
Bartel	Ebel	1885 Nov 14	1971 Dec 13		cement covered	D	72
Bartel	Gerhard	1861 Jul 5	1915 Feb 13	Father	cement cover	B	28
Bartel	Henriette	1888 Feb 2	1951 Dec 13		cement covered	D	70
Bartel	Henry G	1906 Dec 22	1992 Jun 26			D	75
Bartel	Howard M	1929 Aug 25	1929 Sep 1		cement covered	G	72
Bartel	Julia	1894 Mar 21	1952 Mar 4		cement covered	G	75
Bartel	Lorena E	1899 Aug 28	1991 Feb 10			D	75
Bartel	Louise	1931 Jun 17		m. Oct 3 1962		B	40
Bartel	Menno	1892 Sep 7	1964 Jan 14		cement covered	G	77
Bartel	Oras M	1922 Mar 27	1922 Mar 27		cement covered	G	70
Bartel	Pete G	1894 Nov 1	1960 Sep 11			B	34
Bartel	Willard M	1933 Feb 7	1933 Aug 24		cement covered	G	74
Classen	Dr Kenneth	Jan 16 1928	1993 Aug 2			B	14
Classen	Elmer J	1904 Nov 18	1984 Nov 14			B	10
Classen	John	1873 Nov	1907 Dec	Father	Photo	B	6
Classen	Leo M	1931 Feb 6	1988 Jan 17			B	13
Classen	Mary B	1908 Jun 26	1994 Mar 11			B	10
Classen	Menno	1900 Nov	1916 May	Son	Photo	B	6
Delk	Cora Irene		1923 Oct 14	Infant	cement covered	G	84
Delk	Jacob	1886 Dec 26	1966 Aug 22	Dad		G	86
Delk	Katie	1892 Apr 8	1962 Aug 2	Mom		G	86
Enns	Alvin H	1921 Oct 8	1945 May 24	Lost in Action	South Pacific	F	72
Enns	Norman Victor		1934 May 1	s/o H J & Elsie		F	70
Frank	David	1905	1907	s/o Wm & Albertina		D	7
Frank	Infant	1910	1910	s/o Wm & Albertina		D	6
Frantz	Benjamin	1847	1920		cement covered	G	29
Frantz	Edward	1880	1969			G	30
Frantz	Louise E	1911 May 2	-	m. 1933 Jul 16		A	61d
Frantz	Martha	1896 Jan 11	1969 Sep 30			G	30
Frantz	Martha Ediger	1909 Apr 15	1942 Sep 18		cement cover	A	67
Frantz	Peter P	1878 Feb 21	1936 Mar 21	Our Loving Father		A	57
Frantz	Roland B	1909 Apr 3	1993 Jul 11	p/o Orlan/Howard/	Mildred/Joyce	A	61d
Frantz	Ruben P	1906 May 25	1961 Sep 24		cement cover	A	64
Frantz	Sarah	1884 Jan 4	1968 Nov 9	Our Loving Mother		A	59
Grunau	Kristin Jade	1982 Apr 10	1982 Apr 12			D	90
Hammons	Baby		1930 Jun 9			F	94
Heiers	Edna				concrete marker	A	38
Heiers	Lorene	1930	1987		Mort Marker	A	36
Heiers	Ruth				concrete marker	A	38
Hiebert	Edith (Mehl)	1908 May 2	1953 Feb 9			E	70
Hiebert	John H	1907 Nov 5	1993 Jan 20			E	71
Jantzen	Anna B	1856 Apr 12	1930 Nov 15			B	25
Jantzen	Wilhelmina	1847 May 22	1919 Jul 14		cement cover	A	17
Janzen	Caroline M	1929 Apr 14	living	m. 1948 June 6	ch-David,Merlin,Bruce	F	35
Janzen	Herman B	1871	1933		flat marker	G	60
Janzen	J Calvin	1923 Jul 25	1980 Jan 8	m. 1948 June 6	ch-David,Merlin,Bruce	F	35
Janzen	Jacob B	1900	1922 May 30		flat marker	G	59
Janzen	Wilhelm H	1918	1927			G	57
Just	Eva	1892 Jun 30	1918 Dec 15			A	30
Just	Evelyn	1916 Nov 2	1916 Nov 10	da/o M/M Fred F Just		A	28
Just	Linden	1917	1917	Mort Plaque/ Stone		A	6
Just	Samuel	1907	1907	Mort Plaque/ Stone		A	6
Karber	Anna	1886 Feb 1	1963Apr 14			A	21
Karber	Eunice	1919 Feb 23	-	p/o Karen/Braden		A	25d
Karber	Eva E	1879 Apr 16	1913 Dec 11			C	15
Karber	Freddie	1923	1926			F	30
Karber	Frena	1874 Nov 11	1962 Nov 23			C	60
Karber	Harry H	1898 Jun 4	1985 Nov 2	m. 1924 Nov 30		C	64
Karber	Harvey	1903 Dec 26	1992 Oct 4			E	39d
Karber	Henry H	1875 Nov 20	1955 Jul 16			C	60
Karber	Jacob P	1884	1973			A	21
Karber	Julius	1845	1921		Photo	B	18
Karber	Kevin Warren	1948	1968			C	67
Karber	Luella E	1902 Jul 9	1988 Nov 8	m. 1924 Nov 30		C	64
Karber	Lula	1908 Dec 1	1995 Dec 31			E	39d
Karber	Lula	1908	1918			F	28
Karber	Maria	1852 Dec 19	1941 Oct 2		Photo	B	18
Karber	Martha	1901	1923	Daughter		C	57
Karber	Roy	1915 Sep 30	1996 Apr 25	p/o Karen/Braden		A	25d
