Crawford County Cemetery Lists, Willow Township

The cemetery is owned by Willow Township and the Crawford County Conservation Board manages the native prairie at the cemetery. Read more information about the cemetery including its history here

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
Willow Township cemetery walked and recorded by Norm Prince

The Willow Township cemetery is located on the east side of Street 130 and one quarter mile south of Ave P.

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.

Norm Prince

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Willow Township, Crawford County, Iowa