NEGenWeb Project
Merrick County, Nebraska

Chapman Cemetery
at Chapman, Merrick, NE

Located south of Chapman, on land donated by John & Jane Donovan.
13 June 1885: Cemetery Association organized - Alonzo Sutton, Chairman and John L. Martin, Secretary.

Contributed by Larry Coates.

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West <---ROAD G---> East

Section A

Section D

Section B

Section C

Compass

BLOCK  

Lot #1

North Half

Lot #2

Lot #3

Lot #4

South Half

Lot #5

Lot #6

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Section C (SE corner)

Owners List

  

Block 11

Block 10

Block 9

Block 8

Block 7

Block 6

Block 5

Block 4

Block 3

Block 2

Block 1

Row 1

S. H. Collins
Graves & cemetery photos

Louie Grotzky

D.F. Lantz
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F. F. Peterson
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Burcham
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Thomas Fauguier
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D. Hueneke
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Mrs. Hy. Cahow

Carl Delay Nl/2
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Joseph Price Nl/2
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Bessie Bice Nl/2
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Row 2

William Osborn
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William H. Morris
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J.W. Watkins
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Wm. Corcilius, Sr.
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Claus Frazenberg
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Henry Husman
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Fred Muller, Jr.

Eugene Clement
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?
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Clifford W.Culbert
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Row 3

Nl/2 Hans Rasmussen
Sl/2 Carl Hedwall
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Frank Roper
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R.E. Crandell

A. Skow
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Wm. Corcilius, Sr.
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Robert Raecke
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Ehlers Bros.
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Evelyn Reeder Charles Pearce
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Louie Klingenberg
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?
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Harry Cahow
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Row 4

A.B. Mclntire
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Merrick County
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Lee Willard
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A. Skow
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Wilhelm Winkelman
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Henry Winkelman
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Edwin Hueneke Nl/2 Mrs. Elizabeth Siemem Sl/2
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Alfred Bader Sl/2
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Clause Foglond Nl/2 Harry Foglond Sl/2
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Jerry L. Cahow
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Row 5

Mrs. A.R. Vansickle
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Nl/2 D.W. Hardknock Mrs. Nels Larsen Sl/2
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Fred Fogg
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Frank E. Widman
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N1/2 Chas. Hammons S1/2 Edna Widman
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Duncan Triplett
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Hulda Siemers
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Herbert Wagner
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Joe Zmek, Jr.
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Dick & Joan DeMary
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Row 6

J. Orendorff
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Salin Isakson N1/2
Roy E. Ruge Sl/2
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Bert Williams Nl/2
C. J. Kellogg S1/2
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Nl/2 Lloyd Leamons, Jr. S l/2 Frank Widman, Jr.
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Floyd Ehlers
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J. B. Jones
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Albert Hueneke
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James Jensen
-Lots 1 to 4 James/Eleanor Ayers
-Lots 5,6
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Lloyd Wagner & Shirley

  

  

Row 7

Merle Vansickle/ Irene Aubert
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Roy & Barbara Ruge
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Nl/2 Frank Wubbenhorst Sl/2 Roland Spangler
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Darrell Widman Nl/2

Ralph Ehlers Nl/2
Sl/2 Jannell LaRue
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Harry Fauquier
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Elizabeth Mason
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Row 8

  

  

View looking north

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Earl & Elsie Widman

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

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Section C (SE corner)

Grave Numbers = Section-Row-Block-Lot

Grave     Name                           DOB        DOD        Comment

C-1-1-1    Bice, Bessie May                     1894       1951   "MOTHER" 

C-1-2-1    Price, Joseph                   2/23/1884    9/10/38    
C-1-2-2    Price, Mary Ann                 9/12/1889    3/10/73    
C-1-2-6    Rasmussen, Sarah I.                        5/23/1896    "Dau. of L.R. & A.T./Rasmussen/Aged 5 d'ys." 
C-1-2-6    Rasmussen, Lilly V.                           9/1/04    "Dau. of L.R. & A.T./Rasmussen/Aged 3 y. 3 m." 

