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Cemetery Index

First Evangelical Lutheran
Cemetery
Also known as Swede Ridge cemetery or Swedish / Norsk cemetery

5 mi. south of McGregor, Sec. 10, NW/SE, Mendon twp.

First Evangelical Lutheran church Birdseye view 1st Evangelical Lutheran cemetery
Birds-eye photo of the cemetery is from Bing maps


The churches associated with the Swedish / Norsk Lutheran & Norwegian Lutheran / Stavanger cemeteries were united as one, named First Evangelical Lutheran, in 1936, however the cemeteries remain separate.


Note! The following burial list & information has been compiled from several sources. It is not yet a complete listing & will be updated as additional burials are found. You can help - do you know of a burial in this cemetery that isn't listed? Dates? Corrections?

Sources:
-WPA cemetery records (ca 1930's), transcribed by Phyllis Montour
-Cemetery lot-owners cards (current to Jan. 2004), transcribed by Phyllis Montour. The cemetery lot-owner cards may indicate future rather than current burials. They are indicated by the notation 'lot owner'
-Burials from McGregor Historical Soc. records, added by S. Ferrall
-Gravestone photos for First Evangelical Lutheran/Swedish cemetery
-Obituaries: Clayton co. Obituary Index
-Clayton Co. Death Records (CCDR) and Death Certificates
-other records as credited


Name Birth Death Comments
Bachtell, Anna Amelia nee Carlson 08/28/1880 07/21/1925 w/o Vernon M.; d/o Carl & Clara (see Clara Long, this cemetery)
Bachtell, Harry Milton 01/11/1903 05/28/1956 h/o Marian L.; s/o Vernon & Anna
Bachtell, Lois      
Bachtell, Mabel Gladys 1901 07/25/1902 1y 6m 3d; d/o Vernon & Anna
Bachtell, Marian Loretta nee Laufer 05/13/1908 07/08/1993 w/o Harry M.; d/o John & Nellie (Faber)
Bachtell, Vernon M. 09/14/1877 12/06/1968 h/o Anna A.
Backman, Paul Olson      
Bass, Arthur      
Bass, Robert Jay 1923 05/16/1923 brother of Ronald
Bass, Ronald Wayne 1923 1923 brother of Robert
Beckett, Amanda nee Anderson 1878 1953 w/o William H.
Beckett, Elmer 11/23/1896 02/07/1901 s/o Wm H. & Amanda
Beckett, William Henry 02/09/1871 02/08/1951 h/o Amanda; s/o Wm P. & Mary
Bentley, infant     WPA= no dates
Billing, Mrs. Peter      
Burr, Joanne nee Peterson - - w/o Bob (divorced)
       
Carlson, infant     WPA= baby of Emil & Jean, no dates
Carlson, Carl A. 1878 10/01/1950 h/o Emma; s/o Carl & Clara (see Clara Long below)
Carlson, Emil Frederick 04/29/1912 03/26/1997 h/o Jean V.; s/o Carl & Emma; Allamakee Co. Death Record
Carlson, Emma H. nee Linderman 1887 1972 w/o Carl A.
Carlson, Eunice L. nee Nading 1928 - 'lot owner'; w/o George; d/o Elmer
Carlson, George W. 01/04/1920 01/04/1990 h/o Eunice L.; s/o Carl & Emma
Carlson, Jean Janet 1938 04/30/1940 d/o Emil & Jean
Carlson, Jean V. nee Smith 1919 - 'lot owner'; w/o Emil
Carlson, Walter H. 11/08/1925 05/01/2005 US Navy Retired; Veteran marker
Chappell, George Herbert 01/09/1916 07/08/1978 h/o Ruth; s/o Joseph & Louise (Druecker)
Chappell, Ruth B. nee Kamoss 03/06/1915 08/19/2002 w/o George H.; d/o Richard & Laura (Imlau)
Cowell, Severna Aileen nee Johnson 01/03/1934 06/14/2020 'lot owner'; w/o James L (?divorced).; d/o Severin & Eda (Heilman)
       
