Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery
Location	Dahpna, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Court Square in Harrisonburg, take Route 42 north. Go 10 miles & turn right onto Route 809 (Zion Church Road). Go 1.2 miles & church/cemetery are on the left at the junction of Route 809 & Route 803 (Daphna Road).
Notes	In 1967 J. R. Swank noted "Cemetery well kept but many unmarked graves." Notes in "Remarks" column were provided by Mr. Swank. Rows are recorded from left to right (north to south) and headstones from left to right (east to west).
Survey Date and Recorder	12 Sep 2002 Martha Lee

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown

Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks
	Eaton	Jacob		23 Sep 1937	Aged about 83 yrs.	Timberville, VA, taken from Death Certificate #27734, buried Zion Cemetery, husband of Sarah Crider Keyser Eaton, data provided by Deb Wake 7/24/2003
001	Ettinger	Carrie Breeden	1872	1905	d/C. B. E.
001	Turner	I. Goldie Dove	1908	1937
001	Wilt	Lindo F.	1865	1953
001	Wilt	Mary E.	1867	1946		w/L. F.
001	See	Bessie Jane	1900	1958
001	Trumbo	Infant Son		1931	s/N. P. & S. M.
001	Myers	Frank C.	5 Jan 1895	11 Sep 1900	Aged 5y 8m 6d, s/Christian & Mary
001	Myers	Infant		5 Jan 1900	s/Christian & Mary	Illegible-recorded by Swank in 1967
001	Meyers	Infant		1905	s/C. M. & M. H.
001	Webster	Mamie R.	6 Jun 1906	24 Mar 1907	d/Henry & Susan A.
001	Livingston	Ruth E.		8 Jul 1898	Aged 4m 24d, d/Wm. & Belle
001	Shank	Infant Daughter		28 Nov 1895	d/Jos. & Emma E.
001	Shipe	Thelma May	5 May 1937	2 Sep 1938	d/Mr. & Mrs. Lory Shipe
001	Showalter	John Aaron	8 Aug 1904	1 Apr 1906	s/George B. & Elizabeth E.	Elizabeth was a Blosser
001	Showalter	Infant Son	9 Jun 1903		ch/George B. & Elizabeth	Elizabeth was a Blosser
001	Showalter	Infant Dau.		24 Oct 1889	Aged 4 das, ch/George B. & Lizzie	Lizzie was a Blosser
002	Rhodes	Nancy	30 Oct 1855	20 Sep 1919	Aged 63y 10m 20d, w/Ruben H.
002	Rhodes	Ruben H.	3 Feb 1848	1 Jun 1930	Aged 82y 3m 28d
002	Shank	Sally	25 May 1836	1 May 1909	Aged 72y 11m 6d, w/ Abraham
002	Shank	Abraham		22 Jun 1901	Aged 71y 8m 3d
002	Argenbright	Frances E.	11 Oct 1854	23 Dec 1912	Age 58y 2m 12d, w/Alfred A., Mother
002	Argenbright	Alfred A.	11 Jan 1835	20 Aug 1913	Age 78y 7m 9d, Father
002	Showalter	Clayton D.	1 Dec 1917	20 Jan 1997
002	Showalter	Thelma Getz	9 Apr 1919
002	Shank	Joseph	3 Jul 1857	26 Oct 1934		s/Samuel & Cath. Rhodes Shank, Swank shows him as Rev.
002	Shank	Emma E.	5 Nov 1863	25 Dec 1927	Wife	w/Rev. Joseph, d/Daniel & Mary J. Heatwole Showalter
002	Showalter	Elizabeth E.	20 Apr 1860	12 Feb 1920		nee Blosser
002	Showalter	George B.	18 Sep 1857	4 Jul 1921		s/Michael & Elizabeth Shank Showalter
002	Showalter	Elizabeth Anna	11 Jan 1907	30 Aug 1998
002	Showalter	Nettie	17 Nov 1859	19 Aug 1940		d/Michael & Elizabeth Shank Showalter
003	Shank	David	22 Dec 1853	27 Apr 1910	Aged 56y 4m 5d
003	Brenneman	Timothy H, Dr.		28 Jan 1905	Age 33y 6m 14d, died Norfolk, Va., s/Henry A. & Mary V. Brenneman, later wife of Rev. Saml. Shank
003	Heatwole	Mary V.	31 May 1848	10 Nov 1925	w/P. X., Formerly Shank & Brenneman, Mother of T. H. Brenneman	Formerly wife of Henry Brenneman & Rev. Samuel Shank
