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THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY

By Thelma Greene Reagan

 

Today we walked where others walked

On a lonely, windswept hill.

Today we talked where others cried

For loved ones whose lives are stilled.

 

Today our hearts were touched

By graves of tiny babies.

Snatched from the arms of loving kin,

In the heartbreak of the ages.

 

Today we saw where

the grandparents lay

In the last sleep of their time.

Lying under the trees and clouds -

Their beds kissed by the sun and wind.

 

Today we wondered

About an unmarked spot.

Who lies beneath this hallowed ground?

Was it a babe, child, young or old?

No indication could be found.

 

Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay.

We had been here once before

On a day we'd all like to forget,

But will remember forever more.

 

Today we recorded for kith and kin

The graves of ancestors past.

To be preserved for generations hence,

A record we hope will last.

 

Cherish it, my friend.

Preserve it, my friend,

For stones sometimes crumble to dust

And generations of folks yet to come

Will be grateful for your trust.

 

Welcome to the

Mower County MNGenWeb Project

 

Mower County Cemetery Information

Visit Find A Grave for more information on Mower County Cemeteries

 

Woodlawn Cemetery – Lodi Township

Mower County, Minnesota

 Photo by Kathy Pike

 

109 Interments:

Last

First Middle Maiden

Birth

Death

Albrecht 

Emma E.

 6 Nov 1917

 26 Jan 2002

Albrecht 

Robert Richard “Bob”

 16 Dec 1922

 9 Mar 2009

Allard 

Daniel

 unknown

 4 Jan 1946

Allard 

Florence I.

1866

 31 Mar 1933

Allard 

Henry Alphonso

 Nov 1850

 18 Jan 1928

Allard 

Tina Elvira

 21 Feb 1897

 23 May 1978

Bartels 

Henry

 16 Jan 1876

 14 Dec 1930

Bartels 

Mary C. Reimers 

 24 Feb 1880

 15 Jun 1956

Bartels 

Viola Leona

 29 Nov 1914

 18 Sep 1930

Bell 

Alexander O.

 10 May 1846

 11 Mar 1920

Bell 

Augusta W. “Gusta” Brunce 

 23 Dec 1870

 1 Apr 1946

Bell 

David E.

 25 Jun 1916

 27 Jun 1916

Bell 

Eunice L. Mitchell 

 unknown

1886

Bell 

Freddie

1889

 12 Feb 1894

Bell 

Harlan R.

1897

 29 May 1916

Bell 

Herman J.

 unknown

 10 Aug 1937

Billings 

Alonzo

 18 Jul 1820

 23 Mar 1893

Billings 

Randall

 30 Dec 1821

 23 Apr 1877

Billings 

Sarah Jane Sillwell 

 13 Mar 1827

 11 Oct 1901

Brunce 

Carl

 unknown

 unknown

Brunce 

Fred August

 10 Feb 1843

 19 Feb 1914

Brunce 

Henrietta Zabel 

 4 Apr 1839

 7 Oct 1926

Campbell 

George N.

 2 May 1841

 21 Nov 1902

Campbell 

Hazel M.

 25 Apr 1895

 24 Mar 1902

Campbell 

Jane Wright 

 30 Apr 1857

 3 Jun 1926

Campbell 

Nina Munson 

1863

 15 Apr 1883

Chamberlin 

James Madison “Mattus

 25 Aug 1841

 28 Dec 1919

Chamberlin 

Lucy Jane Butterfield 

 10 May 1842

 9 Dec 1914

Christofferson 

Mary

 28 May 1935

 28 May 1935

Clayton 

Mildred

1900

1901

Clayton 

Ralph C.

1871

1901

Coleman 

August

 unknown

 unknown

Culton 

Karl W.

1889

 28 Feb 1913

Doyle 

Frank Patrick

 4 Mar 1885

 13 Oct 1922

Doyle 

John Patrick

 10 Jan 1920

 13 Dec 1974

Eischens 

Harold Emil

 10 Jan 1936

 30 Jan 2016

Eischens 

Katherine Mae Pietsch 

 6 Sep 1936

 19 Apr 2017

Eischens 

Terry Harold

 2 Jun 1958

 7 Dec 2013

Emigh 

Elgin

1858

1932

Emigh 

Emil

 unknown

 unknown

Erickson 

Floyd Ellsworth

 12 Oct 1916

 15 Oct 2005

Erickson 

Irwin A.

 10 Dec 1910

 21 Nov 2010

Erickson 

Sherwin E.

 25 Oct 1912

 13 May 1997

Fauske 

Jul Olsen

 18 Jul 1886

 9 Mar 1957

Hahn 

William

1839

 27 Dec 1885

Halsey 

Abbie Clayton 

 23 Mar 1820

 26 Apr 1894

Hanson 

Donald LaVerne

 28 Sep 1931

 18 Mar 2018

Hartman 

Robert

 20 Jul 1925

 12 May 2017

Hartman 

Shirley Margaret Naebeck 

 20 Aug 1930

 29 Oct 2019

Hegge 

Roy Odin

 3 Apr 1897

 18 Dec 1921

Hegge 

Vernon E.

