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Allendale Cemetery
Wabash County IL
Burials:1877 Photos:62% Rev:241107
* indicates burial in the same cemetery


ALKA, Albert 13 Sep 1884 - 1 Feb 1970 (B)
b: Wabash Co IL; d: of Allendale; s/of Earnest Alka* & Mary Cogan*; m: 28 Sep 1910 Blanche Robinson*; res: 1920-30 Wabash pct; ch: Daisy* (1911 IL) & Bernard* (1913 IL) & Marion* (1915 IL) & Harold (9 Mar 1917 Wabash-4 Nov 1975 buried Highland Cem m: ca 1946 Beatrice Joachem) & Charles* 1920 IL) & Mary E* (1922 IL m: Lawrence Wampler*).
ALKA, Bennie 8 Sep 1888 - 13 Jun 1895 ()
s/of Earnest Alka* & Mary Cogan*
ALKA, Bernard 20 Mar 1913 - 12 Apr 1989 (D)
WWII; b: Allendale; d: Vincennes; s/of Albert Alka* & Blanche Robinson*; m: 11 Jan 1948 Helen M HUGHES*
ALKA, Blanche (Robinson) 13 Dec 1889 - 26 May 1961 (B)
b: Wabash; d/of James Harvey Robinson* & Mary Eunice Brown*; m: 28 Sep 1910 Albert Alka*
ALKA, Charles 17 Feb 1920 - 10 Aug 1988 (B)
b & d Allendale; s/of Albert Alka* & Blanche Robinson*.
ALKA, Daisy Alleen 8 Jul 1911 - 19 Sep 1912 (B)
d/of Albert Alka* & Blanche Robinson*.
ALKA, Elga Imogene (Litherland) 29 Jan 1900 - 4 Jul 1971 (D)
d/of Robert Litherland (13 Oct 1863 IL - 17 Sep 1934) & Lelia Ada Smith (10 Feb 1870 IL - 14 Jul 1913) both buried Adams Corner Cem; res: 1910 Wabash pct; m: Henry Alka* by 1930
ALKA, Ernest 21 Jul 1853 - 8 Mar 1923 ()
b & d: Wabash; s/of Ernst Alka (8 May 1810 Germany-29 Nov 1868 Wabash) & Rosina Seeger Ameter Alka Schafer (1823-1894 buried Rose Hill Cem; m1:Christian Ameter; m3: Henry Schafer*); m: 13 Sep 1883 Knox Co IN Mary A Kogan*; res: 1860 Bonpas 1870 Lick Prairie 1900-20 Wabash; ch: Albert* (1884 Wabash) & Emma (Apr 1886 IL) & Bennie* (8 Sep 1880) & India (15 Mar 1891-8 May 1983 m: 1916 John H Butterick) & Ethel (Oct 1894 IL) & Katherine [Katie] (Jan 1898 IL-Jun 1987 m: Jacob [Jake] Shepard both buried Orio Cem) & Henry* (1902).
ALKA, Helen Marie (Hughes) 22 Jul 1920 - 19 Jun 1968 (D)
b: Danville - Vermilion Co IL; d: Wabash; d/of Elbert Hughes & Celia Fleming; m: 11 Jan 1948 Bernard Alka*
ALKA, Henry 12 Jun 1902 - 27 May 1972 (D)
b: IL; d: Allendale; s/of Earnest Alka* & Mary Cogan*; m: by 1930 Elga Imogene Litherland*; res: 1930-40 Allendale; ch: William Ray (ca 1927 IL) & Patty Joan (ca 1933 IL).
ALKA, Marion 7 Feb 1915 - 14 Sep 1918 (B)
s/of Albert Alka* & Blanche Robinson*.
