St. Paul's Cemetery

Charter Oak Township


The cemetery is located in the northeast corner of Section 23, Charter Oak Township,
Crawford County, at the intersection of Hwy L51 (140th St) and J Ave. From Hwy 141,
three-tenths of a mile east of Charter Oak, turn north on L51, a paved two lane and
travel eight-tenths of a mile to J Ave, a dirt road. St Paul Cemetery is located on
the west side of L51 prior to the intersection with Ave J. A stone wall with the name
attached fronts the cemetery facing Hwy L51, across the road from a large cell tower.
See also Photos on IGPP. Our thanks to those individuals who placed gravestone
photos on the Gravestone Project website.


NameDatesGravestone Notes
Anderson, Rosemary J 14 Feb 1927 - Mother of Wanda, Ernestine, Rebecca,
Roberta, Nancy, Julie, Lori
Aronson, Murlyn 30 July 1924 -  
same stone married 15 Aug 1959 Parents of Sandra, Devie, Wendy
Aronson, LaMae 22 Mar 1930 - 21 Nov 2001  
Beeck, Riley Christopher 24 Jan 2001 - 12 Jan 2005  
Bielfeldt, Emil C 1919 - 2006  
same stone   Parents of Janice, Lana, Jeanine
Bielfeldt, Vernette E 1924 - 2008  
Birk, Hans 1844 - 1909  
same stone    
Birk, Hanna C 1852 - 1920 his wife
Blair, Arista J 1873 - 1951  
same stone married 21 Dec 1926 Parents of Andrew, William, Dick,
Blair, Ella C 1897 - 1984 Dorothy, Leah
Blunk, John 1852 - 1920 Father
same stone    
Blunk, Anna 1853 - 1930 Mother
Blunk, John Jr 6 Oct 1884 - 26 Feb 1908  
Bockelmann, Bertha 1884 - 1970  
Bockelmann, George 1891 - 1966  
same stone    
Bockelmann, Clara 1898 - 1952  
Brockman, Henry J 1864 - 1948  
same stone    
Brockman, Bertha W 1874 - 1954  
Brockman, Frank M 14 Oct 1896 - 14 Oct 1909  
Brodersen, Peter B 1874 - 1926 Father
same stone    
Brodersen, Margaretha 1877 - 1915 Mother
Buhmann, Carl 1863 - 1948  
same stone    
Buhmann, Louise 1859 - 1946  
Chedester, Philip J 1923  
Christiansen, Mary Louise 1924 - 1925 Dau of Mr & Mrs John Christiansen
Clausen, Augusta C 1899 - 1947 Lo I am with you always
Clausen, Fred A 1897 - 1959  
same stone    
Clausen, Ella A 1905 -  
Clausen, Joanne Mary 22 Apr 1937 - 30 Jun 1937  
Clausen, Paul G 1932 -  
same stone    
Clausen, Darlene A 1934 -  
Clausen, Paul D 1868 - 1914 Father
same stone    
Clausen, Emma M 1876 - 1973 Mother
Clausen, Vernon P 1899 - 1970 Lo I am with you always
Clausen, wife, son 1896 - 1922 Wife and Son of Fred Clausen
Creese, Clifford F 1910 - 1980  
same stone    
Creese, Elsie M 1915 - 1997  
Peterson, Elihu F 12 Jan 1986 - 16 Jan 1986 son of Cristi & Calvin
Elihu's memorial is small metal marker below Clifford's name on the Creese stone
Davis, Alice A 1886 - 1964 Mother
Dethlefs, Florence E 1908 - 1938 Wife
Dethlefs, Johannes 1881 - 1954 Father
Dethlefs, Louise M 1878 - 1930 Mother
Dorfler, Adda M Whaley 7 Sep 1869 - 2 Aug 1948 M.D.
