Monroe United Methodist Church Cemetery
aka Monroe Township Cemetery

Monroe Township, Section 25 (T78, R38)

The Monroe Township Cemetery was walked, recorded, typed and then rechecked in April 2002 by Norm Prince, Denison, Iowa. There are three small stones with no inscriptions, one base and partial stone with no inscription and two old white stone tablets which were unable to be read. This cemetery was photographed by Mathann Kohl-Fuhs in 2005, gravestone photos are viewable at the following link: Monroe Gravestone Photos **Additions provided by Doris Christensen in 2013, "mostly from stones, some from other verifiable sources" (these additions are marked below with **).

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Additional Inscription
Alwill, Baby	Mar 24, 1898	Mar 26, 1898	dau of James R and Agnes; Born by angel's hand away, To a home of peace and love.
Alwill, Isabell	Aug 17, 1832	Jan 17, 1912
Alwill, James	Apr 1, 1825	Nov 26, 1900	Gone, but not forgotten
Alwill, James, Sr. **	Unknown Dates
Anderson, Christian	Feb 14, 1845	June 22, 1899
Anderson, Christina	1854	1896
Anderson, Emil	1876	1933
Anderson, Julia	1853	1939
Anderson, Julius	1850	1926
Anderson-Nelson, Lena E	1882	1937	Mother
Andersson, Charlie	Dec 15, 1883	Sep 26, 1893	son of C & J Anderson
Armstrong, Glenn Earl		Mar 24, 1928
Armstorng, Tressa Luella	Jan 14, 1918	Jan 25, 1918
Armstrong, Agnes P	Dec 24, 1920	May 30, 1999	married Sept 27, 1939 (Hugh D)
Armstrong, Clifford I	1906	1976
Armstrong, Edwin O	1882	1948
Armstrong, Eunice L	Oct 1, 1908	Mar 23, 1999	parents of Ruth and Joan
Armstrong, Fern	1884	1963
Armstrong, Hugh D	May 7, 1919	Sept 17, 1957	daughters Lois & Opal
Armstrong, Marion E	Feb 28, 1915	Mar 30, 1999	(wedding ring) May 28, 1936 (Eunice L)
Armstrong, Mary A	1906	1990
Armstrong, Mark D. **	May 24, 1952	Oct. 15, 2007
Armstrong, Roger			inf son of Mr & Mrs E O Armstrong
Barnsen, Christian	12___1818	16___1885	(hard to read and written in German)
Booth, Vera A Lamer	1899	1960
Boysen, Clifford H	Oct 4, 1915	Oct 21, 1994	our children, Byron, Dwight, Glenda, Lonnie
Boysen, Grace M	1889	1930
Boysen, Julius	1887	1975
Boysen, Velma R	Dec 15, 1920		married Aug 10, 1941 (Clifford)
Brindley, Bernard	April 4, 1916	April 11, 1916	infant son of T J & E B Brindley
Brindley, Clair C	1906	1979
Brindley, Claude J	1909	1994
Brindley, Edna B	1876	1960
Brindley, Joshua		Nov 28, 1894	Aged 46ys 9ms 14ds
Brindley, Joshua O		Oct 6, 1886	Aged 3ys 9ms 15ds
Brindley, Margaret A	1915	1978
Brindley, Retta M	July 30, 1936	Jan 13, 1995
Brindley, Sarah		Feb 22, 1875	Aged 3ms 18ds
Brindley, Thomas J	1876	1941
Buss, Infant	Jan 30, 1893	Jan 30, 1893	dau of C & B Buss
Campbell, Elizabeth		Feb 25, 1904	Aged 58y 12d; Wife of Hiram Campbell
Campbell, Hiram		Dec 30, 1900	Aged 64y 9m 14 d; At Rest
Christensen, Iva V	Mar 22, 1907	Apr 16, 1994
Christensen, R Leonard	May 24, 1901	Oct 10, 1980
