Sunnyside Cemetery
Menomonee Township
Waukesha County Wisconsin

Location

This active cemetery is located on the west side of Highway 74, 1 1/3 miles northeast of the center of Lannon Village, Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Menomonee Township.

History

On March 3, 1855, the Menomonee Center Cemetery Association was organized. There were seven recorded burials prior to this date and from their locations it is obvious that the cemetery was platted out at some prior time, although there is no record of a cemetery being in any of the deeds or abstracts for this parcel of land. It is believed to have been established circa 1839. The earliest recorded burial is that of Betsy Waterman, age 32, who died in 1847. She is not buried near the Bancroft lots so it is assumed that she was not related to them.

History of the Property-On October 29, 1846, the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 8 in the town of Menomonee was deeded to Joel Bancroft. Sunnyside Cemetery is located in this parcel of land.

Joel Bancroft died in 1848. In December of 1848 this parcel was sold to Abner Rowe who sold it to Daniel and Charity Smith in May of 1851.

On January 3, 1862, one acre comprising the original plat was deeded to the Menomonee Center Cemetery Association by Daniel and Charity Smith. On October 1, 1888 Daniel Smith's son, George and his wife, Elizabeth deeded the First Addition to the cemetery. This is the area from the big maple trees down highway 74, then known as Waukesha road.

In June of 1892, the name of Menomonee Center Cemetery Association was changed to Menomonee Union Sunnyside Cemetery and in June of 1894 changed again to Menomonee Sunnyside Cemetery. Later in 1894 it was re-named again to Sunnyside Cemetery.

In 1898 a narrow strip of land on the south and west sides containing a row of maple trees was sold to the cemetery for $1.00 by George and Elizabeth Smith. In 1922 a 1 1/2 acre strip of land on the north side was purchased from Nicholas and Anna Lauer, and in 1960 a 4.022 acre parcel on the south and west side was purchased from Alvin and Charles Smith.

It was discovered that both the State of Wisconsin and Waukesha County claimed to have no record of the cemetery being organized or incorporated, so on February 24, 1975 the Sunnyside Cemetery Association was re-organized and incorporated in accordance with the regulations of the State of Wisconsin. Old records in our possession indicate that the incorporation of the Menomonee Center Cemetery Association of March 3, 1855 was indeed recorded in Vol. 1, page 37 by Wm. R. Williams, Register of Deeds, Waukesha County on March 28, 1855!

As of April 15, 2000, Sunnyside Cemetery contains 2278 burials with probably a few more early burials in unmarked graves or those where stones were broken off.

Negotiations are presently under way to acquire an additional 9.6 acres behind the cemetery for future expansion.

Dated April 18, 2000 Article submitted to Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society by Lois Clementi (Rec'd June 5, 2002) Copied here with permission from the SLAHS.ORG webmaster

Records

There is a chart of the cemetery, but it is incomplete. The records are held by the Sunnyside Cemetery Association. They are not generally open to the public, for research but the association will answer mail requests.

Contact: Sunnyside Cemetery Association 19166 Main Street Lannon, WI 53046

Transcriptions

Originally copied from tombstone and other available cemetery records by Mrs. Edith M. Tallmadge, Curator of Waukesha County Museum and County Historian, assisted by Mrs. Miriam Wood of the Waukesha County Medical Society Auxiliary. 1849 - approx. 1963. Some entries have additional material added from Register of Deeds office, Waukesha, for fuller family information. More recent burials have been entered by Mike Reilly. There is a recent book of transcriptions available at the Waukesha & Milwaukee Libraries, possibly through interlibrary loan.

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JAECKS:
Jerry/1935 - 
Sherry/1942 - 1994/married Jerry in 1984

JAHN:
See DRAKE

JAMES:
Richard C./1914 - 1992
Jeannie M.(McColm)/b. 1919/d. Feb. 26, 2001/age 81 years

JANKOWSKI:
John J./Mar 11, 1921/Feb. 17, 1991/Sgt. US Army WWII
Dona M./1929 - _____

JEFFERY:
Louise C./Jan. 27, 1890 - Apr. 17, 1970/wife of Harvey

JENSEN:
John/b. Jan. 8, 1868 in Denmark/d. Nov. 9, 1891/
	son of John & Mary Jensen