003	Shank	Samuel		30 Apr 1901	74th yr of his age
003	Shank	John F.	1862	1891
003	Shank	Elizabeth Zigler Myers	1868	1958		w/John F.
003	Shank	Lewis	24 Dec 1855	14 Oct 1942
003	Shank	Mattie	31 Aug 1856	28 Feb 1934		w/Lewis
003	Martin	Lizzie C.	16 Sep 1865	14 Nov 1940		w/Jacob
003	Martin	Jacob W.	24 Feb 1864	9 Nov 1915
003	Martin	Annie E.	30 Dec 1901	24 Aug 1910
003	Martin	Essa M.	27 Aug 1893	29 Sep 1961
003	Showalter	Irvin D.	1891	1958		s/Anthony & Eliz. Landes Showalter
003	Showalter	Sallie E.	1890	1948		w/Irvin D., d/Joseph & Emma Eliz. Showalter Shank
003	Showalter	Vada Elizabeth	3 Sep 1926	18 Jul 1982
003	Showalter	Eula Marie	9 Aug 1922
003	Souder	Infant Daughter	28 Nov 1916	28 Nov 1916	d/Grant & Nora V.
003	Fitzwater	Philip C.	25 Apr 1868	6 Aug 1937	Husband
003	Fitzwater	Mary E.	30 Apr 1871	15 Sep 1951	Wife	w/Philip C.
003	Davis	Charles W.	1883	1971
003	Davis	Fannie A.	1890	1956	w/Charles W.
003	Mongold	Albert				No visible recorded-recorded by Swank in 1967
004	Pence	Albert F.	18 Dec 1894	19 Jun 1978
004	Pence	Tracy Viola	14 Feb 1899	7 Jul 1958	Mother
004	Pence	Geraldine A.	4 Mar 1940	18 Jan 1953
004	Showalter	Anthony	15 Apr 1853	8 Apr 1921	Aged 67y 11m 23d	s/Henry J. & Eliz. Rhodes Showalter
004	Showalter	Elizabeth A.		8 Sep 1898	Aged 42y 2m 2d, w/Anthony	nee Shank
004	Showalter	Lessa Ada			Aged 6m 25d, d/Anthony & E. A.	No dates
004	Showalter	Nannie E.	24 Sep 1896	1 Jan 1986
004	Lohr	Hunter Garber	1 Apr 1909	1 Nov 1986	TSGT US Army WWII, Father
004	Lohr	Mary Margaret Neff	25 Sep 1909	23 Dec 1968	Mother
004	Showalter	Lewis P.	1890	1979		s/George B. & E. E. Blosser Showalter
004	Showalter	Annie M.	1889	1955		w/Lewis P., d/John R. & Fannie Roudabush Suter
004	Showalter	Lewis Menno	24 Feb 1921	16 Aug 1923	s/L. P. & A M.
004	Meyers	Lydia G.	8 Sep 1893	10 Jan 1984
004	Trumbo	Sarah M.	17 Feb 1897	1 Oct 1994
005	Neff	Joseph H.	11 Aug 1844	12 Feb 1917	Aged 72y 6m 1d
005	Neff	Deliah	27 Apr 1845	7 Jul 1936	Mother
005	Neff	Infant	13 Oct 1931	15 Oct 1931	c/James & Agnes
005	Neff	Minnie E.	3 Jul 1901	27 Nov 1906	Aged 5y 4m 24d, d/A. J. & Elizabeth
005	Neff	Elizabeth C.	19 Nov 1878	1 Nov 1932	Mother	w/Abram J.
005	Neff	Abram J.	1 Nov 1870	28 Dec 1932	Father
005	Harpine	Mary Alice	1859	1928	Mother	w/William M.
005	Harpine	William M.	1857	1939	Father
005	Harpine	Joseph Phillip	5 Nov 1892	24 Feb 1951
005	Harpine	Sarah Revercomb	2 Aug 1901	11 Oct 1987
005	Showalter	G. Paul	8 Nov 1890	21 May 1970
005	Showalter	Ruth E.	5 Sep 1896	7 Jun 1976
005	Showalter	Margaret A.	5 Dec 1919	14 Sep 1998
005	Showalter	Frances E.	17 Dec 1921
005	Meyers	Christian M.	1862	1942
