Keya Paha County, Nebraska ~ Mills ~ Olive Branch Cemetery ===================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data 05-be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages 05-NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by: Sandi McCoy File Submitted: December 2007 ===================================================================== The Olive Branch Cemetery (also known as the Mills Cemetery) is located 1 mile west of Mills, NE or from Springview, 5 miles north on Highway 183, 14 miles east on Highway 12, 2 miles north and 1 1/2 miles east on county road. The Olive Branch is maintained by the Olive Branch Cemetery Association. No one seems to be sure who owns the original burial records. Several graves were originally located at a cemetery northwest of this cemetery but were later moved to the Olive Branch Cemetery. Legend has it that a local citizen who was murdered, John Newell, was previously buried in the other cemetery and moved to Olive Branch. If this is so, there is no headstone to commemorate the burial. The earlist burial on record is for Pheby Storp in 1894. Date of transcription: Oct 9, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name Birth Death Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adkinson, Charles LeRoy 05-02-1912 09-04-1997 Married 06-18-1946 Adkinson, Vera A. 01-24-1918 Living Wife of Charles LeRoy Adkinson Baker, Bertha E. 1887 1975 Baker, Evelyn M. 1921 2007 Wife of Ray E. Baker, Parents of Eugene, Gary, and Larry Baker, John D. 1881 1974 Baker, Owen John 1925 1941 Son of John & Bertha E. Baker, died in tractor accident Baker, Ray E. 1918 2005 US Naval Veteran, Married Oct. 14-1952 Bauld, John 1847 1926 Born in Scotland Bauld, John R. 1892 1962 Son of John & Zoura Bauld Bauld, William 01-11-1900 01-22-1900 Bauld, Zoura M. Reynolds 1860 1940 Wife of John Bauld Beems, Henry J. 1891 1971 Billings, Mildred(Snooky) 1921 1989 Blair, G.F. Co. B US Veteran Bothwell, Emma C. 1908 1988 Bothwell, Milbert C. 1898 1975 Bouyington, Aurilla K. 07-16-1852 02-29-1908 Braun, Jody Rae 10-26-1972 10-30-1972 "Our Baby" Infant daughter of Ron & Faye Braun Buckles, Kate Donason 1886 1970 Daughter of of Jack & Minnie Donason Butler, Mrs. M. 11-03-1857 01-28-1919 Carlson, C.F. 1868 1926 Came to USA 1898 Carlson, Infant Child of C. F. & M. Carlson Carlson, Mary 10-04-1880 04-25-1907 Wife of C. F. Carlson Chalker, Phebe A. 08-02-1835 07-12-1900 Wife of S.H. Chalker Chandler, Echo 1896 1902 Chandler, Sarah Payn 1872 1903 Chapin, Beecher 08-25-1852 No Date Chapin, Daughter (Josepine) Daughter of Levi & Bessie Chapin, Died in a fire with her mother Chapin, Grace No Dates Chapin, Harry A. 1880 1964 Chapin, Hulda J. DeWitt 1880 1978 Wife of Harry A. Chapin