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Valparaiso
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VALPARAISO COMMUNITY CEMETERY Valparaiso, Nebr located in the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section 22 Township 13 N, Range 5 E Oak Creek Township, Saunders County, Nebraska.
This cemetery was worked in sections were the map. Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebr; assisted by Kathrine Petersen. Recording of this cemetery was started on 24 May 1978 and completed on 2 Jun 1978.
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Names Index - Pages 1 - 11 - Pages 25 - 36 - War Memorial
Tombstone Records
Page 12 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Moses Glassburn Margaret Glassburn
1825 - 1881 1827 - 1903
Carrie E, wife of M Glassburn
d 11 Jan 1898 34 yr 3 mo 26 days
Row 13 south to north
Inf son of C E & I M McFarland Lula P, dau of C E & I M McFarland
d 27 Nov 1884 2 days d 27 Jun 1887 1 yr 1 mo 7 days
John Peterson
b Svogeslov, Denmark Jan 1846 6 Aug 1921
Charles H Wood Elizabeth Wood
1877 - 1929 1876 - 1934
cinderblocks with a faint John and one with Susan.
L Ross Glassburn Beatrice Glassburn
1883 - 1947 1883 - 1958
Maudie, dau of L D & S A Glasaburn
d 3 Feb 1900 5 yr 6 mo 21 days
James Mortensen
23 Sep 1852 27 Sep 1902
Jens Christensen Anna M, dau of J & J Christensen
26 Oct 1842 27 Feb 1887 d 4 Sep 1885 10 yr 3 mo 5 days
Artemas, son of J & J Christensen Botilder M, dau of J & J Christensen
d 20 Oct 1886 10 mo 15 days d 13 Jun 1884 (this marker so worn that
not legible when rubbed)
Mother 1855 - 1933 (possibly a Christensen?)
Bendt Svendson Johanna Svendson
19 Sep 1873 12 Dec 1898 20 Sep 1874 10 Mar 1903
Bodil Svendson
19 Feb 1847 24 Dec 1932
Adolph Novotny Luese Novotny
1 Jan 1894 23 May 1967 24 Nov 1905 19 Jun 1970
Row 14 north to south
Laura Seedlund Gust A Seedlund
29 May 1887 22 Dec 1967 12 Apr 1884 26 Nov 1973
wed on 20 Mar 1907
Carl E Olson
9 Apr 1908 20 Aug 1966
concrete slab - no info
Page 13 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Christina Mortensen John Mortensen
1873 - 1942 1860 - 1939
James Adsit Anna C Adsit
1866 - 1939 d 25 Oct 1902 70 yr 19 days
A W Oeschger wife Ella A Oeschger
13 Dec 1862 3 Sep 1913 16 Jan 1866 ?
Johanna, mother of John Oeschger John Oeschger
d 27 Feb 1892 80 yrs 1839 - 1915
Elizabeth Oeschger, wife
1836 - 1904
Harry Christian Mortensen
12 Jan 1905 31 Mar 1917
Christiana Petersen, wife of John Mortenson
born Denmark 26 Nov 1856 28 May 1890
John B Bengston
Nebr PFC 314 Sn Tn 89 Div WW I
1890 - 10 Jun 1938
Julia M Powers, wife of S M Weed
25 Dec 1858 17 Feb 1880
married 25 Dec 1879
Louisa M Edwards
1861 - 1938
John M Edwards Fanny T Edwards, wife
22 Jul 1839 23 Apr 1902 d 4 Jul 1898 54 yr 5 mo 19 days
"In affectionate remembrance
of the beloved wife of J M Edwards"
Row 15 south to north
the large service memorial marker (see last page of book for service
information)
Clyde E Creathbaum Cora B Creathbaum
1877 - 1959 1881 - 1950
LeRay Creathbaum
1909 - 1910
Emmor W Nelson
4 Jan 1895 2 Aug 1968
Harry James, son of I D Nichelson
22 Dec - 23 Dec 1945