005	Meyers	Mary H.	1868	1953		w/Christian M.
005	Meyers	John G.	1891	1981
005	Meyers	Mamie D.	1891	1963
006	Andrick	Robert F.	20 Jun 1888	28 Jul 1972
006	Andrick	Julia R.	19 Dec 1899	28 Sep 1993
006	Cline	Mary M.	1868	1938		w/Joseph S.
006	Cline	Joseph S.	1866	1910
006	Neff	Robert M.	1880	1963
006	Neff	Sallie L.	1889	1971		w/Robert M.
006	Federowicz	Jo Ann	1932	2000		Grandle Funeral Home Marker only
006	Holsinger	Noah	20 Feb 1843	17 Jul 1920	Aged 77y 4m 27d, Our Father
006	Holsinger	Lydia	6 Mar 1845	3 Aug 1912	Aged 67y 4m 28d, w/Noah, Our Mother
006	Holsinger	Delphia R.	1882	1969
006	Stineke	Philip				Small stone
006	Stineke	Tillie				Small stone
006	Stineke	Dorothy				Small stone
006	Nite	Loviza				located at foot of Dorothy Stineke's grave, Small stone
006	Steineke	Luther				Small stone
006	Steineke	Henry	1857	1940		Small stone
006	Steineke	Alpha	1859	1936
006	Dove	Maude				No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967
007	Rhodes	Charles Lindamood	7 Oct 1923		Married 26 Jul 1974
007	Rhodes	Janet D. Dove	6 Jan 1930			w/Charles L.
007	Rhodes	Mattie L.	1899	1932	w/R. N.
007	Alger	Jacob	17 Apr 1857	22 May 1912	Father
007	Alger	Elizabeth F.	5 May 1863	2 May 1934	Mother
007	Alger	Barbara A.	7 Sep 1881	19 Feb 1965
007	Alger	Verdie M.	5 Aug 1900	30 Dec 1978
007	Emswiler	Infant Son		4 Nov 1910	s/O. O. & Sallie J.
007	Steineke	Fred	9 Jun 1900	27 Aug 1980
007	Cooley	Sallie				No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967
007	Dove	Etta				No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967
007	Dove	Ollie				No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967
008	Shirkey	Sarah C.		5 Apr 1891	Aged 31y 24d, w/Jacob
009	Moyers	Benj.	13 Aug 1875	2 Dec 1935
009	Moyers	Ida B.	15 Nov 1881	4 Mar 1974
009	Whissen	A. Clarence	5 Dec 1908	13 Apr 1990
009	Whissen	Nellie R.	6 Nov 1896	23 May1966
009	Rhodes	Miller D.	23 Mar 1874	30 Aug 1938
009	Rhodes	Hannah R.	7 May 1868	28 Sep 1931		w/M. D.
009	Heishman	Curtis	4 Apr 1909	11 Jul 1909	Infant s/Abram G. & Pearl M.
009	Heishman	James	14 Feb 1912	18 Mar 1912	s/A. G. & Pearl M.
009	Heishman	Abram G.	1879	1958
009	Heishman	Pearl Mae	1879	1952		w/Abram G.
009	Heishman	Nellie Ann	22 Aug 1918	4 Jan 1992
009	Shank	Infant	25 Aug 1909	27 Aug 1909	d/Daniel D. & Abbie C.
009	Shank	Daniel D.	27 Jul 1886	17 Feb 1920	Father	s/Joseph & Emma E. Showalter Shank
009	Shank	Abbie C.	18 Mar 1886	17 Feb 1920	Mother	w/D. D., d/Martin & Kate Shank Layman
009	Shank	Aaron D.	10 Nov 1918	7 Jun 1943	Va. SGT Army Air Force, WWII, PH	Military marker only
009	Shank	Grace M.	26 Feb 1917	20 Mar 1947		d/D. D. & A. C.
