Mizpah Cemetery

Platteville, Weld County, Colorado

 

Located 1/2 mile East of Platteville on Weld County Road 32 in Township 3, Range 66, Section 18. The Platteville Mizpah Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Weld County that is still in use. It is operated by the Town of Platteville. Originally called the Sandhill Cemetery by the pioneers, it was renamed Mizpah Cemetery after 1926. In 1926, the Mizpah Club made the improvement of the cemetery their club project. With the club as a driving force, cemetery improvement became a community project. Trees, shrubs, and grass were planted as money became available. A WPA project in 1939 fenced the cemetery and installed the first rock gateway. The second rock gateway was built and dedicated to the memory of the area servicemen who lost their lives in World War II.
An unknown person is the first recorded burial, the first named burial was in 1873. Persons associated with the nearby fur trading posts and Fort Vasquez may have been buried on the hill as early as the 1840s. A local folklore heroine named Rattlesnake Kate is buried in Mizpah Cemetery. One day in 1925, she killed 140 rattlesnakes on her way to a pond with her son. The snakes were collected and the skins were used to make a dress, which she wore to many functions. Her story is on file with the Platteville Pioneer Museum.

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Name Row Lot Space Notes
Maag, Ruth Joan   3N 4  
Macaffey, Jennie 13 131 6  
Machuca, Jesus   264 8  
Mackey, Son of Wallace Reed 14 153 12  
Madaler, Catherine 3 11    
Madden, Ethel C 5 27 7  
Madden, Katie 5 27 5  
Madden, Martin 5 27 5  
Madden, Robert Leroy   264 7  
Madrigal, Solerad 17 194    
Mainord, E. Mary 16 173 2  
Mainord, Edward Miles 16 173 1  
Mainord, Henry Miles 16 173 3  
Mainord, Joe Norville 16 173 4  
Maldonado, Baby 15 169    
Maldonado, Mafloria 15 169    
Maldonado, Marion 9 91    
Manning, Joanne   17N 2 2/19/1999
Manning, Lillie
Manning, Leon   18N 12 4/16/1999
Manning, Loyal D   17N 1 5/10/1999
Manning, Morris Junior   4N 11  
Mapes, Charles 9 83    
Mapes, Earl 12 128 6  
Mapes, Edward D 9 84 1  
Mapes, Frank C 9 83 8  
Mapes, Marie 9 83    
Mapes, Robert 9 83    
Mapes, Ruth A 9 83 7  
Mapes, William H 9 83    
Marin, Raymond   252 5  
Mark, Joseph Francis   236 12  
Markham, Belle Cora 13 150 8  
Markley, Alexander 8 67 6  
Markley, Briggs J 8 67 12  
Markley, Carl Mathias   154 12  
Markley, Clarence 20 234 4  
Markley, Clifford   67 7 1900 – 1994
Markley, Dale Edward 20 234 2  
Markley, Elizabeth 8 67 5  
Markley, Elizabeth Rose Lee   154 2  
Markley, Emma 20 229 5  
Markley, Frank 14 151 1  
Markley, Frank M 8 67    
Markley, Goldie 14 154 3  
Markley, Gus 20 230 6  
Markley, Harold 20 230 4  
Markley, Helen E 20 234 6  
Markley, Helen Frances   67 8 1919 – 1982
Markley, Henry W   243 8  
Markley, Jessie   240 7  
Markley, Katie 20 230 5  
Markley, Lela Nellie   229 8  
Markley, Lloyd T 20 234 3  
Markley, Mack 20 229 4  
Markley, Maude G 20 234 5  
Markley, Ralph Alvin   229 9  
Markley, Vern 8 67 11  
Marlowe, Frank 15 169 8  
Marquez, Apolonia 17 190 5  
