Elim Cemetery
Elim Cemetery is located in Fertile Township on section 29 - 2 miles west of Fertile. This was the site of the Elim Free Lutheran Church and cemetery with the first burial in 1893 for Knut Morkve, age 81.
Name Birth Date Death Date Source Comments Adams, Marvin Hubert 8-14-1946 4-27-2007 Almelien, Anna 1902 1970 Almelien, Edward 1910 1975 Husband to Opal Almelien Almelien, Emma 1899 1986 Almelien, George T. 1906 1908 Almelien, George T. 4-26-1908 4-28-1983 World War II veteran Almelien, Gladys 1911 --- Almelien, Gunhild 1871 1951 Almelien, Rueben 1912 1989 Husband to Gladys Almelien Almelien, Ronald R. 4-04-1950 3-15-2000 Husband to Molly J. Almelien Almelien, Opal 1918 --- Almelien, Tennis 1860 1924 Clapper, Dallas L. 1910 1990 Clapper, Ruth V. 1911 1995 Wife of Dallas L. Clapper Field, Eileen M. 6-14-1922 2-10-2015 Field, Marlin O. 1918 1993 Husband to Eileen M. Field Fjeld, Martin O. 5-13-1978 21-1-1959 Fjeld, Ida J. 8-01-1883 9-09-1955 Wife of Martin O. Fjeld Flaaton, Torgen 2-15-1828 3-25-1901 Gudmundson, Anna --- --- WPA record Gudmundson, Regnild 5-29-1835 9-5-1918 Halvorson, Mildred 3-11-1900 8-19-1901 Harris, Alpha 1915 1919 Daughter Harris, Emma 1889 1919 Wife of Joseph Harris Harris, Joseph 1888 1930 Father Haugen, Henry G. 6-22-1894 7-10-1973 World War I veteran Haugen, Henry Jr. 8-24-1943 9-23-1943 Haugen, Olga H. 11-21-1902 5-22-1993 Wife of Henry Haugen Heimdal, Ingeborg 1860 8-05-1902 Mrs. O. O. Heimdal Holland, Gustav A. 11-8-1916 2-13-1985 Holland, Rachel N. 9-10-1920 --- Only one date on stone Hovland, Albert 1870 1937 Hovland, Elise 4-04-1881 9-22-1932 WPA record Mother Hovland, Hanna M. 12-11-1884 11-5-1902 Hovland, Hans O. 8-10-1841 2-17-1915 Hovland, Herman 9-16-1893 11-7-1963 World War I veteran Hovland, Homer G. 4-04-1901 1-05-1994 Hovland, Julia 2-02-1886 7-26-1905 WPA record Hovland, Mary 8-25-1856 11-14-1922 Wife of Hans O. Hovland Hovland, Malven 9-06-1906 9-06-1906 WPA record Hovland, Martin 10-12-1876 5-10-1949 Father Hovland, Ole 1888 1954 Johnson, Ellef 10-9-1852 1-07-1921 Johnsen, Tarjer 4-19-1856 2-14-1933 Wife of Ellef Johnson Kingland, Emma 1888 1938 Kingland, Evelyn 1907 --- Kingland, Howard 1902 1977 Parent of Lavonne & Marilyn Kingland, Martha 1905 1997 " " Kingland, Joseph 1885 1960 Kingland, Joseph (Mrs.) --- 8-19-1938 WPA record Kingland, Tilden 1904 1984 Kingland, Wallace T. 1906 1977 Kirshbaum, Edward F. 6-13-1940 10-13-1998 Husband to Gloria J. Kirshbaum Kirshbaum, Gloira 3-23-1942 --- Knudtson, Anna P. 1895 1924 Knudtson, Austina 1-19-1865 6-18-1950 Wife of Knute T. Knudtson Knudtson, George 1904 --- Name on the same stone as Martin Knudtson