009	Fenchenberger	Georgia	17 Oct 1909	10 Nov 1909	twin d/John & Bernice	Partially illegible-recorded by Swank in 1967
009	Fenchenberger	Gladys	17 Oct 1909	30 Oct 1909	twin d/John & Bernice	Partially illegible-recorded by Swank in 1967
009	Wilt	Vallie E.	11 Aug 1919	24 Mar 1951
009	Wilt	Martin L.	14 Mar 1896	24 Mar 1951
009	Wilt	Martha E.	12 Apr 1899	4 Mar 1974		w/Martin
009	Wilt	Weldon Nash	16 Nov 1936	26 Jan 1937	s/M. L. & Martha E.
009	Holsinger	Syrom G.	8 Oct 1859	14 May 1932
009	Eaton	Sarah
009	Buhl	Kate				No dates
009	Whitmer	Simon A.	21 Feb 1896	24 Oct 1918	Aged 22y 8m 3d, s/Frank & S. E.
009	Whitmer	Francis E.	13 Jun 1915	13 Jun 1915	d/Simon A. & M. S.
009	Whitmer	Charlie F.	1 Jan 1917	27 Dec 1918	Aged 1y 11m 26d, s/Simon A. & M. S.
009	Whitmore	Minnie				No dates
010	Martin	Wayne Daniel	30 Sep 1944	30 Sep 1944	s/J. Mark & Virginia
010	Shank	John F.	19 Feb 1911	18 Oct 1985
010	Shank	Katie F.	3 May 1913
010	Shank	Donna Louise	1940	1945	foster d/John F. & Katie F.Shank
010	Shank	Stella V. Brunk	15 Jan 1905	16 Sep 1993
010	Shank	J. Ward	30 Jul 1904	6 Mar 1993
010	Alger	Phyllis Faye	12 May 1954	14 Sep 1958
010	Alger	Philip Edwin	6 Jan 1960	24 May 1963
010	Alger	Ruth K.	11 Feb 1931
010	Alger	Nelson E.	17 Jan 1928	13 Sep 1988
010	Caplinger	I. Frank	23 Oct 1895	17 Jul 1978	Pfc U. S. Army WWI
010	Caplinger	Wilda D.	10 Jan 1902	20 Nov 1996
010	Shipe	Bessie V.	18 Jan 1907	3 Jan 1982	Mother
010	Dispanet	Winnie G.	3 Jun 1926
010	Dispanet	R. Ward	22 Dec 1919	21 Aug 1959
011	Martin	J. Rodney	14 Sep 1954	23 Jun 1980	husband, s/James S. & Ethel Petre Martin
011	Shank	Katie M.	1880	1964		w/Perry E.
011	Shank	Perry E.	1870	1953
011	Whissen	Martha Shank	26 Feb 1914		w/A. Clarence
011	Alger	Anna C.	1897	1988
011	Alger	John H.	1893	1973
012	Whetzel	Lizzie M.	7 Oct 1880	17 Jun 1960
012	Whetzel	Michael H.	23 Aug 1877	6 Jan 1950
012	Whetzel	Wilma B.	7 May 1919
012	Whetzel	Perry J.	14 Jul 1914	11 Sep 1997
012	Showalter	Susie Shipe	26 Feb 1886	10 Aug 1954
012	Showalter	Timothy	19 Dec 1887	12 Jul 1957		s/George B. & Elizabeth E. Blosser Showalter
012	Showalter	Anna Belle	7 Feb 1911	19 Mar 1980
012	Showalter	Mary M.	22 Feb 1912	5 Oct 1985
012	Showalter	Emma Frances	8 Jan 1915	31 Jan 1989
012	Cline	Mattie B.	1889	1982		w/Edgar J.
012	Cline	Edgar J.	1897	1984
012	Alger	Infant Son		5 Oct 1964	s/Robert S. & Ruth S.
012	Shank	D. Paul	1906	1978
012	Shank	Kathryn Y.	1913	1996
012	May	Goldie R.	12 Dec 1912	24 Oct 1998		w/David L.
012	May	David L.	22 Jun 1909	7 Feb 1993	Married 3 Aug 1931
012	May	Lloyd D.	15 Jul 1934	16 Oct 1987