Davis, Lois nee Klotzbach RN 04/30/1936 05/2?/2021 w/o Russell; d/o Robert & Esther (Peterson); cremains
Davis, Raymond R. 'Ray' 1905 1979 h/o Sofie E.
Davis, Sofie Edel nee Juvik 11/09/1914 12/27/2019 'lot owner'; w/o Ray; d/o Bernt & Johanna (Peterson)
Dearborn, Melvin 1943 1988  
DeHaven, infant - - WPA= infant, no dates
DeHaven, Caroline 'Lena' 1877 12/02/1943 w/o Sam
DeHaven, Samuel 'Sam' 1877 1950 h/o Lena
Diehl, David Leroy 06/06/1944 06/19/2013 h/o Mary Krivanek; s/o Harry & Luvella
Dietrich, Alma 1897 1971 w/o Jeff
Dietrich, Jeff 1891 1974 h/o Alma
Drallmeier, Hilda nee Hallbert 03/12/1898 12/25/1971 2nd w/o Louis
Drallmeier, Louis Herman 1880 06/14/1962 h/o Hilda
       
Eggen, Amanda nee Lindgren 1884 1962 ssa Edward
Eggen, Edward 1879 1945 ssa Amanda
Ellenbolt, Emma E. nee Popacek 1884 1969 w/o Peter
Ellenbolt, Peter Retus 07/22/1882 10/27/1945 h/o Emma; s/o Retus & Mary
Erickson, Amelia nee Bond 1867 1942 ssa Ole
Erickson, Andrew O. 07/13/1882 12/07/1899  
Erickson, Erik      
Erickson, Ole 1857 1936 ssa Amelia
Erickson, Sigrid 1864 1888  
Everhart, infant   12/??/1950 3d; d/o Diane; grandchild of Don, died Muscatine, IA
       
Franz, Albert C. 'Buddy' 1881 1971 h/o Marie E.
Franz, Edna 1917 1995 d/o Buddy & Mamie
Franz, Marie Emelia 'Mamie' nee Larson 09/20/1883 12/09/1960 w/o Albert C.; d/o Gustav & Caroline (Erickson)
Friedlein, Stanley Henry 09/24/1954 01/09/2005 h/o 1st/ Donna Kregel (divorced), 2nd/ Vicki Wetch; s/o Floyd & Lorna (Schlitter)
       
Geno-Abildtrup, Julie M. nee Elliott 06/13/1960 02/14/2007  
Gregerson, Clarence 1913 1999  
Gregerson, Clarence Gene     'lot owner'
Gregerson, Marcell 'Marce' 1922   'lot owner'
       
Hallberg, Albert J. 1902 1994 h/o Geraldine G.
Hallberg, Anna 1865 1934 ssa August
Hallberg, Arthur R. 1903 1981  
Hallberg, August 1870 1948 ssa Anna
Hallberg, Carl 'Charlie'      
Hallberg, Cherie      
Hallberg, Erin 1977 1999  
Hallberg, Gay Linda 04/24/1953   'lot owner'
Hallberg, Geraldine G. nee Trygg 03/03/1909 01/02/1988 w/o Albert J.; d/o Eric & Anna (Larson)
Hallberg, Henry W. 1904 1986 ssa Marie V.
Hallberg, Inga      
Hallberg, Lavern H. 1933 1934  
Hallberg, Lynn 01/28/1945   'lot owner'
Hallberg, Marie V. nee Bachtell 1911 2000 ssa Henry W.
Hallberg, Marie Oman      
Hallberg, Merriel nee Johnson 1921 1985 ssa Otto E.
Hallberg, Otto E. 1909 1981 ssa Merriel
Halverson, Eric 03/08/1880 05/22/1946 h/o May M. Homewoods/o Gustav & Gertrude
Hamm, Bernice nee Beckett 1915 1954  
Hirsch, John 02/11/1838 11/11/1919  
Hirsch, Mary 05/04/1852 05/02/1907 death date may be 05/22/07
Hultgren, Andrew A. 1861 1934 h/o Caroline Oleson
Hultgren, Carl Wilhelm - 10/26/1919 age 26y; s/o Andrew A. & Caroline (Oleson) Hultgren; World War I; Iowa, Pvt., 329 Inf. R.M.T. Dept., A.M.C.
Hultgren, Caroline Wilhelmina nee Oleson 01/10/1867 03/28/1945 w/o Andrew A.;
       
Ihlenfeldt, Lawrence F. 1910 1994 ssa Marietta H.
Ihlenfeldt, Marietta H. 1915 1993 w/o Lawrence F.
       