Chapin, Infant Daughter 03-18-1900 Chapin, Levi 03-02-1905 No Dates Chapin, Mrs. Beecher (Hannah Hoyt) No Dates Chapin, Mrs. Levi (Bessie Kaftan) No Dates Died with daughter, Josephine in a fire Chapin, W. Burdell 05-27-1910 03-07-1912 Christman, Wilda G. 1922 1922 Cook, Charles L. 1885 1964 Cook, Gerald R. 04-06-1918 03-03-1994 Married 07-06-1942 Cook, Ida Fern 1893 1982 Cook, James E. 05-06-1918 04-17-2005 Cook, James Elton 1951 Cook, Jerry Lee 1943 Cook, Lenora C. 10-25-1922 Living Wife of Gerald R. Cook Cook, Marcia A. 11-27-1954 Living Wife of William L. Cook Cook, William L. (Bill) 10-01-1952 07-22-2004 Married 01-06-1973 Copeland, Evelyn E. 09-17-1932 Living Copeland, Kenneth D. 04-18-1923 10-27-1998 Cram, Agnes Bauld 1887 1944 Cram, Orlando H. 12-13-1892 04-19-1955 WW I US Army Veteran Cronk, Laura Anne 03-24-1928 Living Wife of Lowel M. Cronk Cronk, Lowell M. 04-30-1921 07-23-1998 Married 10-02-1948, Children: Morris, Lillian, David, Ruth, Stephen, Drayton Custer, Janet Delores 03-15-1940 Daughter of J.B. & C.C. Custer DeWitt, Hattie 10-17-1931 11-09-1931 Daughter of Paul & Mary DeWitt DeWitt, Ruth J. 02-09-1849 06-29-1906 Wife of W.R. DeWitt DeWitt, Thomas 10-06-1932 12-07-1932 Son of Paul & Mary DeWitt DeWitt, William R.(Rev) 02-26-1834 08-23-1903 Donason, Alex A. 1888 1974 Donason, Clair (Mike) 03-24-1902 06-18-1961 Donason, Ellen 08-18-1892 11-27-1985 Wife of Roy Donason Donason, Frank 10-24-1896 09-24-1958 Donason, Infant Dau 03-07-1899 06-22-1899 Dau. Of Jack & Minnie Donason Donason, Jack 1857 01-25-1913 Age 54 years, Son of Jack & Minnie Donason Donason, Minnie Sylvester (c. 1862) 12-08-1926 Age 64 years Donason, Olga H. 1891 1973 Wife of Alex A. Donason Donason, Ora M. Kaspari 06-03-1896 01-01-1979 Wife of Clair Donason Donason, Roy 06-24-1890 10-07-1984 Donneaud, Christina 12-23-1834 02-18-1922 Donneaud, Donna Daisy 09-05-1903 12-13-1916 Donneaud, John C. 01-21-1875 08-04-1950 Donneaud, Violet A. Rowan 03-07-1876 01-27-1969 Wife of John C. Donneaud Doty, Jessie 1917 Doty, Lynn 1915 Doty, Paul N. 12-11-1911 01-31-1912 Son of Chas. & Blanche Doty Doyle, Goldie C. Knapp 1898 1975 Drucker, Billy 08-27-1922 Infant Son of Wm. & Lena Drucker Eggers, Maude L. 1890 1976 Fellows, Ray 02-25-1897 11-30-1970 Fellows, Ruth Ohmberger 01-05-1901 02-07-1988 Wife of Ray Fellows Fischer, Kay 1935 Living Maried 05-26,1954 Fischer, Orion D. 1928 2000 Children: David & Thomas Gessner, Gregory Lynn 02-23-1970 03-19-2005 Spc. US Army Hamman, Gid 1875 1957 Hamman, Lottie 1877 1957 Wife of Gid Hamman Heyden, Clifford R. 06-06-1908 05-10-1974 Heyden, Goldie L. Ludemann 08-11-1911 06-22-1975 Hollenbeck, Donald L. 09-18-1906 08-21-1951 Hollenbeck, Gertrude L. 1884 1968 Wife of Hugh A. Hollenbeck Hollenbeck, Hugh