The Beecher Mausoleum is the resting place for 171 souls, representing 65 family surnames. Significant historical research has been done to gather information about those interred there.
Below are links (click on the name) that reveal information gathered thus far on those laid to rest in the mausoleum.
Please keep in mind that although we have made every effort to research the historical data, there may be information that is not 100% accurate. Family histories are difficult to research without first hand knowledge of these peoples’ lives. Obituaries may contain inaccurate data, name misspellings, etc.
So, we ask that if you find errors, please let us know. They will be corrected as soon as possible.
If you would like to contribute information, please post in the reply section on the individual’s page. We will attempt to include your story and information as soon as possible on the page.
As an example, glance at the pages of Henry F. Bahlman and Minnie Bahlman. A family member contributed photographs to enhance their pages.
The Beecher Mausoleum truly represents a typical midwestern community of the 19th and 20th centuries. The people of Beecher and nearby towns knew each other for generations. They fought wars together, families were joined by marriages, they mourned losses together, and life continued in the American way. Beecher, Crete, Chicago Heights and the Hammond & Dolton areas are all represented by souls in the mausoleum. Almost all of those interred here were related to each other in some way or another. It’s obvious that family connections exist when one observes the same surname on numerous headstones, but one must read the obituaries and genealogical information on each memorial page to learn the connections by marriage, including multiple marriages and what we call blended families in the 21th century. In fact, of the 65 family surnames in the mausoleum, only nine family surnames are not related to the others. At the bottom of each person’s memorial page you will find links to their other immediate family members resting alongside of them in the mausoleum.
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| NAME | D.O.B. | D.O.D. |
BAHLMAN, ANNA L. | 10-13-1868 | 09-20-1942 |
| BAHLMAN, CAROLYN M. | 09-23-1903 | 03-26-1924 |
BAHLMAN, CHARLES H. | 03-05-1872 | 03-08-1925 |
BAHLMAN, DONALD W.  | 03-24-1906 | 12-21-1961 |
| BAHLMAN, EMMA | 09-15-1870 | 09-12-1934 |
| BAHLMAN, HENRY F. | 10-06-1862 | 09-06-1946 |
| BAHLMAN, HENRY W. DDS | 12-01-1899 | 10-26-1964 |