Dorfler, Adela Schultz 1904 - 1972  
Dorfler, Anna 19 Feb 1872 - 3 Feb 1970  
Dorfler, Augusta Stegemann 31 Oct 1846 - 13 Mar 1923  
Dorfler, Baby 8 Apr 1895 Age 9 days
Dorfler, Edith 1875 - 1936  
Dorfler, Eliz W 8 Sep 1882 - 5 Mar 1971 Daughter
Dorfler, Frank W 2 Dec 1876 - 22 Sep 1971 Son
Dorfler, Franklin 1897 - 1987  
Dorfler, George John 6 Jan 1874 - 4 Feb 1963  
Dorfler, John A 1870 - 1954  
Dorfler, John B 5 Nov 1835 - 5 Oct 1909 Father
Dorfler, John V 1909 - 1997  
same stone    
Dorfler, Erma 1914 -  
Dorfler, Lois 1939 - 2009  
Dorfler, Wm F 2 Nov 1880 - 16 Apr 1962 Son
Duncan, Jack D 1932 - 1998 Son of Fred & Nellie
same stone    
Duncan, Lois L 1928 - Daughter of Nohna & Dora Pithan
Eckhoff, Edward P 1900 - 1951  
same stone    
Eckhoff, Edna D 1901 - 1999  
Eckhoff, Leonard C 1926 - 1944  
Eckhoff, Leroy 13 Sep 1926 - 13 Feb 1928  
Ehrke, Charle 1865 - 1943  
Ehrke, Earl 1906 - 1992  
Ehrke, Jacob 1867 - 1945  
same stone large stone with both names, individual stones with each name and years
Ehrke, Lydia 9 Sep 1876 - 13 Nov 1918  
Ehrke, Marie 1905 - 1994  
Eyer, Lavern 1917 - 1994 Father
same stone    
Eyer, Esther M 1920 - 1971 Mother
Eyer, Mark S 28 Oct 1953 Our baby
Fogle, G C 1861 - 1922  
Fogle , Ida M 1880 - 1948  
Gierstorf, Darrell C 10 Sep 1951 -  
same stone Our Children - Paul Christopher, Seth Darrell, Matthew Jon
Gierstorf, Ernestine S 15 Jun 1951 -  
Gierstorf, Seth D 12 Jun 1979 - 26 Jul 1997 In our hearts forever
Gosch, Friedrich W 1897 - 1978  
same stone    
Gosch, Amalie L 1892 - 1971  
Gosch, John E 1917 - 1996  
same stone   Parents of Aaron, Raymond, Juliet
Gosch, Mabel S 1917 -  
Grabow, John 1861 - 1946  
same stone    
Grabow, Kate 1863 - 1948  
Groth, Father 1861 - 1922  
Groth, Fred 1890 - 1891  
Groth, Mabel B 12 Apr 1894 - 19 Sep 1970  
Groth, Mother 1868 - 1906  
Groth, Selma 1889 - 1905  
Groth, William F 19 May 1892 - 28 Aug 1952 PFC, 16 Infantry, 1 Div, WWI, Iowa
Haberling, Edward H 1888 - 1956  
Haberling, Elvera A 1925 - 1979  
Haberling, Mariea K 1890 - 1939  
Hansen, Hans F 1892 - 1951  
same stone    
Hansen, May M 1900 - 19 last two # missing  
Hansen, John J 1862 - 19 last two # missing  
same stone    
Hansen, Mary L 1868 - 1940  
Hansen, Mary L 10 Jan 1940 - 14 Jan 1940  
Hart, James A 10 Sep 1932 -  
same stone Parents of Patricia, Craig, Rebecca, Kimberly, Peggy
Hart, Lois I 4 Nov 1932 -  
Hiller, Carl H 1904 - 1977  
same stone    
Hiller, Anna M 1905 - 1990  
Hiller, Carl D Sr 1876 - 1945  
Hiller, Earl C 1931 -  
same stone   Parents of Barry and Tommy