A. 1886 1949 Hollenbeck, Infant Son 1925 1925 Hollenbeck, Mazie (Wicker)06-16-1903 10-16-1974 Wife of Donald L. Hollenbeck Hollenbeck, Vera Gaynell 1921 1925 Died of pneumonia Hoyt, Andrew No Dates Hoyt, Mrs. Andrew No Dates Jeffords, Frances (Kirst) 04-11-1881 05-17-1964 Wife of Leland Jeffords Jeffords, Georgia R. 1899 1983 Wife of Nathan M. Jeffords Jeffords, Leland 1871 1947 Jeffords, Nathan M. 1899 1981 Son of Leland & Frances Jeffords Johnson, Clarence 1899 Johnson, Joan 1918 Johnson, Lewis 1902 Johnson, Marjorie 1906 Johnson, Melvin 1901 Johnson, Thelma 1916 Kasparie, Fern L. 05-19-1924 07-09-1998 Wife of Theodore R. Kasparie Kasparie, Theodore R. 04-26-1904 10-08-1989 Married 06-20-1943 Kirst, Amelia 1872 1963 Kirst, Charles 01-21-1883 11-02-1897 Son of J.C. & M.K. Kirst Kirst, Ellen 1843 1919 Kirst, John 1844 1923 Knapp, Bertha L. 1876 1945 Knapp, Elta L. 11-30-1905 07-22-1985 "In loving memory of our mother" Knapp, Ira 1849 1915 Knapp, Lewis A. 1870 1949 Knapp, Orrace O. 1900 1954 Larsen, Karoline 11-04-1878 10-01-1951 Wife of Laurits Larsen Larsen, Laurits 03-30-1869 01-23-1945 Libolt, Andrew J. 1860 1936 Libolt, Grace 1879 1945 Libolt, H. Leonard 03-04-1860 09-24-1918 Libolt, Larry E. 01-16-1932 12-14-1986 Libolt, Martha 1834 1913 Lingenfelter, Michael L. 07-31-1952 Ludemann, Bernard Carl 05-18-1906 05-24-1907 Son of Carl & Mary Ludemann Ludemann, Carl 1871 1943 Born in Germany Ludemann, Caroline O. Hamann 1906 1975 Wife of Walter W. Ludemann Ludemann, Mary L. Ritterbush 1886 1938 Wife of Carl Ludemann Ludemann, Walter W. 1904 1975 Ludemann, Ward W. 05-22-1927 02-14-1990 CS 1 US Navy, WW II, Korea, Vietnam McCoid, Joseph 02-11-1882 03-29-1943 McCoid, Joseph 12-23-1824 10-25-1897 McCoid, Martha 01-01-1857 12-15-1937 Wife of Joseph McCoid McCoid, Powell R. 05-15-1888 03-27-1968 Nebraska Pvt. 34 Engineers WW I Vet McCoid, Sadie 1878 1964 McConnell, Albert I. 01-17-1915 04-27-1988 Married 06-05-1943 McConnell, Amos W. 02-26-1871 07-21-1896 Son of M. & M.A. McConnell McConnell, Clara Schultz 1888 1981 Wife of Sylvester McConnell McConnell, Fred W. 1908 1979 McConnell, Luella M. 01-18-1925 05-15-1992 Wife of Albert I. McConnell McConnell, Michael 03-22-1844 01-03-1907 McConnell, Sylvester 1872 1938 Neiman, Ervin E. 1918 1998 Neiman, Nila L. Ritterbush 1929 1997 Newton, Dell Ruth Fellows 01-08-1921 01-09-1994 Newton, Eugene 09-12-1912 12-22-1993 Nilson, Oscar 09-26-1910 12-04-1987 Nilson, Wilma A. 11-17-1910 07-13-1988 Noelle, Joyce 08-03-1936 Daughter of W.J. & M.J. Noelle Ogden, Belva 03-22-1907 03-29-1907 Daughter of F. & M. Ogden Ogden, Maggie Eunice Shaw 10-01-1880 06-01-1926 Wife of Fred Ogden, Mother of Marie, Ethel, Glen, Luella, Velma, Beulah, Clinton Parker, Alice I. 1899 1925 