012	May	Carroll B.	4 Feb 1946	22 Jun 1997
012	Hottinger	Gladys B.	15 May 1921
012	Hottinger	Owen W.	15 Dec 1920	27 Nov 1982
012	Esch	Carl J.	4 May 1948	23 May 1981	Our daddy & husband
013	White	Steven R.	18 May 1947	27 Jan 1985	SGT US Marine Corps Vietnam
013	Showalter	Grace Irene	29 May 1925	27 Jun 1990
013	Showalter	Ada Elizabeth	4 Aug 1913	28 Jul 1995
013	Showalter	Martha Susan	15 Apr 1918	7 May 1998
013	Showalter	Ida Ruth	27 Aug 1919
013	Turner	Nellie O.	31 Dec 1899	25 Aug 1985
013	Turner	Hobart M.	25 May 1898	11 May 1980
013	Byler	Betty Shirk	2 Aug 1928
013	Byler	Jesse Thomas	18 Nov 1928	23 Dec 1990	m. 20 Oct 1951
013	Sager	Arlen ONeal	2 Mar 1939	4 Aug 1991	Parents-Mamie Sager Johnson & Charles Sager, sisters & brother, Carolyn, Sharon, Sandra & Douglas, Neices Sherry, Vera, Kim, Elizabeth, Heidi & Nephews R. D., Charles, Travis
013	Johnson	Mamie S.	12 Oct 1918		Mamie's children-Arlen, Carolyn, Sharon, Sandra & Douglas	w/Robert R.
013	Johnson	Robert R.	4 Mar 1931		Married 14 Dec 1975, Robert's Children-Robert II, Timothy, Adrianne & Sylvia
013	Whitmer	Maggie L.	15 Aug 1894	15 Mar 1967
013	Whitmer	Vernon L.	20 Oct 1892	11 Sep 1978
013	Lam	Mary S.	9 Jan 1926	27 Jan 1981
013	Lam	Leonard N.	29 Jun 1925	25 Dec 2000
014	Brenneman	Magdalene	1892	1982
014	Brenneman	Amos	1885	1951
014	Showalter	Lydia K.	12 Apr 1892	22 Jan 1978
014	Showalter	Luke	8 Jan 1898	7 Oct 1974
014	Showalter	Amanda E.	5 Apr 1891	2 Dec 1980
014	Showalter	Mark C.	10 Feb 1895	15 Apr 1978
014	Miller	Harold W.	2 Sep 1908	14 Sep 1997
014	Miller	Geneva S.	15 Dec 1907	3 Apr 1985
014	Hottinger	Bonnie M.	31 Oct 1941	18 Oct 1989
014	Hottinger	Everette L.	19 Oct 1945
014	Showalter	Dorothy S.	5 Mar 1930	18 Aug 1991	Mother
014	Showalter	Melvin E.	6 Feb 1925		Father
014	Kline	Cleo M.	1 Mar 1890	9 Jun 1982
014	Lantz	Maude Geil	9 Sep 1918
014	Lantz	John	17 Jul 1915	28 Jul 2000
014	Glanzer	Isabel G.	16 Sep 1918	14 Sep 1988
014	Glanzer	Paul J.	5 Jul 1920
014	Glanzer	Jerry P.	14 May 1954
015	Showalter	Infant Son		2 Aug 1951	s/J. S. & Edith B.
015	Showalter	Edith B.	18 Nov 1918
015	Showalter	John S.	14 May 1914	1 Mar 1983
016	Showalter	Nancy R.	19 Dec 1927	16 Apr 2000		w/Henery E.
016	Showalter	Henery E.	12 Mar 1923		Married 8 Apr 1953
016	Martin	Virginia M.	25 Apr 1922		Married 4 Nov 1942, Mother	w/J. Mark
016	Martin	J. Mark	19 Sep 1919	2 Aug 1994	Father, Our children-Wayne D. 30 Sep 1944, Phyllis R. 15 Jan 1947, Joyce C. 29 Dec 1949, David E. 1 Dec 1952, Miriam L. 14 Sep 1954
016	Hartzler	Orval Gene	1939	1997		Grandle Funeral Home Marker only

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