A number of Mennonites settled around Dinuba, Tulare Co.,CA.
There are two small privately owned cemeteries, within 2 miles of each other, that have Mennonite surnames buried within their gates.

One cemetery was started by the German Seventh-day Adventist around 1917 (that is the earliest date appearing on a headstone). The other is the Mennonite Cemetery.

I am indexing the SDA Cemetery and here are the surnames that are there:

ABREAU
ALLEN
ARNST
BAERG
BARTSCH
BENTON
BLOODWORTH
BROCK
BUHLER
BURNITZKIE
CALKINS
CANTRELL
COTT
COX
DEAN
DeFEHR
DILLON
DIRKSEN
EBERLEIN
EMDE
ENNS
EPP
EVANS
FALLBECK
FLOYD
FRIESEN
GOERTZ
GOLBEK
HAGSTOTZ
HALE
HOGUE
HUGHES
JACKSON
JACOBSEN
JONES
KEHLER
KLASSEN
KOENIG
LEMKY
LOTTMAN
MATTSSON
MAXWELL
McMANAMAN
MILLER
MILLS
MITCHEM
NEUBRAND
NEWFELD
OBLANDER
O'DAY
OTTO
PARKER
PAULSON
PENNER
POTTS
QUIRING
REBEDEAUX
REGER
RILEY
ROWLAND
SANTINI
SCHARZ
SCHLICKSUPP
SMITH
STAHL
STRANGE
STUCKY
TAVES
TOEWS
TRESENRITER
WAZDATSKEY
WEATHINGTON
WIEBE
WINN
WONDERLY
WOOD

I may index the Mennonite Cemetery later.

Elvina

Hi Elvina.
My name is Suzzanna Lemky. I was raised SDA and when I saw your list I was surprized to learn I am related to about 20% of the surnames listed. including the Toews, Taves, Nuefeldts. I would be very interested to hear what you have on these people. Anything you could forward or relay to me would be great.
Thanks Suzzanna

For more information on a lot of the Mennonite Families in the Dinuba/Reedley area and most of the San Joaquin Valley you might contact the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies at Fresno Pacific University (http://www.fresno.edu/affiliation/cmbs/) This site also has additional Links to other sources of information.

Do you know the names on the tombs of the strange and smith they are my dads, mom and dads names.

Carrie Strange 1888-1944 and Nettie Smith 1878-1975