Crawford County Cemetery Lists, Willow Township

Willow Township Cemetery

Willow Township

A Special Cemetery in Native Prairie Land

The Willow Township cemetery is located on the east side of Street 130 and one quarter mile south of Ave P. The cemetery is owned by Willow Township and the Crawford County Conservation Board manages the native prairie at the cemetery.

Glenn Pollock, a Crawford County native, who lived in Omaha, visited the Willow cemetery sometime in the mid 1980s. He saw the cemetery covered in native prairie vegetation. He explained the natural area he had found to the Willow Township trustees, The Nature Conservancy, and the Crawford County Conservation Board. The Willow Township trustees agreed to permit the County Conservation Board to manage the cemetery as a prairie. (Source: DesMoines Register, May 28, 1989)

The Willow Cemetery is owned by the township, but the Conservation Board has the surface permission for the native prairie. The native prairie is in the area of the cemetery where there is no known burials. The cemetery is mowed during the year and encroaching brush is removed.

The deed for the land was transferred on 22 March 1881 from William E. Austin to the Willow Township for the five acres of land in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 22 in T83, R41 for the sum of $50.

The cemetery is divided into two parts with the north 2 1/2 acres being the native prairie and south 2 1/2 acres being the platted and maintained cemetery known in the record book as Division B. The platted portion contains 150 blocks which measure 16 feet by 16 feet and originally would hold 8 graves.

The, blocks, which are now shown on the listing of burials, begin with number 1 in the north east corner of the platted section and go west to number 10; then the next set begins just south of 10 with number 11 and returns east to number 20; and continues in this back and forth style until ending with 150 near the gate into the cemetery in the southwest corner.

A number of the stones are or are becoming unreadable in part and several stones are totally unreadable. The written cemetery records include the names of the lot owners. Most of the entries in the written records are from someone walking the cemetery in the 1980s and recording the stones as well as several lists of names from the court house death records or family member statements.

