Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
264 CR 143, Riesel, TexasGPS Coordinates 31.45159, -96.88218
From Riesel, take E Frederick St east to Fairpark (CR 125) and turn right (south) for 2.6 miles. Turn left (east) onto CR 119 for .8 mile and turn left, the church is on the right and the cemetery is behind it.
An inventory was done by Marion Garrett Gibbs in 1970. Some names and dates recorded are not exactly as they appear on the Tombstones. Complete names and maiden names were added by Mrs. Gibbs.
Updated and submitted by Shawn Hughes in 2006. All info submitted by Shawn Hughes unless otherwise noted.
| Last | First | Birth | Death | Notes/Inscriptions |
| SCHMEDTHORST | August | Jul 29 1870 | no date | August was born in Germany and came to US on the same boat with his wife's BORCHGARDT family in 1883, docking in Galveston. They moved to the Trinity Church area in 1910.
In Germany, all records are in the Dillingen Lutheran Church in Westphalia All info submitted by Beverly Schmedthorst |
| SCHMEDTHORST | William | Mar 14 1895 | Oct 04 1960 | Son of August & Henriette Borchgardt Schmedthorst
All info submitted by Beverly Schmedthorst |
| SCHMEDTHORST | Helena | Dec 31 1897 | no date | |
| KUEHL | Minnie | no date | Dec 27 1967 | "Aged 71 Yrs 1 Mo. 20 Days" |
| KUEHL | John A. | 1890 | 1961 | |
| KUEHL | Minnie F. | 1892 | no date | |
| BALLMAN | Ernest A. E. | Dec 22 1904 | Feb 23 1964 | Texas TEC 5 Co B 415 QM MTZ BN, World War II |
| BUSCH | Emma | Sep 10 1907 | Sep 24 1907 | |
| BETHKE | Edmund O. | Jan 18 1883 | Jul 04 1965 | Married Anna E. Bethke on December 12, 1906 |
| BETHKE | Anna E. | Sep 23 1883 | no date | Married Edmund O. Bethke on December 12, 1906 |
| NEWMAN | Adolph R. | Mar 21 1887 | Oct 08 1965 | |
| NEWMAN | Agnes A. | Dec 21 1892 | Dec 05 1968 | |
| ABEL | Henry G. | Aug 06 1893 | Oct 25 1965 | |
| ABEL | Ella J. | Dec 06 1894 | Mar 17 1968 | |
| MEYER | Karen Sue | Sep 05 1951 | Apr 05 2008 | Daughter of Leonard & Alice Huber Meyer
All info and submitted by Ken Gates |
| MEYER | Rosa | Apr 19 1909 | May 24 1911 | Daughter of H. & Ida Meyer |
| FENSKE | Infant Son | Oct 30 1908 | Aug 13 1909 | |
| RASER | Infant Son | Jul 04 1907 | Jul 04 1907 | |
| RASER | William Peter | Oct 20 1908 | Dec 19 1909 | |
| FRANK | Albert Otto | Apr 21 1908 | Jun 26 1909 | "Our Baby" |
| WIEBUSCH | Wilhelm | Aug 12 1905 | May 23 1906 | Son of A. P. Wiebusch |
| WIEBUSCH | Frida Ida | Aug 12 1905 | Aug 12 1905 | Daughter of A. P. Wiebusch |
