Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
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Alma Lutheran
(Wahoo Precinct) |
Alma Lutheran Cemetery located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 14N, Range 8E Saunders County, Nebraska. It was organized 5 January 1870 per stone inscription.
Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 East 19 Fremont, Nebraska and Kathrine Petersen. Started on 6 Jun 1977 and completed on 9 Jun 1977.
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Working from east to west in rows:

Page 1 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Section 1 Row 1 north to South
Clarence W Challquist
Nebr Pvt U S Army WW I
23 Jun 1896 7 Jun 1972
Robert Riddle
4 Dec 1899 4 Oct 1965
Martha H Carlson wed to Chas L Carlson 26 Mar 1961
25 Jul 1936 9 Dec 1971
Dwight Lee Martin
Oregon SP3 49 Scout Dog Plt Korea
28 Feb 1939 28 May 1973
Byron Lee Swanson, son of Roger & Virginia
1 Sep 1957 1 Jan 1974
Row 2 south to north
Ordray A Scoles Julia F Scoles
1893 - 1974 1891 - 1970
C Arthur Larson Signa H Larson
1881 - 1968 1884 - 1963
wed on 26 Jan 1911
Roy Wallace Carlson
Nebr Cpl 3 Armd Div WW II
10 Feb 1920 7 Sep 1966
Mildred J Carlson Elaine Carlson
1916 - 1960 1922 - 1962
Edward C Henthorn
Nebr PFC 19 RCT Co Gen SVC Inf WW I
9 Mar 1900 29 Sep 1957
Raymond F Carlson Alice May Carlson
1912 - 1975 20 Apr 1924 17 Aug 1952
WW II flag marker
John A Carlson Augusta Carlson
1870 - 1950 1876 - 1961
Mark Edward Johnson 18 Mar 1969 3 Oct 1971
Page 2 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
John C Nygren Alida C Nygren
20 Oct 1871 17 Jan 1949 16 Dec 1881 28Jan 1955
Astrid Linnea Nygren
1914 - 1970
Nels I Sjogren Anna S Sjogren
28 Dec 1852 16 Mar 1940 11 May 1857 27 Apr 1922
Sylvanus J P Sundquist
29 Aug 1902 2 Sep 1975
Esther C Gibson, wife of L J Sundquist
6 Dec 1867 22 Sep 1941
Rev L J Sundquist Victor Emanuel Sundquist
10 Jun 1856 3 Ju1 1927 4 Aug 1894 21 Aug 1916
Row 3 north to south
Rev S G Larson Johanna C Larson
20 Jan 1833 11 Nov 1904 24 Dec 1835 9 May 1913
Pioneer Past. of the Nebraska Conference
Pastor C G Samuelson Ida Sophia Samuelson
1869 - 1950 1874 - 1944
Amanda Nelson Sophia Nelson
13 Jan 1878 20 Apr 1960 10 Aug 1875 15 Jan 1958
Alfred L Nelson
5 Oct 1879 25 Mar 1914
Swan Nelson Hanna Nelson
28 Oct 1837 31 Mar 1918 25 Dec 1841 14 Aug 1930
Arlyce Jean Larson
b & d 4 May 1936
Henry Erickson
1884 - 1962
Edward N Ahl
28 Feb 1901 26 Sep 1975
Row 4 south to north
Rudolph Unzicker Bedah A Unzicker
9 Mar 1872 15 Dec 1960 21 Mar 1880 22 Jan 1968
Nels Swanson Hannah Swanson
17 Jan 1858 10 Aug 1955 28 Sep 1865 10 Feb 1947
Olga Olson, daughter
11 Jan 1885 26 Dec 1941
Clinton B Baker "Sammy"
1940 - 1953
Page 3 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County Nebraska
John W Fischer Hilda A Fischer
8 Jan 1871 27 Aug 1947 18 Jan 1873 23 Jul 1945
Wilhelmina Nelson John A Nelson
27 May 1864 12 May 1942 7 Aug 1860 26 Nov 1933
Baby grave, no name or dates
Anders Tuveson wife, Anna Tuveson
1834 - 1919 1840 - 1926