Willow Township cemetery walked and recorded by Norm Prince

Block Name Dates Notes

66 Bahr, baby 22 Jun 1907 - 24 Jun 1907 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

47 Ballantyne, David F 29 Aug 1875 - 17 Jun 1949

47 Ballantyne, Marinda 5 Jun 1842 - 7 Mar 1923

47 Ballantyne, Robert 12 Oct 1828 - 19 Feb 1911

21 Bishop, George B Died 15 Mar 1890 Aged 38 y, 9m, 27d

21 Bishop, Harry L 7 Mar 1888 - 21 Mar 1913

21 Bishop, John 23 May 1888 Aged 30 Years, 8 Months, 14 Days

21 Bishop, Luella Ellis 22 Oct 1875 - 10 Dec 1912

21 Bishop, Sarah Elizabeth 1850 - 1926 Mother

79 Brink, Christian H 1855 - 1938 Father

79 Brink, Lue H 5 May 1905 - 14 Jul 1905

79 Brink, Margaret C 20 Oct 1865 - 11 Sep 1928 Mother

82 Coburn, Margaret K 1921 - 1950 Funeral Home Marker

44 Colman, Orin Died 15 Mar 1890

3 Cook, John Harrison 24 Oct 1881 Aged 5y, 5m, 16d; son of A & S P Cook

3 Cook, Leslie 9 Aug 1893 Aged 5m, 4d; son of A & S P Cook

2 Cooper, Rosa V Died 26 Jun 1873 Aged 12 Days

same stone Children of Wm & M J Cooper

2 Cooper, Lillie V Died 25 Jun 1873 Aged 11 Days

2 Cooper, Emma E Died 22 Apr 1881 Aged 9Y, 8M, 13D;, Dau of Wm & M J Cooper

2 Cooper, Mary J 4 Feb 1888 Aged 45Ys, 10Ms, 20Ds; Our Mother

2 Cooper, Mary A 24 Sep 1904 Aged 76Y, 7M, 28D; wife of W M Cooper

60 Craft, Caroline B 15 Jun 1822 - 1 Jul 1918 Mother

same stone

60 Craft, Samuel G Died 22 Mar 1887 Aged 79ys, 6ms, 12ds; Father

60 Craft, Henry R Died 19 Apr 1889 Aged 37 Yrs, 1 Mo, 11 Ds

39 Dietz, Amma 28 Apr 1860 - 13 Jun 1884 Wife of John Dietz

39 Dietz, Dora 31 Jan 1846 - 7 Jan 1905 Wife of John Dietz

38 Dietz, Emma L Died 2 Oct 1890 Aged 3y, 3m, 10d

39 Dietz, Inez M 1877 - 1886

39 Dietz, Nellie F 1883 - 1886

39 Dietz, John 15 Apr 1846 - 16 Jul 1924 Father

39 Dietz, Josephene A 1879 - 1897

98 Ehlers, Anna Wilhelmina 8 May1842 - 18 Nov 1925 Funeral Home Marker set in concrete

98 Ehlers, Georg Died 21 Nov 1892 Aged 21y, 4m, 26d

98 Ehlers, George 1833 - 1907 Funeral Home Marker set in concrete

98 Ehlers, Henry W 1867 - 1948 Funeral Home Marker set in concrete

63 Faubion, John J Died 9 ??? 1888 [most of stone missing]

43 Fischer, Merton A Died 10 Apr 1887 Aged 5m, 25d; son of A & A B Fischer

5 Fish, Emma C Died 5 Dec 1887 Aged 33 Ys, 10 Ms, 21 Ds; wife of Ansel Fish

64 Gensen, Samuel C Died 31 May 1894 Aged 16 Y'rs, 11 M's, & 13 Days

16 Goodman, Bessie 12 Jul 1892 - 22 Oct 1905 Dau of O L & E L Goodman

16 Goodman, Ora Lee Died 16 Mar 1888 Aged 3m, 1d; Son of L & E L Goodman

25 Gregory, Edla V 1860 - 1890

7 Gries, Elmer E Died 6 Mar 1901 Aged 1y, 9m, 6d

7 Gries, Frank Valentine 24 Dec 1908 - 3 Mar 1909

41 Hall, Ida M 31 Jan 1875 - 12 Apr 1923

41 Hall, Mary A 21 Feb 1867 - 8 Dec 1897

41 Hall, Mary Jane 26 Jun 1856 - 29 Apr 1914

41 Hall, Susanna 11 Mar 1828 - 5 Aug 1898

41 Hall, Wilbur G 10 Oct 1858 - 10 Dec 1929

35 Hanson, infant 20 Mar 1893 - 15 Aug 1893

same stone Infant sons of N P & S Hanson

35 Hanson, infant 20 Mar 1893 - 13 Sep 1893

35 Hansen, Sophia 9 Sep 1864 - 30 Mar 1920 Mother

36 Hansen, August Died 7 Feb 1940 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

36 Henrikson, Anna 10 Jul 1867 - 11 Feb 1897 Wife of Fred J Henrikson

25 Hunter, Cecil M 1896 - 1940

25 Hunter, Clifford L 1898 - 1898

25 Hunter, Jasper 29 Oct 1867 - 15 Oct 1927

14 Hunter, Jesse Boyd 1 Sep 1902 - 5 Sep 1902

25 Hunter, Nina Viola 1873 - 12 Aug 1952

Hunter Infant Died 29 Nov 189? Aged 3Y, ?M, 2D

62 Johnson, F Paul 1 Nov 1895 - 24 Jul 1898

82 Kaiser, Anna Marie 1898 - 1981 Mother

82 Kaiser, George Walter 11 Apr 1920 - 16 Oct 1920 Our Son

82 Kaiser, Walter J 27 Feb 1891 - 26 Oct 1965 Iowa, Pvt, US Army, World War I

60 Kitchen, Rosannah 1 Aug 1800 - 28 Nov 1892 Aged 92 Ys, 3 Ms, 28 Ds

83 Knutzen, Katie E 3 Jun 1894 - 28 Aug 1894

64 Lamback, Sophia M Died 21 Sep 1890 Aged 7m, 21d; Dau of G & S Lamback

64 Lamback, Stella M 1 Nov 1867 - 18 Nov 1901 McLaughlin; Wife of Gus Lamback