| WIEBUSCH | Heinrich Richard | Aug 11 1905 | Feb 05 1906 | Son of A. P. Wiebusch |
| KELINSKE | Sinia I. | Mar 12 1892 | Sep 12 1892 | Daughter of G. K. & G. E. Kelinske |
| FENSKE | Herbert William | Sep 02 1889 | Oct 31 1892 | Son of F. & Marie Fenske |
| PAAR | Albert Gustav | Jan 20 1900 | Feb 04 1900 | Son of Paul & Ida Paar |
| FELLER | Fredonia E. | Jan 10 1904 | Sep 07 1905 | Daughter of C. H. & I. D. Feller |
| KUEHL | Otto Karl | Jan 02 1899 | Feb 06 1899 | Son of Henrich & Emma Kuehl |
| BERG | Bertha Maria | Dec 23 1893 | Mar 23 1894 | Daughter of Ferdinand & Augusta Berg |
| BERG | Emilie Pauline | May 10 1895 | Sep 23 1895 | Daughter of Ferdinand & Augusta Berg |
| REINKE | Lydia | Dec 25 1891 | Jul 28 1892 | |
| SCHULZE | Anna Rosa | Jan 23 1889 | Jan 27 1899 | Daughter of F. & A. Schulze |
| SCHULZE | Martha Elfrida | Feb 01 1895 | Feb 08 1895 | Daughter of F. & A. Schulze |
| SCHULZE | Erma Filicia | Jun 16 1897 | Apr 09 1900 | Daughter of F. & A. Schulze |
| REICHLE | Roena C. | Mar 02 1888 | Aug 12 1888 | Daughter of Charles & Carolina Reichle |
| REICHLE | Louis | Sep 24 1888 | Dec 20 1888 | |
| REICHLE | Ida | Sep 17 1886 | Oct 20 1888 | |
| FLEISCHAUER | Henrietta Maria | Oct 13 1877 | Sep 13 1882 | |
| FINN | Lydia | Nov 11 1917 | Nov 22 1917 | |
| DIETRICH | Ewald F. | Jan 07 1906 | Apr 10 1908 | Son of F. & J. Dietrich |
| MULLER | Andrea A. Heinbrich | Oct 21 1886 | Jul 17 1888 | |
| SCHLUTER | Ferdinand | Oct 11 1912 | Nov 11 1912 | |
| ROESENER | Alma Wilhelemine | Nov 07 1890 | Oct 19 1900 | Daughter of Gustav & Pauline E. Roesener |
| SYMAN | A. P. Wilhelm | Aug 28 1899 | May 16 1900 | The spelling of this last name may not be correct |
| WOLSKE | Herman | Dec 14 1910 | Jan 13 1911 | |
| BOECHE | Minna | Jan 28 1902 | Aug 29 1902 | Daughter of Herman & Ida Boeche |
| NEHRING | Paul Ernest | Nov 15 1898 | Oct 28 1900 | Son of Gustav & Hilda Nehring |
| KOESTER | August H. T. | Nov 10 1898 | Aug 02 1900 | |
| KOESTER | Alma W. | Feb 24 1897 | Jul 20 1900 | |
| GROCHOSKE | H. Robert | Mar 20 1899 | May 23 1900 | |
| KUEHL | Rosie | Jun 30 1902 | Jul 18 1904 | Daughter of G. H. Kuehl |
| RASNER | Theodor William | May 18 1897 | Sep 17 1903 | |
| KOESTER | Anna M. H. | Jan 28 1905 | Jan 30 1905 | |
| OTTO | Wilhemine | Sep 22 1839 | Feb 06 1927 | |
| OTTO | Cleo | Jul 20 1876 | Aug 13 1892 | Son of Wilhelm & Minna Otto |
| STEIG | Ferinand W. | Aug 09 1849 | Feb 13 1912 | |
| HAFERKAMP | Sophie | Feb 11 1876 | Jul 14 1938 | |
| HAFERKAMP | Henry | Dec 07 1838 | Mar 28 1928 | |
