"In Section 25 of Rock Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa is a three quarter acre plot of ground known as the West Westfield Cemetery. We find warranty deeds for this land changing hands beginning in 1857 and always there were these words in the transfer of land, 'except the following reservation for a graveyard.' Then the legal description would be given. The cemetery is not maintained and is in poor condition. It is poorly fenced, there is no sign [when this article was compiled] and the stones are only fair. First burial in this place was Elsy Fisher in 1857. In this ground we find the following stones:
| Name (Maiden) | Birth | Death | Age | Notes |
| Bourm, Eliza | - | 1874 Aug 10 | 1m | d/o L.D. & M.A. |
| Ditzler, Alice L. | - | 1866 | 7m | d/o G.W. & S. |
| Ditzler, Ann S. | - | 1866 | 6y | d/o G.W. & S. |
| Ditzler, Arthur I. | - | 1876 | 9m | s/o G.W. & S. |
| Ditzler, Cloy J. | - | 1864 | 7m | s/o G.W. & S. |
| Ditzler, Lucy J. | - | 1867 | 5y | d/o G.W. & S. |
| Ditzler, Marie E. | - | 1867 | 6m | d/o G.W. & S. |
| Fisher, Elsy J. | - | 1857 Oct 25 | 6m 13d | d/o G.P. & N. |
| Patrick, Thomas | - | 17 Apr 1880 | 66h | - |
Source: Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Rock Creek & Kellogg Townshps (except Kellogg Silent City), compiled by Jasper County Genealogical Society; published by the Iowa Genealogical Society. Copyright 1994. Used with their permission. To purchase a copy of this book, contact the Iowa Genealogical Society.
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