Located on Church Rd off FM 467
The Historical Marker reads as follows:
Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek
German immigrants who settled in this area began meeting together for worship services in
the 1880's initially meeting in homes or the local Schoolhouse. The Group Offcially organized
a Lutheran Congregation with the Assistance of the Rev. Carl Kreutzenstein. After the first
two sanctuaries were destroyed in storms in 1886, a new building was dedicated on February 28,
1887, worship services were conducted exclusively in the German Language until the 1940's.
An adjacent historic cemetery, founded in 1886, is maintained by the congregations.
Billy R. Warncke and Lois Ann Warncke (1990)
Updated by Elsie Zuehl on May 31 1995
Surveyed by the Guadalupe County Genealogy Society
Prepared for the Web by Wanda Qualls
Pictures taken by Wanda Qualls
| Name |
Birth |
Death |
Notes |
| Baker, Anna Hulda
|
Mar 09 1903 |
Jul 06 1982 |
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| Baker, Joe |
Mar 13 1935 |
Apr 19 1991 |
buried in San Geronimo Cemetery |
| Baker, Linda J. |
Dec 13 1937 |
Apr 29 1991 |
born in Alice, Tx - wife of
Joe Baker |
| Barsch, Donald
Lynn |
Nov 19 1954 |
Jul 24 1977 |
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| Barsch, Norman |
Aug 26 1919 |
May 18 1985 |
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| Barsch, Ruth Viola |
Nov 05 1916 |
Dec 16 1976 |
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| Bockmeyer, Herman
O. |
Dec 27 1900 |
Sep 30 1975 |
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| Brietzke, Elmer
August Louis |
Jun 24 1916 |
Dec 17 1994 |
wed Feb 16 1943 |
| Brietzke, Mary Marie Warren |
wed Feb 16 1943 |
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| Brietzke, Raymond Charlie |
Aug 23 1910 |
Dec 18 1982 |
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| Brietzke, Annie H. |
--- -- 1917 |
--- -- 1963 |
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| Doege, Annie |
Oct 08 1899 |
Jul 09 1982 |
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| Doege, Gus G. |
Sep 30 1892 |
Mar 21 1977 |
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| Doege, Albert Frank |
Jul 02 1899 |
Dec 06 1989 |
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| Doege, Elsie A. (Ermel) |
Mar 14 1902 |
Jan 10 1988 |
Born in Stamp, Tx |
| Doege, Johnnie D. |
Jan 15 1918 |
May 15 1991 |
Born in Columbus, Tx |
| Doege, Mary Gibbons Green |
Nov 20 1921 |
Feb 14 1990 |
Born in Paris, Tx |
| Doege, Walter |
Oct 17 1911 |
Jul 16 1987 |
|
| Hartman, Alvin H. |
Jan 02 1909 |
Dec 18 1992 |
|
| Hartman, Ellen |
Jan 01 1916 |
Dec 01 1973 |
|
| Hartman, Alton J. |
Sep 08 1913 |
Dec 01 1975 |
|
| Hartwick, Frank Wilhelm, Jr. |
Jan 15 1908 |
Jun 11 1992 |
|
| Hartwick, Elsie |
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| Hartwick, Frank |
--- -- 1908 |
--- -- 1992 |
|
| Hartwick, Elsie |
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| Hufft, Gustav Heinrich Edward |
Dec 10 1893 |
Dec 26 1983 |
Born in Fulton, Tx |
| Hufft, Walter Albert |
May 22 1906 |
Mar 13 1992 |
|
| Imken, Albert John |
Mar 25 1908 |
Jan 02 1980 |
Born in Oldenburg, Tx |
| Imken, Rose Hartman |
Feb 09 1907 |
Jun 07 1990 |
|
| Jandt, Kevin Lance |
May 20 1973 |
Aug 24 1994 |
|
| Johnson, Donald Lee |
Oct 15 1935 |
Aug 27 1983 |
|
| Johnson, Marie |
Wife of Donald |
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| King, James William |
Mar 09 1935 |
Mar 11 1990 |
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| King, Liz |
Wife of James |
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| Koepp, Lena |
