The East Cemetery, Rake, Iowa is located in Winnebago County, IA on 500th Street, 1/2 mile east of Rake. It was originally located on the site of the original Lincoln Lutheran Church, 1/2 mile east and 1 mile south of its present location. The church burned after being struck by lightning in 1900. The new Lincoln Church was rebuilt in the town of Rake, which was established in 1900. On May 21, 1907, the Pastor's Log for the Lincoln Church states:" Pastor Veriede dedicates new East Cemetery and has funeral for Ingvald Bertines Jorgenson, son of Hans & Pernilla." And on January 23, 1908 this statement appeared in the local newspaper, The Rake Register: "Quite a number who have some of their dead buried in the old graveyard on the Thor Sandum place moved them during the past week and reinterred them in the new graveyard one half mile east of town."

NAME

DATE OF BIRTH

DATE OF DEATH

OTHER INFORMATION

Anderson, Archie E.

1898

1962

Rest in Peace

Anderson, Dale

1934

1998

Parents of Rick & Kenneth

Anderson, Etta O.

1900

1982

Rest in Peace

Asmus, Alice G.

1905

1993

Asmus, Byrdie

1904

1946

Asmus, Donna Jean

1935

1963

Mother

Asmus, Geeske

1865

1939

Asmus, Gretus

1901

1968

Asmus, Henry

1903

1985

Asmus, Hindericus

1857

1938

Asmus, Larry J.

Apr. 4, 1938

July 2, 1965

Asmus, Luppie H.

1887

1963

Asmus, Mabel

1903

1983

Asmus, Marlyn A.

Sept. 9, 1927

Oct. 24, 1977

The Lord is My Shepherd; TEC 5 US ARMY

Asmus, Mate A.

1894

1969

Asmus, Mente H.

Aug. 26, 1894

Sept. 16, 1951

IOWA PFC 88 INFANTRY 19 DIV WORLD WAR I

Asmus, Mente Menten

1837

1901

Asmus, Phyllis J.

1930

1978

The Lord is My Shepherd

Asmus, Robert M.

Aug. 14, 1929

Dec. 3, 1997

PFC US ARMY KOREA

Bajula, Donald S.

May 27, 1960

Nov. 13, 1979

Son

Beaver, Beverly Ruth

1927

1939

Beaver, Cora

1900

1986

Beaver, Frank H.

May 9, 1983

Nov. 25, 1968

IOWA PVT CAS DET 1267 DEMOB GP WORLD WAR I

Beaver, Mary

1865

1940

Beaver, Robert

1860

1935

Berge, K.

No stone; possibly Knut Berge, 6-11-1856-1-05-1908 (Lincoln Church records and cemetery map)

Berhow, Francis

1883

1961

Berhow, Gerald Duane

Oct. 10, 1932

Dec. 27, 1932

Son of Francis & Helen Berhow

Berhow, Helen

1888

1972

Bilyeu, Viola C. Burkhow

1914

1941

God Alone Understands

Bishop, Elizabeth Marie

Aug. 25, 1952

June 26, 2002

Loving Mother and Companion

Boe, Ingeborg T.

Fodt 9 de Feb. 1828

Dode 11 de Jan. 1912

Bolstad, Lars E.

Aug. 31, 1856

July 31, 1919

Bolstad, Pernella

July 22, 1880

Apr. 7, 1940

Bottleson, Carrie

1876

1954

Bottleson, Rasmus A.

1872

1941

Burkhow, Amos

1890

1968

Burkhow, Maynard L.

1921

1979

Burkhow, Stena

1894

1968

DeBoer, Emma J.

1907

1994

DeBoer, Ubbe

1907

1972

Dronen, Doris L. Lund

Born Oct. 28, 1916

Died Augl 28, 1992

Durby, Levi

Aug. 5, 1896

Feb. 22, 1973

Veteran

Durby, Mabel

Apr. 5, 1899

Nov. 9, 1973

Durby, Paul David

Aug. 16, 1939

Aug. 16, 1939

Engeseth, Percy Harris

March 8, 1904

Sept. 10, 1905

Son of Carl & Ada Engeseth

Erdahl, Craig D.

July 16, 1961

Feb. 18, 1962

Erdahl. Samuel K., Mrs.

Not on Samuel's stone; but marked on cemetery map

Erdahl, Samuel Kolben

Born Dec. 18, 1847

Died Dec. 5, 1907

OUR FATHER: GONE HOME

Erdahl, Sidney Levi

Sept. 12, 1919

July 11, 1973

IOWA CCS US NAVY WORLD WAR II

Erdal, (Infant)

July 2, 1916

July 2, 1916

Infant Daughter of M. J. and A. Erdahl

Erdal, Amelia

1881

1972

Mother

Erdal, Martin J.