John Olson Ellen Olson
1857 - 1934 1867 - 1936
Ola Erickson Maria Erickson
29 Apr 1822 24 Feb 1910 8 Apr 1831 17 Jan 1902
Andrew Erickson Olof Erickson
26 Sep 1856 29 Jul 1931 10 Ju1 1862 5 Jul 1938
Alfred Erickson Nels Erickson
Mar 1875 26 Apr 1941 15 Mar 1860 21 May 1901
Row 5 north to south
Richard N Johnson Anna Sophia Johnson
7 Feb 1879 30 Aug 1957 19 Sep 1853 3 May 1932
Lars John Johnson Bernardina M Johnson
14 Feb 1855 18 Jan 1926 27 Jul 1890 19 Mar 1901
Swan E Anderson Emil D Anderson
9 Oct 1880 25 Jun 1908 2 Jul 1885 3 Dec 1911
Selma M Anderson Hakan Anderson
25 Dec 1882 5 Dec 1914 25 Oct 1848 4 May 1902
Anders Irvin Anderson
2 Aug 1889 16 Jun 1905
unmarked grave
Charles J Carlson Emma Carlson
30 Mar 1869 15 Nov 1939 23 May 1874 9 Dec 1958
Arthur Schierer
3 Feb 1897 2 Feb 1951
Alfred Dahlberg Nellie Dahlberg
1873 - 1946 1864 - 1945
son, Charles Dahlberg
1907 - 1928
John Forsberg
1884 - 1937
Page 4 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 6 south to north
Emma Augusta Ekman
1860 - 1961
Carl Edward Ekman
1877 - 1953
Carl Ekman Lovisa S Ekman
10 Nov 1838 27 Mar 1909 6 Aug 1841 15 Jul 1925
Fred Nelson Ada C Nelson
21 Sep 1669 26 Apr 1925 9 Jan 1895 10 Jul 1911
Peter J Nelson Myrtle E Nelson
30 Oct 1835 11 May 1906 11 Jul 1888 11 May 1927
John Hultstedt Ingre Hultstedt, his wife
1849 - 1927 1862 - 1900
Josephine N Hultstedt, his wife
1858 - 1937
Allen P Hullstedt Mary C Hullstedt
1857 - 1911 1864 - 1897
Anna L Blomberg John P Blomberg
12 Aug 1814 29 Apr 1910 20 Apr 1811 11 Oct 1898
C J Blomberg
1843 - 1897
Ellen Grant
1881 - 1954
Large marker at Bottom shows Gran, however GRANT shows up in spelling
John Gran Ida Gran
13 Feb 1844 25 Dec 1933 26 Jun 1874 3 Aug 1874
Selma Grant
17 Nov 1876 14 Jan 1941
Johan Edwin Grant wife Emma Christina Grant of John Grant
16 Aug 1875 2 Dec 1890 1843 - 1903
Oscar Fredrik Grant
1 Sep 1882 30 Oct 1890
Row 7 north to south
Loes S Swanson Amanda C Swanson
1856 - 1927 1862 - 1926
Theodor A Swanson Gustav S Swanson
1904 - 1912 1885 - 1888
Carl. B Swanson Sigfred B Swanson
1886 - 1888 1888 - 1905
Reuben E Swanson Gordon A Swanson
22 Feb 1896 29 Apr 1968 18 Dec 1899 12 Aug 1975
Page 5 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Andrew Thorson Engri Thorson, wife
1839 - 1916 1846 - 1921
Thore A Thorson George O Thorson
1873 - 1874 1880 - 1883
Children of J & G Nordquist
Lelli d 23 Jul 1872 1 yr 3 mo 20 days
Meni d 10 May 1874 10 mo 11 days
Anna C Clauson
2 Jul 1870 18 Apr 1971
Johanes, son of G & M Christenson
d 7 Sep 1876 17 days
Andrew L Berggren
10 Jan 1836 26 Nov 1913
Helma & Huld twin daughters of A L Berggren and wife
d 1 Jul 1877 10 months
Bengta, wife of A L Berggren
4 Jul 1838 20 Feb 1887 48 yr 7 mo 16 days
Oscar B Berggren William Berggren
20 Dec 1880 19 Oct 1954 14 Nov 1869 29 Jul 1950
Johanson J (Marker in very poor condition, not readable by rubbing)
d 29 Jul 1878
Frida V, dau of M & A F Thorson
d 13 Aug 1875 10 mo 24 days
Carl J Gustafson Johanna Gustafson
1834 - 1919 1833 - 1927
A H Gustafson
born 30 Apr 1878 3 months.