C-1-3-1    DeLay, Carl                    12/21/1873  8/11/1948    Father
C-1-3-2    DeLay, Myrtle E.                6/18/1885  10/6/1831    Mother, Wife of Carl DeLay
C-1-3-4    Ferguson, William Boyd               1847       1937
C-1-3-5    Ferguson, Ida Florence               1856       1938

C-1-5-1    Hueneke, Dietrich F.                 1874       1926
C-1-5-2    Hueneke, Augusta                     1867       1946

C-1-6-1    Fauquier, Bell Bruno            1/14/1876  10/2/1957    "MOTHER", "BORN CHAPMAN, NEBR.", "DIED CHAPMAN, NEBR."
C-1-6-2    Fauquier, Thomas                10/8/1860  9/13/1926    "FATHER", "BORN KEOKUK, IOWA", "DIED CHAPMAN, NEBR."
C-1-6-3    Fauquier, Frances Nettie        1/14/1908 12/21/1985    "BORN CHAPMAN, NEBR." "DIED CHAPMAN, NEBR."
C-1-6-5    Fauquier, Margaret              2/16/1824   3/6/1914
C-1-6-4    Fauquier, Belle Louise           1/1/1919   9/7/1919    "BORN CHAPMAN, NEBR.", "DIED CHAPMAN, NEBR."

C-1-7-1    Burcham, Florence               3/27/1893  7/27/1910    "IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF …"

C-1-8-1    Peterson, Rose M.                    1863       1908    "WIFE OF F.F. PETERSON"

C-1-9-1    Lantz, Bernice M.                    1899       1908    "DAUGHTER"
C-1-9-2    Klingenberg, Edward            12/25/1896   5/6/1967
C-1-9-3    Klingenberg, Alice V.            4/3/1904  2/15/1991
C-1-9-5    Lantz, Benjamin F.                   1865       1940    "FATHER"
C-1-9-6    Lantz, Allie Kyes                    1874       1958    "MOTHER"

C-1-11-1   Collins, Flora N.                          1/22/1890    "Dau. of S.H. & V. Collins/Aged 11 Ys 1 M 4 Ds" 
C-1-11-2   Collins, S. H.                   1/3/1847    1/31/31    
C-1-11-3   Collins, Verlina               12/17/1852    3/10/15    "Wife of S.H. Collins" "At Rest" 
C-1-11-4   Collins, Harry                                          Plot map has two Harry's but I think there is only one. 
C-1-11-5   Cover, Bertha M.                           4/30/1879    "Dau. of J.G. & S.V. Cover/Aged 3 Ys. 5 Ms. 24 Ds." 
C-1-11-6   Collins, Harry H.               8/25/1882    3/17/07    "Son of S.H. & V. Collins" "How many hopes lie buried here"  
C-1-11-6   Collins, Harry                                          "Father" "In Loving Memory" - He has two stones 

C-2-1-3    Culbert, Irene E.                 6/27/19   11/27/99    Same stone as Clifford. Under intertwined rings - "Jan. 13, 1969" 
C-2-1-4    Culbert, Clifford W.              8/20/28   10/15/95    Also has military stone - "CPL US ARMY/WORLD WAR II" 
C-2-1-5    Culbert, Edgar W., Jr.            9/23/24   12/11/79    "US ARMY/WORLD WAR II" 
C-2-1-6    Culbert, Mildred L.              10/14/20   10/31/79    "LOVING/WIFE OF EDGAR" 

C-2-2-6    Hatfield, Ada S.                             1/18/05    "Wife of H.C. Hatfield/Aged 40 y. 5 m.10 d." 