| HAFERKAMP | Agnes Gaskamp | Nov 16 1840 | Apr 07 1912 | Wife of Henry Haferkamp |
| MINTER | Gottlich | Apr 29 1857 | Oct 28 1907 | |
| MOLZAHN | Minnie | Jan 06 1846 | Mar 10 1918 | |
| WOLSKE | Michael | Sep 11 1846 | Jul 11 1901 | |
| WOLSKE | Gellena | Jan 14 1843 | Aug 15 1905 | |
| ABEL | Amalia | 1820 | 1901 | |
| KLUCK | Gottich | Oct 17 1896 | no date | |
| BALLMAN | Louise Augusta | Jul 21 1887 | Feb 10 1901 | |
| REINKE | Louis | Mar 10 1866 | Oct 09 1895 | |
| PICK | Leo W. | Oct 24 1879 | Sep 23 1894 | |
| GEISLER | Trast Friedrich | Sep 27 1855 | Sep 25 1892 | |
| WIEBISCH | Fritz | Dec 10 1829 | Nov 10 1892 | |
| SIELAFF | Heinrich Friedrich | Feb 01 1844 | Jan 15 1893 | |
| SIELAFF | Caroline | Sep 17 1848 | Apr 30 1910 | |
| ABEL | Andrew | 1811 | 1883 | |
| MUELLER | Auguste Henriette Fenski | Oct 18 1870 | Aug 25 1892 | |
| ZANDER | Mathilda Bertha | Aug 25 1875 | Sep 22 1884 | |
| GASKAMP | F. H. Wilhhelm | Jul 04 1859 | Aug 02 1901 | |
| MOLZAHN | Mollie | Mar 04 1886 | Jul 12 1910 | |
| MOLZAHN | Fredrick | Apr 10 1840 | Nov 13 1907 | |
| BECKER | Marie Margarethe | no date | no date | This stone has fallen over and the dates can't be read |
| BECKER | Charlotte Engelke | Nov 17 1835 | Apr 20 1905 | |
| FELLECHNER | Joseph | Mar 21 1832 | Jul 17 1904 | |
| SAUER | Augusta | Jun 18 1858 | Oct 09 1909 | Wife of Gottfred Sauer |
| KUEEHL | H. H. | Apr 13 1829 | Feb 21 1905 | |
| GASKAMP | Carl August Heinrich | May 28 1881 | Feb 13 1903 | Son of Phillip & Charlotte Gaskamp |
| SIELAFF | Paul Wilhelm Friedrich | May 13 1831 | Dec 29 1911 | |
| PATSCHKE | Fraugott | May 13 1831 | Dec 29 1911 | |
| PATSCHKE | Marge | Jan 27 1833 | Jul 09 1915 | Wife of Fraugott Patschke |
| KOESLER | H. Fredrich W. | Dec 31 1831 | Aug 09 1903 | |
| STEVENER | Amalia Frolich | Oct 07 1862 | Dec 12 1911 | Wife of Emil Ferdinand Stevener |
| STEVENER | Emil Ferdinand | Sep 15 1862 | Dec 15 1947 | |
| PICK | Pauline Helinske | Nov 27 1851 | Sep 18 1911 | |
| SCHELZE | August | Jan 29 1829 | Jul 12 1882 | |
| DIETERICH | C. L. "Rabbit" | Dec 23 1926 | Apr 12 1988 | |
| DIETERICH | Gretchen Berndt | Oct 31 1901 | Apr 12 1988 | Wife of Ernest J. Dieterich Sr. |
| DIETERICH | Ernest J. | no date | Aug 26 1959 | |
| DIETERICH | Lucille Grote | May 22 1925 | Jun 07 2005 | Daughter of George & Linda (Hefelfinger) Grote
Wife of Oscar Dieterich All info and submitted by Ken Gates |
| DIETERICH | Lawrence W. Jr. | Jan 15 1965 | Jan 09 2006 | Son of Lawrence W. & Myrtle Dieterich Sr.
