Fairview Cemetery - Kane Township


Fairview Cemetery is located at 308 Layfayette Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It has been called the" Old Burying Grounds." The cemetery has over 300 Morman gravesites which, most do not have markers. Before it was used for early settlers, many indians were buried in this cemetery. Many prominent names appear in this cemetery.

Kinsman Monument


The portals of Fairview are open wide;
Some guests enter with pomp and pride.
Others, Oh, God! How lowly;
A pauper ticket, admits them in,
Though the soul may be rich with no stain of sin.

Guests, they are all, each and every one;
From tottering age, to the babe of one sun.
Held close to rest in Mother earth’s breast,
Deeply and silently – God knoweth best.

There are hearths that are lonely and homes that are cold,
For the guests that Fairview holds deep in the mould.
There are hearts that tonight, sob with sorrow and sigh;
For the love light of home no longer is nigh.


Council Bluffs, December 20, 1886

Burial Index

A
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Adamson, Irvin
1912
Y
Akers, Lula
1921
Y
Albers, Gottfried
1921
Y
Albertson, Reuben
1918
Y
Alexander, Sarah M.
1915
Y
Anderson, Infant Son
1888
Y
Andrews, Bessie Lillie
1912
Y
Applequist, Otto N.
1937
Y
Arbuckle, William Clyde
1924
Y
Aten, John G.
1905
Y



B
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Babcock, Charles Emmet
1899
Y
Babcock, Francis Marion
1921
Y
Bailey, Henry
1929
Y
Barada, Louis
1910
Y
Barhyte, John
1904
Y
Barrett, Susan
1913
Y
Bartel, Mat L.
1934
Y
Baumgartner, A.
1887
Y
Beam, Jacob Eugene
1920
Y
Beardsley, Sarah
1910
Y
Bechtel, Joel D.
1912
Y
Belville, Gladys Leon
1910
Y
Bennett, Charlotte M.
1911
Y
Benz, Charles F.
1912
Y
Black, William Albert
1918
Y
Boggs, James
1912
Y
Bolin, Infant Son
1913
Y
Bolton, Raymond Dallas
1928
Y
Boyd, Margaret
1899
Y
Boyd, Robert
1894
Y
Brandi, Peter I.
1910
Y
Branz, John Ernest
1921
Y
Briggs, Alice
1959
Y
Brightman, Infant Son
1907
Y
Brook, Harry
1911
Y
Brown, Alexander
1912
Y
Brown, Beatrice
1913
Y
Brown, Nancy
1908
Y
Brown, Osmond M.
1918
Y
Brown, William
1920
Y
Burgess, Charles M.
1913
Y
Burlew, John
1911
Y
Butcher, Maude Marie
1913
Y



C
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Campbell, Phylis June
1921
Y
Capel, Elizabeth
1918
Y
Carlson, Andrew A.
1910
Y
Carlson, Lena
1949
Y
Carter, Carol Ann
1932
Y
Carter, Helen G.
1929
Y
Casady, Andrew
1888
Y
Casady, Eunice
1935
Y
Catterlin, Emilia
1918
Y
Cavin, Anna
1921
Y
Christensen, Christian
1912
Y
Christensen, Irene
1983
Y
Churchill, John A.
1921
Y
Clark, Marjorie Myrtle
1910
Y
Clark, Walter
1912
Y
Clayter, Lulu
1929
Y
Clayter, Raymond Herman Jr.
1929
Y
Colburn, Ruth A.
2000
Y
Collins, Amanda H.
1906
Y
Conner, Evelyn
1918
Y
Cooper, William S.
1929
Y
Crandall, Jane R.
1913
Y
Crane, George J.
1909
Y
Crocker, Brandt
1930
Y
Crocker, Felix Henry
1908
Y
Crocker, Harper F.
1930
Y
Crocker, Oliver
1986
Y
Crombie, Harry
1907
Y
Culton, George A.
1918
Y
Culver, Dessie Frances
1913
Y
Cummings, Amanda
1918
Y



