The Willow Township cemetery is located on the east side of Street 130 and one quarter mile south
of Ave P. The cemetery is owned by Willow Township and the Crawford County Conservation Board
manages the native prairie at the cemetery.
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.
Willow Township cemetery walked and recorded by Norm Prince
| 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 |
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