| BAHLMAN, JOHN H. | 12-12-1866 | 04-28-1926 |
| BAHLMAN, LENA | 12-05-1864 | 04-23-1957 |
| BAHLMAN, MARGUERITE | 01-05-1902 | 04-11-1994 |
| BAHLMAN, MINNIE M. | 03-18-1872 | 12-23-1960 |
| BAHLMAN, WILLLIAM F. | 02-09-1869 | 02-16-1933 |
| BATTERMAN, AUGUST | 10-09-1877 | 10-08-1917 |
| BERGMEIER, IDA | 02-26-1881 | 03-09-1920 |
| BESEKE, CARL W. SR. | 10-18-1825 | 03-16-1915 |
| BESEKE, CHARLES "CARL" | 04-15-1870 | 01-16-1934 |
| BESEKE, CONRAD E. | 11-07-1857 | 06-11-1924 |
| BESEKE, MARGRETA | 09-23-1874 | 01-09-1956 |
| BIELFELDT, MINNIE D. | 02-18-1878 | 12-12-1955 |
| BIELFELDT, RAYMOND J. | 07-24-1899 | 06-24-1921 |
| BIELFELDT, WILLIAM | 07-28-1874 | 11-16-1941 |
| BOHL, HEINRICH SR. | 04-18-1838 | 11-18-1921 |
| BOHL, HENRY H. | 03-09-1873 | 06-01-1952 |
| BOHL, SOPHIE M. | 02-06-1876 | 03-11-1969 |
BROWN, MARY L. | 02-16-1881 | 08-01-1936 |
| BROWN, WILFORD S. | 12-23-1868 | 07-24-1941 |
| CLOIDT, ELIZABETH | 02-20-1874 | 04-23-1918 |
| CLOIDT, JOSEPH | 04-03-1840 | 02-25-1932 |
| CLOIDT, LOUISE | 10-11-1840 | 08-29-1915 |
| DUNLAP, ASA JAMES | 04-06-1891 | 10-04-1951 |
DUNLAP, ROSE W.  | 10-13-1895 | 10-01-1985 |
| FENSKE, NANCY GRAHAM | 12-17-1951 | 09-07-1977 |
| FICK, LOUIS | 06-04-1861 | 07-07-1948 |
| FICK, MARY | 02-06-1866 | 01-08-1937 |
| FIENE, EMMA | 12-12-1866 | 08-23-1919 |
| FIENE, HENRY | 12-27-1867 | 10-03-1945 |
| FREERKING NELLIE M. | 07-26-1907 | 05-11-1991 |
| FREERKING, HENRY | 10-27-1882 | 09-18-1939 |
| FROBOSE, MINNIE | 12-04-1863 | 07-15-1923 |
| GERHARDT, WILLIAM PAUL | 01-17-1897 | 07-18-1954 |
| GRAHAM, ARTHUR | 09-20-1913 | 07-02-1991 |
| GURITZ, AUGUST | 02-22-1856 | 04-08-1926 |
| GURITZ, DORA | 10-23-1855 | 01-05-1930 |
| GURITZ, JOHN H. | 06-20-1876 | 09-05-1952 |
| GURITZ, MARTHA | 12-19-1879 | 05-13-1925 |
| HACK, ANNA | 09-26-1862 | 12-10-1914 |
| HACK, ARTHUR | 06-08-1896 | 01-26-1956 |
| HACK, CHARLES J. | 01-13-1858 | 12-31-1932 |
| HACK, EDMUND C. M.D. | 01-13-1888 | 03-14-1954 |
| HACK, ETHEL | 03-23-1898 | 04-09-1978 |
| HACK, EVA | 06-24-1860 | 03-26-1933 |
| HACK, HENRY | 07-29-1855 | 05-06-1935 |
| HACK, HERMAN | 03-25-1853 | 02-19-1926 |
| HACK, MARGARETHA B. | 05-20-1891 | 01-01-1970 |
| HACK, MARY | 07-20-1855 | 11-10-1924 |
| HAGER, CLARE E. | 12-30-1888 | 12-28-1971 |
| HALTENHOF, SOPHIA | 08-27-1870 | 12-29-1934 |
| HALTENHOF, WILLIAM | 05-13-1863 | 06-24-1936 |
| HANK, MARIE L. | 11-29-1888 | 08-12-1937 |
| HANK, THEODORE | 02-25-1887 | 08-12-1937 |
| HEINE, FRED | 02-16-1862 | 10-05-1939 |
| HELDT, ERNST SR. | 01-20-1841 | 04-07-1916 |