Knudtson, Knute T. 1-18-1857 6-08-1927 Knudtson, Martin 1904 1971 Knutson, Oscar T. 1893 1975 Knutson, Leona L. 1907 1992 Wife of Oscar T. Knutson Levang, Andrea 9-03-1849 12-1-1918 ` Mother Levang, Arthur L. 9-18-1921 10-18-2001 Husband of Ruth E. - Our children: Paul, Dennis, Dean Levang, Joseph H. 1912 --- Levang, Ruth E. 10-22-1922 10-31-2013 Levang, Silence D. 1912 1997 Wife of Joseph H. Levang - Parents of Mark, Linor Mastre, Eli 1906 1993 Parent of JoAnn, Marian & Keith Mastre, Gladys 1914 1990 " " McKibben, Ina M. 3-30-1916 3-30-1916 McKibben, Oliver N. 1919 1923 Mckibben, Ella Mestad 1894 1924 WPA record Wife of Gilbert McKibben Mestad, Charles 1927 1927 Midtgaard, Arden H. 1-24-1924 12-12-2016 Morkve, Anna L. 1808 1900 Morkve, Knut K. 1813 1894 Nyhus, Clara M. 1888 1916 Nyhus, Edward 11-11-1899 11-20-1914 Nyhus, Einar H. 11-8-1866 5-21-1940 Nyhus, Jennet O. 7-11-1867 11-08-1908 O'Leary, Audrey J. 1929 4-13-2011 O'Leary, Howard A. 6-8-1927 3-18-2016 Pederson, Hans Mathias 3-30-1862 12-31-1905 Pederson, Jacobie Olene 7-29-1869 5-19-1949 Wife of Hans M. Pederson Pederson, Mildred O. 1902 1979 Wife of Sever B. Pederson Pederson, Sever B. 1891 1973 Peterson, George J. --- 8-6-2015 Prestholt, Alfred G. 1906 1981 Prestholt, Anna O. 1882 1958 Wife of Nels A. Prestholt Prestholt, Grace 1899 1911 Prestholt, Ethel J. --- 1909 Only one date on stone Prestholt, Nels A. 1867 1958 Prestholt, Paul E. 4-17-1930 5-19-1998 Korean War veteran Prestoldt, W. Ellen 1909 1998 Wife of Alfred G. Prestholdt Rinden, Guro 1856 1943 On same stone as Tellef Rinden Rinden, Tellef 1858 1934 Rodberg, Nellie T. 9-24-1890 6-21-1965 Schachtele, Delton P. 12-9-1919 12-23-1919 Schultz, Bruce L. 5-2-1959 3-19-2009 Seglem, James E. 1898 1968 "FATHER" Seglem, Ella 1898 1978 "M0THER" Seglem, Vernon E. 11-5-1922 8-02-1967 "SON" - World War II veteran Simonson, Erick 1821 1897 "FATHER" Simonson, Kathrine 1826 1917 "MOTHER" Spenser, Adeline M. 1919 2004 Name on the same stone as Ellsworth E. Spenser Spenser, Ellsworth E. 1915 2009 Stevens, Halvor 9-23-1863 6-17-1954 Stevens, Lena 10-8-1864 6-29-1944 Wife of Halvor Stevens Tallackson, Susanna 11-8-1826 2-05-1907 Mrs. Tellev Tallackson Tallackson, Tellef 9-19-1823 9-24-1909 Tweed, Annie 1853 6-02-1905 WPA record Tweed, Bjonne 1864 1916 WPA record Versland, Rev. Gabriel 1874 1911 Werner, Erwin E. 1929 1991 Husband of Marilyn R. Werner Young, Emma C. Knutson 1900 1921 WPA record Wife of Tom O. YoungSource: From inscriptions on tombstones and "Tombstone Records of Worth County, Iowa" (copied by the Graves Registration, a WPA project.) and other sources.
Transcribed by Gordon Felland, 6/5/2017.