ALKA, Mary A (Kogan) 2 Jul 1858 - 8 Jun 1941 ()
b: IL; d: Wabash; d/of James Ray Kogan* & Sena Halsey Reynolds*; res: 1860-80 Wabash pct; m: Ernest Alka*

Bethel Cemetery - Bellmont
Wabash County IL
Burials:1535 Photos:0% Rev:241011
* indicates burial in the same cemetery


ALKA, Everett 28 Aug 1902 - Aug 1962 ()
b: Wabash Co IL; s/of John Alka* & Mary Parameter*; res: 1940 Bellmont
ALKA, John 26 Feb 1863 - 3 Nov 1906 ()
age 46; b: IL; d: Bellmont; s/of Earnest Alka (ca 1810 Prussia) & Rosina (ca 1821 Switzerland or Germany); m: 10 Feb 1891 Wabash Mary Miriam Parameter*; res: 1870-80 Bonpas 1900 Bellmont; ch: Clella (Dec 1891-1965 buried Highland Cem m: Paul George Ewald) & Eber Ernest (19 Jul 1893-Aug 1962 buried Highland Cem) & Everett* (1902 IL) & Madeline Cleo* (14 Feb 1906 IL-11 Mar 2001 Mt Carmel)
ALKA, Madeline Cleo 14 Feb 1906 - 10 Mar 2001 ()
d/of John Alka* & Mary Parameter*; res: 1940 with sister Clella
ALKA, Mary Miriam (Parameter) 25 Jul 1868 - 26 Apr 1936 ()
b: IL; d: Wabash; d/of Henry Parameter* & Nancy Jane Putnam*

Gards Point Cemetery
Wabash County IL
Burials:503 Photos:79% Rev:240406
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ALKA, Bertha May BAKER 28 Oct 1893 - 9 Feb 1915 (SA-19)
age 21y 3m 13d; b: Wabash; d/of Edwin Albert Baker* & Mary A Fletcher*; m: Charles E Alka*
ALKA, Charles E 29 Sep 1889 - 10 Oct 1918 (SA-20)
Veteran WWI; age 29y 11d; Co H 38th Infantry; d: France WWI; s/of George H Alka (Dec 1859 IL) & Alice Susan Pritchett (Mar 1865 IL) both bur: Rose Hill Cem; res: 1900-10 Mt Carmel; m: Bertha May Baker*

Highland Cemetery
Wabash County IL
Burials:8573 Photos:0% Rev:241011
* indicates burial in the same cemetery


ALKA, Beatrice L (Joachim) 30 Oct 1920 - 5 Jun 2005 ()
b Wabash; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Lyell Charles Joachim* & Grace Virgie Parmenter*; m: 12 Oct 1946 KY Harold Alka*
ALKA, Burtis Brown 28 Jan 1915 - 7 Oct 1997 ()
b: Wabash; d: Vincennes IN; s/of Charles E Alka & Bertha Baker (Oct 1893 IL; d/of Edwin Albert Baker Nov 1854 IN & Mary ca 1869 IL both buried Gards Pt Cem); m; 29 Jan 1936 Orio Virginia Lee Couch*; res: 1920 Lick Prairie; ch: Robert (m: Cheryl res: Lawrenceville IL) & Charles (m: Kay res: Yuma AZ). (obit of Virginia)
ALKA, Christena Lane (Whitaker) 18 Feb 1867 - 27 Feb 1929 ()
b: IL; d: Mt. Carmel; m: William Grant Alka*
ALKA, Clara S 26 Jan 1895 - 27 Aug 1990 ()
m: ca 1920 Eber E Alka*
ALKA, Clifford Ezra 2 Aug 1886 - 3 Sep 1960 ()
s/of George H. Alka (Dec 1859 IL-7 Aug 1924 m: ca 1884) & Alice S. Pritchett (16 Mar 1865 IL-9 Mar 1925) both buried Rose Hill Cem; m: ca 1911 Catherine* (ca 1889); res: 1900 Mt. Carmel 1920 E. St. Louis MO 1930 & 1942 Mt. Carmel; ch: Bernadine (1913) & Lavaughn (1914) & Benjamin (1917)
ALKA, Cora Lucille (Cotner) 24 Jan 1900 - 1958 ()
d/of William Grant Cotner* & Margaret Celestius Rice*; m: 21 Oct 1923 Edgar E. Alka*
ALKA, Eber Ernest 19 Jul 1893 - Aug 1962 ()
b: IL; s/of John Alka (26-Feb-1863 IL-3 Nov 1906 buried Bethel Cem in Bellmont) & Mariam Parmenter (Jul 1868 IL-26 Apr 1935 Wabash d/of Henry Parameter & Nancy Jan Putnam); m: ca 1920 Clara S* (1895-1990); res: 1900 Bellmont 1920-42 Mt. Carmel; ch: John Richard* (1920 IL) & Mary A. (ca 1923 IL); siblings: Clella* (1891 m: Paul Ewald*) & Eber* & Madeline (14 Feb 1906 IL-11 Mar 2001 Mt Carmel)
ALKA, Edgar Emery 21 Nov 1894 - 15 Mar 1964 ()
s/of Henry Alka* (1856) & Mary J. Sandlin*; m: Cora L. Cotner*; ch: John W.* (1932) (obit of John W.)