Patton, George Franklin 04-16-1859 09-25-1932 Patton, John L. 04-13-1895 04-13-1905 Son of G.F. & Stella Patton Patton, Maxine E. 1920 1922 Payn, John Thomas 1867 1928 Reynolds, Francis E. 09-06-1842 04-28-1910 Wife of W.B. Reynolds Reynolds, Watson B. 1825 Stone has inscription WBR Ritterbush, Baby 1903 Ritterbush, Bessie M. 1900 2006 Wife of Emil J. Ritterbush Ritterbush, Clara No Dates Ritterbush, Emil J. 1904 1937 Ritterbush, Ernest L. 03-21-1893 03-09-1978 Pvt. US Army, WW I Ritterbush, Eva M. 1866 1925 Wife of William E. Ritterbush Ritterbush, Ferdinand W. 1874 1928 Ritterbush, Frederick A. 05-15-1889 04-20-1952 Ritterbush, Irene Spann 03-27-1899 12-11-1983 Wife of Ernest Ritterbush Ritterbush, Laura A. Chapin 1890 1968 Wife of Theodore Ritterbush Ritterbush, Laurance No Dates Ritterbush, Louis E. 1921 1923 Son of Ernest L. & Irene Ritterbush Ritterbush, Mabel R. 10-28-1891 06-28-1988 Wife of Frederick A. Ritterubsh Ritterbush, William E. 1860 1922 Robeson, Baby Billie 1934 Robeson, Lynn 05-1910 03-1941 Rose, Baby James 1922 Rose, Catherine Ann 1880 1935 Rose, Taylor M. 1872 1959 Rowan, Agnes Melbourne 03-14-1840 02-24-1914 Born in Scotland, Wife of William S. Rowan Sr. Rowan, Andrew F.(Andy Jr.) 1924 1995 TEC 5 US Army, World War II, Parents of Carol, Randy & Brad Rowan, Andrew F., Sr. 01-14-1879 09-02-1969 Rowan, Baby 1917 1917 Infant son of Andrew F. Rowan Sr. & Fannie Bauld Rowan Rowan, Donna J. (Joan) Smith 01-12-1930 05-12-1993 Married 06-18-1950, Children Michael, Faye, Terri, & Becky Rowan, Fannie Bauld 11-04-1885 11-28-1964 Wife of Andrew F. Rowan Sr. Rowan, Glendon 1905 1997 Rowan, John M. 07-11-1870 11-11-1955 Son of Wm. S. Rowan Sr. Rowan, Keathia Hosack 1908 1997 Wife of Glendon Rowan Rowan, Lois C. Gipson 1924 1997 Wife of Andy Rowan Jr, Married Aug. 30-1944 Rowan, Margaret L. Wisemiller 1874 1961 Wife of John M. Rowan Rowan, Michael Don 06-26-1951 10-08-1998 Son of Wm. J. & Donna Joan Rowan Rowan, Steven Loy 07-11-1952 02-26-1994 Son of Robert & Helen Rowan Rowan, Thomas 03-25-1868 05-26-1942 Son of William S. Rowan Rowan, William J. (Bill) 08-10-1918 Living Rowan, William S. 10-29-1838 02-01-1919 Born in Scotland Rowan, William S., Jr. 08-14-1878 03-13-1927 Schweigert, Ernest H. 1942 1998 Schweigert, Lila Mae Woolhiser 1940 1998 Wife of Ernest H. Schweigert Serr, Hilda H. 1900 1980 Wife of Ted Serr Serr, Ted R. 1899 1969 Shapeard, Frank 1860 1924 Shaw, Baby 1900 Shaw, Ceola V. 1853 1951 Wife of Henry S. Shaw Shaw, Florida 01-26-1910 02-22-2000 Wife of Troy Shaw Shaw, Harriet Emma Baker 02-24-1854 07-20-1914 Wife of John B. Shaw Sr. Shaw, Henry S. 12-04-1847 No date Civil War Veteran Shaw, John B., Sr. 05-30-1848 03-17-1923 Born in New York Shaw, Randolf M. 1914 1906 Shaw, Richard