D
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Darwin, Julia Ann
1918
Y
Davenport, Sally
1934
Y
Davis, Elbert Herd
1918
Y
Davis, Peter
1881
Y
DeGroat, Anna H.
1918
Y
Delisle, Hilda
1943
Y
Deyo, Benjamin R.
1918
Y
Deyo, Sarah
1910
Y
Dodson, Daniel K.
1908
Y
Doty, Laura Ann
1906
Y
Dunn, Mary E.
1920
Y



E
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Earl, Infant Daughter
1916
Y
Earl, John W.
1913
Y
Earlywine, Arthur
1915
Y
Ebner, William F.
1966
Y
Edmonds, Floyd
1918
Y
Eledge, Ida J.
1918
Y
Ellis, Irene
1918
Y
Estes, Sarah
1908
Y
Evans, William
1933
Y



F
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Fagman, Infant Daughter
1898
Y
Faust, Justine
1913
Y
Feekin, William
1918
Y
Ferry, Martin B.
1912
Y
Fischer, Henry W.
1976
Y
Fishburn, Noah F.
1912
Y
Fitzgibbons, Frances McMullen
1920
Y
Fitzner, Edward
1934
Y
Frohn, J. Leslie
1908
Y



G
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Gee, Myrtle Ruth
1909
Y
Geisler, Erven C.
1921
Y
Geisler, Evelyn Mae
2001
Y
Giesler, George John
1928
Y
Giles, Rev. Paul
1908
Y
Gohlinghorst, Minnie
1921
Y
Gordon, Vera Lucille
1983
Y
Graves, Mary Estella
1918
Y
Gregory, Mrs. Charles Jr.
1896
Y
Griffin, Allen P.
1898
Y
Griffith, Sarah
1910
Y
Grover, Mary S.
1910
Y



H
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Hallick, Infant
1921
Y
Hamilton, Jesse
1911
Y
Hammel, Lucy
1951
Y
Hammermeister, Bessi
1907
Y
Hansen, Hans
1920
Y
Hansen, Lydia
1918
Y
Hansen, Martha Elizabeth
1915
Y
Hansen, Peter
1918
Y
Hardy, Julia
1914
Y
Harkness, Nellie Conklin
1930
Y
Harl, Harrison D.
1907
Y
Harle, Infant Daughter
1914
Y
Harris, Nellie May
1918
Y
Hart, Infant
1916
Y
Hartenhoff, Marie
1913
Y
Hartman, Arvin
1912
Y
Hawek, Sophia
1921
Y
Heaton, Noah Claude
1933
Y
Heisler, Charles Filmore
1921
Y
Hendrix, Elzora
1918
Y
Highsmith, Amos R.
1912
Y
Hill, Geraldine
1921
Y
Hill, Jeanine
1929
Y
Hill, John
1910
Y
Hitchcock, Eva M.
1918
Y
Hodgson, Roy W.
1912
Y
Hoff, Mary
1958
Y
Hoffman, Hattie
1921
Y
Hollenbeck, Ada Davis
1926
Y
Holmes, Maggie
1942
Y
Hudspeth, Infant Son
1910
Y
Hughes, Zephaniah
1941
Y
Huntington, John Sr.
1905
Y
Hurd, Harvey
1959
Y



I
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available



J
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Jackson, Bessie
1922
Y
Jackson, Charlotte
1916
Y
Jacoby, James
1912
Y
James, Walter D.
1898
Y
Jefferis, Margaret
1909
Y
Jeffries, John O.
1906
Y
Jensen, Adolph V.
1959
Y
Jensen, Chris
1918
Y
Jensen, Hans
1909
Y
Jensen, Hans
1909
Y
Jensen, Jens P.
1917
Y
Jensen, Maria
1895
Y
Johnson, George
1916
Y
Johnson, Lars
1934
Y
Jones, Mrs. John
1912
Y
Jones, Stella M.
1915
Y
Jordahl, Lawrence
1913
Y
Joseph, Mrs.
1918
Y



