Rockdale Cemetery Dubuque, IA

Rockdale Cemetery Dubuque, IA The Rockdale Cemetery in Dubuque, Iowa is located at 1500 Old Mill Road off of Kelly Lane in Dubuque. There are pre-civil war burials to modern day burials.

The cemetery is nestled among 200 year old tree's over looking Catfish Creek . Open to all faiths

Yesterday & today the tree removal company removed the large tree that came down in the wind storm a few weeks ago. We a...
03/28/2026

Yesterday & today the tree removal company removed the large tree that came down in the wind storm a few weeks ago. We also had an old dying tree that sat next to the church fellowship hall because we feared it would come down on the building or it will take out some of our really tall stones when the next storm hits.

Thank you to the kind and generous people who donated to help with the unexpected expense. We appreciate it so much!

Spring is here so now we will start picking up the pieces, fixing what we can and moving forward on our mission.

This is one of the many stones damaged when the tree fell on Friday😪
03/16/2026

This is one of the many stones damaged when the tree fell on Friday😪

Well our hearts are a little broken today. We had one of the large 100+ year old trees in the cemetery come down with th...
03/13/2026

Well our hearts are a little broken today. We had one of the large 100+ year old trees in the cemetery come down with this wind. It has ruined some of our 100+ year old gravestones that we have worked so hard restoring😪😪.

We won't know the full damage until the tree is completely removed.
We are quickly learning that as much as we love trees they are not our friend at a cemetery.

Donations always accepted and very much appreciated as we have these unexpected expenses.

Rockdale Cemetery Restoration & Preservation
4220 Tanzanite Ct. Dubuque, IA 52001

We will continue on our mission!

What does the cemetery's caretakkers do when they have free time on vacation? We go check out cemeteries to see what we ...
01/19/2026

What does the cemetery's caretakkers do when they have free time on vacation? We go check out cemeteries to see what we can learn.
Today in San Benito TX we visited old country music legend Freddie Fenders final resting place.

Restoration Project. In the summer of 2024 our team cleaned about 1000 stones. This stone of Mary Funk was coal black an...
09/26/2025

Restoration Project. In the summer of 2024 our team cleaned about 1000 stones.

This stone of Mary Funk was coal black and unreadable. We cleaned multiple times over the summer and it slowly became readable.
During the winter the stone fell over😪.

Caretaker, John Riedl poured a new foundation after leveling with crushed stone underneath. Her stone stood tall and clean TODAY!

We don't know much about Mary Funk. She was born in Cornwell, England in 1848. Married John J. Funk. Sadly she passed at the age of 44 in 1892 leaving 4 kids under the age of 11 behind. Our records don't show any other family members buried at Rockdale Cemetery.

Restoration project..fixing one stone at a time.😊

09/25/2025

Just a reminder, next week we will be doing our fall clean up at Rockdale Cemetery. Some have placed fall flowers on their loved ones sites. Those will be remain. We will be picking up fading florals and misc. We appreciate your assistance.

Now that the grass has finally slowed its growing spell, caretaker John Riedl  has tackled straightening some tombstones...
09/10/2025

Now that the grass has finally slowed its growing spell, caretaker John Riedl has tackled straightening some tombstones. This one had sunk over 14 inches into the ground. All fixed and standing tall today. Only about 950 more stones to work on for John. 😊 Good job!!

We had some adorable visitors inspecting our restoration & preservation work today. Thank you Steve Conlon for capturing...
06/30/2025

We had some adorable visitors inspecting our restoration & preservation work today. Thank you Steve Conlon for capturing this photo. 😊

Born today at Rockdale Cemetery.❤️❤️
05/30/2025

Born today at Rockdale Cemetery.❤️❤️

Meet John Riedl ( left) the caretaker for Rockdale Cemetery and Dick Leibfried( right),  a volunteer who cuts grass ever...
05/24/2025

Meet John Riedl ( left) the caretaker for Rockdale Cemetery and Dick Leibfried( right), a volunteer who cuts grass every week. Thank you for helping take care of and preserve the Rockdale Cemetery.

05/15/2025

Graveyard on grounds of the former Rockdale Methodist Church dates bac

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1500 Old Mill Road
Dubuque, IA

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+15634516861

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