Peter Nielsen
6 Mar 1873 30 Nov 1951
Page 14 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Jesper Jespersen
3 May 1883 23 Nov 1953
Gust W Neitzel
1879 - 1952
Charles R Lindholm Mary E Lindholm
27 Feb 1884 1 Jun 1962 5 Jun 1888 3 Jul 1974
wed on 19 Dec 1906
Marle Michael Lawton, son
22 Jul 1952 1 Jun 1963
Albert L Bejvancesky
10 Oct 1913 4 Feb 1964
Yevette Blair Jeanette Blair
1966 - 1968 1961 - 1968
Laura Blair Meril Blair
1960 - 1968 1857 - 1968
SECTION II
Row 1 north to south
Theadore M Merritt William E Merritt
1905 - 1923 b & d 23 Jul 1925
R Grant Merritt George R Merritt
1917 - 1941 6 Aug 1882 12 Feb 1971
Maxine Ilg
b & d 1928
Ross Richard Fox
Nebr PFC Co I 134 Inf WW I
2 Mar 1896 2 May 1956
Minnie Groth, wife Fred Groth
1884 - 1948 1867 - 1968
Harry L Mosgrove Dorothy J Mosgrove, dau
12 Nov 1890 9 Nov 1971 6 Aug 1910 9 Dec 1931
Bessie, wife of Robert K Lattin Robert K Lattin
16 Apr 1890 10 Dec 1967 17 Sep 1882 15 Nov 1932
Lillian A Adams Everett W Adams
1867 - 1939 1864 - 1930
Viola Nichols Victor H Nichols
1892 - 1939 Nebr Cpl 314 Ammo Tn 89 Div WW I
14 Jan 1887 2 Sep 1940
Page 15 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Merle D Dudek Joseph G Dudek
24 Oct 1944 15 Feb 1946 6 Aug 1938 7 Aug 1938
Joseph G Dudek
19 Feb 1907 9 Jun 1977
Frank L Peterson
Co E 1 Nebr Inf
Sp Am War
no dates
Howard W Pokorny Margaret A Pokorny
1907 - 1955 1871 - 1939
James W Pokorny
1878 - 1935
Emil Krafka
1901 - 1956
Row 2 south to north
John B Erickson Rosie M Erickson
2 Aug 1889 30 Nov 1975 17 Sep 1891 28 Jan 1945
Carl A Ang Augusta J Ang
8 Nov 1858 27 Aug 1959 7 Jan 1867 5 Aug 1940
Fritz Johnson Augusta Johnson
1858 - 1939 1863 - 1952
Joseph Krafka Marie Krafka
1869 - 1938 1872 - 1964
Luella Norton
17 Apr 1905 25 Mar 1936
Lewis B Chmelka Goldie May Chmelka
31 Dec 1871 7 Oct 1949 21 Apr 1886 18 May 1977
Frank Chmelka F J Chmelka
21 Nov 1876 18 Aug 1943 10 Feb 1844 5 Mar 1922
Frantiska Chmelka Ferdinand Chmelka
18 Aug 1850 22 Dec 1926 28 Mar 1882 21 May 1949
Lloyd Chmelka
29 Jul 1890 18 Jun 1957
Mary J Anderson
29 Oct 1884 5 May 1971
Uriah T Penninger Mary M Penninger
1854-1935 1863 - 1927
Page 16 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Ira Seal Penninger
Nebr Pvt 355 Inf 89 Div WW I
d 21 Oct 1918
Row 3 - north to south
Elizabeth Donner Henry Donner
1872 - 1965 1868 - 1937
William J Donner
9 Jan 1896 3 Aug 1919
Oral N Eagle
1883 - 1963
wed on 1 Sep 1915 to Bertha L
Marietta E Sporer John Sporer
1870 - 1893 1860 - 1920
Minnie Sporer
1867 - 1947
Harry Erickson
Pvt U S Army WW I
8 Apr 1891 20 Aug 1972
Carrie Erickson Erick Erickson
16 Mar 1858 16 Nov 1947 31 Mar 1855 13 Sep 1901
Annie Rosa Erickson Glenn Erickson
22 Jul 1881 21 Aug 1882 Hq Co 67 Art CACAEF WW I
15 Oct 1897 21 Jan 1921
Frank A Lundquist wife, Charlotte Lundquist
1833 - 1929 1835 - 1919
Ruben Fleek Nellie Fleek
1880 - 1929 1882 - 1973
Edward A Fleek
20 Mar 1908 8 May 1974
Douglas R Fleek
29 - 30 Jan 1945
Ida M Hoover Robert E Hoover
1869 - 1934 1861 - 1938
James William Craige Hilda S Craige
4 May 1867 13 Aug 1935 12 Mar 1870 27 Aug 1937
broken marker - base only remaining.