Nov 08 1888 |
Jul 21 1975 |
|
| Koepp, Linda |
Mar 03 1895 |
May 27 1977 |
|
| Krueger, August |
May 15 1891 |
Apr 07 1973 |
|
| Kunde, Louis Jr. |
Jul 14 1935 |
Jul 04 1985 |
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| Kunde, Arlene |
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| Lenz, James C. |
Oct 05 1925 |
Feb 22 1974 |
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| Lenz, Irene |
Wife of James C. |
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| Lenz, Hulda |
Oct 04 1912 |
Jan 09 1976 |
|
| Lenz, Eda J. |
Apr 24 1894 |
Dec 05 1976 |
Wife of Albert E. Lenz |
| Lenz, Anna Marie Louis |
Jul 27 1876 |
Apr 26 1983 |
Born in Germany |
| Lenz, Adolph Franz Julius |
Jul 14 1900 |
Jun 26 1984 |
|
| Lenz, Eugene W. |
Nov 23 1924 |
Apr 10 1992 |
Cremated |
| Lenz, Ella (Elly) |
Oct 06 1905 |
Sep 01 1993 |
Wife of Henry W. |
| Lenz, Henry W. |
Mar 18 1901 |
Dec 11 1971 |
|
| Markgraf, Daniel M. |
Jun 01 1894 |
Dec 18 1974 |
|
| Markgraf, Elsie Minnie |
Jun 29 1901 |
Jul 18 1982 |
|
| Markgraf, Daniel Matthew |
Nov 21 1927 |
Jun 16 1981 |
|
| Mattke, Hulda |
Aug 16 1909 |
--- -- 1995 |
|
| Mattke, Ida |
Jan 20 1874 |
Jun 14 1971 |
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| Mattke, Ernest Richard Herman |
Apr 20 1902 |
Oct 14 1982 |
|
| Mattke, Ella Mattke |
Oct 26 1906 |
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| Mattke, Walter |
Dec 31 1906 |
Sep 13 1985 |
|
| Mattke, Alfred Louis |
Jan 31 1897 |
Jun 24 1987 |
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| Mattke, Bertha A. (Doege) |
Oct 09 1901 |
Oct 22 1988 |
|
| Mattke, Emil Karl Wilhelm |
Dec 23 1901 |
Oct 22 1988 |
|
| Mattke, Albert |
Jul 23 1904 |
Aug 21 1986 |
|
| Mattke, Frieda |
Nov 09 1908 |
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| Mattke, Louis Albert |
Dec 20 1898 |
Jun 26 1989 |
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| McBee, Robert |
Aug 28 1902 |
Jun 20 1986 |
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| McBee, Linda Ann (Schraub) |
Apr 24 1909 |
May 29 1993 |
|
| Mittelsteadt, Martha |
Oct 26 1883 |
Jan 09 1976 |
|
| Newmann, Augusta |
Aug 11 1886 |
Jun 25 1973 |
|
| Newmann, Margaret Bertha |
Oct 28 18?? |
Jun 03 1972 |
|
| Newmann, Harry |
??? ?? ???? |
May 03 1974 |
|
| Newmann, Milton L. |
--- -- 1925 |
--- -- 1995 |
|
| Penshorn, Herbert Alfred Emil |
Aug 30 1895 |
Mar 16 1981 |
|
| Penshorn, Helena (Koepp) |
Mar 31 1898 |
??? ?? ???? |
|
| Penshorn, Albert |
Feb 15 1910 |
??? ?? ???? |
|
| Penshorn, Alvina (Schmidt) |
Mar 20 1915 |
Apr 15 1990 |
|
| Penshorn, Marvin Udo |
Aug 09 1914 |
Nov 09 1991 |
|
| Penshorn, Annie |
Sep 30 1919 |
??? ?? ???? | |
| Schraf, Loretta Ruth (Schendel |
Jun 04 1943 |
Dec 19 1988 |
|
| Scharf, Arnold Clarence |
Jun 08 1940 |
Jun 20 1987 |
|
| Schievelbein, Robert |
Jan 20 1922 |
May 06 1979 |
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| Schmidt, Raymond Henry |
Mar 02 1919 |
??? ?? ???? |
|
| Schmidt, Mary |
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| Schmidt, Hedwig |
Apr 11 1891 |
Jul 19 1978 |
Wife of Louis Schmidt |
| Schraub, Inez Ruth |
Aug 27 1931 |
Jul 01 1985 |
Born in New Braunfels, Tx |
| Schraub, Harry C., Jr |
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| Schraub, Agnes (Hufft) |
Jan 21 1901 |
Jan 02 1992 |
|
| Schraub, Theodore |
--- -- 1902 |
--- -- 1970 |
|
| Schraub, Harry C., Sr. |
Jun 19 1902 |
Jul 17 1975 |
Married Sep 14 1924 |
| Schraub, Annie E. (Koepp) |
Oct 27 1902 |
Mar 11 1995 |
Married Sep 14 1924 |
| Schroeder, Otto Willie Alfred
|
Jul 16 1906 |
Jul 26 1980 |
|
| Schroeder, Clara A.