D. 1934 1935 Son of E.L. & R.A. Shaw Shaw, Rosana 1830 1917 Wife of Randolf M. Shaw Shaw, Troy 05-31-1899 05-30-1988 Shelton, Betty J. 1957 2007 Wife of Rodney Shelton Shelton, Fred W. 1917 1996 Married 09-12-1938 Shelton, Ileen O. Ludemann 1920 1999 Shepperd, Bertha M. 1892 1975 Wife of John Shepperd Shepperd, Dale 03-12-1916 07-09-1995 Shepperd, Doug 1912 1949 Shepperd, Ella 1909 1995 Wife of Doug Shepperd Shepperd, John 1887 1950 Shepperd, Mildred M. 03-18-1924 Living Wife of Dale Shepperd Smith, Alice E. 08-09-1908 10-14-1992 Smothers, Lewella 08-17-1868 08-25-1905 Wife of M.P. Smothers Smothers, Myrtle M. 02-19-1905 10-17-1905 Snider, Arthur C. 1868 1944 Snider, Doris E. 1909 1919 Snider, Eliza B. 1876 1933 Wife of Arthur C. Snider Snider, Mildred P. 1897 1917 Snodgrass, Amos A. 03-29-1875 11-12-1895 Son of C.W. & M. A. Snodgrass Snodgrass, Mahala 1850 1919 Stapleton, Charles A. 01-19-1864 06-15-1941 Stapleton, Infant Son 12-31-1903 01-01-1904 Infant Son of Carl & Emma Stapleton Stapleton, Martha E. Conner 11-27-1872 12-02-1938 Wife of Frank Deforest Stapleton- -buried in Washington State Stapleton, Sarah Tuton Whipple 08-07-1850 07-01-1941 Wife of Charles A. Stapleton Steppat, Fred G. 1906 1958 Steppat, Margaret M. (Bortz)1911 1995 Steppat, Terry L. 1941 1941 Stimmel, Christana K. 10-28-1884 02-13-1968 Stimmel, Clark C. 06-05-1881 03-21-1963 Stoltenberg, Albert 01-24-1873 05-06-1924 Stoltenberg, Doris 04-04-1842 02-24-1914 Wife of John Stoltenberg Stoltenberg, Infant Dau 08-27-1897 08-29-1897 Daughter of Albert & Mary Stoltenberg Stoltenberg, Infant Son 05-02-1900 05-14-1900 Son of Albert & Mary Stoltenberg Stoltenberg, John 04-23-1834 06-27-1901 Stoltenberg, Mary Hein 10-02-1874 12-22-1962 Wife of Albert Stoltenberg Stone, Geraldine 01-26-1925 02-19-1925 Storp, Pheby A. 09-02-1894 Storpe, Heinrich 1838 1921 Sylvester, Albert D. 1853 1921 Sylvester, Ben 1852 1926 Sylvester, Bertha E. Hollenbeck 04-08-1909 11-13-1995 Wife of Earl L. Sylvester Sylvester, C. J. 02-07-1858 02-03-1934 Sylvester, Earl L. 01-05-1901 04-22-1990 Married 05-04-1929 Sylvester, Flora 1875 1967 Wife of Ben Sylvester Sylvester, Lloyd William 06-24-1896 09-21-1929 1st Lieut. "He died for the progress of aviation" Sylvester, Lydia B. 05-12-1898 06-24-1898 Dau. Of C.J. & S. Sylvester Sylvester, Mattie L. 04-28-1873 10-05-1899 Wife of A.J. Sylvester Sylvester, Moses A. 09-18-1820 05-07-1902 Sylvester, Rachel Williams 11-07-1832 12-05-1913 Sylvester, Steven Don 01-01-1956 11-23-1981 Son of William & Mildred Sylvester Sylvester, Warren Cass 1868 1926 Son of Moses A. & Rachel Williams Sylvester- -Wife Elizabeth is buried in Wyoming Thomas Glen 1893 1958 Thomas, Verne E. 1895 1985 Wife of Glen Thomas Trollson, Cordelia 07-22-1895 "Erected to the memory of the Family of T. Trollson" Trollson, Ole 1857 1928 Tupa, Bela 1895 1971 Wife of Joseph Tupa Tupa, Joseph 1892 1968 Tuton, Bernice E. 04-15-1917 Living Wife of DeWitt Tuton Tuton, DeWitt 09-21-1910 03-01-1963 Tuton, Leona 1883 1964 Wife of Nels Tuton Tuton, Robert L. 12-19-1887 05-27-1944 Tutson, Nels B. 1859 1935 W. B. R. Probably W.B. Reynolds' headstone Wakefield, Verna F. 1899 1919 Died in Spanish Influenza epidemic, daughter of John & Margaret Rowan wife of Lester Wakefield Wallace, Elva 10-02-1929 Webster, Allen, A. 05-06-1833 06-01-1909 Wenger, Lorraine (Donason) 03-05-1919 07-07-2002 Wife or Norman E. Wenger Wenger, Norman E. 08-21-1920 02-28-2006 Wenger, Scott Alan 08-09-1968 03-31-1992 Son of Stephen & Kathleen Wenger Wentworth, Kay Ann 01-11-1960 Infant daughter of Roger & Edith Wentworth Wentworth, Lynette 07-21-1968 Infant daughter of Roger & Edith Wentworth Weston, Oma E. 06-04-1926 05-09- 2003 Married Sept. 19-1953 Weston, William L. 10-11-1925 06-20-2003 "Forever in our heart" White, Gary Orrin 10-27-1938 Son of Lloyd & Opal J. White Wiley, Adline 07-16-1842 11-14-1905 Wife of James Wiley Wiley, Betty Lou 1929 Living Wiley, Dorothy 02-23-1909 12-12-1955 Wife of Louis S. Wiley Wiley, E. Rilla Bauld 1882 1952 Wiley, Edward A. 07-28-1868 07-14-1935 Wiley, James 07-24-1837 10-09-1909 Civil War Veteran, Union Soldier Wiley, John Edward 1931 1956 Wiley, John O. 1873 1936 Wiley, John Orville 02-02-1930 02-06-1986 Wiley, Louis S. 03-04-1907 02-20-1953 Wiley, Lucille W. 1913 1945 Wiley, Lydia M. Donson 05-20-1872 04-07-1959 Wife of Edward A. Wiley Wiley, Ruth E. 1912 1932 Wiley, Ruth Jennings Laird 01-08-1938 02-14-1998 Wife of John Orville Wiley Wiley, William F. 1866 1930 Wilkinson, Lloyd Ernest 04-02-1941 Willcuts, Burr 1901 1969 Willcuts, Ruth F. 1896 1972 Wife of Burr Willcuts Wood, Ida A. 1911 2002 Wife of John P. Wood Wood, John P. 1913 1967 Woolhiser, Arthur L. 1894 1925 Woolhiser, C. R. 11-12-1851 03-14-1910 Woolhiser, Child 05-09-1894 09-09-1894 Child of W.H. & E.E. Woolhiser Woolhiser, Child 05-09-1894 02-09-1895 Child of W.H. & E.E. Woolhiser Woolhiser, Clyde W. 1888 1960 Woolhiser, Edgar 10-09-1887 04-20-1953 World War I Veteran Woolhiser, George 1849 1935 Woolhiser, Helen I. 1910 1987 Wife of Herman O. Woolhiser Woolhiser, Herman O. 1903 1972 Woolhiser, Jake 1889 1952 Woolhiser, Levi Son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Woolhiser- -Age 10 yrs. 11 mos. 23 dys. Woolhiser, Lincoln 08-01-1915 08-08-1915 Woolhiser, Mary Jane 03-09-1850 09-07-1920 Wife of Milton Woolhiser Woolhiser, Milton 10-10-1815 07-05-1898 "Resting in the arms of Jesus" Woolhiser, Milton 09-13-1847 03-27-1912 Woolhiser, Pheobe 1863 1922 Woolhiser, W.H. 08-08-1844 04-22-1908