Lloyd H Frisbee
1914 - 1936
Ruby M Nichols George E Nichols
1882 - 1951 1881 - 1971
Frances Vanicek John Vanicek
8 May 1875 5 Jun 1954 10 May 1864 29 Aug 1951
Page 17 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 4 south to north
Frances Scharf Frank L Scharf
21 Dec 1895 19 Dec 1970 Nebr PFC 105 Ammo Tn 30 Div WW I
10 Sep 1886 1 May 1950
James Scharf
20 Sep 1892 30 Mar 1955
Donna L Green
1935 - 1939
John S Wakefield Pauline Wakefield
1850 - 1937 1861 - 1931
Anna Scharf
1856 - 1930
Joseph P Scharf Vladamir, son of Jos & Blanche Scharf
1 Feb 1883 3 Oct 1952 14 Jul 1928 9 Feb 1929
John L Cheever wife, Nellie J Cheever
Co E 47 Wis Vol Inf GAR 10 Feb 1850 22 Feb1936
16 Mar 1845 14 Jul 1921
Oscar D Hendrix Edwin E Hendrix
2 Sep 1882 15 Jun 1918 14 Oct 1889 27 Jul 1918
Charles H Hendrix Mary L Hendrix
1855 - 1919 1855 - 1927
John Jasa Josie Jasa
30 Aug 1889 24 Nov 1969 28 May 1891 1 May 1954
Margaret Marie Richardson
21 Apr 1940 19 Mar 1941
Thomas Bejvancesky Louis Bejvancesky
8 Dec 1886 22 May 1947 17 Feb 1912 1 May 1974
Mollie, wife of Thos Bejvancesky
21 Jan 1885 4 Feb 1919
John Ilg Gottlieb Ilg
10 Sep 1870 6 Jan 1968 4 Apr 1845 22 Jul 1934
Susan Ilg Edith Ilg, wife Arthur W Coffin
8 Mar 1845 12 Jun 1926 13 Jan 1882 7 Dec 1917
Row 5 north to south
Margaret States Elva M States, dau
b & d 22 Jun 1910 1901 - 1941
Adelia States Elmer E States
1872 - 1930 1861 - 1916
Page 18 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Estella Ruth Mortensen
1889 - 1977
Royal Lee Mortensen Estella B Mortensen
1916 - 1917 b & d 1923
John Waine Fox
16 Feb 1914 27 Mar 1917
Emma S Waline Alex Waline
7 Nov 1877 26 Oct 1963 18 Oct 1871 3 Jun 1953
Clarence Elmer Waline, son
1 Sep 1897 11 Dec 1933
Esther Nord
19 Oct 1913 1 Oct 1917
Swan Nord Elmer Nord
29 Ju1 1877 6 Aug 1952 28 Apr 1911 29 Sep 1963
Inf of Harold & Bertha Miller
b & d 18 Mar 1925
Anna C Marshall
25 Oct 1880 14 Jan 1973
George E Marshall
Pvt Co H 3 Rag Nebr Inf SP AM War
4 Dec 1879 28 Nov 1959
Rilla Kohler Winter Mae N Kohler
9 Apr 1906 7 Oct 1939 13 Aug 1881 5 Nov 1958
Christian M Kohler
1 Mar 1879 12 Jun 1961
Anna M Nelson Herbert Nelson
30 Dec 1886 21 Apr 1943 27 Nov 1885 14 Apr 1964
Margaret Albro John H Albro
2 Jul 1917 5 Jun 1971 4 Oct 1898 8 Feb 1968
Donald Perry Broadwater
1938 - 1951
Bonnie Sue Turner
1941 - 1966
Elmer P Broadwater
1906 - 1978
(There is a fresh grave beside the Broadwater marker - flowers still
fresh from the funeral)
Page 19 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 6 south to north 2 June 1978
Elizabeth H Mills Ira Mills
3 Jul 1868 23 Mar 1934 D 22 Oct 1918
Ulysses G Mills Nebr Pvt 336 Inf 84 Div WW I
11 May 1864 20 Jan 1910
James W Mills wife, Lydia Mills
1844 - 1911 1841 - 1925
Augusta C Ahl, wife of K D Ahl Klaus D Ahl
1868 - 1913 16 Dec 1866 10 Feb 1916
Arthur Ahl Otis Leo Moran
8 Sep 1895 25 Feb 1960 16 Apr 1896 6 Mar 1968
Nebr Corp U S Army WW I Nebr - Farrier U S Army
Samuel A Marshall George W Marshall
Pvt Co E I Reg Nebr Inf SAW Co D 5 Iowa Cav GAR
23 Oct 1877 18 Dec 1955 1833 - 1914
Sarah J, wife of George Marshall
1840 - 1925
