Join us at Clear Creek Cemetery in Bloomington, IN on Thursday June 25th, 2026!
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Clear Creek Cemetery
5405 South Rogers Street Bloomington, IN 47403
6/25/2026 9am-3pm
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Local contact info for any questions: Karen Banks - ksbanks@gmail.com - (812) 797-9667 - 812-332-2517 Ext. 9
Parking: Details: Parking is available next to the church. Attendees may also use the Clear Creek Christian School parking lots across Church Lane to the north and across South Rogers Street to the west.
Background Info
Clear Creek Cemetery was originally established by the church and it is now owned and maintained by the Clear Creek Cemetery Association.
In October 1939, Eva Kathleen (Emery) Doty and Lura Bell (Mitchell) Emery recorded the cemetery's gravestones. Their book notes, "The Clear Creek Church was organized July 15, 1838. Many charter members are buried in the old part of the cemetery. Remains were removed from the Benjamin Mathers farm and the Hugh Campbell farm and interred at Clear Creek. Among the former was William Mathers, a Revolutionary soldier." Mathers served in the Pennsylvania militia. The cemetery includes 38 veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, for a total of 785 military veterans.
The oldest gravestones belong to William T. Mathers (September 7, 1838), James Mathers (July 1, 1839), and Mary (Myers) Iseminger (September 9, 1841). Mary is buried on the cemetery’s east side. The church was built in 1847 on land donated by the Mathers family.
Notable burials at Clear Creek Cemetery include Hobie Billingsley (diving coach), Archie Dees (basketball player), Harvey Phillips (tuba musician), Giorgio Tozzi (opera singer), and Bob Whitlow (football player).
Renown local stone carvers include Joseph Bruner, who worked on Mount Rushmore, along with Jean “Fred” Bruner, Harold “Dugan” Elgar, John Lucas, and Alger “Bert” Waterford.
*Info above provided by our local event host Karen Banks*