Byers Community Cemetery, Byers, Colorado Arapahoe, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/logan/cemeteries/byers.txt Donated by Lynn Vier Updated April 2005 BYERS COMMUNITY CEMETERY P. O. BOX 733 OWENS CIRCLE BYERS, CO 80103 1. I-70,US-40,US-36,US-287 and Airport Blvd. go East for 27 miles 2 . Exit I-70,US-40,US-36,US-287 via ramp at sign reading "Exit 316 US-36 E to Byers and go Southeast for 0.3 miles 3. Turn right on Main St and go South for 0.2 miles 4. Turn left on CO-40 and go East for 900 feet 5. Turn right on S Park St and go South for 700 feet 6. Turn right on 2nd St,2nd Ave,E 2nd Ave and go West for 300 feet 7. Turn left on S Owens St and go South for 0.3 miles 8. Turn right on E Owens Cir and go West for 180 feet to S Owens Cir Byers Cemetery is still an active Cemetery. This is a partial list of the Historical area. There are two large fields where there are no headstones. I was told they will not put new graves there because they feel there are many unmarked graves in this area. **************************************************************************************************************** Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet data may be used by non-commercial researchers as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above must obtain express written permission from the author or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. ***************************************************************************************************************** ROW A1 CLARK M. ILGEN FATHER 1852 - 1917 EMILIA ILGEN MOTHER 1857 - 1931 ROY ILGEN SON 1884 - 1926 BURT SAVAGE Born November 22, 1899 - May 21, 1923 DEAREST BROTHER, THOU HAST LEFT US. HERE THY LOSS, WE DEEPLY FEEL. BUT TIS GOD THAT HATH BEREFT US. HE CAN ALL OUR SORROWS HEAL. ELIZABETH CALDWELL 1844 - 1921 NANCY J. MORGAN MOTHER 1849 - 1931 CARROLL "JACKIE" DARLEY October 18, 1936 - November 4, 1938 CARROLL B. DARLEY June 7, 1904 - December 13, 1978 MABEL G. DARLEY March 6, 1906 - December 8, 1988 MARY BAKER (unmarked) CORENE CARPENTER (unmarked) OSCAR F. GAMBLE September 16, 1902 - August 20, 1936 EARTH HATH NO SORROW THAT HEAVEN CAN NOT HEAL RONALD D. GAMBLE July 2, 1947 - January 6, 1948 PAUL J. DIEDRICK Nov. 22, 1885 - Apr. 5, 1971 ISABELLE J. DIEDRICK Mar. 15, 1893 - Nov. 2, 1964 JOHN A. MONROE 1855 - 1920 LINNIE E. MONROE 1864 - 1950 MCDONNELL FATHER 1844 - 1896 BABY JESSE J. BATES 1876 - 1941 REMEMBER FRIENDS AS YOU PASS BY AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I. AS I AM NOW SO YOU MUST BE - PREPARE FOR DEATH AND FOLLOW ME. LOU ETTA BATES 1881 - 1958 WEEP NOT BECAUSE I WALK NO LONGER WITH YOU. REMBEMBER I AM WALKING STREETS OF GOLD.WEEP FOR YOURSELVES THAT YOU AWHILE MUST TARY, BEFORE THE BLESSED LORD YOU MAY BEHOLD. MARY ZAWODSKY 1854 - 1896 BELOVED MOTHER JAMES A. FULTON 1890 - 1945 JOHN SIMON 1860 - 