Johanningmeier, Betty      
Johanningmeier, Virgil      
Johnson, Alvin C. 03/24/1923 08/07/2000 h/o Geraldine Whittle; s/o Julius & Mabel (Amundson); Sgt US Army, World War II
Johnson, Bertha Hallberg 1906 1972  
Johnson, Carol 1948   'lot owner'
Johnson, Eda E. nee Heilman 11/07/1910 03/01/2003 w/o Severin; d/o John & Elizabeth (Becker)
Johnson, Elmer 1902 1985 h/o Bertha
Johnson, Emma      
Johnson, Erick 1866 1934 'Father'; h/o Huldah
Johnson, Fred William 07/18/1873 12/09/1890  
Johnson, Huldah 1874 1961 'Mother'; w/o Erick
Johnson, Johana nee Landin 1824 1883 w/o Solomon
Johnson, John M. 1876 1960  
Johnson, Julius 02/14/1895 12/23/1963 h/o Mabel; Iowa, Pvt., Co M, 352 Infantry, WWI
Johnson, Lisa      
Johnson, Mabel nee Amundson 1902 1989 w/o Julius
Johnson, Ruben     age 2; s/o Erick and Hulda
Johnson, Severin J. 1899 1993 h/o Eda E.; s/o Erick & Hulda
Johnson, Soloman 1814 1899 h/o Johana
Johnson, William G. 09/24/1901 02/12/1995 s/o Erick & Hulda
Jorgensen, Patricia nee Hallberg 07/14/1940 12/13/1988  
       
Kersten, Esther H. 1907 1997 w/o Larry L.
Kersten, Larry L. 1906 1973 h/o Esther H.
Klotzbach, Jim   10/07/2020 s/o Robert & Esther (Peterson); cremains
Klotzbach, LaVonne 08/24/1925 08/07/2002 w/o Robert
Klotzbach, Robert C. 07/15/1924 02/09/1991 h/o LaVonne; T-Sgt US Army, World War II
       
Langen, Anders O. 06/22/1822 - there is no death date on gravestone; ssa Beret
Langen, Beret 08/26/1818 01/04/1900 w/o Anders
Langlie, Ada Lorena 07/05/1899 07/06/1912 d/o A.B. & Mary
Langlie, Anton B. 1859 1942 h/o Mary
Langlie, Lief Elmer 03/09/1891 01/26/1892 s/o A.B. & Mary
Langlie, Maria / Mary 1862 1924 w/o Anton
Langlie, Warner Alexander 10/1/1897 09/18/1898  
Larson, Anna nee Johnson 07/09/1850 04/14/1930 w/o Olaf; d/o Solomon & Johanna (Landin)
Larson, Arnold L. Sr. 1915 1995 h/o Nora M.
Larson, Arnold C. 'Arnie'     h/o Donell D.
Larson, Beda 1880 1916 d/o Olaf & Anna
Larson, Clara 1894 1897 d/o Olaf & Anna
Larson, Donell D. nee Scheffert 03/08/1952 10/27/2003 w/o Arnold C.
Larson, Gustav A. 1844 07/11/1887 h/o Caroline
Larson, Karin / Caroline 'Carrie' nee Erickson 05/31/1851 03/06/1934 w/o Gustav; Death Certificate: father Erick Olson, mother Mary Olson; Obit = nee Erickson
Larson, Louis J. 1878 1958 h/o Mary; s/o Ole & Anna
Larson, Maria 06/07/1818 03/27/1896 w/o Mattias (she has 2 gravestones)
Larson, Mary nee Allen 1876 1944 w/o Louis J.
Larson, Matilda 10/02/1857 09/28/1908 d/o Mattias & Maria; (she has 2 gravestones)
Larson, Mattias 03/20/1826 09/07/1911 h/o Maria; ssa Maria & Matilda; he also has a single stone
Larson, Nora M. nee Breitsprecker 1912 2007 ssa Arnold L.
Larson, Olaf 1844 1920 h/o Anna; ssa Anna, Clara, Beda & Selma
Larson, Ralph 1903 1903 ssa Louis J. & Mary Larson
Larson, Ralph H.      
Larson, Rob & Roy 08/10/1914 08/11/1914 twin s/o Fred C. & Clara
Larson, Selma Tiomina 1889 1889 d/o Olaf & Anna, Olaf
Lindgren, Anna H. 01/28/1847 11/25/1891 WPA birth year =1845
Lindgren, William      
Long, Clara Gustafason Carlson Peterson nee Johnson or Solmon 07/12/1848 03/201933 w/o 1st Carl Carlson (died in Sweden), 2nd Peter Peterson (d. 1890), 3rd Ole Long (d. 1907, bur. Stavanger cem.; each of their death certs indicates they were divorced); d/o Solomon & Anna Johnson per obit; d/o Solmon & Solmon Lundin per death cert. - these conflicts should be resolved by interested researchers
       