Hiller, Delores M 1930 -  
Hiller, Louise M 1876 - 1956  
Hiller, Sandra Ann 1939 - 1957  
Hingst, William 1884 - 1959  
same stone    
Hingst, Alma 1895 - 1952  
Hinrichsen, Hans C 1848 - 1925 Father
Hinrichsen, Louis P 1896 - 1971  
same stone    
Hinrichsen, Helen E 1907 - 1984  
Hinrichsen, Matilda K 1852 - 1926 Mother
Hinrichsen, Son 24 Dec 1880 - 9 Dec 1887 Son of Hans and Mathilde Hinrichsen
Hoefer, Anna 1868 - 1945 Mother
Hoefer, Henry 1864 - 1929 Father
Hoffmann, Dorse 1851 - 1928  
Hoge, Adolf Gustav 25 Jan 1900 - 11 Jan 1970 Pvt, US Army, WW II, South Dakota
Iversen, Frank 1911 - 1989  
same stone    
Iversen, Ethel 1914 - 1987  
Jacobsen, Anna Sophia 21 Feb 1875 - 15 Nov 1893  
Jacobsen, Christian A 27 Aug 1852 - 16 Feb 1908 Vater
Jacobsen, Erna Mathilda 10 Feb 1898 - 7 Apr 1907  
Jacobsen, John C 1880 - 1933 Dad
Jacobsen, John C Jr 1912 - 1933 Brother
Jacobsen, Mathilde A 11 Dec 1853 - 23 Oct 1911 Mutter
Jacobsen, Mattie E 1886 - 1933 Mother
Jacobsen, Meta K 7 Dec 1876 - 2 Feb 1911 Dau of S A & M A Jacobsen
Jochims, Augusta 1862 - 1945  
Jochimsen, Andreas 1851 - 1929  
Jochimsen, August 1878 - 1962  
Jochimsen, Soenke 1844 - 1926  
Keller, Frank 1904 1980  
same stone Buried East Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, California
Keller, Ellawese 1819 - 1976 Wife
Ketelsen, Delaine 7 Mar 1938  
Ketelsen, Elizabeth 1893 - 1918  
Ketelsen, Elmer Merle 7 Mar 1926 - 13 Mar 1926 Son of P & E Ketelsen
Ketelsen, Henry P (Hank) 10 Aug 1932 -  
same stone married 6 June 1954 Parents of James, Infant Son, Keith
Ketelsen, Colleen J "Quandt" 3 Sep 1935 -  
Ketelsen, Infant son 4 Nov 1956  
Ketelsen, James Lee 23 Jan 1955 - 24 Jan 1955  
Ketelsen, John 1883 - 1959  
same stone    
Ketelsen, Tena 1883 - 1969  
Ketelsen, Peter 1861 - 1940 Father
same stone    
Ketelsen, Anna M 1861 - 1933 Mother
Ketelsen, H Peter 1894 - 1978  
same stone    
Ketelsen, Ella L 1901 - 1983  
Ketelsen, Walter 16 Dec 1916 - 18 May 2003  
same stone married 8 July 1939 Parents of Phillip, Donna, Larry, Janice, Ricky
Ketelsen, Eldora 22 July 1920 -  
Kroll, George C 1890 - 1989 Father
same stone    
Kroll, Elsie L 1889 - 1979 Mother
Kroll, Walter G 'Buddy' 1938 - 1982 Dad
Kroll, Walter E 1913 - 1980 Father
same stone    
Kroll, Sadie E 1912 - 1999 Mother
Krueger, Martin A 1910 - 1985  
same stone    
Krueger, Elsie W 1913 - 1990  
Kunze, Elsie A 9 Mar 1894 - 14 Jan 1988  
Kunze, Fred Jr 22 Dec 1918 - 21 Jan 1972  
Kunze, Fred W 29 Sep 1891 - 3 Feb 1972  
Kunze, Rose Marie Anna 28 May 1908 - 10 Jun 1908 Tochter
same stone    