1869

1951

Father

Erdal, Adelaide Jeneviv

Sept. 25, 1909

Mar. 7, 1923

Erdal, Ingeborg Matelde

Mar. 23, 1882

June 13, 1925

Erdal, Peder J.

1874

1959

Erickson, Henrick G.

1909

1988

Fjetland, Baby

No stone; marked on cemetery map

Flo, Easton

1860

1936

Frandle, Archie E.

1898

1962

Frandle, Ella W.

1900

1972

Frandle, Frederica B.

1903

1977

Heaven is Our Home

Frandle, Oscar T.

1894

1947

Heaven is Our Home

Graue, Andrew O.

1857

1933

Father

Graue, Bertha

1890

1938

Sister

Graue, Gunilda

Fodt 18 Oct. 1861

Dode 1 Aug. 1907

Moder (also unreadable inscription in Norse)

Graue, Severt A.

1865

1935

Uncle

Graue, 

Unreadable stone on Graue plot

Gullord, Alma J.

1904

1982

Gullord, Anna

1886

1974

Mother

Gullord, Archie

1905

1988

Gullord, Baby

1938

only 1 date given

Gullord, Bernt M.

1882

1956

Father

Gullord, M. Clarence

1904

1994

Gullord, Vern Keith

Sept. 26, 1940

May 7, 1998

PFC US ARMY

Gustafson, Leonard A.

1900

1973

Gustafson, Margaret J.

1907

1989

Halvorson, Orin C.

1903

1984

Hanson, Hazel B.

1900

1976

Hanson, Maynard P.

Feb. 1, 1893

Feb.21, 1976

PFC US Army World War I

Haugen, Amel O.

Feb. 24, 1914

Apr. 25, 1998

Parents of Gary, Dawn, Steven, Joan, Carole, Arlowe, Gloria, Douglas, Scott; Glory Be to the Father

Havnen, Absalon J.

1865

1953

Father; Rest in Peace

Havnen, Alfred D.

Jan. 17, 1896

Feb. 1, 1974

IOWA PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I

Havnen, Baby

Havnen, Benjamin J.

Fodt Nov. 1, 1902

Dode Aug. 22, 1908

Der var han I en jammerdal, Nu bor han I guds frydesal..der skinner han med orens krans langt klarere en solens glands, velsignet vare dit minde

Havnen, Carl A.

1898

1967

Havnen, Cherrie M.

1903

1994

Havnen, Conrad S.

1891

1956

Rest in Peace; US World War Veteran

Havnen, Dorothea

1857

1933

Mother; Rest in Peace

Havnen, Fern N.

1901

1978

Havnen, Inga A.

Fodt Sept. 1, 1905

Dode Sept. 1, 1905

En Knop paa Jorden of en blome ?? himmelen

Havnen, Jacob C.

Sept. 1, 1888

Jan. 12, 1911

Jesu sagde din Bruder Skal Opstaa John 11:23

Havnen, Margaretha J.

1895

1919

Havnen, Opal Bernice

Sept. 4, 1905

Jan. 18, 1929

Wife of M. O. Havnen; Mother

Hazen, Jean

Oct. 1, 1913

Dec. 22, 1999

Helland, Anton E.

1861

1933

Helland, Louisa G.

1880

1918

Helland, Ruth

1904

1987

Hiaring, Andrew H.

Nov. 29, 1870

Feb. 21, 1952

Hiaring, Myrtle Hill

Dec. 13, 1874

Nov. 1911

Wife of A. H. Hiaring

Hill, Joseph D.

1869

1967

Father

Hill, Minnie N.

1874

1962

Mother

Hill, Wilmer E.

1908

1947

Hove, Andrew Jr.

Jan. 17, 1920

June 10, 1975

Army Air Forces World War II

Hove, Annie E.

1870

1928

Norwegian inscription

Hove, Baby

No last name, but stone is in Hove cemetery plot

Hove, Edward

1865

1955

Hove, Josephine Oscelia

Sept. 15, 1895

Jan. 11, 1916

Iverson, Bert H.

May 22, 1896

Feb. 5, 1970

Iowa 935 Demob. CP 2 Infantry World War I

Iverson, Iver A.

1885

1951

Iverson, Lars L.

1859

1928

Father

Iverson, Mabel L.

1909

1999

Iverson, Rachel

1889

1963

Iverson, Rakel

1864

1942

Mother

Jacobson, Carl C.

1891

1975

Jacobson, Dale Rae

July 15, 1934

May 13, 1935

Jacobson, Dorthe

Jan. 14, 1862

Aug. 24, 1941

Jacobson, Ella Baitland

Aug. 31, 1883

June 28, 1964

Jacobson, Ella C.