| HELDT, HENRY SR. | 10-19-1857 | 03-07-1920 |
| HELDT, IDA | 08-12-1883 | 08-23-1962 |
| HELDT, LISETTE | 01-08-1842 | 02-09-1923 |
| HILDEMAN, FERNE | 03-12-1909 | 06-28-1990 |
| HILDEMAN, WILLIAM R. | 04-18-1908 | 08-03-1986 |
| HINZE, ARTHUR A. | 10-28-1895 | 02-28-1960 |
| HINZE, LORA B. | 12-07-1892 | 06-05-1963 |
| HINZE, MARY E. | 11-04-1877 | 10-25-1969 |
| HOFFMANN, MARIA | 08-28-1846 | 01-12-1920 |
| HOPPENSTEADT, PAUL E. | 01-28-1898 | 02-04-1920 |
| HORN, ARTHUR H. | 07-13-1901 | 05-09-1971 |
| HORN, CAROLINE F. | 12-01-1866 | 10-21-1918 |
| HORN, REINHOLD W. | 02-20-1898 | 01-20-1943 |
| HORN, WALTER L. | 06-25-1892 | 07-10-1937 |
| HUNTE, ALBERT L. | 09-18-1888 | 05-11-1933 |
| HUNTE, CARL | 08-02-1890 | 03-20-1950 |
| HUNTE, HENRY | 11-10-1860 | 10-13-1930 |
| HUNTE, MINNIE | 10-22-1862 | 11-07-1943 |
| KACZYNSKI, JOHN | 05-04-1890 | 03-26-1942 |
| KAPPE, GEORGE | 03-01-1873 | 02-27-1941 |
| KAPPE, MINNA | 03-19-1877 | 03-03-1948 |
| KILBORN, ALBERT F. | 08-10-1878 | 01-28-1933 |
| KILBORN, ELIZABETH | 05-12-1880 | 03-19-1949 |
| KIRCHHOFF, CAROLINE | 07-06-1862 | 06-30-1942 |
| KIRCHHOFF, HARRY | 01-29-1900 | 12-24-1902 |
| KIRCHHOFF, LOUIS | 11-03-1858 | 10-06-1912 |
| KLOCKSIEBEN, AUGUSTA | 08-09-1854 | 02-25-1940 |
| KLOCKSIEBEN, WILHELM | 12-24-1843 | 04-26-1927 |
| KOCH, EMIL | 05-10-1857 | 03-29-1940 |
| KOCH, LOUISE | 03-01-1859 | 02-24-1942 |
| KRUEGER, ANNA L. | 10-13-1884 | 06-22-1967 |
| KRUEGER, AUGUST | 08-07-1876 | 12-20-1951 |
| LANGREDER, CHARLES | 07-12-1899 | 03-12-1928 |
| LANGREDER, FRED | 12-19-1863 | 07-29-1940 |
| LANGREDER, MILDRED | 11-23-1906 | 10-02-1932 |
| LEDER, ALICE M. | 07-17-1902 | 03-26-1980 |
| MAASS, ALEXANDER A. | 09-28-1880 | 03-02-1955 |
| MAASS, LOUISE | 08-08-1886 | 12-18-1919 |
| MATTHIAS, EDDIE | 07-28-1899 | 12-19-1941 |
| MATTHIES, EMMA | 04-12-1867 | 01-08-1948 |
| MATTHIES, WILLIAM | 03-04-1861 | 01-11-1937 |
| MC CARTY, FRIEDA RILEY | 04-30-1901 | 12-23-1990 |
| MEYER, DIEDRICH | 04-05-1842 | 02-22-1925 |
| MEYER, HARRY H. | 01-26-1900 | 05-07-1943 |
| MEYER, HENRY F. | 03-18-1859 | 10-25-1933 |
| MEYER, MELSINA | 12-09-1860 | 08-01-1930 |
| MEYER, WILHELMINA | 07-26-1843 | 02-13-1920 |
| MILEY, ALICE A. | 02-21-1907 | 07-29-1985 |
| MILEY, ANNA A. | 11-27-1870 | 08-21-1954 |
| MILEY, MARY E. & MILTON C. | 04-24-1913 | 04-24-1913 |
| MILEY, MICHAEL DR. | 11-28-1858 | 02-01-1939 |
| MILEY, OLIVE M. | 01-17-1915 | 06-25-1989 |
| MONK, DENA | 09-07-1890 | 02-19-1916 |
| NIEDERT, CHARLOTTE | 04-07-1836 | 03-10-1925 |