McCracken, Freda 11/28/1923   'Mom'; 'lot owner'
McCracken, Wayne 03/15/1918 08/21/2001 'Dad'; h/o Freda
       
Nading, Dwain A. 1931 2011 h/o Joyce D.
Nading, Edith M. 1929   w/o Marvin; 'lot owner'
Nading, Elmer 1902 1971 ssa Leona
Nading, James M. 1968 1998 s/o Marvin & Edith; ssa parents
Nading, Joyce D. nee Bovee 1933   w/o Dwain
Nading, Leona 1903 1999 ssa Elmer
Nading, Marvin E. 1924 1997 h/o Edith M.
Nelson, Alfred 1870 1907  
Nelson, Andrew 1838 1892 h/o Mary
Nelson, Ida 1876 1961 sister of Nels; ssa Nels & Mary
Nelson, Mary 1835 1900 w/o Andrew
Nelson, Mary 1880 1968 w/o Nels
Nelson, Nels 1865 1951 h/o Mary
       
Oleson, Arthur O. 'Art' 10/23/1906 06/16/1953 h/o Frances G.; s/o Gustave & Mathelda
Oleson, Christene 06/22/1842 06/04/1921 w/o Ole
Oleson, Frances G. nee Regal 04/26/1915 02/22/1990 w/o Arthur; d/o Frank & Emma (Faber)
Oleson, Gustave Peter 'Gust' 10/24/1874 09/12/1936 h/o Mathelda Trygg (his Death Cert = divorced); s/o Ole & Christene
Oleson, Ole Beckman 07/29/1835 01/29/1923 h/o Christene; s/o Ole & Mary Beckman
Oleson, William Edward 10/10/1909 02/24/1921 s/o Gustave & Mathelda; Death Cert = died of Scarlet Fever at the Swedish Lutheran Orphan Home, Montgomery co., IA
Olsen, Anna nee Ostegaard 1884 1952 w/o Asbjorn
Olsen, Asbjorn Oduff 11/15/1883 01/05/1951 h/o Anna; s/o Oluf & Augusta
Olson, Britta     lot 33
Olson, Johanna M. 08/01/1879 05/29/1902 lot 28; dates may not be correct
Olson, Kirsten     lot 28
Olson, Martha nee Lewis   04/16/1901 lot 28; w/o Paul
Olson, Olaf     lot 28
Oman, Johannes     lot 16
Oman, Leonard     lot 38
Oman, Robert     lot 38
Oman, Theodore 1894 1918 lot 38
       
Palmer, Ethel M. nee Carlson 02/22/1916 02/26/2000 d/o Carl A. & Emma (Lindemann) Carlson; w/o Glen L.;
Palmer, Glen LeRoy 07/12/1912 01/23/1999 s/o David & Tina (Ball) Palmer; h/o Ethel;
Peterson, Anna Mae 'Annie' nee Whalen 1926 2000 2nd w/o Gilbert
Peterson, Carl Fridolf 08/18/1873 05/06/1902 he has two gravestones
Peterson, Charles 1842 1925  
Peterson, Christina 1862 1948  
Peterson, Clara M. 06/08/1851 01/28/1918  
Peterson, Eugene 'Bubby' 1951 1999  
Peterson, Frances Darlene 'Corky' nee Corlett 01/06/1929 05/04/2000 w/o Lyle;
Peterson, Gilbert D. 'Butch' 08/21/1904 07/31/1994 1st wife Rebecca Magnusson (divorced); 2nd wife Anna; s/o Peter & Eliza (Engan)
Peterson, Jean Ruth nee Chappell 06/26/1944 07/13/2022 wo Gary; d/o George & Ruth
Peterson, John I. 06/17/1867 07/01/1918  
Peterson, John E. 'Jack' 11/02/1906 04/11/1984 h/o Ruth
Peterson, Lyle E. 'Pete' 1929 1957  
Peterson, Peter 03/03/1852 06/29/1890 2nd h/o Clara (see Clara Long, above)
Peterson, Rebecca nee Magnusson 10/05/1904 05/09/1990  
Peterson, Roger L. 05/07/1937 05/08/1956 s/o John & Ruth
Peterson, Ruth nee Bachtell 07/08/1913 08/20/1999 ssa John E.
Peterson, Sarah      
Peterson, Wayne 05/28/1988   h/o Mary Trygg; 'lot owner'
       
