South Union Cemetery is located north of Nappanee and west of Locke in Elkhart County, Indiana, on County Road 50.

Susan/Wife of/Jacob Mellinger/Died/Feb. 11. 1888/Aged/37 Y's 11 M's

A Jacob and Susan Mellinger may have been the parents of Emma Mellinger who married William H. Grasz. This tombstone is in the Mellinger famly plot in the South Union Cemetery very close to Will and Emma's tombstones.

William H./1873-1958/His Wife Emma/1868-1910/Grasz

William "Will" H. Grasz was born 2 March 1873 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana. His parents were Henry "Hank" and Mary "Mollie" Dorcus Irwin Grasz. Will married Emma Mellinger of Nappanee, Indiana. Emma was born in 1868 and died 10 January 1910 in Nappanee. Will then married Minnie Kercher. At some point he moved to Wisconson. He died 22 August 1959 and is actually buried in Athens Village Cemetery, Athens, Marathon County, Wisconson, and not in the South Union Cemetery.

Will was the uncle of Miriam Grasz Field.

Roy J. Clay/May 19/1909

Roy J. Clay was born 19 May 1909. He died 10 March 1995.

Elnora G. Clay/June 10, 1916/Aug. 4, 1977/Loved and Remembered as/Wife, Mother & Grandmother

Elnora Gloria Robinson was born 10 June 1916. Her parents were Edward and Anna Robinson. She married Glen Wallace Field 10 October 1935 in Wakarusa, Elkhart Cunty Indiana. Then she married Roy J. Clay.

Glen Wallace was a brother of Howard Allen Field.

Edward Robinson/1879-1994

Edward Robinson was the father of Elnora Robinson Field Clay.

Mary A./Robinson/1877-1952

Mary A. Robinson was possibly the wife of Edward Robinson and mother of Elnora Robinson.

Lucie and Gene Field visited the South Union Cemetery, July 2009.

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