ALKA, Effie 29 Jan 1897 - 10 Jul 1939 ()
b: IL; d: Wabash; d/of William Alka* & Christine L. Whitaker*; never married?
ALKA, Fern Ganelle (Smith) 30 Aug 1921 - 26 Dec 1990 ()
b & d Wabash; d/of Clarence E. Smith* & Ruth Leeds*; m: bef. 1972 John Richard Alka*
ALKA, Florence A 1899 - 1990 ()
m: ca 1923 George H Alka*
ALKA, George Henry 1 Aug 1899 - 18 Sep 1979 ()
d: of Browns - Edward Co. IL; s/of George H. Alka (Dec 1859 IL-7 Aug 1924 m: ca 1884) & Alice S. Pritchett (16 Mar 1865 IL-9 Mar 1925) both buried Rose Hill; m: ca 1923 Florence A Baker*; res: 1930 Royal Oak MI; ch: Mary Alice (19 Apr 1924 MI-6 May 2010 buried Lick Prairie m: 1944 Thomas Shearer) & Fern (ca 1927 MI m: ? Tombaugh res: Mt. Carmel) & Georgeanna (m: George Iles res: Browns IL). (obit of Mary A.)
ALKA, Gilbert Chris 9 Apr 1903 - Mar 1978 ()
b: Wabash; d: Mt Carmel; s/of George H Alka (Dec 1859 IL-7 Aug 1924 m: ca 1884) & Alice S Pritchett (16 Mar 1865 IL-9 Mar 1925) both buried Rose Hill Cem; m: 23 Dec 1922 Danville - Vermilion Co IL Melva M Whitten*; res: 1920 Lick Prairie 1924 RR 1 Decker - Knox Co IN 1930 Royal Oak MI 1940 Friendsville; ch: Melva (6 Jan 1924 Knox Co IN) & Gilbert (6 Jan 1924 Knox Co IN-25 Mar 2006 buried Evansville IN m: Mona Wilkerson) & Esther Mae (11 Feb 1926 IN-9 Oct 2004 OH m: 1944 Moses E Petros) & Helen L* (20 Jan 1929 Detroit MI) & Richard L (10 Nov 1930 MI-30 Nov 2016; m1: div; m2: Anita Elliott Fairless; buried Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Kansas City MO) & Shirley Ann (ca 1936 IL m: ? Curry-Tampa FL) & Roseanna* (1938 Wabash m: Larry E Peterson) & Larry Wayne* (1944). (obits of Richard & Rosanna)
ALKA, Harold 9 Mar 1917 - Nov 1975 ()
s/of Albert R. Alka (13 Sep 1884 Wabash-1 Feb 1970 Allendale) & Blanche Robinson (13 Dec 1889-26 May 1961) both buried Allendale Cem; m: ca 1946 Bernice JOACHEM; res: 1920-30 Wabash pct; ch: Lyle (12 Jul 1947) & Janice (22 Nov 1949); siblings buried Allendale: Daisy (1911 IL buried Allendale Cem) & Bernard (1913 IL m: Helen M. Hughes both buried Allendale Cem) & Marion (1915 IL buried Allendale Cem) & Charles (1920 IL buried Allendale Cem) & Mary E. (1922 IL m: Lawrence Wampler both buried Allendale Cem).