Kunze, Martin 11 Jul 1901 - 14 Jul 1901 Sohn
same stone    
Kunze, Wilhelm H 21 Jan 1867 - 19 Dec 1909  
same stone    
Kunze, Marie 1868 - 1938  
Lehman, Carl 1900 - 1980  
Larson, Arlene 1908 - 1983  
Larson, Caroline 1876 - 1939  
Larson, John P 1862 - 1922  
Leaver, Alviena May 1883 - 1931 Wife of Mat Leaver
Lehman, Laura 1893 - 1970  
Listamann, Arnold 1904 - 1957 Son
Listamann, Engelbert H 1906 - 1973 Son
Listamann, Father 1 Feb 1871 - 3 Apr 1920  
Listamann, Mother 23 Jan 1871 - 27 Nov 1916  
Listamann, John H 1894 - 1986 USA, WWI, AEF
same stone    
Listamann, Clara A 1894 - 1983  
Listamann, Son 1921 Son of H & L Listamann
Logan, James C O D 1890 - 1967  
same stone married 28 Nov 1931  
Logan, Caroline A 1899 - 1980  
Lorensen, Emil E 16 Oct 1908 - 4 Mar 1995 Pvt, US Army Air Corps, WW II
Lorensen, Frank 1906 - 1982  
same stone married 9 Feb 1938  
Lorensen, Alice 1912 - 1984  
Lorensen, Jeanette A 1940 - 2005  
Mahnke, Caroline 24 Mar 1855 - 20 Feb 1917  
Mahnke, Johan 6 May 1849 - 7 May 1919  
Mahnke, Soenke J 1894 - 1933  
Marten, Bernhard 1892 - 1961 Father
same stone    
Marten, Anna P 1885 - 1984 Mother
McCain, Hannah T 1871 - 1947  
McCain, Harrison 1863 - 1934  
McGuire, Anna W 1903 - 1970  
Meyer, Edward C 1882 - 1929 Father
Meyer, Edwin M 1905 - 1972 Son
Meyer, Emma 1886 - 1968 Mother
Meyer, Herbert 1914 - 2003 Father
Meyer, Leona 1922 - 2006 Mother
Meyer, Wilhelm 1906 - 1987 Son
Miller, Kasper 1867 - 1943  
Miller, Marie E 1903 - 1938  
Miller, Mary 1870 - 1953  
Miller, William H 11 Aug 1941 - 14 Jun 2005  
same stone married 31 Oct 1964 Parents of Craig, Michele, Pamela, Karen,
Miller, Lois (Dirksen) 18 Apr 1947 - Kyle, Kory
Munster, Claus 1871 -1949  
same stone    
Munster, Caroline 1871 - 1913  
Namanny, August 1856 - 1918 Father
Namanny, Mary 1860 - 1939 Mother
Namanny, August M 1910 - 1973  
same stone married 1 Jan 1930  
Namanny, Marie 1910 - 1985  
Namanny, Harold Dale 1 Dec 1932 - 30 Dec 1932  
Namanny, John F 1891 - 1967  
same stone married 27 Aug 1916  
Namanny, Anna M 1897 - 1977  
Neddermeyer, Ferdinand 10 Feb 1878 - 3 Feb 1940  
Neddermeyer, Fred C 28 Sep 1874 - 25 Oct 1946  
Neddermeyer, George 7 Feb 1876 - 2 Feb 1955  
Neddermeyer, George 23 Feb 1843 - 4 Mar 1923 Father
Neddermeyer, Wihlmine 21 May 1841 - 29 Jan 1923 Mother
Nelson, Dennis E 18 Dec 1943 -  
same stone married 11 Jun 1972  
Nelson, Gloria J 6 Dec 1951 - 25 Mar 2003  
Nelson, Emery O 25 Apr 1922 - 21 Jun 1985 PFC, US Army, WWII
same stone    
Nelson, Evelyn B 1924 -  
Nemitz, Edwin H 1933 -  