1907 ANNA PAINE January 18, 1897 - April 27, 1994 IN MEMORY OF GRANDMA PAIN - TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER ROSE MARIE PAINE 1936 - 1938 EUGENE M. PAINE CPL US MARINE CORP WWII April 2, 1924 - August 2, 1983 JOHN BOWMAN 1833 - 1915 ROW B1 HARRY H. MOORE 1881 - 1962 LAURA E. MOORE 1878 - 1858 CHARLES O. STRAND 1866 - 1934 MARY STRAND 1875 - 1966 FRED L. STRAND 1896 - 1972 BABY RASTLE November 15, 1927 OLE ERICKSON December 30, 1842 - April 2, 1922 CLARA ERICKSON March 22, 1838 - April 9, 1916 NELS ERICKSON 1865 - 1936 AUGUST STANGIER 1866 - 1915 AUGUSTA STANGIER 1867 - 1922 ADELZA PERKINS FATHER 1876 - 1947 A FATHER WHO IS NOT FORGOTTEN ETHEL A. PERKINS April 1, 1878 - August 25, 1913 AT REST IN JESUS BILLY RYAN October 9, 1999 IT WAS LOVELY RICHARD PRICE January 8, 1857 - February 24, 1911 ISABELLA PRICE April 10, 1866 - January 6, 1950 WE SHALL GO TO HIM, BUT HE WILL NOT COME TO US. RHODA PRICE JAKEMAN October 20, 1905 - October 23, 1968 GEORGE C. PRICE 1899 - 1935 REST IN PEACE SARAH E. FITCH 1889 - 1938 JOHN W. FITCH 1884 - 1972 ALVA J. SISSEL 1881 - 1947 JAMES BERTIE 1879 - 1903 DAVID H. ALSPACH 1877 - 1959 (Small wooden cross beside grave) JESSIE BLANCH FULLING 1874 - 1949 ROBERT SCOTT 1869 - 1952 HERBERT S. PUTNAM 1854 - 1944 GEORGE F. STECH 1868 - 1943 ROW C1 ELLEN ELIZABETH MAST 1878 - 1958 HARRY H. MAST 1881 - 1962 ALMA PORTIA DROEGMEIER July 1892 - December 1933 LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER JOHN W. BRANNAN 1860 - 1941 LEDITH BRANNAN 1869 - 1951 ROY PRATT 1892 - 1967 HUSBAND OF BETTY PRATT GERALD PRATT June 26, 1945 SON OF BETTY AND ROY PRATT BETTY PRATT (unmarked) B H ALEX (unmarked) JOHN MEHINE (unmarked) GEORGE PRICE (unmarked) ROW D1 SILAS N. GOREHAM 1859 - 1949 OPHAL E. GOREHAM 1859 - 1947 AMBROSE B. FELLOWS 1874 - 1962 MAUDE E. FELLOWS 1878 - 1955 PEARL FELLOWS 1903 - 1939 RICHARD BROTHE 1874 - 1940 EMILYN BROTHE 1888 - 1970 AT REST JAMES A. PRICE 1892 - 1958 CLARA A. PRICE 1914 - 1989 JACQUELINE PRICE February 3, 1945 ARTHUR PRICE "DUTCH" March 3, 1908 - March 9, 1952 DUTCH BELOVED ALTHOUGH YOU ARE GONE YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN - BERNICE BERNICE LINNEBUR March 30, 1915 - November 11, 1990 PRAY FOR US - THERE IS A BRIGHT NEW DAY TO START. DARK CLOUDS WILL DISAPPEAR AND JUST WHEN YOU'RE ALONE AND LONELY, JUST TALK TO HIM. HE'LL HEAR. BERNICE JOHN G. PRICE September 8, 1884 - June 24, 1957 JOE SASSEN (unmarked) EVAN L EVANS (unmarked) LUCY EVANS (unmarked) PER V. LINFORS 1850 - 1921 ANNA LINFORS 1844 - 1912 GEORGE LOWRY 1880 - 1961 SVEA M. LOWRY 1887 - 1964 ROW E1 ERNEST L. WALKLEY 1884 - 1917 SHIRLY EUGEAN NOONER December 27, 1928 - January 28, 1929 CARRY P. MEREDITH 1875 - 1959 HENRY M. MEREDITH 1875 - 1933 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD SHIRLEY HODGES April 11, 1935 RUTH WINDHAM C. D. GOREHAM 1879 - 