ALKA, Helen L 1929 - 18 May 1944 ()
b: Royal Oak MI d: Wabash Co; d/of Gilbert C Alka* & Melva M Whitten*
ALKA, Henry H 9 Oct 1856 - 17 Sep 1948 ()
b & d Wabash; s/of Earnest Alka (ca 1810 Germany) & Rosine(ca 1820 Germany; m: 27 Nov 1879 Wabash Mary Jane Sandlin*; res: 1860-80 Bompas 1900-30 Bellmont; ch: James Frederick (14 Oct 1880 Wabash) & Nora Beulah* (18 Aug 1883 Wabash-13 Dec 1919 m: Joseph W Ray) & Nella O (Aug 1886 Wabash) & Annie Edith (12 May 1887 Wabash-15 Apr 1957 Mt Carmel m: Walter Jacob Courter buried Highland Cem) & Inez O (Dec 1889 Wabash) & Ina (m: ? Milburn res: Keensburg) & Minnie Oma* (1892-1910) & Edgar Emory* (21 Nov 1894 Wabash) & Esther Odessa (26 Dec 1896 Wabash-30 Dec 1996 IN m: ? Watkins) & Millie Opal (d: m: ? Couchran) & John Ezra* (25 Mar 1900 Wabash)
ALKA, Homer Henry 23 Sep 1893 - Nov 1970 ()
b: Wabash; s/of William Alka* & Christine L. Whitaker*; m: 11 Feb 1920 Vigo Co. IN Rada Standish (30 Aug 1897 IL-8 Feb 1973 IN); [m2: Mazzie Moss Calhoun?; res: 1900-42 Mt. Carmel; ch: Herbert William (13 Dec 1920-1970 FL m1: Lawson m2: Crowley) & Homer Gene (13 Aug 1923-27 Apr 1989 IN m: Whaso) & Patricia R. (25 Mar 1927-1988 m: Louis Houle). - duplicate grave in Beauchamp/Harper Cem
ALKA, James Frederick 14 Oct 1880 - Nov 1964 ()
b: IL; s/of Henry H Alka & Many Jane Sandlin both buried Beauchamp/Harper Cem; m: Ora Louise Ing*; res: 1910 Selah - Yakima WA 1918-20 Ellensburg - Kittitas WA 1942 Mt. Carmel; ch: Mary Louise (ca 1916 WA)
ALKA, John Ezra 25 Mar 1900 - Nov 1974 ()
d: of Mt. Carmel; s/of Henry Alka*; m: 14 Jan 1926 Olive Leipold*; ch: Richard* (1939)
ALKA, John Richard 23 Jul 1920 - 27 Apr 1972 ()
b: IL; d: Wabash; s/of Eber Alka* & Clara S*; m: bef. 1972 Fern Ganelle Smith*
ALKA, John William 26 May 1932 - 1 Jan 2011 ()
age 78; US Army veteran; b & d Mt. Carmel; s/of Edgar Emery Alka* & Cora Lucille Cotner*; m: 8 Sep 1956 Mt Carmel Sarah Katherine Keneipp*; ch: Linda A. (m: Lenes Snow res: Mt. Carmel) & Freda A. (res: Mt. Carmel) & Patricia A. (m: Steve Cluster res Ocala FL) & Jon A. (m: Kathy res: Mt. Carmel). (obit & obit of Sarah)
ALKA, Katherine (Whyde) 1888 - 1958 ()
b: IL; d/of Ben F Whyde (1857-1937) & Ella B Risley (1862-1955) both buried Lick Prairie Cem; m: ca 1911 Clifford Alka*
ALKA, Kenneth Christopher 11 Jan 1895 - 2 Apr 1968 ()
