Saint Johns Cemetery, Union County

St. John Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery located in Prairie Township, Union County, South Dakota. The cemetery is one of four adjacent cemeteries, which are a mile south and a mile east of Beresford, South Dakota. Of these four, St. John is the cemetery which is farthest west. The earliest known burial is that of a child named Felix Phillip Mangan in 1886. As of 2001, the remains of more than 700 individuals were interred at St. John Cemetery.

Notable people buried in St. John Cemetery

• William J. Bulow, South Dakota Governor and United States Senator.
• James and Frances (Kukar) Lass, parents of Donna Lass (possible victim of the Zodiac Killer).
• John W. Maher, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.

External links

• St. John Cemetery records at Find A Grave
• St. John Cemetery records at Interment
• 1940 W.P.A. burial records for St. John Cemetery
• "St. John Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.