Western Cemetery
College Township

Western Cemetery photo
Photos by Terry Carlson

Western Cemetery is located on the corner of two gravel roads
("C" Street and Vista Road) just outside the small town of Western.

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Facing Northeast


Unidentified stones
Another unidentified stone
Children of S. & M.A. Dice

See contributed outline tree below for possible identification

Look for photos of these Western Cemetery stones on
the Linn County IAGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project:
 
  • J. Benjamin
  • Corp. Bolenbaugh
  • Moses Bollenbaugh
  • Sarah Bollenbaugh
  • Corp. Brockman
  • Eli E. Corson
  • Laura E. Demoss
  • Dice Children
  • Infant Dice (1864)
  • Laura A. Dice
  • Loella Dice
  • Lucinda Dice
  • Mary E. Dice
  • Infant Dise (1858)
  • Enoch Dise
  • Alice Fuller
  • Jane Goodisson
  • Rebecca Hay
  • Julia Henry
  • Jacob Horne
  • John H. Horne
  • Mary E. Horne
  • Wm. H. Horne
  • Jane Kelley
  • Mrs. John Lamm
  • James Langham
  • Manasmith Children
  • Elizabeth A. Manasmith
  • Martha C. Manasmith
  • Mary L. Manasmith
  • Daniel M. Manning
  • India E. Manning
  • John H. Nesmith
  • Lydia K. Nesmith
  • Sarah M. Nesmith
  • M. M. Rider
  • Bennie E. Schottle
  • (unreadable) Shuey
  • William Henry Shuey
  • Lucy W. Smith
  • Peggy Snyder
  • Rev. J. G. Snyder
  • Rachael Speck
  • Dr. J.E. Stansbury
  • J. E. Stansbury
  • James M. Sword
  • Leroy Sword
  • Maude E. Sword
  • Susan A. Sword
  • Benjamin Tallman
  • Anna Witousek
  • Frantiska Witousek
  • Jan Witousek
  • Karel Witousek
  • Isaac Workman
  • (daughter) Yessler
  • Henry Yessler
  • Mary E. Yessler
Others who may be buried in this cemetery:

William Karr, Catherine Karr (contributed by Pam Higgins)

The following outline tree was contributed by Dixie DeSotel of Shellsburg, Iowa (zl1zelda@yahoo.com) in reference to the photo above of the children of S. & M.A. Dice...

"I believe these are some of the children of Samuel and Mary A. (Oten) Dice. Below I've copied some of my family tree.  In the 1880 census they are living in Western, Linn Co., Iowa.  Hope this helps identify them."
Descendants of Samuel Dice
 
Generation No. 1
 
1. SAMUEL2 DICE (HARRY1) was born 06 Apr 1832 in Ohio, and died 26 Sep 1919 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., Iowa. He married MARY A. OTEN 02 Feb 1854, daughter of JAMES ANTON and ELIZABETH ENOCHS. She was born 08 Aug 1830 in Galion, Ohio, and died 06 May 1913 in Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., Iowa.
Children of SAMUEL DICE and MARY OTEN are:
i. LORENZO3 DICE, b. 09 May 1854.
ii. JENNIE DICE, b. 08 Feb 1859.
iii. JULIA DICE, b. 07 Feb 1863.
iv. JOHN DICE, b. 02 Jan 1870.
2. v. MARTIN LUTHER DICE, b. 18 Feb 1871, western Iowa; d. 23 Feb 1947, Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa.
vi. LUCY DICE, b. 10 Mar 1872.
 
Generation No. 2
 
2. MARTIN LUTHER3 DICE (SAMUEL2, HARRY1) was born 18 Feb 1871 in western Iowa, and died 23 Feb 1947 in Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa. He married MINNIE MAY SODEN 01 Dec 1897, daughter of HENRY SODEN and MARY PARKER. She was born 22 May 1874 in Benton County, Iowa, and died 21 Apr 1949 in Shellsburg, Benton Co., Iowa.
Notes for MARTIN LUTHER DICE:
Martin went by the name of Lou. He was a farmer at Parkers Grove and on January 3, 1908, they bought Minnie's father's farm just west of Shellsburg. They later retired to Vinton, Iowa. His nickname for Minnie was " Cookie."
More About MARTIN LUTHER DICE:
Religion: Protestant
More About MINNIE MAY SODEN:
Religion: Protestant
Children of MARTIN DICE and MINNIE SODEN are:
i. LETA MERLE4 DICE, b. 20 Sep 1898, Parker's Grove, Shellsburg area, Benton Co., Ia.; d. 08 Mar 1982, Sibley, Iowa; m. ALBERT ARTHUR GINTERT, 16 Feb 1921, Shellsburg, Benton Co., Ia.; b. 19 Sep 1897, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., Illinois; d. 29 Mar 1955, Sibley, Oseola Co., Iowa.
More About LETA MERLE DICE:
Religion: Methodist
Notes for ALBERT ARTHUR GINTERT:
Physical description: Slender, medium height with blue eyes and brown hair.
Albert registered for the WW I draft on Sep. 12, 1918. He was 20 years old.