JENSEN:
William J.,1931 - 1990/A1C US Air Force Korea

JENSEN:
Nancy J./married William on Sept. 10, 1955/1935 - 

JERE:
Edite M./DZIM Sept. 25, 1907 in Riga/
	MIR Dec. 24, 1987 in Wisconsin

JINDRA:
Hele/1924 - 1974

JOECKS OR JAECKS:
William C./1885 - 1962
Rose C./1884 - 1958

JOECKS:
Emma/1872 - 1966/wife of August
Bernhard/1870 - 1964/husband of Ida
William C./1873 - 1956
Otto C./1877 - 1957
Rosa M./1897 - 1942
Bernard/1912 - 1962
Anna/1910 - 1994
Alfred A./1912 - 1993
Elizabeth/1913 - 1990
David Michael./infant/d. 1963
Herbert/1901 - 1956
Florence/1901 - 1963
Caroline (Mother)/1845 - 1930
Herman/b. May 26, 1871 in Germany/d. Mar. 12, 1928/
	son of Ferdinand & Caroline (Zingter) Joecks
Minnie (Segebarth)/June 22, 1876 in Wisconsin/
	d. Aug. 12, 1910/wife of Herman
Kathryn/1911 - 1933/wife of Ervin Joecks
Richard/1930 - 1936/son of Ervin & K.
Minnie (Busse)/Aug. 7, 1877 - July 14, 1941(?)/wife of 
	Herman Joecks/dau. of Wm. Busse
Minnie (Busse)/mother/1855 - 1924
Leonard O./of Lannon/b. 1907/d. Aug. 8, 2000/age 93 years. 
Lorraine/of Lannon/b. 1914/d.  Nov. 6th, 2002 age 88. 
Elaine/1921 - 2002
Roger C./May 30, 1934 - July 6, 1975
Janet M./Nov. 19, 1934 - _____
Walter F./1900 - 1967
Victoria/1920 - 1970
Ervin/1903 - 1985
George/1914 - _____
Adeline/1916 - _____

JOECKS: 
See  HEBENSTREICH

JOHNSON:
Henry M./1894 - 1977
Esther H./1899 - 1969
Delmore/1902 - ?
Erna A./1908 - 1961
Edward/1804 - 1871
Polly (Wood)/wife/1803 - 1887
Susan/b. May 23, 1831 in Vermont/d. July 23, 1919/"Not Lost, blest thought, 
	But gone Beyond/There we shall meet to part no more"/daughter
Thorwald/d. Apr. 12, 1947. ae. 9 mo. 11 days
Ronald R. "Ron"/Nov. 11, 1948 - Jan. 29, 2002/age 53 years
Linda M./married Ronald on Oct. 9, 1971/Oct. 11, 1948 - _____
Alvin/b. 1924/died March 6, 1999/Age 77 years
Alice (Achilles)/married Alvin on Apr. 19, 1947/1927 - _____
Charles/Aug. 13, 1891 - Feb. 6, 1969/Minnesota Pfc. U.S. Army WWI
David G./Nov. 12, 1946 - Sept. 14, 1990
Donald C./Apr. 9, 1935 - Oct. 24, 1964/Wisconsin SP3 Artillery (Vietnam ?)
Lillian/Oct. 24, 1912 - July 17, 1989
Arthur M./1916 - 1983/TSgt. US Army WWII
Mildred M./1927 - _____
Craig A./1952 - 1969
Curtis M./1931 - _____
Joannie I./married Curtis on Aug. 31, 1957/1938 - _____
Charles A./married Janet L. on Aug. 23, 1959/May 5, 1937 - Nov. 1, 2001
Janet L./Sept. 27, 1937 - _____
Larry K./1943 - 2000/married Julie A./b. in 1945,  on Aug. 20, 1966
Manfred F./b. 1893 in Sweden/d. 1976
Selma A (Stromstad)/1893 - 1982
Kenneth F./July 16, 1923 - Apr. 3, 2001/husband of Connie
Constance L./May 26, 1920 - _____

JONES:
J .L./son of Robert Jones/b. Nov. 27, 1844 in Wales, Great 
	Britain/d. June 23, 1926
Gwen/Nov. 21, 1847 - Feb. 21, 1893
Nellie/1875 - ?
Robert C./b. Feb. 11, 1868 in Wales, Great Britain/d. 
	July 21, 1913./son of John E. Jones & Gwen Roberts
Mary Elizabeth (Roberts)/b. Sept. 14, 1878 in Delafield, WI/
	d. Mar. 31, 1946/wife of Robert/and dau. of Roland 
	Roberts & Mary Jones
Rowland/Dec. 25, 1899 - Jan. 9, 1900
Margaret/Aug. 6, 1908 - Oct. 19, 1908
Thomas/Apr. 29/no yr/Schmidt Funeral Home/Menomonee Falls.
William R./1884 - 1964/husband of Olive E.
Shirley J./1919 - 1999
David F./Sr./1916 - _____
Timothy M./d/ 11, 1966/son of Thomas W. Jones/grandson of 
	David F. & Shirley J. Jones

JOSLIN:
Raye E./1915 - 1971
Beryl/1914 - _____

JOY:
Carol A./1937 - _____
Arthur D./July 9, 1935 - Jan. 24, 1985/US Army Korea

JUBECK:
Mary Jane K./1927 - _____
Raymond T. Sr./July 28, 1926 - Oct. 9, 1989/Pvt. US Army WWII

JUNG:
Paula A./May 17, 1968 - Dec. 5, 1995