65 Lang, Alice Lewis 1 Sep 1845 - 21 Jan 1908 Asleep in Jesus

65 Lang, Thomas W 1879 - 1959

67 Larson, Emil Harry 29 Oct 1885 - 14 Sep 1928

67 Larson, Esther Alvere 9 Aug 1914 - 18 Nov 1916

84 Larson, daughter 1922 Inf Dau of Mr & Mrs Frank Larson

67 Larson, Roy Andrew 20 Dec 1909 - 21 Jul 1916

67 Larson, Ruth Elizabeth 8 Jul 1923 - 15 Jan 1924

67 Larson, Sarah Nora 7 Jun 1887 - 15 Mar 1966

80 Lochmiller, Geo Bud 1906 - 1990

same stone

80 Lochmiller, Esther 1912 - 1997

15 Marouis, Ira G Died 23 Nov 1891 Aged 3y, 7m, 20d; Son of J W & I F Marouis

17 McGee, Minnie M Died 20 Mar 1887 Aged 2y, 4m, 30d; Dau of L R & E C McGee

17 McGee, Elgin D Died 27 Aug 1892 Aged 10y, 10m, 3d; Son of R L & E C McGee

78 McLaughlin, Robert 13 Jan 1830 - 29 Oct 1922 Father

same stone

78 McLaughlin, Elizabeth 19 Jan 1836 - 8 Sep 1899 Mother

78 McLaughlin, Floyd 1 Aug 1871 - 19 Mar 1949 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

78 McLaughlin, J Irwin 15 May 1861 - 19 Feb 1889 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

19 McMillen, Elizabeth D Died 22 Feb 1885 Aged 49 Ys, 9 Ms, 7 Ds; Wife of T M

37 Mullin, Ada E Died 26 Mar 1888 Aged 1y, 9m, 21d; Dau of W H & E M Mullin

76 Nelson, Anna 2 Mar 1859 - 7 Jun 1934 Mother

76 Nelson, John Gustav 1859 - 10 Jan 1956 Father

76 Nelson, baby 5 Jan 1891 - 5 Jan 1891 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

76 Nelson, Sarah K 8 Feb 1830 - 8 Apr 1912 Mother of Mary, John, Hannah & Carl Nelson

59 Nutter, Franklin Died 24 Dec 1894 Aged 57 Yrs, 10 M's, 15 D's; At Rest

same stone

59 Nutter, Elizabeth 12 Apr 1832 - 17 Mar 1902 Beloved Mother

34 Olson, Andrew 7 Jan 1849 - 23 Apr 1911 Husband of Sophia Johnson, Father of Nora, Hannah & Edwin Olson

34 Olson, Sophia 15 Jul 1855 - 18 Mar 1935

58 Peffers, Lizzie Died 30 May 1891 Aged 1y, 10m, 17d; Dau of A M & A Peffers

25 Rees, Sarah 1838 - 1888

65 Remde, Hattie Lang 22 Oct 1874 - 11 Jan 1901 Asleep in Jesus Blessed Sleep

54 Renslow, Ben 1882 - 1913

16 Rockwell, Mamie E Died 31 Jan 1889 Aged 4 years & 19 Days

Ryan, Vivian 1912 - 1999

23 Schaupp, Selma Ida 13 Jul 1894 - 20 Nov 1894 Dau of J A Schaupp

23 Seieroe Aged 10 Days Our Baby, Son of N & G Seieroe

20 Semeck, Gracie L Died 24 Nov 1881 Aged 4 yrs, 29 ds; Dau of J A & M O Semeck

56 Smith, Tillie Died 24 Oct 1903 Aged 45Y, 1M, 23D; Wife of F J Smith

56 Smith, Reginald 12 Jul 1914 - 26 Dec 1914 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

67 Smithback, Betty Ann 10 Nov 1934 - 10 Nov 1934 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

16 Speake, Curtis R 3 Dec 1878 - 15 Feb 1879

same stone

16 Speake, Frances E 21 Jan 1865 - 17 Jun 1888 Children of Jus & Ellen Speake

same stone

16 Speake, Lela E 6 Nov 1891 - 1 Feb 1899

83 Sudrow, Christian Died 5 Oct 1892

22 Swecker, Nevada B Died 1 Feb 1882 Aged 21 yrs, 9 ms, 21 ds

46 Sweet, John W Died 19 Apr 1899 Aged 49y, 6 m, 6d

4 Thomson, Agness M Died 29 Jan 1883 Aged 22 days

4 Thomson, infant Died 24 Oct 1888 Inf Son of A M & N E Thomson

25 Townsend, Henry 1861 - 1908

40 Vanauken, Ethie M Died 3 Sep 1873 Aged 3 Ms, 2 Ds; Dau of E & C Vanaunen

same stone

40 Vanauken, Elijah Died 16 Oct 1885 Aged 45y, 4m, 25d; Husband of C Vanauken

45 Wiemer, Henry R 28 Feb 1856 - 6 Jan 1899 Father

45 Wiemer, Ida L 30 Oct 1858 - 2 Aug 1941 Mother

61 Wiemer, Nellie 1888 - 1917 Wife of Henry Wiemer

45 Wiemer, Patsy 9 Dec 1892 - 1 Mar 1897

42 Wilson, Flora B 8 Oct 1837 - 22 Oct 1894 Wife of J K Wilson

27 Wilson, Harold H 27 Mar 1903 - 1 Nov 1903

24 Wilson, infant Died 10 Feb 1898 Son of C O & M D Wilson

27 Wilson, infant Died 22 Jun 1903 Son of M A & Anna Wilson

Wilson, Earl Bernard 7 Mar 1911 - 11 Apr 1921 [no stone, data from cemetery records]

26 Wright, daughter Our Baby, daughter of F L & L M Wright

58 Wright, infant son 14 Feb 1894

same stone Children of L & D Wright

58 Wright, Viola 18 Jun 1895 - 9 July 1895

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