| OHLENDORF, WILLIAM | 05-04-1879 | 01-28-1960 |
| PANSA, BETTY | 10-09-1867 | 03-22-1959 |
| PANSA, EDWARD | 06-11-1863 | 09-21-1937 |
| PETERS, ELIZABETH | 02-27-1892 | 03-26-1964 |
| PETERS, FRIEDARICKA | 03-09-1864 | 08-09-1941 |
| PETERS, HELEN | 05-21-1900 | 06-21-1948 |
| PETERS, MARTIN | 10-27-1857 | 01-06-1929 |
| PETERS, RUDOLPH | 03-03-1899 | 09-14-1950 |
| PETERS, WILLIAM F. | 06-28-1897 | 01-24-1974 |
| PRALLE, LOUIS | 10-27-1869 | 01-20-1945 |
| PRALLE, MINNIE | 08-29-1877 | 10-12-1942 |
| PRALLE, WILHELMINA | 06-01-1842 | 11-25-1931 |
| RILEY, JOHN J. | 07-31-1896 | 08-24-1950 |
| RISTENPART, HERMINE | 06-20-1869 | 08-26-1945 |
| RISTENPART, WILLIAM | 10-20-1863 | 05-25-1933 |
| ROHE, FRED BERNARD | 08-20-1874 | 04-08-1952 |
| ROHE, JOANNA | 01-03-1894 | 02-22-1986 |
| ROHE, SOPHIE STEEGE | 04-12-1874 | 02-28-1929 |
| RUST, EMMA | 09-25-1871 | 08-24-1945 |
| RUST, HENRY F. | 06-14-1865 | 04-27-1943 |
| SALLER, BABY SON | 01-18-1928 | 01-18-1928 |
| SALLER, DOROTHY B. | 05-16-1903 | 06-27-1992 |
| SALLER, HERBERT C. | 11-29-1897 | 04-14-1958 |
| SELK, ANNA | 05-23-1870 | 08-13-1918 |
| SELK, WILLIAM | 08-21-1860 | 05-17-1924 |
| STRUVE, ARTHUR | 06-11-1870 | 07-27-1932 |
| STRUVE, CAROLINE L. | 01-01-1874 | 03-07-1950 |
| STRUVE, ROSAMUNDA | 01-25-1837 | 06-25-1915 |
| THIELMAN, DOLLIE JOANNE | 01-21-1935 | 11-05-1968 |
| THIELMAN, HENRY F. | 05-04-1864 | 10-20-1947 |
| THIELMAN, LESLIE R. | 12-12-1932 | 07-03-2020 |
| THIELMAN, LOREN WALTER | 03-17-1928 | 06-17-1954 |
| THIELMAN, MINNIE | 05-13-1878 | 06-23-1942 |
| THIELMAN, PAULA M. | 11-25-1903 | 07-08-2001 |
| THIELMAN, WALTER L. | 10-16-1903 | 10-31-1959 |
| VAGT, CARL | 07-15-1850 | 05-28-1937 |
| VAGT, MARIA | 10-09-1858 | 03-10-1932 |
| VON ENGELN, HERMAN | 11-08-1861 | 03-12-1928 |
| VON ENGELN, LOUISE | 09-21-1868 | 12-15-1918 |
| WEGERT, HENRY DR | 05-30-1879 | 04-09-1967 |
| WEGERT, LILLIAN | 02-07-1891 | 06-19-1961 |
| WEHMHOEFER, AUGUSTA | 08-26-1873 | 12-30-1947 |
| WEHMHOEFER, CHARLOTTE | 06-24-1880 | 07-02-1954 |
| WEHMHOEFER, EDWARD | 01-22-1878 | 11-18-1920 |
| WEHMHOEFER, EDWIN | 10-25-1905 | 10-11-1927 |
| WEHMHOEFER, HENRY | 06-30-1871 | 07-09-1936 |
| WEST, MARY GERHARDT | 02-27-1896 | 07-25-1989 |
| WESTPHAL, MATILDA | 09-28-1884 | 02-11-1915 |
| WIECHEN, DIETRICH | 03-25-1868 | 07-19-1950 |
| WIECHEN, LOUISE | 09-16-1875 | 01-25-1926 |
| WILKENING, HENRY C. | 12-31-1860 | 01-30-1927 |
| WILKENING, MARY | 09-13-1864 | 09-04-1927 |
| WILLIAMS, ELEANOR MAY | 04-16-1872 | 05-17-1929 |