|
May 19 1888 |
Feb. 25 1986 |
|
| Schultz, Ernest Fritz |
Aug 17 1894 |
May 03 1974 |
|
| Schultz, Edwin Emil |
Jan 01 1889 |
Dec 22 1953 |
|
| Schultz, Bertha Auguste |
Jun 29 1891 |
Nov 02 1982 |
|
| Schultz, Hilmar |
Nov 02 1914 |
?? ?? ???? |
|
| Schultz, Regina |
Jan 29 1918 |
Nov 12 1987 |
|
| Schultze, Edward |
--- -- 1889 |
--- -- 1974 |
|
| Schultze, Emilie |
--- -- 1988 |
--- -- 1972 |
|
| Schultze, Willie H. |
Aug 16 1906 |
Feb 19 1987 |
|
| Schultze, Augusta Emma |
Mar 25 1904 |
Jul 08 1980 |
Born in Oakley Community |
| Stahl, Rose |
May 25 1892 |
May 25 1977 |
|
| Strey, Alfred Wilhelm Herbert |
Oct 12 1894 |
Jul 10 1972 |
|
| Wallace, Johnnie "Jack" |
Jun 28 1926 |
Dec 26 1985 |
|
| Wallace, Janie |
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| Ward, Raymond W., Sr. |
Dec 07 1932 |
May 05 1991 |
|
| Warnecke, Emma Marie |
Jun 13 1883 |
Jun 05 1994 |
|
| Warnecke, Fritz |
Mar 31 1878 |
Oct 23 1967 |
|
| Warnecke, Alfred, Sr. |
Jan 25 1910 |
Feb 06 1976 |
|
| Warnecke, Harry |
Apr 19 1908 |
Mar 22 1977 |
|
| Warnecke, Edmond L. |
Apr 18 1904 |
Jun 29 1985 |
|
| Warnecke, Lonie (Strey) |
Aug 19 1909 |
Dec 27 1991 |
|
| Warnecke, Elizabeth Pauline |
Jan 11 1902 |
Nov 04 1991 |
|
| Warnecke, Irma V. |
--- -- 1916 |
Jun 05 1994 |
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| Warnecke, Elton |
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| Warnecke, Richard F. |
Nov 10 1896 |
Sep 20 1973 |
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| Warnecke, Thekla |
Nov 18 1902 |
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| Warnecke, Eddie W. |
Aug 23 1909 |
Oct 07 1988 |
|
| Warnecke, Linda |
Dec 06 1908 |
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| Wieding, Annie |
Nov 22 1897 |
Jun 25 1992 |
|
| Wieding, Marie (Dieckow) |
Feb 10 1893 |
Mar 03 1973 |
|
| Wieding, Friedrick "Fred"
D. |
Jun 25 1891 |
Apr 07 1974 |
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| Wieding, Lonie |
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| Wieding, Curtus Reno |
Dec 08 1954 |
Nov 13 1982 |
|
| Wieding, Donald |
Jan 12 1909 |
Oct 09 1974 |
|
| Wieding, Louise |
Nov 02 1903 |
Feb 02 1984 |
|
| Wieding, Hugo Alfred, Jr. |
Jul 04 1927 |
Jun 17 1987 |
Born in Ray Point, Tx |
| Wiedng, Hugo H. |
Mar 05 1893 |
Dec 01 1984 |
|
| Volkmann, Walter Wilhelm Gustav |
Oct 18 1917 |
Aug 20 1982 |
|
| Zunker, Lena Scott |
Jun 12 1903 |
Aug 17 1975 |
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