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DOW CEMETERY
This cemetery is located in the middle of section 30 in
Schneider Twp. From Pleasanton, travel 5 1/2 miles south on Hwy. 10,
or from Kearney travel 11 miles north and turn east on Husker Rd.
Go 7 miles, then turn north and go another 1/2 mile. There is a
farm lane that goes east between an alfalfa field and a corn field.
The cemetery is 1/2 mile down this lane.
Read by Randy and Jeri Jones, 2000
Asher, Elsie, "Wife of W. H. Asher", Died May 13, 1885 - Aged 35ys;
Infants of E. & W. H. Asher
Bedke, Hedwig, Geb. Oct 18, 1890 - Gest. Mar 29, 1901
Emiel, Geb. May 16, 1894 - Gest. Aug 6, 1894
Bedke, Our Darling, "Infant of A. G. & M. J. Bedke",
Born & Died Jul 10, 1913
Bedke, Albert, 1878 - 1947
Bedke, Anna Ida, 1876 - 1923
Bedke, August, "Father", Feb 14, 1856 - jan 15, 1932;
Emeli, "Mother", Jun 11, 1856 - Dec 6, 1916
Bethke, Christiane, Geb. 28 Dec 1826 - Gest. 22 Mai 1890
Bethke, Friedrich Wilhelm, Geb. den. 3 Apr 1828 - Gest. den. 25 May 1905
Bissell, Sarah L(Sally) Ann, 16 Nov 1828 - 6 Nov 1895
wife of Asa Edwin, 14 Mar 1824 - 22 Jan 1880
Bitner, Alvin T., "Vater", 1843 - 1929; Pauline, "Mutter", 1848 - 1907
Buske, August, "Father", Feb 10, 1856 - May 5, 1932
Buske, Pauline, "Mother", April 2, 1860 - Sept 23, 1906
Buske, Laura G., Mar 27, 1892 - Aug 6, 1892
Buske, William Dean, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. William Buske, Jr.", Jul 4, 1932
Buske, William A. Jr., 1909 - 1937
Deidrich, Sarah M., Born Jan 17, 1860 - Died Jun 10, 1882;
Leanna M., Born Nov 19, 1876 - Died Oct 1, 1881
Dow, Our Baby, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Dow",
Died Sept 18, 1892 - Aged 6mos 3das
Dow, Charles Henry, Born Feb 27, 1828 - Died Mar 3, 1907 - Aged 79yrs 6ds;
Lethana, Born Jun 4, 1833 - Died Jun 4, 1922 - Aged 89yrs
Dow, Chas. H., "Sergt. Co. D, 59 Ind. Inf." (Civil War Marker - no dates)
Dow, Louemma, "Wife of G. H. Dow",
Born Mar 24, 1865 - Died Sept 27, 1889;
(Very close to this stone is a marker that says "Infant")
Dow, Roy E., Born Mar 29, 1889 - Died Sep 25, 1902
Fritz, William, Mar 4, 1905 - Mar 16, 1905
Fritz, Gustav, 17 Juni 1870 - 6 Nov 1914
Gruhn, Alma I., "Wife of Wm. F. Gruhn", "Mother", 1880 - 1909
Hoffmann, Marie, Geb. 27 Sep 1849 - Gest. 30 Juli 1894
Hoffmann, William E., "Vater", Oct 21, 1843 - Apr 12, 1931
Hughes, Lola Rohde, 25 July 1919 - 4 Apr 2002
Keiss, August, Died May 21, 1902 - Aged 24ys 4m 4d
Keiss, Bertha, Died May 16, 1899 - Aged 14ys 7ms 11ds
Keiss, William, "Father", 1838 - 1909
Keiss, Maria, "Mother", 1845 - 1919
Keiss, Minnie, Died Feb 12, 1894 - Aged 25y 8m 28d