B F Cole Julia Moran Cole
28 Oct 1854 8 Apr 1934 31 Jan 1861 3 Sep 1912
Albert Neitzel William A Neitzel
20 May 1877 19 Mar 1953 4 Mar 1844 16 Dec 1913
Ulrika C, wife of W A Neitzel Lena Neitzel
24 Dec 1844 23 May 1924 31 Mar 1887 26 Nov 1956
Horace Lee Sackett
Nebr Pvt Cas Det 735 Demob Gp WW I
9 Mar 1893 6 Dec 1955
Leland Anderson Emily Anderson
1905 - 1959 1878 - 1965
Jacob Anderson
1872 - 1911
Row 7 north to south
Anna T Bengtson Anton Bengston
25 Oct 1861 20 Jul 1914 1864 - 1925
Hilda C Bengston
1871 - 1964 (note change in surname spelling)
Anna M Cornell Claude C Cornell
1874 - 1938 1875 - 1914
H Behmerwohld
9 May 1829 17 Jun 1913
Charles M Carlson
21 Jan 1884 27 Mar 1967
Page 20 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Chriestop Miller
1 Sep 1852 28 Jan 1908
Mary E Wolford Calvin Wolford
21 Nov 1865 7 Dec 1950 24 Oct 1858 28 Aug 1940
Hazel Elda, dau of A J & L D Liles
26 Feb 1904 7 Feb 1908
Cordelia Jane DeHart Asa Frankline DeHart
1862 - 1936 9 Aug 1864 13 Oct 1939
Charles Dehart, son
24 Feb 1886 23 Aug 1909
Dorothy E Nord Nels J Nord
b & d 28 Nov 1926 15 Nov 1870 28 Mar 1929
Esther M Nord
13 Dec 1891 3 May 1974
Abner V Markle Anna G Markle
20 Oct 1880 21 Jan 1965 10 Apr 1884 27 Jun 1938
Irvin C Markle Infant Markle
15 - 19 Aug 1908 b & d 12 Apr 1910
Karl Jelinek
24 Dec 1857 17 Aug 1908
Emily Fullman
25 Aug 1841 19 Mar 1908
Row 8 south to north
Bertha B Schmidt Theodore C H Schmidt
1865 - 1956 1864 - 1938
Brother, Frank Bosel
17 Mar 1872 27 Oct 1905
unmarked grave
Zelpha L Lindgren Axel B Lindgren
1893 - 1963 1889 - 1953
Willard Dale, son of J L & Avice Taylor
5 Dec - 30 Dec 1906
Glenn L Cunningham
27 Jun 1920 9 Nov 1941 (WW II flag marker)
Harley R Cunningham
Cpl 1 Nebr Inf SP AM WAR
24 Mar 1877 27 Feb 1943
Page 21 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Eli M Cunningham
Co B 53 Ill Inf GAR
Corpl Wm Fifer
Co H 100 Ind Inf GAR
Schuyler C Fifer Maude Fifer Johnson
25 May 1871 15 Oct 1942 11 Oct 1879 26 May 1973
Nora D Fifer, dau
2 Sep 1906 28 Aug 1972
Marion Lee, son of L M Mannon
no dates
Ernest E Grigsby Orville Grigsby
Nebr Pvt 23 Cas Det WW I 1871 - 1955
30 Mar 1892 16 Sep 1960
Didama, wife Thom Grigsby
d 28 May 1907 61 yr 11 mo 22 days
George L States
d 1 Jun 1872 50 yr 2 mo
Row 9 north to south
Oswald L, son of J E & Mae Chase
10 Sep 1904 24 Nov 1905
Billie H Parker
1931 - 1934
son, Ralph Johnson
d 1914 2 mo
Fred C Johnson Alminda Johnson
1882 - 1936 1881 - 1973
June A Stotts
16 Jun 1910 17 Dec 1976
Daisy Lee Novotny
b & d 24 Dec 1976
Glennie Glassburn Lemuel Glassburn
1899 - 1906 1869 - 1924
Lila Glassburn
1870 - 1959
Rebeca DeHart
1843 - 1907 (homemade stone)
Edward G Hellerich Fern E Hellerich
17 Oct 1886 13 Apr 1962 29 Mar 1893 17 Oct 1964
Harry H Hellerich
b & d 1942
Page 22 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Baby Lashmett
no dates
Wm Roy Conner
28 Feb 1886 27 Aug 1906 (bronze marker)
Lewis E Lindgren
1874 - 1906
William G Johnson Pearl M Johnson
23 May 1873 6 Jan 1953 23 May 1878 20 Sep 1953
Infant son Johnson
19 Jul - 23 Jul 1905
Margaret R Shadle Joseph Shadle