Husband of Rhonda Dieterich All info and submitted by Ken Gates |
| REICH | Robert Fred | Jan 17 1943 | Dec 02 2004 | Son of Lee & Louise (Grams) Reich |
| GRAMS | Auguste E. | Aug 17 1859 | Sep 23 1925 | Wife of Gottlieb Grams/Gramms |
| DIETERICH | Myrtle (Lehrmann) | Mar 09 1936 | Mar 10 2006 | Daughter of Chris & Della Lehmann
Myrtle married Lawrence Walter Dieterich Sr. on September 24, 1954 All info and submitted by Ken Gates |
| KELINSKE | Paul A. | Jan 25 1918 | Apr 26 2006 | Son of Adolph Julius & Selma (Kitzier) Kelinske
Paul married Elsie Emma Neumann on December 20, 1941 All info and submitted by Ken Gates |
| KELINSKE | Elsie Emma (Neumann) | no date | 2000 | Wife of Paul A. Kelinske |
| STIEG | Selma (Fenske) | Jan 27 1912 | May 05 2006 | Daughter of Ewald & Ida Fenske
Selma married Arthur Stieg on January 7, 1937 All info and submitted by Ken Gates |
| BALLMANN | Edwin A. | Jan 17 1889 | Jul 14 1982 | |
| BALLMANN | Minnie T. | Apr 10 1889 | Mar 30 1977 | Wife of Edwin A. Ballmann |
| DIETERICH | Alma N. | 1901 | 2002 | Wife of Robert J. Dieterich |
| DIETERICH | Robert J. | 1902 | 1935 | |
| FINN | Otilia | 1864 | 1937 | "In Loving Memory" |
| JANDER | Caroline | Sep 17 1894 | Dec 25 1955 | |
| KLAWITTER | Albert R. | 1877 | 1935 | |
| KLAWITTER | Emilie A. | 1884 | 1949 | Wife of Albert R. Klawitter |
| KLUCK | Adolph E. | May 01 1889 | Jun 16 1951 | |
| KLUCK | Bertha J. | Oct 04 1891 | Nov 30 1959 | |
| KOESTER | Laura | Oct 04 1891 | Nov 30 1959 | |
| KOESTER | Leonard | Dec 31 1924 | Sep 17 1937 | |
| KOESTER | Otto | Sep 10 1888 | Jun 04 1951 | |
| KROLL | Emma A. | 1892 | 1968 | |
| KROLL | Rudolf O. | 1886 | 1957 | |
| KUEHL | Emma | Jun 14 1869 | May 16 1956 | |
| KUEHL | Henry | Oct 23 1865 | Apr 08 1956 | |
| KURETSCH | Bertha | Oct 18 1872 | Jan 03 1948 | Wife of Ernest Kuretsch |
| KURETSCH | Ernest | Feb 18 1868 | Dec 06 1938 | |
| LEHRMANN | Clara | 1875 | 1939 | Wife of Herman Lehrmann |
| LEHRMANN | Herman | 1872 | 1947 | |
| MUELLER | J. Martin | 1856 | 1935 | |
| MUELLER | Katherine M. | 1857 | 1945 | Wife of J. Martin Mueller |
| NEUMANN | Clara S. (Lange) | Mar 18 1888 | Sep 19 1937 | Wife of Fred William Neumann |
| NEUMANN | Fred William | Feb 25 1879 | Oct 11 1956 | Born in Germany an moved to USA at 6 months of age
Husband of Clara S. Lange |
| NEUMANN | William R. | May 21 1873 | Oct 28 1961 | |
| OTTO | Hermann Leo | Jul 09 1877 | Jan 27 1956 | |
| PICK | Selma | Apr 16 1882 | Dec 18 1955 | |
| REINKE | Agnes F. | Aug 10 1912 | Apr 17 1986 | Wife of William E. Reinke |
| REINKE | William E. | Dec 03 1908 | Apr 29 1974 | |
| SAUER | Emilie | 1868 | 1947 | |
| SAUER | Gottfred | 1859 | 1939 | "In Thee O Lord, I Have Put My Trust" |
| SCHLEMMER | Ernest E. | 1885 | 1937 | |
| SCHLEMMER | Mary C. Kirkland | 1902 | 1979 | |
| WELLBROOK | Diedrich | Dec 16 1861 | Feb 18 1976 | "In Loving Memory" |
| WIEBUSCH | Albert A. | 1869 | 1946 | |
| WIEBUSCH | Pauline | 1870 | 1935 | Wife of Albert A. Wiebusch |
| WOLSKE | Eugene H. | Oct 09 1935 | Aug 11 1955 | |
| WOLSKE | Herman | Nov 12 1883 | Jun 26 1948 | |
| WOLSKE | Martha | Jul 16 1887 | Apr 23 1936 | Wife of Herman Wolske |