Martin, Amelia M 2 10W 6  
Martin, George 2 10W 5  
Martin, Gil Mrs. 7 56 4  
Martin, James Curtis   90 11  
Martin, Orville H   51 7  
Martin, Vivian Nattier   90 10  
Martinez, Alexander 20 224    
Martinez, Carolina   280 7  
Martinez, Cornelia 20 220    
Martinez, Eripinea   20N 11  
Martinez, Fred   267 1  
Martinez, Gloria 17 194    
Martinez, Helen 20 223    
Martinez, Ignacio Anthony 20 223 10  
Martinez, Julian   243 1  
Martinez, Lucy 19 221    
Martinez, Maddeine 19 218 7  
Martinez, Marcelina 20 223    
Martinez, Maria Margaret   191 7  
Martinez, Philip   191 8  
Martinez, Raymond 20 223    
Martinez, Richard 17 192 9  
Martinez, Saloman   18N 4  
Martinez, Sarah 19 217 12  
Martinez, Urbano 19 171    
Martinez, Vera 17 192 8  
Mason, Mildred Elsie 2 7W 4  
Mason, T. William 2 7W 3  
Mathiesen, Hans   12 3 7/1998
Matsushima, George Hiroshi   258 3 4/24/1999
Matsushima, Harry   238 5  
Matsushima, Kihei 21 238 2 1896 – 3/20/1967
Matsushima, Nora 18 200 2  
Matsushima, Takashi   258 1  
Matsushima, Yakuye 21 238 3 1899 – 8/17/1966
Matushima, Baby Boy 21 238 4  
Mayer, Carolyn Lee 10 92 8  
Mayer, Dorothy May   13N 4  
Mayer, Fred   11N 8  
Mayer, Ida 10 92 5  
Mayer, Ima Nadine   11N 7  
Mayer, Louis 10 92 4  
Mayer, Louis Jr 20 229    
Mayer, Walter        13N 3  
Mayer, William   259 4  
McCarthy, Inez G Egner   59 5  
McConley, J. S. 8 77 4  
McConnaughy, Etta 15 163 5  
McConnaughy, William 15 163 6  
McCoy, Henry 17 183 2  
McCune, Clara Frances   99 5  
McCune, Silas Orah 10 99 4  
McCune, Thomas Theodore 99 9    
McDermed, Billie Gail   1N 12  
McDermed, D William 1 1N 1  
McDermed, D Wray 3 13 10  
McDermed, Zella   1N 2  
McGlone, Joseph A 11 113 8  
McGrath, Lloyd 11 110 8  
McGrath, Ruth V   110 7  
McHale, Hazel Loretta   5W 8  
McHale, LeRoy Francis 2 6W 9  
McHale, LeRoy Wallace   6W 7  
McKay, Phyllis Joan 1 6N 6  
McKiernan, Thomas 5 34 2  
McKinley, Charlie 19 209 2  
McKinley, Margerite 19 209 1  
McLeod, Martha Alma   12 9  
McLeod, Royal   12 10  
McMillen, Daniel Elmer   12 12  
McMillen, Drake Thomas 3 12 4  
McMillen, E Mary 3 12 5  
McMillen, Flo   209 3  
McMillen, Mary Louise   12 11  
McMillen, R. M 3 12    
McMillen, Robert 3 12 1  
McMillen, Rosa Etta   12 2  
McNeill, I John 11 11N 8  
McNitt, Alphus 7 58 3  
McQuerry, child 10 101    
MeKiernan, Patrick 5 34 3  
Mendez, Jesus   246 12 4/23/1999
Meralez, Josephine 18 198 8  
Metcalf, George 3 5    
Metcalf, J. H 3 5 1  
Meyers, M. Elizabeth 10 10N 2  
Michand, Arthur 20 233    
Michand, Baby 20 233    
Michand, Baby 20 233    
Michand, Baby Mary Ann 20 233    
Mijares, Guadalupe        19N 6  
Mijares, Lucy   19N 5 9/1998
Milberger, Gladys L   50 4  
Milberger, Gustave Rhinehart   50 3  
Miles, Eva Estella   6W 6  
Miles, Grace Irene   20 2  
Milke, Elton   107 8  
Millensifer, Bertja 12 124 5  
Millensifer, Emma 12 124 1  
Millensifer, James 12 124 12  
Millensifer, Matilda 12 124 3  
Millensifer, William 12 124 6  
Millensifer, Wm Child 12 124 4  
Miller, Albert L   127 5  
Miller, Betty   257 2  
Miller, Christian 7 57 1  
Miller, Dorothy   257 6  
Miller, Effie Carol Elam   4 11 9/14/1999