Christensen, Ruth	Nov 23, 1931	Dec 27, 1933	dau of Leonard & Iva Christenson
Clark, John M	Jan 11, 1817	Jan 23, 1896	Aged 79ys 12ds
Corey, Anna M		Jan 26, 1912	Aged 76ys 11ms 3ds; Mother
Corey, Bruce B	Feb 15, 1926	Jan 4, 1990	married Nov 24, 1946 (Ruth Ann)
Corey, Clyde S	May 19, 1923	Nov 4, 1985	Married Dec 19, 1943 (Jean M)
Corey, Dorothy M	1924	1969
Corey, Edwin O		Feb 27, 1905	Aged 48y 8m 2d; Rest in Peace
Corey, Elizabeth F	1887	1954
Corey, Hattie M	1863	1937	Hattie
Corey, Jean M	July 5, 1925	Sept. 20, 2011 **	**Date of Death from S.S. Index
Corey, Jeremiah O		Dec 6, 1896	Aged 82ys 18ds; Ist U S Dra. Mexican War; Father
Corey, John J	1860	1928	John
Corey, Margaret M		June 11, 1925	Aged 62y 3m
Corey, Mary F	1857	1932	Mary
Corey, Rachel E	1872	1943
Corey, Ralph S	1924	1997
Corey, Robert L	1894	1943	Father
Corey, Ruth Ann	Nov 21, 1926
Craney, Hurbert F "Babe"	June 9, 1914	Nov 4, 1999
Craney, Ramona Grace	July 16, 1915	Aug 16, 1997
Crow, Cha's		Dec 1, 1882	Aged 10ys 6ms 19ds; son of Jas & S A Crow
Crow, J Edwin	1871	1945
Crow, James		Mar 20, 1910	Aged 78y 12d
Crow, Mary J	1871	1952
Crow, Susan A		Oct 23, 1891	Aged 50y 9m 15d; wife of James Crow
Curtis, Earl	Dec 2, 1887	Apr 11, 1888
Curtis, Fay	Aug 4, 1886	Aug 21, 1886
Curtis, Ida M	July 25, 1862	Nov 12, 1921
Curtis, Robert J	Mar 17, 1858	Nov 11, 1932
Davey, Clark L	July 10, 1914	Oct 29, 1990	married Oct 11, 1941 (Marjorie D)
Davey, Linda C. **	May 13, 1947	Jan. 4, 2005
Davey, Linda Marie	1950	1962
Davey, Marjorie D	Dec 31, 1920	June 17, 1997	parents of Martin, Robert, Linda, John, Glenn, Gene
DeBord, John W	July 4, 1868	Jan 30, 1935
DeBord, Martha E	Mar 7, 1844	Dec 3, 1934
DeBord, Oscar L		Jan 1, 1877	Aged 1month 20 days; Son of W H & M E DeBord
DeBord, Wm Hadly	June 2, 1832	Feb 24, 1914	Meet me at the pearly gates,I am at rest
Dixson, W T	1857	1934
Doonan, Ethel Pearl	July 13, 1909	Aug 11, 1909	daughter of R J & S Doonan
Doonan, Everett A	Aug 9, 1903	Mar 4, 1920
Doonan, Sarah A	1856	1918	Mother
Doonan, Thomas E	1854	1944	Father
Drake, Orris L	Jun 23, 1930		Our children, Janelle, Rhonda, Shellie, Mark, Darla
Drake, Shirley M	Aug 29, 1930	July 16, 1994	(Orris)
Ellis, Elmore B	1870	1949
Ellis, Myra	1874	1959	his wife (Elmore B)
Fell, Arthur L	Aug 23, 1900	Sept 22, 1900	son of W F & M J Fell
Fell, Fred W	1873	1956	Father
Fell, Harold N	Sep 3, 1902	Apr 23, 1904	son of W F & M J Fell
Fell, Mary J	1870	1953	Mother
Hanon, Guy E		Sept 21, 1891	Aged 1mo 13 days; infant son of I S & M A Hanon
Harris, Benjamin J	1864	1928
Harris, Emma E	1867	1916	wife of B J Harris
Harris, Glen L	1887	1890	son of B J & E E Harris
Harris, Isaac B		Feb 15, 1888	Aged 67ys 9ms 13 days
Haynes, Infant	Oct 3, 1893	Oct 7, 1893	Infant son of Mr and Mrs J W Haynes
Henningsen, Carl E D	1899	1968	Father
Henningsen, Daisy B	1905	1943	Mother
Henningsen, Lyle D. **	Mar. 27, 1941	May 28, 2003