K
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Kaas, Audrey
2001
Y
Kaylor, Harry
1906
Y
Keller, Anna
1912
Y
Kelley, Donald W.
1920
Y
Kelson, Ruth
1906
Y
Kerney, Rieves
1898
Y
Kerr, Luella Norris
1924
Y
Kilner, Bertha
1918
Y
Knight, George E.
1913
Y
Koehler, Maggie
1916
Y
Kramer, Mrs. E. W.
1921
Y
Krause, Emma Bertha
1918
Y
La Ah Cured (pronounced Lee Cue)
1906
Y



L
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Lair, Jerome B.
1915
Y
Larsen, Chris
1913
Y
Larsen, Elmer
1910
Y
Larsen, Lucile
1916
Y
Larsen, Mrs. Andrew
1943
Y
Lavenburg, Tillie
1910
Y
Lawrence, Mrs. J. R.
1909
Y
Lawson, Charles James
1922
Y
Lawson, Ellen Eliza
1933
Y
Leavitt Family Memorials
Y
Lee, Harold
1908
Y
Leffert, Myrtle
1915
Y
Leutzinger, Jacob
1911
Y
Leutzinger, June
1920
Y
Life, Leta W.
1921
Y
Lundby, Infant Daughter
1910
Y



M
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
MacKaben, Chris
1898
Y
Madison, Robert Paul
1918
Y
Madsen, Carl L.
1909
Y
Maffit, Mayrian Mae
1929
Y
Mankin, Jennie
1908
Y
Martin, Gertrude
1911
Y
Martin, Maude
1942
Y
Martin, Mildred Elaine
1915
Y
McCalmont, Infant Son
1915
Y
McClenahan, Emmet Grant
1908
Y
McCreary, Hester
1898
Y
McKenzie, Frank
1929
Y
McNeal, Charles
1910
Y
McQuinn, Harry
1913
Y
Mendenhall, Walter
1909
Y
Miller, Harry N.
1918
Y
Miller, J. M.
1911
Y
Miller, May
1951
Y
Mitchell, Bessie
1913
Y
Moats, John Stewart
1920
Y
Moline, Hedwig
1916
Y
Moore, Vena
1909
Y
Mottaz, Margaret
1908
Y
Moylan, Joseph Edward
1920
Y
Muehlemweg, Mary A.
1916
Y
Myers, Leslie
1909
Y



N
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Nass, Julia
1912
Y
Nelsen, Kirston
1910
Y
Nelson, Anna
1913
Y
Nelson, Eric
1913
Y
Nelson, Pearl
1940
Y
Newell, A. O.
1911
Y
Niberger, Sarah
1908
Y
Nicholas, Albert B.
1913
Y
Nicholson, Lynda Driscol
1920
Y
Nicoli, Mary
1910
Y
Noack, Albert
1918
Y
Norman, Christina
1918
Y
Norris, Herman Ray
1921
Y
Noyes, Orval Wilson
1913
Y



O
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Oberholtzer, Henry
1918
Y
Oliver, John T.
1910
Y
Ollie, Harry A.
2000
Y
Olsen, Ernest Harold
1910
Y
Olsen, Infant Son
1921
Y
Opitz, Catherine
1910
Y
Orr, Thomas Winston
1912
Y
Orvis, Mary E.
1906
Y
Osborn, Lizzie
1916
Y



P
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Papas, James
1913
Y
Patton, J. C.
1912
Y
Paulsen, Peter Chris
1921
Y
Pennington, David A.
1910
Y
Peterson, Alice Eleanor
1913
Y
Peterson, Charles Ertman
1925
Y
Peterson, Christine M.
1922
Y
Peterson, Clarence
1969
Y
Pike, William W.
1915
Y
Pingel, Anton Ludwig
1932
Y
Plant, Joe Arnold
1910
Y
Powell, Thomas J.
1915
Y
Price, Raymond Ira
1913
Y
Pruitt, Joseph
1910
Y