 5 Dec 1919

 13 Mar 1920

Henderson 

Hazel Estella Kail 

 14 Jun 1892

 14 Mar 1966

Henderson 

Janie Elizabeth

1864

 14 May 1942

Henderson 

Joseph Richard

1859

 23 Feb 1942

Henderson 

William Peter

 15 Sep 1888

 6 Apr 1978

Huckins 

Hazel

1903

1911

Huckins 

Lydia Blanche “Lettie” Reynolds 

1869

 30 Nov 1910

Huckins 

William Loren

 23 Dec 1867

 12 Oct 1940

Jack 

Children

 unknown

 unknown

Kiefer 

Floyd Patrick

 17 Mar 1913

 24 Nov 1989

Kiefer 

Lucille Agnes Struwe 

 19 May 1919

 13 Jan 2009

Kiefer 

Raymond Francis

 1 Oct 1965

 11 Jun 2011

Kiefer 

Thomas Charles

 16 Dec 1962

 31 May 1976

Kramer 

Julius Aaron

 16 Sep 1872

 19 Sep 1962

Kramer 

May Larson 

 2 Aug 1877

 31 Apr 1960

Lagervall 

Arthur

 7 Nov 1893

 14 Jan 1966

Lagervall 

Charles Arthur “Arthur”

 7 Nov 1892

 14 Jan 1966

Lagervall 

Leone Grace Kramer 

 1 Jun 1905

 19 Jul 2003

Larson 

Anne Marie

 20 Sep 1877

 12 Apr 1878

Larson 

Karen “Carrie” Haugstad 

1848

 14 Apr 1882

Larson 

Ole

 2 Oct 1847

 3 Dec 1921

Lindeland 

Emma Christina Christensen 

 29 Nov 1911

 18 Sep 1978

Lindeland 

Willie

 19 Nov 1912

 21 Feb 1990

Long 

Fred

 unknown

1920

Meek 

Goldie Olive Chamberlin 

 28 Jun 1883

 25 May 1958

Meek 

Lester George

 10 Jan 1883

 31 May 1976

Miller 

Baby

1877

 12 Sep 1877

Mitchell 

Mable Campbell 

 30 Mar 1883

 20 Dec 1914

Nelson 

Baby

 13 Aug 1904

 14 Aug 1904

Nelson 

Nels A.

 6 Dec 1868

 3 Dec 1898

Nelson 

Ole

 3 Nov 1842

 15 Apr 1909

Nelson 

Signe

1892

1896

Oxley 

Richard Anthony

 24 Nov 1927

 15 Oct 2010

Parker 

Jonah H.

 8 Aug 1817

 18 Mar 1892

Potter 

Carrie A.

 6 Nov 1857

 24 Mar 1890

Rasch 

Hans Peter

 22 Nov 1834

 5 Mar 1905

Rasch 

Marie Dorothea Thomsen 

 22 Nov 1833

 9 Jan 1912

Reed 

Calvin Henry

 25 Jan 1878

 12 Nov 1970

Reed 

Donald Francis

 unknown

 2 Feb 1928

Reed 

Mary Ott 

 unknown

 unknown

Rice 

Barbara Rose Garrett 

 23 Oct 1951

 24 Oct 2005

Rice 

Glen Eli “Sonny” Jr. 

 30 Jan 1947

 20 Dec 1990

Rothenburger 

Eunice L. Bell 

 unknown

 unknown

Rothenburger 

Frederick “Fritz” Jr. 

1888

 25 Dec 1918

Rothenburger 

Frederick Sr. 

 20 Sep 1855

 22 Dec 1918

Rothenburger 

George Friedrik

1888

 20 Jun 1894

Rothenburger 

Hermann Kasper

1892

 21 Aug 1894

Rothenburger 

Wilhelmine Zabel 

 18 May 1864

 20 Oct 1918

Shearer 

Dana L.

1869

 9 Jan 1880

Shearer 

Floyd W.

1871

 6 Jan 1880

Shearer 

Mabel E.

 15 Jan 1873

 5 Jan 1880

Voigt 

Holden Glenn

 17 Oct 2001

 17 Oct 2001

Voigt 

Raymond Howard “Ray”

 8 Jan 1928

 21 Apr 2016

Whitcraft 

Anna Bryant 

 Nov 1843

 15 Apr 1909

Whitcraft 

John Allan

 unknown

 27 Apr 1909

Whiting 

Elizabeth Jane

1881

 16 Jan 1924

Wiebrand 

Mary Ann Sells 

 9 Sep 1908

 3 Aug 1992

Wolhoy 

Donna M.

1928

1929

Wolhoy 

Herbert Ray

1924

 26 Jun 1924

 

 

 

 

 

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