Henningsen, Wayne E	1929	1987	Husband - Father
Holtz, Mervin E	1919	1988	PFC, U S Army, World War II
Holtz, Mervin E	1919	1988
Hughes, Diane L	Feb 1, 1947		Beloved wife; parents of Michelle and Patrick
Hughes, Joseph W	Sept 24, 1943	Mar 11, 2001	Beloved husband; U S Army, Vietnam
Jacobsen, Dores	26 Dec 1843	22 July 1883	inscribed with German words
Jensen, Nels C	1903	1936
Johnson, Barbara		May 20, 1914	Aged 86y 8m 18d; His wife (William)
Johnson, William		Dec 15, 1906	Aged 73y 2m 29d
Jones, Clara O.	Feb. 19, 1914 **	Apr. 30, 2005 **	married Feb 27, 1933 (Walter)
Jones, Walter R	Feb. 6, 1912 **	Jan. 22, 2008 **	our children LaDonna and Gerald
Kevan, Albert R	1889	1969
Kevan, Andrew	1833	1914	Father
Kevan, Ellen V	Aug 27, 1866	Oct 29, 1939
Kevan, Gladys V	Sept 8, 1899	Dec 8, 1983
Kevan, Lillian M	1891	1987	Married Aug 30, 1911 (Albert R)
Kevan, Sarah L	1836	1891	Mother; His wife (Andrew)
Kevan, William S	Mar 9, 1861	Oct 24, 1927
Kintz, Charles E	Mar 7, 1898	Sept 16, 1973
Kintz, Lyda May	Mar 7, 1894	Apr 10, 1962
Kite, Allan D. **	Oct. 17, 1954	Apr. 23, 2002
Kite, Alva H	Mar 4, 1905	Sept 28, 1966
Kite, Bertha M	Dec 4, 1909	Apr 2, 1999
Kite, Caroline	Oct 8, 1832	Mar 11, 1892	Aged 59y 5m 3d; His wife (Robert)
Kite, Dale Lee	1931	1976	Cpl, U S Army, Korea
Kite, H H	1865	1933
Kite, Infant		Jan 29, 1901	Infant of L & J Kite
Kite, Joanne V. **	1932	2003
Kite, Noah B		May 31, 1899	Aged 30y 9m 2d; son of RW & AC Kite
Kite, Robert N	Oct 28, 1887	Jan 21, 1903	aged 15y 2m 24d; son of L & P J Kite
Kite, Robert W	Feb 17, 1831	Sept 23, 1910	Aged 79y 7 m 6d; at rest
Kite, Simeon F	Oct 4, 1832	Nov 17, 1904
Knuth, Aage C	1897	1984
Knuth, Blanche I	1911	1980
Knuth, Rose Marie	1936	1936
Kobs, Gladys H	1912	1979
Kobs, Herman W	1900	1988	married Sept 11, 1937 (Gladys H)
Kolb, Adam		Mar 14, 1902	Aged 80y 10m 14 d
Kolb, Addie M	Oct 5, 1874	Aug 23, 1962
Kolb, Andrew	1844	1924
Kolb, Anna M		June 18, 1910	Aged 83y 4m 4 d, wife of Adam
Kolb, Charles E	1876	1952
Kolb, Charles W	Oct 10, 1914	Jan 4, 2001	PFC U S Army, World War II
Kolb, Elvie F	Oct 21, 1906	Nov 11, 1992	(wedding ring) Aug 26, 1937 (Lewis C)
Kolb, Emily	1851	1935
Kolb, Eunice M	Dec 24, 1906	blank
Kolb, Frank Lewis	Feb 23, 1874	June 6, 1928
Kolb, Gordon	Nov 6, 1909	April 7, 1980
Kolb, Helen May	1887	1919
Kolb, Lewis C	Feb 26, 1903	Jan 6, 1990
Kolb, M Isabelle	1880	1955
Kolb, Warren Parren **	July 31, 1939	Nov. 28, 2002
Kolb, William A	May 26, 1871	July 10, 1933
LaFrentz, LaDonna R	Sept 8, 1933	Dec 20, 2000	mother of Keith, Kevin, Kreig, Kenneth, Kerry Namanny
Lamer, Bertha M	1893	1958
Lamer, Blanche M	1893	1984
Lamer, Clara	1868	1960
Lamer, David W	1862	1931
Lamer, Ervine R	Aug 21, 1918	Nov 22, 1997	T Sgt U S Army, World War II
Lamer, Forest	1895	1967
Lamer, Frances E	1862	1940
Lamer, Frank D	1885	1941
Lamer, Freda C	1888	1976
Lamer, George Leroy **	Apr. 23, 1928	May 5, 2008
Lamer, Glen B	1891	1947