Keiss, Henry, Died Dec 29, 1897 - Aged 24ys 9ms 12ds
Keller, Caroline, "Wife of Wm. Keller", 1867 - 1923
Kilgore, Gary, 1965 - 1993
Rhoda Duffy (Micki) 26 Aug 1945
Klein, Infant Child of Mr. & Mrs. Jake Klein, Born & Died March 12, 1918
Kutz, Harold W., Mar 22, 1909 - Jul 20, 1911 "Gone but not forgotten"
Kutz, Mrs. Augusta, Geb. Aug 24, 1847 - Gest. Jan 11, 1913
(Verse written in German)
Kutz, Carl A., "Father", Jun 2, 1847 - Oct 31, 1930
Kutz, Herbert F., Dec 28, 1910 - Jul 3, 1913
Kutz, Anna Helena, "Wife of Wm. F. Kutz", 1892 - 1918
Lenz, Emma, "Wife of John Lenz", Apr 9, 1860 - Mar 21, 1906
Long, Our Baby, "Son of J. W. & M. L.", born Oct 24, 1891
McFarlin, John, May 28, 1829 - Mar 27, 1897
Nelson, John W., 1895 - 1895
Nelson, Hanna, 1858 - 1947
Nelson, Henry, 1861 - 1939
Nelson, Oley, 1866 - 1929
Pape, Wilhelm Friedrich, Geb. 8 Juli 1889 - Gest. 10 Nov 1890;
Marie Sophie, Geb. 26 April 1891 - Gest. 25 Aug 1892
Pape, Marie E., Aug 26, 1863 - May 24, 1941
Pape, John N., Mar 31, 1851 - Mar 11, 1915
Porter, Elizabeth, Oct 19, 1837 - Dec 3, 1908 - Aged 71ys 1mo 14ds
Roeller, Fred C., 1885 - 1951
Roeller, Paul C., 1873 - 1950
Rohde, Amelia H., 15 Juli 1854 - 12 Jan 1931
Rohde, Hermann G., 4 Sept 1854 - 17 Juli 1914
Rohde, Betty Ann, 1924 - 1924
Schmidt, Ernest Conrad, Died Aug 30, 1925
Schmidt, Fred W., 1865 - 1938
Schmidt, Augusta J., "Wife of F. W. Schmidt", 1868 - 1921
Schmidt, Elizabeth M., "Dau. of F. & A. Schmidt",
Geb. 13 March 1894 - Gest. 7 Dec 1896 (Verse written in German)
Schmidt, Karl F., 1849 - 1909; Dora, 1848 - 1923
Schmidt, August, Aug 13, 1845 - Aug 21, 1924
Steinhauser, Elmer & Alfred, 1896
Thom, Herman, Geb. den. 9 Nov 1860 - Gest. den. 12 Jan 1891
Thom, Amelia Albertine, (no dates on this stone)
Thom, Wilhelm A., Geboren den 13 Jan 1879 - Gestorben den 20 Juni 1902 - 23j 5m 7t
Thom, Melvin E., Born Jan 21, 1915 - Died Feb 24, 1915
Thom, Clarence, Born & Died Jan 14, 1914
Vogt, Frank, "Son of G. & B. Vogt", Died Aug 1, 1903 - Aged 10d
Vogt, Anna M., "Wife of Geo. Vogt", Oct 7, 1883 - May 13, 1901
Voss, Hans D., "Father", 1846 - 1903
Voss, Arthur C., "Son", 1890 - 1916
Voss, Elizabeth, "Mother", Apr 17, 1850 - Jul 14, 1939
Wedemeyer, Minna, 1862 - 1923
Wedemeyer, Henry F., 1855 - 1900
Willuweit, Willmer, Jan 28, 1922 - Feb 18, 1922
Winkler, Theresia, "Wife of Frederick Winkler",
Born Oct 8, 1837 - Died Feb 15, 1900
Zbynden, Lydia, Born Dec 14, 1829 - Died Feb 3, 1909 "At Rest"
The Fort Kearney Genealogical Society may have additional information from the cemetery record book.
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