C-2-3-1    Manning, Fred E.                7/21/1876     7/5/37    
C-2-3-2    Clement, Myrtle C.               9/7/1873    2/10/59    
C-2-3-4    Clement, Eugene                 4/17/1872     7/1/55    
C-2-3-6    Raser, Grace E.                 12/4/1896     8/7/48    

C-2-5-1    Husmann, Henry                  7/23/1866    6/26/38    
C-2-5-2    Husmann, Betty E.                    1869       1930    
C-2-5-5    Husmann, Ella C.                     1905       1996   She was Ella Husmann Nelson - she remarried after Otto died. 
C-2-5-6    Husmann, Otto                        1894       1961    

C-2-6-1    Gieseler, George                6/25/1890    4/17/19   Metal World War I marker 
C-2-6-2    Hill, Ellray H.                  5/1/1901    11/9/38   "Husband" 
C-2-6-3    Franzenberg, Claus              7/11/1877    1/20/39   "Father" 
C-2-6-4    Franzenberg, Amelia            11/14/1888    6/28/39   "Mother" 
C-2-6-5    Franzenberg, Raynold Willie                            "Baby" 

C-2-7-1    Corcilius, Wilma G.               10/2/14     6/3/15   "Dau. of W. H. & H. A. Corcilius/At Rest" 
C-2-7-4    Corcilius, Hester A.             3/1/1887     3/1/72    
C-2-7-5    Corcilius, William H.           4/27/1884    7/17/57    

C-2-8-1    Watkins, Eli Edgar                 2/8/07     1/2/15    "Son of J.H. & M.J. WATKINS/Gone but not forgotten" 
C-2-8-2    Watkins, Herbert Ernest           12/4/08   10/30/18    "Son of J.H. & M.J. WATKINS/Gone but not forgotten" 
C-2-8-5    Watkins, Mollie J.                   1872       1951    
C-2-8-6    Watkins, John H.                     1870       1935    "Our Beloved Parents" 

C-2-10-2/3 Morris, Ethel Grace Osborn      1/29/1883    1/13/10    
C-2-10-4/5 Morris, Wright Marion              1/6/10    4/25/98    

C-2-11-1   Hulse, Delilah                  5/21/1823    8/26/08   "Mother" 
C-2-11-2   Collins, O. H.                                         The small stone only has "O.H." on it. The last name is a guess. 
C-2-11-3   Osborn, Victoria E.                          3/30/05   "Wife of W. M. Osborn/Aged 47 Ys. 7 Ms. 17 Ds." - verse 
C-2-11-4   Osborn, Fayette                 7/13/1893  9/14/1897   "Son of W. M. & V. E. Osborn" - verse 
C-2-11-5   Morris, Fayette Mitchell          9/29/04    10/4/04   "Son of W. H. & E. G. Morris" 

C-3-1-4    Cahow, Jamie June                 7/13/51     8/3/88   "Daughter" 
C-3-1-5    Cahow, Grace R.                   12/4/17     1/9/90    
C-3-1-6    Cahow, Harry H.                    8/7/09    9/14/68    

C-3-2-5    Preston, Isaac T.                    1899       1912    

C-3-3-1    Wagner, David P.                  3/17/49     3/9/90    
C-3-3-2    Klingenberg, Marie                   1873       1937   "Mother" - Shares a stone with Louis 
C-3-3-3    Klingenberg, Louis                   1870       1955   "Father" 
C-3-3-4    Wagner, Robert E.                                      Living 
C-3-3-4    Wagner, Elsie                      2/6/12    4/26/01   Shares a stone and a space with Robert - cremated. 
C-3-3-5    Klingenberg, Roscoe               1/18/06    1/29/83    
C-3-3-6    Klingenberg, Russell L.          10/16/45    4/23/71    "NEBRASKA/SP 4/CO C 1 BN 15 INFANTRY/VIETNAM" 

C-3-4-1    Reeder, Evelyn Ruth                5/8/12    4/13/37    

C-3-4-3    Pearce, Chuck                    12/12/61    8/19/94    

C-3-5-1    Smith, Edna Ehlers                   1907       1960    
C-3-5-3    Ehlers, Earl                         1913       1978    
C-3-5-4    Ehlers, Willie                       1902       1965    
C-3-5-6    Ehlers, Hugo                         1903       1960    

