Saint Johns Cemetery, Union County

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

Saint Johns Cemetery
Details
Established	c. 1886
Location	Prairie Township, Union County, South Dakota
Type	Catholic
No. of interments	Over 700

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.^{[citation needed]}

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
• 1940 W.P.A. burial records for St. John Cemetery
• "St. John Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

References

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

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