Miller, Emma 12 127 2  
Miller, Eugene Glenn 12 127 12  
Miller, Fern V   127 6  
Miller, Herbert Maxwell   131 12  
Miller, Jack   257 1  
Miller, Niles C 12 127 1  
Miller, Perry L 9 90 1  
Miller, Rhea L   131 11  
Miller, Roland Cornell   4 12  
Miller, Ruth Amanda   127 10  
Miller, Sandra   256 2 5/14/2002
Miller, Stephen James   127 11  
Mintle, Denny   3W 7  
Miralez, Raymond 20 20N 6  
Miramontes-Granillo, Eliazan   248 3  
Mirelez, Caroline 21 242 7  
Mirelez, John E   198 10  
Mirelez, Josephine   165 12  
Mirelez, Manuel   242 8  
Mirelez, Monifacio 18 198 9  
Mirelez, Petra Estrada 18 198 8  
Mitchell, Arthur Donald   10 6  
Mitchell, C. Leroy 6 52 11  
Mitchell, Esther Pearl   52 4  
Mitchell, Walter Ray 6 52 3  
Mitchell,Mary Elizabeth   10 5  
Miyahara, Ichimatsu 18 198 4  
Mize, R. Elizabeth 20 232 6  
Mize, W. John 20 232    
Moehrle, Ernest 6 42 10  
Moehrle, Joseph 6 42 12  
Moehrle, Tressa 6 42 8  
Moffett, Hazel 13 134 2  
Moffett, I Bertha 13 134 11  
Moffett, James 13 134 12  
Moffett, L Edith  13 134 1  
Molina, Leonardo   251 7 5/1/2000
Mondt, Frank Nelson   133 12  
Mondt, Helen Elizabeth   133 11  
Montgomery, Harold Arnold 13 143 10  
Montgomery, Infant 17 187 3  
Montgomery, Ira  infant of 13 143    
Montgomery, Ira C 13 143 8  
Montgomery, John M 17 187 1  
Montgomery, Nora D.   187 5  
Montgomery, Ray Evams 17 187 4  
Montgomery, Viola   143 7  
Montoya, (Baby) 19 221    
Montoya, Amalia R   8N 4  
Montoya, Frank 17 195    
Montoya, Frank T Sr   8N 10  
Montoya, Louise 18 196    
Montoya, Mary   8N 9  
Montoya, Noel Orlando 17 190    
Montoya, Placido   8N 3  
Moody, Gerald 6 40 5  
Moon, Carl 12 12N 6  
Moore,  Baby 13 141    
Moore, A. Minerva 13 133 3  
Moore, Alfred L 16 175 2  
Moore, Clausson 16 175 5  
Moore, Edward 16 175 4  
Moore, Ethel   175 3  
Moore, Everett 36 175 7  
Moore, F. John 21 236 1  
Moore, Gladys 13 141 5  
Moore, James 13 133 1  
Moore, Myrtle Iva 16 175 10  
Moore, Nathan 16 175 8  
Moore, R. Ernest 16 175 1  
Moore, William Edward 16 175 11  
Mora, Faye Nunez   245 11  
Mora, Faye Nunez   245 11  
Mora, Ramon   245 12  
Morales, Manuel C (Soto)   227 6  
Moreland, Evelyn Olma        10N 7  
Moreland, Foy James   10N 8  
Morgan, Adella Ida 6 40 4  
Morgan, Alice Helen 12 129 10  
Morgan, Allen Keith 12 129 3  
Morgan, Alvin Ely 1 12W 5  
Morgan, Andrew H 17 186 3  
Morgan, Anna Berniece   9 1  
Morgan, Asa 6 40 1  
Morgan, Donald   40 8 11/24/99
Morgan, E. Minnie 17 186 2  
Morgan, Elizabeth 17 186 4  
Morgan, Ernest Emeul 4 18 11  
Morgan, Frances   40 7  
Morgan, Gerald E   58 8  
Morgan, Ivan Clifford 12 129 11  
Morgan, James Bryan   40 12  
Morgan, Jean Mary 1 12W 6  
Morgan, John C 17 185 7  
Morgan, Lillian Viola   58 7  
Morgan, Michael I 17 186 5  
Morgan, N. James 6 40 3  
Morgan, Pearl   40 11 6/13/1997
Morgan, Ralph L   40 10  
Morgan, Reyburn Ivor   9 1  
Morgan, Washington Geo 17 186 1  
Morrison, Florence Ida   213 7  
Morrison, Roy H   213 8  
Moser, Wesley   120 5  
Moss, Helen Florence   189 7 10/5/2002
Mott, Elizabeth (Betty)   259 7  
Mueller, Warren, Ida Lorraine   9W 6  
Muhs, Harvey Paul Jr.   164 12