C-3-6-1    Raecke, George W.               12/9/1901     1/7/20    
C-3-6-2    Raecke, Hedwig J.               4/22/1871    9/15/48   "Mother" 
C-3-6-4    Raecke, Robert J.               1/13/1868    1/23/42   "Father" 
C-3-6-5    Ferguson, Ella                  3/12/1894   12/23/18   "Wife of Boyd Ferguson" - "RAECKE" is on bottom of the stone 

C-3-7-1    Corcilius, Cecilia              4/27/1858   12/24/15   "HIS WIFE" 
C-3-7-2    Corcilius, William C.            9/8/1854    9/21/28   Shares a gravestone with Cecilia 
C-3-7-6    Garner, Ethel Corcilius         8/10/1891    7/10/43    

C-3-8-1    Skow, Mary                           1833       1917    
C-3-8-4    Skow, Hans                           1833       1916    
C-3-8-5    Skow, Mildred A.                     1906       1995    
C-3-8-6    Skow, Earl R.                        1905       1995    

C-3-10-1   Roper, Richard F.                    1919       1920    
C-3-10-5   Roper, Roberta R.                    1916       1917    
C-3-10-5b  Roper, Violet B.                     1914       1920    
C-3-10-6   Nicholas, Julia Blanche         7/15/1896    2/15/88    

C-3-11-1   Rasmussen, A. T.                          12/29/1901    "Wife of H. C. Rasmussen/Aged 59 yrs." 
C-3-11-2   Rasmussen, H. C.                           6/29/1901    "Aged 72 yrs." 

C-3-11-6   Hedwall, Lawrence                 12/6/10    8/11/11   "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Hedwall" 

C-4-1-6    Cahow, Guy L. "Roy"               1/29/13    2/10/95   "HUSBAND - UNCLE" 

C-4-3-1    Foglond, Clause                      1850       1940    
C-4-3-2    Foglond, Mary                        1865       1940    

C-4-3-4    Foglond, Ervin P.               8/29/1888    3/20/52    2 stones - name spelled 2 ways:  Foglond and Fogland. "NEBRASKA/PFC 26 BN US GUARDS/WORLD WAR I" 

C-4-4-1    Cavender, Alma M. Bove            12/5/04    4/24/93   Shares a stone with Earl 
C-4-4-2    Cavender, Wm. Earl              6/13/1902     8/9/88    
C-4-4-5    Bader, Elizabeth L.               5/17/04    8/18/83   Shares a stone with Alfred 
C-4-4-6    Bader, Alfred W.                 8/9/1903    12/5/92    

C-4-5-2    Hueneke, Esther Berlin          8/22/1902     6/1/39    

C-4-5-4    Siemers, John H.                5/24/1878    2/27/43    
C-4-5-5    Siemers, Louise E.              2/14/1884    12/5/44    

C-4-6-1    Twick, Catharina                7/19/1832    12/6/35    
C-4-6-5    Winkleman, Marie C.                  1885       1969   "MOTHER" - Shares a stone with Henry 
C-4-6-6    Winkleman, Henry                     1877       1957   "FATHER" - "MARRIED SEPT. 29, 1908" 

C-4-7-3    Winkelman, William                   1886       1971   "SON" 
C-4-7-4    Winkelman, Wilhelm              8/23/1840     3/9/23   "FATHER" 
C-4-7-5    Winkelman, Margaret             12/9/1848    3/14/21   "MOTHER" 

C-4-8-1    Skow, Irene                          1919       1942    
C-4-8-4    Skow, Winnie                         1878       1950    
C-4-8-5    Skow, Albert P.                      1877       1937    