b: IL: d: St. Louis MO; s/of William G. Alka* & Christena L Whitaker*; m: 14 Feb 1917 Gibson Co IN Edith Marie Burkett; m2: 9 Jun 1921 Oneida Grace Jones*; res: 1900-42 Mt. Carmel;
ALKA, Larry Wayne 9 Oct 1944 - 9 Oct 1944 ()
s/of Gilbert C. Alka* & Melvin Whitten*
ALKA, Madeleine G (Carroll) 4 Jun 1930 - 4 Aug 2015 ()
age 85; b: Mt Carmel; d: Evansville IN; res: Boonville IN; d/of Virgil Carroll* & Cora Davis*; m: 24 Sep 1948 Henderson KY William R Alka*; (obit)
ALKA, Mary Jane (Sandlin) 28 Dec 1858 - 30 May 1930 ()
b & d Wabash Co; d/of James Sandlin (2 Jul 1825-6 Apr 1904 buried Old Lancaster Cem) & Julia Armstrong (1821 Wabash-16 Dec 1861); m: 27 Nov 1879 Wabash Co Henry Alka*
ALKA, Mattie M 11 Mar 1909 - 9 Oct 1976 ()

ALKA, Melva M (Whitten) 12 Sep 1903 - 21 Mar 1992 ()
d/of Lewis Whitten* & Ida M. Burns*; m: 23 Dec 1922 Danville IL Gilbert C Alka*
ALKA, Minnie Oma 3 Aug 1892 - 26 Mar 1910 ()
b: Wabash; d/of Henry H Alka* & Mary Jane Sandlin*
ALKA, Olive E. (Leipold) 20 Dec 1901 - Sep 1982 ()
d: of Mt. Carmel; d/of Jacob Leipold & Roberta*; m: John Ezra Alka*
ALKA, Oneida Grace (Jones) 25 Dec 1898 - 7 Feb 1971 ()
b: Leavenworth - Crawford Co IN; d: Wabash; d/of Lawrence Jones* & Elizabeth Baker; m: 1917 Kenneth Alka*
ALKA, Ora Louise (Ing) ca 1882 - 1967 ()
b: IL; m: James F. Alka*;
ALKA, R. Richard [Dick] 14 Mar 1939 - 11 Jan 2004 ()
age 64; b: Wabash; d: Mt. Carmel; s/of John Ezra Alka* & Olive Leipold*; m: ca 1960 Mt. Carmel Novella Williams; ch: Scott (m: Nina res: Cumming GA) & Dennis (m: Leigh Ann res: Mt. Carmel) & Lynn (m: Greg Payne res: Cumming GA). (obit)
ALKA, Sarah Catherine (Keneipp) 22 Aug 1932 - 4 Sep 2020 ()
age 88; b: Wabash; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Richard L. Keneipp (20 Jan 1902 - 15 Nov 1978) & Eula L. Nelson (7 Jul 1903 - 30 Apr 2000 ) both buried Rose Hill Cem; m: John W. Alka*. (obit)
ALKA, Virginia Lee (Couch) 28 Feb 1918 - 19 Dec 2011 ()
age 93; b: Lancaster; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Harvey J Couch (18 Oct 1881-6 Aug 1932) & Pearl Higgins (8 Apr 1885-29 Oct 1958) both buried Friendsville Cem; m: 29 Jan 1936 Orio Buris Brown Alka*; sister: Ivalu (m: ? Strine). (obit)
ALKA, William Grant 3 Aug 1868 - 9 Aug 1953 ()
b: IL; s/of Earnest Alka (1810 Germany) & Rosine (ca 1820 Germany); m: 22 Mar 1891 Wabash Christena Larrie Whitaker*; res: 1870 Mt. Carmel 1900 Mt. Carmel 1910 Gibson Co. IN 1920-30 Mt. Carmel; ch: Homer* (1893) & Kenneth* (1895) & Effie* (1897).