Sept. 23, 1882

June 30, 1920

Mother

Jacobson, Elvoyd J.

May 9, 1908

April 12, 1985

U.S. Army World Was II

Jacobson, Ingvald R.

1896

1992

Jacobson, John B.

Jan. 19, 1884

July 28, 1942

Father

Jacobson, Karolius

Jan. 18, 1951

Jan. 6, 1898

(nearby is small stone with unreadable info)

Jacobson, Mabel E.

1906

1980

Jacobson, Maynard

1919

2000

Parents of Merle, Laura, Bruce; WORLD WAR TWO

Jacobson, Minnie R.

1895

1951

Jagerson, Orin "Bud"

1922

1944

Father; Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Jarshaw, Ambrose

Born July 25, 1842

Died Mar. 25, 1913

Father; GAR 1861-1865

Jarshaw, Anna

Born July 26, 1850

Died Jan. 11, 1933

Mother

Jarshaw, Holiver G.

April 21, 1894

March 15, 1970

Iowa Pvt. STU ARMY TNG CORPS; World War I

Jarshaw, John O.

Born Feb. 25, 1835

Died Sept. 14, 1910

Jarshaw, Johnnie R.

1881

1948

Jarshaw, Tillie

1888

1919

Wife of Johnnie R. Jarshaw

Jensvold, Bertha

Feb. 14, 1869

Oct. 31, 1955

Mother

Jensvold, Irene T.

July 25, 1907

June 24, 1973

Jensvold, Sever

Feb. 4, 1860

July 3, 1938

Father

Jensvold, Wm. Raymond

July 5, 1906

April 29, 1966

Iowa CPL 117 AACS SQ AAF World War II

Jergenson, George

August 21, 1888

Mar. 28, 1958

Together in Memory

Jergenson, Malinda

Feb. 25, 1894

May 28, 1957

Together in Memory

Johnson, Alma J.

1896

1946

Mother

Johnson, Arvin

April 25, 1921

April 25, 1921

Dates obtained from records of Lincoln Lutheran Church, Rake, IA (Son of Harold & Ruth)

Johnson, Carl T.

Nov. 16, 1888

Oct. 2, 1925

Johnson, Gustave B.

Apr. 17, 1885

May 3, 1966

Father

Johnson, Hans H.

1853

1929

Father

Johnson, Harald Orin

Fodt den 2nd Dec. 1892

Dode den 21 Mar. 1898

(Son of Hans & Ingeborg Johnson)

Johnson, Harold I.

Nov. 11, 1899

Oct. 3, 1995

Johnson, Helen D.

Aug. 21, 1928

May 26, 1927

Parents of Rebecca, Bradley, Barbara

Johnson, Irvin M.

Aug. 17, 1913

Mar. 4, 1996

Husband of Jackie

Johnson, Isabelle

1863

1932

Mother

Johnson, John T.

1892

1981

Father

Johnson, Jonas O.

Sept. 11, 1869

Oct. 20, 1947

Johnson, Leonard C.

June 3, 1920

Jun. 4, 1948

Minnesota; Pvt. 52 Field Arty BN World War II, East

Johnson, Leslie C.

1904

1939

Johnson, Martine

Sept. 27, 1871

Mar. 3, 1953

Johnson, Nels

No stone or other information. Name found on cemetery map on Stokkeboe plot

Johnson, Patricia

March 2, 1955

March 2, 1955

Johnson, Pauline (Erdahl)

Nov. 3, 1890

Feb. 8, 1971

East

Johnson, Russell

Aug. 10, 1920

Mar. 24, 1992

Son

Johnson, Ruth C.

Mar. 8, 1901

Jan. 20, 1997

Johnson, Susan

Mar. 4, 1888

Aug. 26, 1938

Mother

Jordahl, Baby

Feb. 5, 1932

Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jordahl

Jordahl, Elvina M.

May 20, 1879

May 13, 1951

Mother

Jordahl, Frederick H.

Jan. 20, 1907

Jan. 1, 2001

Husband of Elmira; Parents of Richard, Janice, Burton, Royce, Eugene, Jacqueline

Jordahl, J. Ellsworth

Apr. 16, 1900

Aug. 5, 1972

Son

Jordahl, Walter E.

1910

1911

(Infant son of John O. and Elvina Jordahl)

Jordahl, Willard J. L.

Aug. 20, 1915

May 14, 1941

IOWA BM2c USNR World War II (church records give d.o.b. as Oct. 20, 1915)

Jorgenson, Amanda

Apr. 18, 1896

June 10, 1907

Jorgenson, Amanda B.