same stone   Parents of Cristi
Nemitz, Frances 1935 -  
Nickoley, Richard W 1908 - 1978  
same stone    
Nickoley, Leona A 1911 - 1991  
Nickoley, Richard 1875 - 1957  
same stone    
Nickoley, Wilhelmina 1874 - 1959  
Odefey, Anna 6 Feb 1836 - 22 Oct 1917  
Odefey, J Fred 1872 - 1949  
Pester, James S 1942 - Jim
same stone married 21 Jul 1962  
Pester, Jacquelyn Ann 1942 - 2005 Jackie
Pester, Pauldria Ann 1937 - 1994 Rest in Peace
Pester, Robert D 1918 -  
same stone    
Pester, Pearl H 1918 - 2001  
Petersen, Herbert 1909 - 1911  
Petersen, Jerry H 12 July 1944 Infant
same stone    
Petersen, Joan M 31 Dec 1935 - 13 Jul 1950  
Petersen, John Jens 1883 - 19 last two # missing  
Petersen, Lyle J 9 Apr 1940 - 25 Oct 1999  
same stone married 1 Jun 1958 Our Children Jeff, Lori, Jim, Lana, Joel
Petersen, M Joyce 22 Aug 1939 -  
Petersen, Richard H 1913 - 1998  
same stone   Parents of Lloyd, LaVonne, Larry
Petersen, Caroline A 1915 - 2007  
Peters, Fred C 1891 - 1959  
same stone    
Peters, Emma 1882 - 1960  
Pirwitz, John 1862 - 1935  
same stone    
Pirwitz, Minnie 1871 - 1940  
Pithan, F W 3 Aug 1837 - 20 Feb 1925  
same stone    
Pithan, Anna 25 Oct 1844 - 4 Nov 1915  
Pithan, Henry C 1873 - 1950  
same stone    
Pithan, Marie E 1877 - 1959  
Pithan, Leonard H 1931 - USAF, FAA, Pilot
same stone married 19 Jan 1952 Parents of Patricia and Scott
Pithan, Peggy J 1931 - 2008 (Owen), Stewardess
Pithan, Mary K 14 May 1928 - 16 May 1928 Dau of Wm & Louise Pithan
Pithan, William F 1899 - 1989  
same stone    
Pithan, Louise B 1904 - 1999  
Preul, Ardella 8 May 1906 - 15 Mar 1924 Wife of Henry Preul
Preul, August 1856 - 1934 Father
Preul, Fannie 1875 - 1942 Mother
Preul, Delmar R 14 Aug 1931 - 21 Aug 1931  
Preul, Edward F 17 Jan 1905 - 20 Jul 1999  
same stone married 20 Feb 1935 Parents of Robert, Norma, Betty
Preul, Alma D 7 Dec 1914 - 17 Jul 2006  
Preul, Louis W 31 Mar 1913 - 17 Apr 1996  
same stone married 20 May 1945  
Preul, Vera C 4 Jun 1926 - 14 Apr 1996  
Preul, Roger Paul 23 Aug 1933 - 20 Apr 1940 Son of Mr & Mrs Fred Preul
Radeck, Friedrick 1841 - 1924  
Radeck, Sophie 1836 - 1922  
Reese, John A 1863 - 1948  
same stone    
Reese, Catherine D 1867 - 1906  
Reincke, Edward 1898 - 1992  
same stone    
Reincke, Anna 1902 - 1981  
Riessen, Alwine 8 Jan 1902 - 9 Dec 1920 Our Daughter
Riessen, Edna W 7 Jan 1908 - 21 Nov 1978  
Riessen, Johannes 1864 - 1938  
same stone    
Riessen, Luise 1877 - 1959  
Schnoor, H Carl 1903 - 1985  
same stone    
Schnoor, Esther V 1913 - 1989  
Sciford, Earl R Pareira 7 Feb 1907 - 18 Jul 1917  