C-4-9-1    Brumbaugh, Joseph Wallace                              No stone 
C-4-9-2    Brumbaugh, Isaac Lee                                   No stone 
C-4-9-5    Willard, Cora Adeline                1877       1959    "ADDIE/MOTHER" 
C-4-9-6    Willard, Herman Lee                  1867       1941    "LEE/FATHER" 

C-4-10-1   Knoffler, Moritz K.                  1880       1930    
C-4-10-5   Kunkel, Emilie                       1874       1948    
C-4-10-6   Kunkel, Otto H.                      1861       1948    

C-4-11-1   McIntire, Milton C.                  1858       1949   "UNCLE" 
C-4-11-2   McIntire, Bessie                     1881       1924   "MOTHER" 
C-4-11-3   McIntire, Amos B.                    1858       1928   "FATHER" 

C-5-1-2    DeMary, Charles John             11/20/58    10/6/79   "A1C US AIR FORCE" 

C-5-3-1    Zmek, Sharon M                    8/19/46    8/23/46   "INF. DAU. OF/MR.- MRS. J.L. ZMEK" 

C-5-4-1    Wagner, Martha B.                9/5/1892    2/22/46   Shares a stone with Herbert 
C-5-4-2    Wagner, Herbert A.              4/30/1893     8/8/68    
C-5-4-4    Wagner, Ella Jane                11/13/04    6/24/83    
C-5-4-6    Schoonover, Julia              12/13/1871    1/30/65    

C-5-5-2    Blevins, Ralph M.                    1906       1945    
C-5-5-4    Blevins, Clara P.               9/27/1884     4/2/72    
C-5-5-5    Blevins, H. Oscar              10/29/1878     4/7/66    

C-5-6-1    Triplett, Duncan                     1900       1935    
C-5-6-2    Triplett, Ella Duncan                1870       1945   "MOTHER" 
C-5-6-3    Triplett, John Marshall              1867       1945   "FATHER" 

C-5-7-1    Hammons, Alice                   12/12/06    2/18/29   "ALICE WIDMAN/WIFE OF/CHARLES HAMMONS" 
C-5-7-3    Hammons, Wilma Ruth                2/1/29    3/13/29    

C-5-7-4    Widman, Walter W.                 1/17/16    11/9/84   "PFC US ARMY/WORLD WAR II" 
C-5-7-5    Widman, David                     5/20/17    1/14/92   "AMM2 US NAVY/WORLD WAR II" 
C-5-7-6    Widman, Edna I.                  5/8/1903   12/27/93    

C-5-8-1    Widman, Norman Ray                2/20/40    2/21/40   "SON OF MR. & MRS. FRANK WIDMAN, JR." 
C-5-8-3    Widman, Rose H.                 4/12/1882    2/11/49   "MOTHER" 
C-5-8-4    Widman, Frank E.                8/31/1872     2/2/61   "FATHER" 

C-5-9-1    Fogg, John E.                        1862       1931   "FATHER" 
C-5-9-2    Fogg, Matilda                        1858       1944    

C-5-10-2   Hardnock, Daniel Webster                                

C-5-10-4   Larson, Carolina                     1861       1939    
C-5-10-5   Larson, Nels                         1862       1933    

C-5-11-1   Vansickle, Albert R.                 1886       1924    
C-5-11-2   Vansickle, Mabel F.                  1885       1944    
C-5-11-5   Emry, Ila V.                         1908       1996   "MOTHER" - She shares a stone with Orville 
C-5-11-6   Emry, Orville E.                     1903       1965   "FATHER" - "THY WILL BE DONE" 

C-6-4-3    Jensen, Lorraine J. Kroeger                            Living - "PARENTS OF JIM, JON, JANET" -  Shares stone with Jim 
C-6-4-4    Jensen, James M.                  2/19/42     3/4/98   "MARRIED JUNE 15, 1963"-Vietnam Veteran marker 

C-6-5-1    Hueneke, Jennie F.                   1890       1955    
C-6-5-2    Hueneke, Albert H.                   1898       1986   Shares a stone with Jennie 

