Brennan forebears - Calvary Cemetery Section 26 Lot 482

Betty Jane Brennan (nee Sum - Aunt Betty Jane). First wife of Thomas G Brennan, Jr. Mother of Terrence, Victoria, Christopher, Thomas G III, and Carol.

Following info courtesy of email from Aaron Nauman, Betty Jane's grandson:

Betty Jane passed away in 2011 and can be found at section 26 lot 0482.  Her burial date was May 7 at the age of 86.  There are 11 family members buried in this lot including her parents (Sum) and sister (McGovern) as well as their grandparents I believe (Coghill). 

Aaron Nauman/Brennan (Vicky's oldest...)

The Coghill gravesite is in the second row of gravesites from the street. However, the plot’s position is perpendicular to the street, while the first row of gravesites are parallel. Look for the cross-shaped Coghill memorial just behind the rectangular memorial for Tiernan, which faces the street directly (see photo).    

Brennan forebears - Calvary Cemetery Section 20 Lot 1048

Margaret Brennan (nee Wesling - Aunty Peggy) , wife of John (Uncle Jack) Brennan, mother of Barbara, Margaret (Missey), Timothy, Patricia, Michael, John (Jack), Martin, Mary, Anne, and Matthew.

Matthew Brennan - son of Jack and Peggy Brennan, husband of Lucy Brennan (nee Pigue).

Following lot description is courtesy of email from Cousin Missey:

The Maher/Wesling/Brennan lot will eventually include a marker with the last names of all who rest there.  I  was also surprised when the Calvary official told me that there was room for an additional 6 caskets and 17 cremated urns for descendants of John Maher, mother’s maternal grandfather.   I also learned  that after so many years, and for burials that were in wooden caskets, the remains have “returned to the earth”. Therefore, these graves can be reopened. The same earth is then returned, so it is not considered to be a desecration.  Such a circle of life it is, isn’t it?

The plot is located in Section 20, Lot 1048 and there are have been 10 family interred there. They are mom, ( Margaret Mary Wesling Brennan), along with my brother (Matthew James Brennan), her parents (John J. Wesling and Margaret Frances  Maher Wesling), her unnamed brother (Baby Wesling) her mother’s brother & sister , (John A. Maher & Catherine [Kate] Maher), her grandfather (John Maher), and her great grandmother (Mary Maher).  There is also a Josephine Maher buried there in 1921, who I believe is an aunt.   For the record, John Joseph Bertram Brennan and Timothy Patrick Aloysius Brennan are interred at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Currently there is no grave marker at the Maher, Wesling, Brennan lot. Until one is placed, it can be located by finding the Murphy-Reilly monument (lot 1339). Maher, Wesling Brennan lot 1048 is directly behind this lot. There are several smaller grave markers for the Beatty family (lot 1033). Lot 1048 is immediately to the right of the Beatty family. This portion of section 20 is adjacent to West Florissant Avenue at Alcott Ave. Look for the street signs on the light-post. It is a short walk from this location on West Florissant to Grandma and Grandpa's old house on Davison Ave.    

Brennan forebears - Calvary Cemetery Section 17A Lot 332

Ronald Brummelhorst (Uncle Ronny) first husband of Ellen Brummelhorst Dwyer (nee Brennan) and father of Daniel Dwyer, James Dwyer, and Michael Dwyer.

Fred Brummelhorst, father of Ronald.

Section 17A appears as a flat, open field as the grave markers are all "ground level". The Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine is in the center of the section.Uncle Ronny's grave is located fairly near the roadside, perhaps 10 to 20 feet. Looking from the street, there is a mulched bed where there is a section 17A marker. Gravesite is just beyond this spot in the direction of the three trees, see photo (taken 11/16/2017).

The plot card indicates 4 different owners of this shared lot including Aunt Ellen. I asked her if she knows the other people who are interred here. She does not.