Lamer, Helen	1901	1974
Lamer, Henry J	1858	1932
Lamer, Infant	1916	1916	infant son of Glen B & Burtha
Lamer, Ivan F	1916	1933
Lamer, John B	1864	1918
Lamer, Marvel	1897	1960
Lamer, Mary	1836	1904	Mother
Lamer, Orval	1899	1988
Lamer, Rose	Mar. 3, 1919 **	Mar. 8, 2005 **	Parents of Russell & Randy (Ervine).     **Dates from S.S. Index
Lamer, Stella M	1868	1955
Line, Deloro W	July 15, 1886	Apr 3, 1978	Cpl, U S Army, World War I
Line, Etta L	Dec 8, 1862	Feb 17, 1953
Line, Felton	1899	1928
Line, Frances	1872	1932	Mother
Line, Harry D	Mar 31, 1860	Mar 7, 1917
Line, Infant	Feb 21, 1904	Feb 23, 1904	Infant son of Mr and Mrs W H Line
Line, Myrtle E	1901	1980
Line, Priscilla J		Apr 18, 1900	Aged 64y 6m 16d; wife of S F Line
Line, Samuel F		Jan 21, 1899	Aged 65y 5m 9d
Line, Walter	1871	1931	Father
McFerran, David J	1933	1960
McFerran, Yvon Jean	Aug 6, 1929	Feb 2, 1999	Loving mother of Diana, Richard, Rodney, Garth, David, George
McKee John	1871	1942
Mikkelsen, Betty Nadine	Nov 6, 1921	Apr 30, 1922	Dau of James & Mabel Mikkelsen
Mikkelsen, Dorothy Mabel	Mar 6, 1928	Dec 24, 1928	Dau of James & Mabel Mikkelsen
Morris, Leonard A	1890	1971
Morris, Lilah E Corey	Aug 5, 1900	Dec 28, 2000	mother of Phyllis, Clyde, Ralph, Bruce
Mutum, Alice M	1885	1954
Mutum, Beatrice M	Oct 18, 1929	Jan 12, 1999	(wedding ring) July 14, 1952 (David H)
Mutum, Burl H	Feb 15, 1919	Dec 31, 1950	Iowa, Cpl, 413 Inf, 104 Inf Div, World War II
Mutum, Burl Henry	Oct 5, 1946	Nov 1, 1975	Together Forever (Patricia A)
Mutum, Clarence D	Apr 19, 1888	Jan 7, 1974	Pvt, U S Army
Mutum, David H	Feb 7, 1931
Mutum, Earl Manford **	Mar. 9, 1951	May 20, 2013
Mutum, Esther I	1924	1992
Mutum, Florence M	Feb 18, 1875	Dec 17, 1953	Mother
Mutum, George M	1885	1964
Mutum, Ivol E	1918	1971
Mutum, J H (Bert)	1881	1951
Mutum, Joseph V	Aug 31, 1902	Dec 18, 1982
Mutum, Mable Berdow	May 21, 1907	Sept 24, 1990	wed Mar 5, 1930 (Joseph V)
Mutum, Martha E	1878	1880
Mutum, Mary A	1847	1926
Mutum, Patricia A	Dec 1, 1950	Feb 2, 1975
Mutum, Robert		May 24, 1908	Aged 78 years; Father
Mutum, Robert A	1884	1970
Mutum, Samuel Henry		July 3, 1912	Aged 42y 11m 17 d; Father
Mutum, Valerie L	1890	1960
Nash, Carl V. **	July 14, 1922	Apr. 14, 2002
Nash, Ryan M. **	Dec. 22, 1968	May 15, 2007
Neff, Anna		Aug 10, 1882	Aged 72ys 5ms 12ds; wife of L Neff
Neff, Loami (?)		Sept 10, 1890	Aged 83ys 10 ms 29ds
Neff, Mamie		Jan 10, 1890	Aged 2ys 4ms 17ds
Nielsen, Wayne E. **	Aug. 10, 1952	Nov. 27. 2006
Noon, Charles H		Sept 13, 1910	Aged 39yrs 1mo 13ds
Noon, Edward A	1845	1918
Noon, Hannah W	1842	1920
Noon, M Adelle		Oct 30, 1944	Aged 60yrs 8mos 6ds
Noon, William F		Jan 19, 1968	Aged 90yrs 11mos 11 ds
Olesen, Baby	July 27, 1905	July 27, 1905	Infant dau of Soren & Mary Olesen
Olesen, Ellen	1868	1968	Mother
Olesen, Soren	1853	1928	Father
Osborn, Jack E	July 12, 1936		sons Mitchell & Curtis, daughters Michelle & Cindy