Sciford, George Sr 26 Jan 1837 - 26 Sep 1913  
same stone    
Sciford, Theresa 16 Oct 1839 - 21 Nov 1933 His Wife
Sciford, Sherman 26 Nov 1876 - 14 Aug 1908  
Seeley, James Leroy 3 Mar 1944 - 7 Nov 2002 SP4, US Army, Vietnam
same stone married 9 Oct 1971  
Seeley, Julianne M 26 Sep 1946 -  
Seils, Anna 20 Oct 1854 - 2 Oct 1920  
Seils, Carl G 8 Jun 1885 - 15 May 1939  
Seils, Edward W 17 Sep 1880 - 6 Dec 1962  
Seils, John F 17 Jun 1882 - 3 Jan 1927  
Seils, Louise 7 Jun 1878 - 14 Jan 1933  
Seils, Theodore 30 Sep 1890 - 17 Jul 1931  
Sievers, Albert H G 1903 - 1969  
Sievers, Arthur J H 1898 - 1962  
Sievers, Christine W 1873 - 1947  
Sievers, D Fred 1871 - 1941  
Sievers, Ella M 1913 - 1975  
Sievers, Peter H F 1897 - 1977 USA, WWI
Sothman, C John 24 Jun 1881 - 16 Jun 1902  
Steffen, Fritz A 1866 - 1953  
same stone    
Steffen, Thora M 1870 - 1945  
Steffen, Joyce E 23 Feb 1933 - 17 Dec 1933  
Steffen, Louise 1840 - 1931 Grandmother
Stender, Fritz C W 26 Jul 1863  
Suhr, Mary M 1870 - 1943 Mother
Suhr, Willie A 9 Sep 1893 - 2 Sep 1918  
Thielmann, Johannes 1862 - 1934  
same stone    
Thielmann, Louise 1876 - 1938  
same stone    
Thielmann, Fred 1885 - 1975  
Thompson, Warner R 6 Dec 1956 -  
same stone    
Henningsen, Brandi J 24 Apr 1971 - 24 May 2009 Mother of Whitley & MacKenzie
Tombs, Frieda M 1897 - 1884 His Wife
same stone    
Tombs, John W 1886 - 1955  
Topf, Lena C 1 Oct 1873 - 18 Feb 1962  
Topf, William Sr 3 Oct 1844 - 20 Jul 1911  
same stone    
Topf, Celia 6 Apr 1841 - 20 Feb 1930  
Vaughn, daughter 3 Aug 1933 Infant Daughter of Amos & Alice Vaughn
Vogt, Herbert H 1910 - 1976 Son
Vogt, John 1877 - 1932  
same stone    
Vogt, Mary 1887 - 1970  
Vogt, Lenard age 14 days Son of H & H Vogt, Baby
Walter, John C 1864 - 1915  
Weed, Cecil L 5 Mar 1902 - 3 Apr 1985  
Weed, Edna L 29 Aug 1911 - 22 Mar 1974  
Wellendorf, May Belle 1911 - 1935  
Wessel, Lena 1867 - 1947  
Wessel, Alta 19 Dec 1915 - 7 Dec 1918  
Wessel, August 1891 - 1941 Father
Wessel, Douglas Rylan 1934 - 1987  
Wessel, George A 20 Apr 1893 - 11 Dec 1918  
Wessel, Henry 1856 - 1937  
Wiegel, Roy H 1922 - 1991 USAAF, WWII, PFC
same stone    
Wiegel, Frances L 1923 -  
Will, Dorothea 1 Nov 1839 - 24 Dec 1915 Mother
Witt, Henry 1872 - 1946  
Witt, John F Gest 4 Aug 1891 [appears to be 27 years, 9 months]
Witt, John D 1840 - 1923  
same stone    
Witt, Maria S 1839 - 1925  
Wulf, Max 1878 - 1948  
same stone    
Wulf, Emilie 1881 - 1958  
Recorded September 2009 by Norm Prince



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