Q
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Quick, E. J.
1932
Y



R
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Ramer, Martha C.
1915
Y
Rami, Ulrich
1912
Y
Ransom, William
1888
Y
Ranum, Mrs. William
1913
Y
Rasmussen, Infant Son
1918
Y
Rasmussen, Susie Virtue
1918
Y
Reed, William Brooks
1915
Y
Reifel, Thomas
1897
Y
Reninger, Earl R.
1954
Y
Renshaw, Dr. Wiley P.
1916
Y
Reynolds, Kitty
1894
Y
Richardson, Mary C.
1909
Y
Rivers, Warrine/Norina
1914
Y
Robinson, Henry
1911
Y
Robinson, John A.
1918
Y
Robinson, John G.
1957
Y
Robinson, Twin Daughters
1909
Y
Rogers, Geo. H.
1888
Y
Rogers, Jacob
1909
Y
Rooney, Clarence
1910
Y
Rooney, Clifford
1910
Y
Rudd, John
1897
Y



S
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Sales, Lucinda
1911
Y
Samuelson, Frank A.
1966
Y
Sayers, Mary Francis
1959
Y
Scherrer, George
1908
Y
Schlemmer, Elizabeth
1916
Y
Schramm, Elizabeth M.
1911
Y
Schultz, Maggie
1910
Y
Schurz, W. H.
1923
Y
Scofield, Frances Emma
1910
Y
Sellars, Infant Son
1942
Y
Sells, Hazel
1910
Y
Sewell, Mrs. Everett
1909
Y
Sherraden, Mrs. L. M.
1910
Y
Skinner, Mary
1910
Y
Small, Susan C.
1905
Y
Smbak, Mary
1910
Y
Smiley, Jasper T.
1942
Y
Smith, Catherine
1916
Y
Smith, Infant Son
1904
Y
Smith, John Lewis
1940
Y
Smith, Marcellus
1932
Y
Smith, William F.
1908
Y
Sprague, Vivian
1894
Y
Spry, Jennie
1912
Y
Stahl, Bethuel
1908
Y
Stavely, George A.
1909
Y
Still, Senna
1911
Y
Swaney, David
1907
Y



T
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Tallman, Nancy Azby
1920
Y
Tallman, Richard LeRoy
1910
Y
Thompson, Daughter
1888
Y
Thompson, George
1926
Y
Thompson, Sol
1972
Y
Tingley, Ross
1912
Y
Townsend, Lucretia K.
1881
Y



U
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Umble, R. D.
1929
Y



V
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Vana, Annie
1913
Y
VanLeuvan, John R.
1929
Y
VanOrder, Martha H.
1940
Y
Vogt, Romert
1921
Y
Voss, Emil C.
1916
Y
Voss, Fannie Anna
1915
Y



W
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Wadum, Leonard P.
1908
Y
Wahl, Mrs. C. E.
1922
Y
Walker, Andrew
1909
Y
Walker, Butler D.
1941
Y
Wallace, Bessie H.
1898
Y
Ward, Cecil Babe
1908
Y
Ward, Fred W.
1918
Y
Warinner, Alice Yost
1940
Y
Watton, Susan A.
1918
Y
Waugh, James H.
1911
Y
Webster, Infant Daughter
1915
Y
Weidner, Leona
1910
Y
Wells, Jessie
1910
Y
Wells, Nettie
1900
Y
West, Matilda
1913
Y
West, William John
1913
Y
Westlake, John J.
1918
Y
White, Charles H.
1913
Y
Whittaker, Margaret
1918
Y
Wilkins, Clarence
1929
Y
Wilkinson, Richard W.
2000
Y
Willard, Elizabeth
1883
Y
Williams, Bernice Wanita
1921
Y
Williams, Ella
1911
Y
Williams, Francis M.
1915
Y
Williams, Martin L.
1913
Y
Willitt, Emma J.
1913
Y
Wilson, Clyde
1913
Y
Wilson, William H.
1915
Y
Windell, Infant Child
1910
Y
Winthroll, Felix
1913
Y
Witt, Addie
1906
Y
Woman, Unknown-exhumed & reburied
1883
Y
Wood, Clarissa
1918
Y
Woodfort, Nancy
1921
Y
Woodworth, Vida
1913
Y
Wooten, Emma
1942
Y



X
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available



Y
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Young, Alvena
1958
Y
Young, June
1920
Y



Z
Name
Year of Death
Obituary Available
Zentz, Levi Henry
1936
Y
Zoller, Josephine
1949
Y



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