Genoa Cemetery
Located off Jacks Valley Road (Main Street)
a few miles North of Genoa, NV
Latitude: 39.0116N, -Longitude: 119.8441W


All photographs contributed by Gerry Perry of Henderson, Nevada;Copyright 2011.


The Genoa Cemetery is a small and well-kept cemetery. It is located a few miles North of
Genoa. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the State of Nevada. The pictures included in
these pages represent approximately one-half of the graves in this cemetery. If you would
like to contribute pictures, please contact me. Gerry Perry


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NAME BIRTH DEATH OTHER
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SARMAN Family Plot
SARMAN, Anna Margarethe 4/16/1838 5/8/1895  
SARMAN, Fredrick William 2/5/1831 5/12/1900  
       
SARNOWSKI, Elaine C.
SARNOWSKI, Herbert J.		 11/26/1923
8/1/1921		 1/29/1988
6/3/1999		  
SAUOUET, John   9/27/1885 A native of France; Aged 68 Yrs
SCHMIDT, Thersa G. (Brandt). 1/2/1867 12/10/1886 Wife of J. J. Schmidt
SCHWARTZ      
SCOFIELD, Lois Naomi
SCOFIELD, Lynn		 3/26/1920
10/15/1947		 4/4/1997
12/5/1997		  
SCOSSA, Alex 1841 8/23/1910 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SCOSSA, Alex J. 1910 1989 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SCOSSA, Eugene, Sr. 1871 1945 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SCOSSA, George 1911 1947 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SCOSSA, John 2/22/1842 2/24/1895 Mason
SCOSSA, John G. 1869 1948 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SCOSSA, Louis 1840 1866 First man buried in cemetery; Malvalgia, Switzerland;
SCOSSA, Mary 1844 1918 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SCOSSA, Paulina R. 1890 1964 See Dettling-Scossa Family Plot
SEAMON, Edgar M.
Closeup		 2/5/1871 12/2/1901  
SMITH, Elyse 1/13/1914 9/30/1988 See Lombardo-Smith Family Plot
SONZOGNI, Frank 1861 1934  
SOREM, Melvin A. 7/12/1925 11/28/1999  
SPECCHIO, Tanzy D.
Plot		 8/30/1912 8/22/1978 Beloved Wife and Mother; Brooklyn, N.Y.
SPRAGUE, Prentiss L.   5/18/1898 Aged 58 Years
STANCIL, (STENCEL) (STENZEL), Russell W.
2nd Stone		 1891 1900  
STODIECK Family Plot
STODIECK, A. Cecil 5/25/1905 12/4/1991  
STODIECK, Adele
STODIECK, F. W.		 1877
1871		 1959
1958		  
STODIECK (SCHULTE), Catharine Charlotte   10/28/1979 Wife of W. Stodieck; Aged 35 Y'rs 9 M's, 10 D's.
STODIECK, Fred 8/21/1870 8/6/1886 Son of W. & S. Stodieck
STODIECK, Frederick W. 2/5/1834 9/9/1900  
STODIECK, Matias   4/22/1880 Son of W. & Catarine G. Stodieck; Aged 6 Y'rs, 4 M's, 2 d's.
STODIECK, W. H. Elvin 1900 1981  
       
STRANGE, Frank Clay 5/3/1885 1/16/1972  
STUCKEY, Rowena Beatrice Wilhelm
WILHELM, Walter Sherman		 6/13/1929
2/27/1893		 7/23/1982
4/20/1981		 His Loving Daughter
Loving Husband & Father
SUCKLING, Dorothy C. 10/5/1917 10/19/1992 Beloved Wife and Sister
SWANSON Family Plot
SWANSON, Eugene Dewey 1923 1988 Military: U.S. Air Force, WWII
SWANSON, Flora Yorga 1926 1992 Ming; Mai Tai
T
TALMADGE Family Plot
TALMADGE, David Walley   3/4/1875 Aged 57 Years
TALMADGE, G. S.   1/22/1877 Aged 52 Years
TALMADGE, Harriet J. Walley   1/9/1897 Aged 82 Years
       
TEEK, John G.   1/29/1876 Native of Germany; Aged 41 Years
TEURES, Frank
TUERES, Louis
TEURES, Mary
HUGHES, Emmy Teures		 8/13/1903
1/29/1881
4/13/1882
9/16/1907		 1/8/1970
11/8/1962
3/4/1976
9/11/1990		 Beloved Family


Loving Mother
THOLKE, Bertha K. 1895 1922 A. W. Berning Family Plot
THOMSEN, Frances L.
Closeup
Plot		 9/8/1943 7/28/2004 Beloved Father & Brother
THOMSEN, Fred T. 8/21/1941 5/10/204 Beloved; Married 12/29/1962
SNOWSHOE THOMPSON
History
THOMPSON (Snowshoe) Family Plot
THOMPSON, Agnes Scossa (Singleton) 1881 1915 Mother
THOMSON, Arthure   6/22/1878 Son & only child of John & Agnes Thomson; Aged 11 Years, 4 Mos, 11 Days.
THOMPSON, John A.
Closeup		 5/15/1876 Native of Norwey; Aged 49 years 10 days

WE SALUTE JOHN "SNOWSHOE" THOMPSON
On his homemade snowshoes John carried the mail and supplies over
the snowy Sierras for 20 winters as he traveled. He saved the lives
of seven people who were snowbound in mountain cabins, in 1866.
Affter this tall Norwegian became an American citizen, he homesteaded
a 160 acre ranch in Diamond Valley. Respected by all who knew him,
John was elected to the Alpine County Board of Supervisors.
       
TIETJE, John G.
TIETJE, Mabel J.		 1907
1902		 1979
1988		  
TODD-BERRY Family Plot
TODD, Eliza A.   11/9/1876 Aged 38 Years
TODD, William J.   1/1/1882 Native of Ohio; Aged 65 Yrs.
BERRY, Eldorado 12/23/1852 1/7/1880 Native of Indiana
BERRY, Elizabeth 9/14/1829 5/17/1887 Native of Ohio

* Information from SSDI


For inquiries about Nevada Cemeteries, burials and/or this project, or about this page or the pictures,
contact Gerry Perry the Nevada Tombstone Coordinator,

 

This page was last updated July 23, 2011
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