1837 - 1912 16 Nov 1916 18 Sep 1904
Row 10 south to north
Maud, wife of G L Cheever
d 8 Sep 1900 18 yr 5 mo 24 days
two unmarked flowered graves
Orvil G, son of G L & L J Cheever
21 Apr 1904 21 Apr 1904
one unmarked flowered grave
Jacob Schwartz wife, Margaretha Schwartz
14 Mar 1843 16 Sep 1926 10 Feb 1839 21 Jun 1903
Christian J Schwartz Betty Schwartz
1865 - 1951 1870 - 1956
Russel R, son George E & Margaret C Roselle
22 Oct 1916 11 Mar 1919
Jay M Merritt Emma M Merritt
30 Jan 1876 19 Jan 1971 15 Aug 1876 11 Aug 1953
Robert Merritt Leona M Merritt
21 May 1918 23 Aug 1920 1909 - 1911
Albert & Alvin Merritt
1 day 13 Jul 1905
Nels W Nelson Amanda H Nelson
1845 - 1926 1850 - 1928
Ella Nelson
1888 - 1962
one unmarked grave
Charles E Erickson May H Erickson
21 Nov 1885 17 Nov 1959 13 Feb 1892 20 Jun 1954
Henry Hayden Louise Hayden
Co I 2 Mo Inf GAR 18 Nov 1839 15 Feb 1904
Page 23 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Johanna, wife of Victor Erickson Erick V Erickson
2 Dec 1838 25 Jun 1904 13 Jan 1840 28 Oct 1904
Cyrus A Porter wife, Ellen Porter
1875 - 1948 7 Nov 1875 18 Aug 1903
son, Roy Porter
1903 - 1916
Row 11 north to south
David S Ethington
15 Sep 1828 9 May 1902
Winnie E Adams
24 Jun 1896 29 Mar 1968 wed to Earl t Adams 4 Mar 1914
unmarked grave
slab marker - no writing
four unmarked graves - footstones
Frankie Ray, son of J & C Cunningham
d 28 Jan 1901 8 yr 6 mo 22 days
Caroline C Cunningham
25 Dec 1862 26 Nov 1916
Flora E Nelson Alva A Nelson
16 Dec 1881 9 Mar 1969 16 Jul 1877 22 Apr 1963
Chester, son of Frank & Minnie Pike
1 May 1892 5 Nov 1900
Bessie Bell Erixson Rebeca Jane Erixson
d 14 Aug 1900 14 yr 14 days d 20 Jul 1900 16 yr 16 days
Charles W Erixson Agnes A Erixson
1859 - 1911 1865 - 1942
Herman H Orthengreen Sophia M Orthengreen
1882 - 1956 1882 - 1930
Lucille Inez Orthengreen
11 Feb 1909 1 Mar 1909
Clifford R Fifer Wilmer C Fifer
1874 - 1901 1897 - 1899
David O White
16 Sep 1845 7 May 1907 GAR flag marker
Jesse Guttery Mary Guttery
Co C 7 Iowa Vol Cav 18 Jan 1830 5 Nov 1906
18 May 1821 23 Feb 1902
Page 24 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Lloyd L Smith, son of B F & A G Smith
d 10 Mar 1900 2 yr 2 mo 5 days
Paul Lee Nichelson
17 Jul 1957 31 Mar 1975
Anton Strizek Mary Strizek
29 Jun 1887 24 May 1970 29 Kun 1890 18 Aug 1969
John D Taylor
1 Oct 1858 12 Mar 1900
Joseph R Taylor
1885 - 1906
Myra Deane
1876 - 1901
W Ralph Emrick
1899 - 1900
Ethe M Emrick W Cal Emrick
1874 - 1938 1859 - 1942
Nancy L Cheever Oren L Cheever
1878 - 1906 1903 - 1904
Charles W Albro Harriet D Albro
1869 - 1931 1871 - 1945
Anton A Bushek
1902 - 1969
Johanas, son of J & K Schmidt
d 10 Dec 1893 3 yr 11 mo 11 days
Eric Sporer
1891 - 1894
Carl V Hedlund, son of C S & C E Hedlund
d 15 Aug 1900 6 yr 8 mo 7 days
Elsie Marie Hedlund
24 Mar 1902 8 Mar 1933
Sanford Hedlund Lottie E Hedlund
1858 - 1942 1865 - 1952
Row 13 north to south
G W Eagle wife, Sarah E Eagle
17 Apr 1850 27 Nov 1912 7 Apr 1856 15 Feb 1900
Myra D Eagle
21 Jul 1880 27 Apr 1901
Elfrida Beatrice, dau of Wm & S J Bays
d 17 Feb 1893 16 yr 11 mo 11 days