Osborn, Lois J	Mar 13, 1943	June 20, 1999	married Dec 9, 1961 (Jack E)
Parker, Roger G. **	Nov. 19, 1928	Nov. 30, 2007
Paul, Lyda A	1866	1910
Pedersen, Christian	1860	1944
Pedersen, Karen	1865	1955
Pedersen, Nels		Aug 23, 1909	Aged 19y 6m 23d; son of C & K Pedersen
Porter, Belinda		May 6, 1908	Aged 55y 1m 25d; at rest in heaven; wife of Wm Porter
Porter, Eliza A	1866	1910	wife of T J Paul
Porter, Elnora M	1868	1960
Porter, George B		Mar 9, 1880	Aged 1y 10m 29d; son of R & M Porter
Porter, Grace V	1913	1994
Porter, Howard H		Jan 13, 1899	Aged 6y 1m; son of W & B Porter
Porter, James R	1865	1945
Porter, John G		Apr 3, 1902	Aged 31y 10m 3 d; son of R & M Porter
(Porter) Bumgarner, Mary	1837	1911	wife of Robert Porter
Porter, Robert	1832	1918
Porter, William T	1911	2006 **
Potts, Anna M	1878	1941
Potts, George W	July 5, 1823	1900 **	Aged 77y 5m 26d
Potts, Mariana C		July 3, 1895	Aged 69y 5m 3d; wife of G W Potts
Potts, Wallace E	1922	1943	American Legion Marker
Potts, Walter E	1869	1948
Pritchard, Elsa B			dau of D B & C A Pritchard
Rasmussen, Chrls M	1856	1938
Rasmussen, Hansine M	1855	1929
Rasmussen, Olena M	1885	1975
Rasmussen, Yalmer J		Apr 5, 1899	Aged 11yrs 8mos 7days; son of C M & H M Rasmussen
Ray, Allen C		Jun 9, 1896	Aged 58ys 9ms 17ds
Ray, Daniel F		July 20, 1888	Aged 25ys 7ms 21ds; child of AC & FE
Ray, Francis E		Aug 28, 1918	Aged 75ys 9ms 12ds
Ray, George A		Oct 28, 1875	Aged 11 ys 2ms 25 ds; child of AC & FE
Ray, Sarah J		Feb 23, 1880	Aged 9ys 3ms 3 ds; child of AC & FE
Ridlen, Carol J. **	Feb. 20, 1940	Dec. 21, 2009
Rounds, Keith L & Kevan L		Apr 26, 1962	infant sons of R H & M L Rounds
Rounds, Merle L	July 25, 1922 **	May 4, 2012 **	**Dates from Obituary
Rounds, Robert H	1921	1993	our children, Robert Jr, Diane, Christi, Rick, Jerry
Schimmele, Annabelle	1897	1987
Schimmele, Arthur	1893	1968
Schimmele, Jerry	1939	1939
Schmeckpeper, Wilma Jean	Oct 26, 1958	Mar 11, 1987	The lord said "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you.
Smith, Amy E	Jan 11, 1845	blank
Smith, John S		Jan 18, 1890	Aged 59ys 3ms 2ds; Farewell my wife and my children all. From you a father, Christ doth call. Mourn not for me, it is in vain. To call me to your sight again.
Smith, Josephus	Mar 31, 1838	July 22, 1894
Smith, Viola E	Nov 20, 1877	Nov 7, 1878
Stevens, Isaac		Sept 4, 1881	Aged 71yrs 1ms 4 ds
Stewart, I G	May 24, 1872	Feb 8, 1920
Stewart, Kenneth R		Mar 23, 1911	Aged 6m 15d; son of I G & L Stewart; Gone but not forgotten; We remember our loved one who buded on earth to bloom in heaven, sleeps in his harrow home.
Stewart, Laura	Dec 25, 1877	May 12, 1949
Tellesen, Hannah		April 20, 1884	Aged 30yrs & 6 mos
Walton, Alice		Dec 24, 1900	Aged 35y 1m 12d; wife of J F Walton
Warner, Michael **	Aug. 26, 1948	Jan. 4, 2003
Welch, Bertie		Sept 16, 1887	Aged 20y 2m 8d; wife of I T Welch

Contributed by Norm Prince, Copyright Owner, 2002.