C-6-6-2    Jones, A. Wayne                  11/15/11    8/30/54    
C-6-6-3    Jones, Edna                     8/27/1888    12/7/45    
C-6-6-4    Jones, James B.                 8/10/1885    7/29/45    

C-6-7-1    Pfenning, Richard Paul            9/21/45    4/25/65    
C-6-7-2    Pfenning, Stephen Jay "Skip"       5/8/50    10/9/78    "BROTHER AND SON/REST IN PEACE" 
C-6-7-3    Ehlers, Doris E.                  7/28/15     6/9/97    
C-6-7-4    Ehlers, Floyd                      7/5/18     5/5/85   "SGT US ARMY/WORLD WAR II" 

C-6-8-1    O'Conner, Jesse James           7/13/1880     5/2/56    "PVT CO 1 4 INF NEBR NG/WORLD WAR I" 
C-6-8-2    Leamons, Mary I.                  11/1/26              Shares a stone with Lloyd 
C-6-8-3    Leamons, Jr., Lloyd                5/8/22   11/26/71    

C-6-8-4    Widman, Fern                       2/2/17   10/15/00   "APR. 9, 1938" - "PARENTS OF NORMAN, DARRELL, GERALDINE" 
C-6-8-5    Widman, Jr., Frank                6/18/14    7/22/96   Shares a stone with Fern 

C-6-9-2    Samples, Elton Howard "Bud"       5/13/15     6/6/96    
C-6-9-3    Williams, Bert E.                    1883       1944   "FATHER" 

C-6-9-4    Kellogg, Chester B.            10/17/1883   11/20/53    
C-6-9-5    Kellogg, Cyrus Jacob            9/24/1881    8/30/61    

C-6-10-1   Isakson, Eleonora                    1866       1942    
C-6-10-2   Isakson, Salin                       1872       1939    

C-6-10-5   Ruge, Lula Alice                1/31/1902     7/9/65    
C-6-10-6   Ruge, Edward Christian         10/31/1895   11/17/56    

C-6-11-1   Orendorff, Loa Mabel            1/17/1897    5/11/29   Shares a stone with John 
C-6-11-2   Orendorff, John B.               5/5/1894     3/7/82    
C-6-11-6   Orendorff, Kimberly Ann            6/7/59    6/10/59   "DAU. OF DALE & MARILYN ORENDORFF" 
C-6-11-6   Orendorff, Marilyn J.             2/22/25   12/12/69   Shares a stone with I. Dale 
C-6-11-6   Orendorff, I. Dale                 9/7/22              His name is inscribed on the stone with Marilyn but he is buried in Colo. 

C-7-5-1    Mason, Elizabeth                     1905       1994    
C-7-5-2    Mason, James L.                      1901       1968    

C-7-6-1    Fauquier, David Henry                1902       1965    
C-7-6-3    Fauquier, Harry                10/17/1903    9/29/70    

C-7-7-1    Ehlers, Mariellis                    1918       1985   Shares a stone with Ralph 
C-7-7-2    Ehlers, Ralph                        1910       1984    

C-7-7-4    Loughmiller, Charles William     12/20/20    7/18/98   "OUR BROTHER" 

C-7-9-1    Wubbenhorst, Dorothea             4/23/07   12/17/78    
C-7-9-2    Wubbenhorst, Frank              4/11/1900   10/12/72    

C-7-9-5    Daberkow, Helen M.                4/26/08     6/5/65    
C-7-9-6    Daberkow, Hugo A.                  9/7/05    9/19/01    

C-7-10-1   Ruge, Roy E.                                           Living 
C-7-10-2   Ruge, Barbara Estes                                    Living 
C-7-10-3   Anderson, Patrick                                       

C-7-11-2   Vansickle, H. Mearl             12/5/1894    3/14/54   Shares a stone with Edna 
C-7-11-4   Vansickle, Edna I.               3/4/1895   12/30/87    
C-7-11-5   Aubert, Irene                      9/5/18    9/27/91    

   

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