1920 and Children C. LOREN 1906 - 1920 IDA MAY 1916 - 8 Days C. MILAN 1920 - 52 Hours JOHN BITZER FATHER 1861 - 1913 MARGARET BITZER MOTHER 1865 - 1949 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD J. WILLIAM BITZER 1900 - 1924 SAM D. BURTON 1888 - 1960 Mason ANNA R. BURTON 1893 - Star - 1975 MARRIED 42 YEARS JOHN R. KERBY March 19, 1878 - March 21, 1911 MARY E. KERBY BROCKMAN August 26, 1885 - November 19, 1968 THERE THE WEARY BE AT REST TROOPER H. MULL May 29, 1985 (child's grave) SANDRA KITTLE Born May 30, 195? (child's grave) ROW F1 ERICK M. LINDFORS August 22, 1855 - November 27, 1915 ANNA C. LINDFORS May 22, 1858 - April 27, 1932 ISSAC A. KIRKLAND Died January 6, 1916 Aged 59 Years HOWARD E. MUSSER August 19, 1904 ALVIN A. WALLING 1874 - 1914 MATTHEW ROGERS April 13, 1840 - October 25, 1912 ROW H1 ANDREW J. HAUGER 1848 - 1909 ANNA HAUGER 1859 - 1949 ****************************** BLOCK A SWANDER HACKERSON 1851 - 1919 (Other side of same stone) HENRY FARRAR 1844 - 1921 EMMA WILLIAM DIEDRICH 1850 - 1919 ELIZABETH DIEDRICH 1855 - 1945 GEORGE DIEDRICH 1878 - 1958 DOTTIE 0. DIEDRICH 1885 - 1977 AARON GEORGE DIEDRICH 1916 - 1924 BABY 1933 SAFE INTO THE ARMS OF JESUS. HENRY DIEDRICH COLORADO PVT MG CO 35 INFANTRY WORLD WAR I December 6, 1888 - February 15, 1963 DORIS DIEDRICH April 1925 July - (Child's grave) GENEVA J. CRANDELL July 26, 1904 - May 1, 1989 BARBARA ELMONT November 27, 1855 - February 25, 1920 BENGT SWANSON FATHER 1858 - 1923 BOTILLA SWANSON MOTHER 1864 - 1922 GOTHARD SWANSON 1889 - 1945 LILLY T. SWANSON KELTY 1893 - 1976 (Back of same stone) CRANDALL PLEASE DEAR GOD I WANT TO GO HOME. WHERE EVERYTHING IS SO PEACEFUL AND IN MY YARD I CAN ROAM. I MISS ALL MY FRIENDS IN THE TOWN I HAVE KNOWN SO PLEASE DEAR GOD, PLEASE LET ME GO HOME. MARTHA ANN BELEW 1897 - 1919 A FAITHFUL MOTHER LOYD D. SIBLEY May 19, 1880 - September 10, 1944 Mason ZELMA V. SIBLEY MOTHER October 25, 1857 - June 24, 1943 DEAR MOTHER T. W. SIBLEY 1852 - 1918 Mason LEE T. LUDWICK 8-19-1904 - 3-25-1932 BENJAMIN F. WILLITS October 16, 1850 - June 11, 1919 WILLIAM KEOPPLE May 1, 1888 - June 6, 1970 FLT WILLIAM HOLMAN March 2, 1860 - July 13, 1922 MARY E. HOLMAN February 9, 1863 - January 5, 1924 COURAGE HOPE REMEMBRANCE BLOCK B ELISHA H. HOLTZCLAW 1873 - 1947 SARAH ELIZABETH HOLTZCLAW RUSSELL December 24, 1895 - February 19, 1981 FRED RUSSELL 1882 - 1954 OPAL DIXIE STUART MOTHER 1895 - 1974 ARCHIE HOLTZCLAW 1860 - 1944 LEONARD L. May 6 - July 11, 1943 HELEN BERNIECE HOLTZCLAW April 5, 1924 - July 23, 1927 OUR DARLING HARRY F. HOLTZCLAW 1878 - 1925 OUR DEAR BROTHER KATHERINE CALLAHAN 1881 - 1942 LENA MAY HOLTZCLAW 1871 - 1961 CHARLES D HOLTZCLAW October 20, 1914 - September 27, 1987 EVA E. HOLTZCLAW March 22, 1909 - August 29, 1991 ALVIN H. HOLTZCLAW July 22, 1922 - March 26, 1995 U S NAVY WORLD WAR I Died and buried in Australia GERALD