ALKA, William R (Bill) 3 May 1926 - 20 Feb 2009 ()
b: Allendale; res: of Boonville - Warrick Co. IN; d: Newburgh IN; s/of Henry Alka (12 Jun 1902 IL-27 May 1972) & Elga Imogene Litherland (29 Jan 1900-4 Jul 1971) both buried Allendale Cem; m: Madeleine G Carroll*; ch: James W (m: Christa res: Henderson KY) & Carol Jean (res: Atlanta GA); sisters: Virginia (m: ? Wilkinson res: Mt Carmel) & Patricia (m: ? Seaton). (obit of Madeleine)

Rose Hill Cemetery
Wabash County IL
Burials:4720 Photos:10% Rev:241101
* indicates burial in the same cemetery


ALKA, Infant - (OldRH SecC)
child of George Alka* & Alice Pritchett*
ALKA, Infant - (OldRH SecC)
child of George Alka* & Alice Pritchett*
ALKA, Alice Susan (Pritchett) 16 Mar 1865 - 9 Mar 1926 (OldRH SecC)
b: Allendale; d: Mt Carmel; d/of James A. Pritchett (23 Feb 1825 IN- 14 Aug 1826 IL) & Harriett Armer (1832-1878); m: 1884 George H. Alka*
ALKA, George H Dec 1859 - 7 Aug 1924 (OldRH SecC)
s/of Ernst Alka (8 May 1810 Germany-29 Nov 1868 Wabash) & Rosina Stegger Ameter Schafer*; m: 28 Oct 1884 Wabash Alice Pritchett*; res: 1860-70 Bon Pas 1900-10 Mt Carmel 1920 Lick Prairie pct; ch: Infant* & Rose A (Apr 1885-9 Aug 1945 IN) & Clifford Ezra (2 Aug 1886-3 Sep 1960 m: 1911 Catherine; both buried Highland) & Charley E (29 Sep 1889 IL-10 Oct 1914 France) & Lee Roy* (1891-1981) & Amy E (1894 IL-23 Nov 1987 IN) & Ray H (18 Oct 1895 IL-18 Sep 1979) & George Henry (1 Aug 1899 IL-18 Sep 1979 buried Highland m: ca 1923 Florence Baker) & Gilbert Cris (9 Apr 1903 IL-4 Mar 1978 buried Highland m: 1922 Melva Whitten) & Floyd (31 May 1907 IL-1 Jun 1997 Columbus IN m: Gladys)
ALKA, Lee Roy 2 Apr 1891 - 15 Jan 1981 (OldRH SecC)
Veteran US Army WW1; b: IL; d: Mt Carmel; s/of George Alka* & Alice Pritchett*; res: 1920 Lick Prairie 1921 US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Johnson City TN 1940 Friendsville (single);
ALKA, Rosena (Steeger) Ameter Schafer 1823 - 1894 (OldRH SecC)
b: Switzerland or Germany; m1: Christian Ameter (Switzerland); m2: Ernest Alka (ca 1810); m3: Henry Schafer; res: 1860-70 Bonpas 1880 Allendale; Ameter ch: Christian* (1848 Mt Carmel); Alka ch: Ernest E (21 Jul 1853 Wabash-8 Mar 1923 buried Allendale Cem) & Rosina Elizabeth (1855) & Henry H (9 Oct 1856 Wabash-19 Sep 1948 buried Beauchamp Harper Cem) & Lithan (dau; ca 1858) & George* (1859) & John (Feb 1863-3 Nov 1906 buried Bethel in Bellmont) & William Grant (Aug 1868 IL-1953 buried Highland Cem)
ALKA, [Lonie] Larrie Christina (Whitaker) Feb 1867 - 27 Feb 1922 ()
d/of Wilson Lee Whitaker (ca 1833 KY) & Olive Crooks (ca 1843 IL); m: 22 Mar 1891 Wabash William Grant Alka (Aug 1868 IL-1953 buried Highland Cem); res: 1880 Salem- Edwards Co IL 1900-1920 Mt Carmel; ch: Homer H. (Sep 1893 IL-1970 buried Highland Cem) & Kenneth (11 Jan 1895 IL-Apr 1968 buried Highland Cem) & Effie (29 Jan 1897 IL-10 Jul 1939 buried Highland Cem)

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