Reed, Jennifer Brenda 01/27/1983 10/26/1999 d/o Jim & Rebecca
Ricketts, Ellen nee Barker 06/02/1873 05/30/1958 w/o Thomas; d/o Thomas & Catherine
Ricketts, Thomas 1870 1934 h/o Ellen
Rockwell, Richard E. 07/25/1939 03/18/1988 h/o Mary; US Army
       
Scherf, Loren 1930 2000 h/o Carol
Schlitter, Alice Mae Johnson 1936   1st husband Leo (divorced); 'lot owner'
Schmidt, Clarence L. 1911 1998  
Schmidt, Leona Nading 1903 1999 1st husband Elmer Nading; 2nd husband Clarence Schmidt
Schwietert, Betty 1943   w/o Harry; 'lot owner'
Schwietert, Harry 1930   h/o Betty; s/o Gustav; 'lot owner'
Schwietert, John Henry Herman 08/26/1871 04/19/1940 h/o Wilhelmina Hartke (d. 1923 in Germany prior to immigration in 1927)
Siegele, Alfred F. 07/10/1901 07/05/1987 h/o Alice H.; s/o Fred & Emily (Flexman)
Siegele, Alice nee Carlson 1908 12/24/1978 w/o Alfred
       
Trygg, infant son 1942 1942 infant s/o Robert
Trygg, Andrew Hanson 'Anders' 12/05/1830 11/03/1916 'Father'; h/o Anna
Trygg, Andrew Albert 06/28/1866 03/25/1946 'Father'; h/o Ateina; s/o Anders & Anna; born at Dalarna, Sweden
Trygg, Anna nee Erickson 1838 02/24/1913 'Mother'; w/o Anders
Trygg, Anna Christina nee Larson 01/05/1875 11/16/1945 w/o Erick; d/o Ole & Anna Larson
Trygg, Anna G.      
Trygg, Ateina Susanna nee Leibrand 11/05/1875 01/11/1935 'Mother'; w/o Andrew A.; d/o George
Trygg, Bernice M. nee Henry 01/09/1915 03/15/1986 w/o Raymond; d/o Albert & Rose
Trygg, Erick 04/30/1870 08/24/1923 h/o Anna; s/o Anders & Anna
Trygg, Florence 1901 02/??/1902 d/o Erick & Anna
Trygg, Harold 1905 1907 s/o Erick & Anna
Trygg, June H. nee Hinsch 08/27/1912 08/06/2001 w/o Oliver; d/o Arthur G. & Esther (Lenth)
Trygg, Karin Erickson      
Trygg, Oliver L. 08/02/1905 05/02/1989 h/o June; s/o Andrew & Ateina
Trygg, Raymond Alfred 'Ray' 02/17/1913 08/02/1979 h/o Bernice M.; died Ogden, UT; US Army, World War II
Trygg, Robert James 07/11/1942 08/08/1942 s/o Oliver L. & June
Trygg, Tim      
       
Whalen, Naomi 1901 1968  
Wright, infant daughter 04/12/1937 04/12/1937 s/o Burton & Edna (Bachtell) Wright
       
Youngberg, Christina 1841 1922 w/o Ernest
Youngberg, Ernest 1837 1922 h/o Christina
Youngberg, Ida B. nee Eggen   08/28/1945 62y; w/o Theodore
Youngberg, John 1867 1920 s/o Ernest & Christina; ssa parents
Youngberg, Theodore 01/15/1869 01/??/1942 h/o Ida; s/o Ernest & Christina; died of exposure in a blizzard

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