E. SUMMERS August 21, 1924 - January 29, 1992 TEC 5 U S ARMY WORLD WAR II INES MAE SUMMERS July 15, 1926 - August 27, 2001 EUGENE OMAR PALMER August 14, 1929 - April 27, 1930 SLEEPING WILLIAM H. SPAULDING 1883 - 1972 ROSE B. SPAULDING 1887 - 1977 IRVING W. SPAULDING January 12, 1924 - September 30, 1985 PVT U S ARMY WORLD WAR II MILDRED J. GOREHAM April 16, 1911 - June 18, 1832 RALPH LEE GOREHAM March 6, 1911 - November 6, 1995 WALTER W. PAINE May 27, 1917 - March 10, 1994 CORA C. ROBINSON July 31, 1860 - September 3, 1924 SOPHIA STEPPUTTIS 1875 - 1935 EMIL J. STEPPUTTIS 1877 - 1934 EMMA STEPPUTTIS 1900 - 1923 JAMES PATTERSON May 26, 1856 - November 23, 1921 Mason J. OMAR WALLING August 29, 1899 - 1984 FRANK WALLING 1864 - 1924 WIHELMINE WALLING 1878 - 1939 TOMMY RABER 1919 - 193? AT REST JOHN Q. ALLEN October 4, 1887 - March 2, 1949 COLORADO PVT 134 INFANTRY 35 DIVISION WORLD WAR I MARY R. ALLEN 1893 - 1907 MARY E. ALLEN 1897 - 19? HERBERT ALLEN 1855 - 1935 FLT MARIA E. ALLEN 1862 - 1927 GEORGE W. ALLEN 1863 - 1949 FRED ALLEN 1889 - 1957 LILLIE ALLEN SMITH 1891 - 1933 EDGAR E. VAN MATRE 1887 - 1970 ISA C. VAN MATRE 1890 - 1977 ROBERT C. VAN MATRE September 16, 1924 - April 4, 1926 OUR DARLING BLOCK C EDWARD PAINE 1871 - 1947 NORA PAINE 1874 - 1940 ASLEEP IN JESUS CHARLES E. BURTON April 10, 1910 - December 29, 1927 BABY BURTON August 4, 1908 CHARLOTTE BURTON 1889 - 1977 ROBERT W. BURTON November 17, 1880 - November 28, 1938 EUPHEMIA CLARK 1857 - 1941 JOHN CLARK 1860 - 1947 EDNA E. BARNES 1902 - 1970 KENDREE BARNES July 16, 1905 - July 23, 1997 TEC 5 U S ARMY WORLD WAR II LYMAN T. BARNES September 29, 1874 - December 6, 1947 KANSAS CPL 40 U S VOL INF FLORANCE F. BARNES 1881 - 1952 R GRETCHEN M. ILGEN 1900 - 1930 GEORGE S. WALLACE FATHER 1867 - 1943 HARRY R. CALLAGHAN 1910 - 1930 DANA R. CALLAGHAN 1914 - 1935 LEE Y. CALLAGHAN 1878 - 1943 CONSTANCE CALLAGHAN 1886 - 1964 EBENEZER ROBINSON FATHER 1851 - 1930 SARAH ROBINSON MOTHER 1859 - 1934 GENERAL F. SECREST 1908 - 1976 JEAN F. GAUDOT 1904 - 1976 LEATHA B. GAUDOT 1913 -1992 MARRIED September 1, 1935 MARY E GAUDOT 1865 - 1931 LORA L. O-CONNOR 1887 ? 1937 MIRA CHANEY MOTHER 1854 - 1930 ALMA R. ZEDIKER GRANDMOTHER 1875 1953 EARL ZEDIKER 1883 - 1942 THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST WILL MISS HIM MOST JACK J. SECREST 1906 - 1949 IN LOVING MEMORY H. H. GARLAND 1865 - 1941 HARRY WAYNE GARLAND February 22, 1909 - December 4, 1968 SMITH N. GINGRICH 1854 - 1929 NANCY J. SECREST 1875 - 1944 JOSEPH D. SECREST 1871 - 1953 J. D. SECREST 1914 - 1935 GOLDIE MCGHEE MOTHER 1903 - 1931 UNKNOWN SITE JOHANNA GORANSSON Born in Sweden and died December 6, 1913 from the Flu, aged 77. Her sons, Gust, Otto, John, and Fred Munson, buried her in Byers Cemetery during a bad snowstorm. The grave was not marked due to the snowstorm, and come spring they could not locate her grave site.