Monday, December 10, 2018

St. John's Cemetery (Calvary) Rochester

Calvary Cemetery was founded in December 1874 as Saint John's Cemetery through the purchase of 15 acres of land by Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Grace Bishop of St. Paul and given to J. B. Cotter Bishop of Winona in January 1895. 

The name was changed to Calvary Cemetery Association Rochester on November 1, 1940.

1999 Maura Madden Donovan, Mary Carney
and Norene Cajacob Moser 



Calvary is the home of nearly 100 Lawler and over a dozen each of English and Baier burials along with a few Delmores.  


Jean English Madden standing by stone of
Luke and Margaret (Somers) Delmore
1999
These pictures are from two visits, one in 1999 and the other in 2018.

 




Find a Grave - Calvary Cemetery