Clara Loves, dau of C J & J Gustafson
d 18 Oct 187r 3 yr 8 days
Johanna M Allmen
born in Sweden 10 Sep 1844 died 13 Aug 1870
Row 8 south to north
Owen, son of J B & N A Roseberry
d 17 Nov 1891 24 yr 4 mo 13 days
John Hall Sophie Hall
24 Aug 1858 11 Jun 1942 10 May 1868 10 Oct 1972
L Warren Berggren
1905 - 1915
Page 6 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Bengt Nelson wife, Anna A Nelson
1842 - 1924 1853 - 1893
Hannah Nelson, wife of Bengt Nelson
1854 - 1917
Marie C Nelson Selma J Nelson
1875 - 1885 1882 - 1885
Olaf Nelson Frank G Nelson
1878 - 1878 1876 - 1878
Henry Burklund Andrew S Burklund
27 Jul 1909 24 Jan 1915 5 Aug 1864 23 Dec 1929
Josephine F Burklund
6 Jan 1874 15 Apr 1972
Row 9 north to south
Elsie May, dau of J & C Appelquist
22 Apr 1885 7 Jun 1890
Ruth F Sward Emma S Sward
187_ - 1975 1889 - 1959
Elmer E Sward Esther A Sward
1892 - 1907 1894 - 1964
John F Sward Johanna C Sward
1851- 1926 1862 - 1935
Carl J Sward Ida Sward
1866 - 1949 1884 - 1967
Bernice E Sorenson
21 Apr 1911 16 Apr 1944
David T Smith Olga Josephine Smith
1883 - 1947 1893 - 1968
Maja S, wife of John A Smith Maria Smith
31 Jan 1849 1 Jan 1888 1857 - 1941
John A Smith
1845 - 1923
John Parish
d 12 Oct 1893 57 yr 9 mo 7 days
Charles A Parrish
22 Nov 1869 28 Apr 1928
Anna, wife of A Oakeson
d 3 Nov 1883 20 yr 11 mo 18 days
Children of J & H C Parrish
August W d 13 Nov 1883 5 yr 8 mo 11 days
Edward d 14 Nov 1883 1 yr 4 mo 7 days
Alfreda E, dau of A & H S Johnston
d 15 Aug 1886 11 mo 26 days
N P Alfred, son of A & L Johnson
d 17 May 1878 13 yr 6 mo 12 days
Page 7 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Hilda S, wife of A Johnston
d 31 Jul 1888 26 yr 7 days
Lydia S, dau of G J & H F Johnson
6 Mar 1892 22 Sep 1892
Anders Johnson Elizabeth Desidena Johnson,
12 May 1817 12 Aug 1909 wife of Anders Johnson
Emily A Johnson 4 Sep 1837 14 Dec 1893
15 Oct 1868 10 Jan 1937
Anna Mathilda Johnson
22 Apr 1872 17 Nov 1932
Carl John Johnson
7 Jul 1858 28 May 1896
Row 10 south to north
Amalia, wife of Andrew Borg
d 5 Dec 1892 40 yr 7 mo 15 days
Little son
d 13 Jan 1891 (no names)
Father Peterson Mother Peterson
1851 - 1943 1854 - 1920
Gracie D, dau of C R & C F Finn
22 Jul 1880 5 mo 20 days,
Clara F Finn
d 13 Dec 1888 27 yr 4 mo 3 days
"Brighter, Fairer, for than living
With no trace of woe or pain
Robed in everlasting beauty
Shall I see thee once again."
Row 11 north to south
John Swanson Sven Swanson
1872 - 1892 1830 - 1895
Bertha Swanson
1830 - 1923
John O Lund Marie C Lund
6 Nov 1825 27 Oct 1900 28 Feb 1851 8 Jan 1926
Freddie Hanson
1894 - 1908
Leonard F Sullivan Alane L Sullivan
1906 - 1975 1905 - 1960
Leonard L Sullivan, son
1930 - 1939
Page 8 Alma Lutheran Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Section 2 Row 1 south to north 9 Jun 1977
Jolene Kay Johnson
b & d 26 May 1974
Row 2 south to north
John N Hanson Julia J Hanson
1877 1968 1873 - 1958
Hans Hendriksen
1879 - 1938
Magnus Hanson Emma V Hanson
5 Mar 1873 29 Jan 1926 16 Nov 1878 13 Feb 1955
Emil A Wilson Edith C Wilson
31 May 1883 24 Feb 1929 16 Oct 1891 10 Feb 1974
Hobart M Miller
Nebr Bugler 3 Army Arty WW I
19 May 1896 12 Jun 1970
Garfield E Moline
Nebr AS U S Navy Res. WW I
10 Dec 1897 7 Apr 1968
Ludwig Johnson wife, Hilda Johnson
8 Jan 1873 8 May 1903 31 Jul 1874 12 Apr 1964
Maribeth Ann Olson "Betsy"
1 Jun 1957 13 Dec 1970
Died of Leukemia
Hulda P Sanford Wm H Miners
26 Feb 1885 21 Apr 1971 13 Jul 1880 7 Dec 1948
Roger E Lund, son of A V & M Lund
1 Nov 1921 10 Nov 1921
Ulysses Noble Berggren Myrtle Bailey Berggren
1873 - 1956 1888 - 1977
Ulysses Noble Berggren Jr
1915 - 1969
Row 3 north to south
Andrew C Swanson Cecelia Swanson
15 Nov 1851 15 May 1931 10 May 1859 3 Sep 1949
son, C Samuel Swanson
14 Sep 1890 13 Ju1 1957