Karber	Samuel C	1890 Jul 19	1937 May 30		Photo	B	22
Karber	Susan M	1891 Sep 3	1951 Apr 15		Photo	B	22
Kliewer	Emma	1884 Feb 11	1955 Jun 8			D	84
Kliewer	Henry P	1882 Apr 18	1962 May 25			D	84
Mays	Mary	1878	1962			C	71
Mays	Ora	1884	1943			C	71
Megert	Clyde L	1933 Junm 8	1956 Dec 27			C	83
Megert	Elsie	1907 Dec 14	1992 Jan 4			C	87
Megert	Otto	1908 Jan 7	1985 Sep 19			C	87
Megert	Shirley Steinle	1932 Jul 25	1956 Dec 24			C	83
Mehl	Anna	1857 Oct 1	1905 Dec 15			B	59
Mehl	Carrie	1882	1957	Mother		B	63
Mehl	Earl	1906	1922			B	61
Mehl	Eddie	1904 Apr 11	1904 Apr 19	bur Rest Haven	Woodward Co	B	64
Mehl	Elda E	1920 Mar 16	1999	m. 1941 Aug 24		E	76d
Mehl	Fred S	1880	1959	Father		B	65
Mehl	Herman J	1892 Oct 25	1919 Apr 7		cement cover	B	38
Mehl	John C	1845 Jun 14	1922 Nov 27			B	58
Mehl	Otto J	1914 Oct 8	-	m. 1941 Aug 24		E	76d
Nachtigall	Bertha	1909	1930			E	57
Nachtigall	David A	1880 Jan 15	1949 Apr 12			E	60
Nachtigall	Lena S	1889 Sep 19	1984 Jan 18			E	60
Neufeld	Abraham J	1867	1940			F	58
Neufeld	Alma	1900 Feb 7	1962 May 12		cement covered	E	84
Neufeld	Edwin John	1899 Jul 12	1985 Jan 5		cement covered	E	86
Neufeld	Julia	1878	1955			F	58
Neufeld	Leona	1910 Apr 19	1999 Jul 26	m. 1929 Apr 21		D	61
Neufeld	Milton P	1907 Feb 26	1989 Oct 1	m. 1929 Apr 21		D	61
Neufeld	Stella M	1909	1980			F	60
Ollenberger	Charley	1869	1945	Father	cement cover	C	32
Ollenberger	Elizabeth	1870	1956		cement cover	C	34
Ollenberger	J W	1910 Sep 15	1987 Feb 24		cement cover	B	66
Ollenberger	Lottie	1864	1942		cement cover	C	30
Ollenborger	Katie	1888 Jul 22	1936 Oct 14		cement cover	B	70
Ollenborger	Pauline	1907	1992			B	75
Ollenborger	Sylvia	1910 Apr 15	1976 Dec 2		cement cover	B	68
Ollenborger	Wm	1884 Oct 21	1962 Jun 2		cement cover	B	73
Ollenburger	Polly (Karber)	1917 Oct 23	1942 Apr 13	Loving wife & Mother	Photo	A	19
Penner	Elwood E	--	1919 Feb 22			C	25
Penner	Eva	1854	1925	Mother	cement cover	C	19
Penner	Judith Elaine		1945 Jan 12	d/o Lloyd & Helen		D	25
Penner	Laura	1899	1971		cement covered	F	39
Penner	Marie	1907 Mar 16	1984 Jan 11	m. 1926 Dec 22	son-Leroy da-Mary Ann	E	25
Penner	Martha	1883 Apr 27	1970 Nov 9		cement cover	E	33
Penner	Peter	1845	1918	Father	cement cover	C	19
Penner	Peter	1877 Jan 18	1948 Nov 8		cement cover	E	31
Penner	Raymond E	--	1915 Dec 16	Inf/so P T & Emily		C	28
Penner	Ruben	1905 Dec 22	1984 Jan 6	m. 1926 Dec 22	son-Leroy da-Mary Ann	E	25
Plitt	Meluta	1906	1910	d/o Ludwig & Minnie		E	6
Ratzlaff	David P	1859	1918		cement cover	E	29
Ratzlaff	Jonathan J	1893 Jan 2	1980 Nov 7			C	36
Ratzlaff	Marie	1893 Aug 9	1990 Feb 22			C	37
Reimer	Aaron J	1884 Apr 8	1939 Sep 1			A	70
Reimer	Benie	1886 Sep 1	1971 Feb 22			A	72
Reimer	Malvin A	1926 Aug 22	1951 Aug 21	Son		A	75
Reiswig	George	1855	1937			G	37
Reiswig	John	1899	1911			G	35
Reiswig	Margaret	1857	1937			G	36
Schwalk	Anna M	1886	1963			B	84
Schwalk	Jacob J	1886 Aug 4	1971 Feb 1			B	84
Sutter	Gregory J	1959 Apr 4	1995 Nov 19	h/o Myrna		D	20
Trentham	B C	1920 Sep 4	1998 Jan 20	m. 1943 Nov 15	V F W See More	A	80d
Trentham	Irene	19225 Jul 1	-	m. 1943 Nov 15		A	80d
Unruh	Adeline	1912 Jul 2	1959 Jul 8			D	38
Unruh	Ernest	1913 Mar 12	1985 Feb 12			D	36
Unruh	Henry H	1881 Dec 26	1913 Jul 7	age 31y 6m 11d		A	15
Wahl	Edward	1882	1963			D	60
Wahl	Fred	1909 Apr 2	1925 Oct 7			D	57
Wahl	Hulda	1890	1976			D	60
Wiens	Alice	1906 Sep 19	1998 Jan 7	m. 1931 Aug 30		E	89d
Wiens	Arthur E	1904	1992			E	89

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