Mar. 31, 1902

Dec. 14, 1977

Jorgenson, Hans A.

May 8, 1853

Oct. 24, 1919

Jorgenson, Helmer A.

Apr. 18, 1896

Aug. 6, 1983

Pvt US Army World War I

Jorgenson, Ingvald

Nov. 24, 1902

May 19, 1907

Jorgenson, Julia E.

1896

1986

Jorgenson, Marcella

Jan. 13, 1939

Nov. 26, 1995

Daughter

Jorgenson, Ole A.

1887

1963

Jorgenson, Pernelle

Feb. 5, 1857

Sept. 14, 1953

Jorgenson, Thore

Fodt 13 de Sept. 1850

Dode 8 de Aug. 1908

Kallestad, Beulah Nesheim

1907

1989

Kallestad, Melvin A.

1908

1967

Kindstrom, Hannah A.

1912

1985

Kindstrom, Sylvester

1901

1958

Knutson, Altha

1888

1958

His Wife

Knutson, Beverly F.

Mar. 7, 1940

Oct. 10, 2000

Mother

Knutson, Charles T.

1871

1941

Larson, Anna

1817

1901

Grandma

Larson, Anna S.

1891

1988

Larson, Gerhard J.

1894

1937

Co J., 58th Infantry; buried in France

Larson, Glenn J.

1911

1993

Larson, Halvor

1847

1924

Father

Larson, Herman O.

1887

1953

Larson, Lewis Oly

1879

1945

Blest Be The Tie That Binds

Larson, Ralph B.

1915

1999

Larson, Rueben

1881

1962

Larson, Syneve

1857

1937

Mother

Larson, Victor A.

1908

1983

Legreid, Agnes

1905

1937

Mother

Legreid, Oscar

1899

1954

Father

Legried, Burnild M.

July 2, 1905

Mar. 24, 1987

Parents of Bruce and Carol

Legried, Christ

1874

1924

Legried, I. Olena

1879

1955

Legried, Ingeborg M.

Aug. 22, 1908

Nov. 5, 2000

Parents of Bruce and Carol

Legried, Knut O.

1872

1951

Legried, Mary

1877

1957

Lund, Albert H.

1879

1944

Father; Family of Albert H. Lund

Lund, Betsey

1855

1912

Mother; Pioneers

Lund, Burnell R.

1907

1919

Son; Family of Albert H. Lund

Lund, Henry B.

1845

1922

Father; Pioneers

Lund, Lester M.

Born Aug. 28, 1913

Died July 25, 1971

Lund, Martin B.

1876

1941

Lund, Maynard A.

1910

1912

Son; Family of Albert H. Lund

Lund, Oscar H.

Born Nov. 23, 1880

Died Aug. 31, 1969

Lund, Pauline

Born Jan. 14, 1879

Died Mar. 1, 1947

Wife of Oscar Lund

Lund, Tillie A.

1871

1930

Mother; Family of Albert H. Lund

Lunning, Alvin J.

Oct. 26, 1914

Aug. 3, 1980

TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II

Lunning, Anna B.

1884

1933

Mother

Lunning, Helmer C.

1885

1961

Father

Matson, Alvina

1903

2000

Matson, Anna

1865

1957

Mother

Matson, Anna M.

1875

1965

Mother

Matson, Joseph

1868

1950

Father

Matson, Martin

1860

1937

Father

Matson, Nordahl

1894

1951

Mattison, Anna C.

1897

1959

Mehl, Chris Lester

Jan. 30, 1920

Aug. 13, 2002

East

Mehl, Christian

1847

1918

U.S.

Mehl, Otis T.

1881

1925

East

Mehl, Sylvia I.

1893

1994

East

Mehl, Turi

1851

1933

Midthun, Amund

November 2, 1885

December 24, 1956

No stone; dates taken from records of Zion Lutheran Church, Rake, IA

Midthun, Gustave

Mar. 1, 1893

Oct. 8, 1918

Co. C. 349 Inf. A.E.F. U.S. World War Veteran; In Memory of

Midthun, Mas A.

1863

1926

At Rest

Midthun, Olena B.

July 17, 1860

July 20, 1947

No stone; dates taken from records of Zion Lutheran Church, Rake, IA

Miller, Adolph

1866

1931

Miller, Bertha

1938

1930

Mork, Jorgen J.

1880

1955

Mork, Martha

no date

no date

Mother

Murray, John D.

1940

1983

In Loving Memory

Nesheim, Donald L.

1917

1920

Nesheim, Wallace B.

1918

1990

Olson, Anna M.

1897

1974

Olson, Bertha

1860

1940

Mother

Olson, Caroline

1868

1945

Mother

Olson, Clara G.

Born June 23, 1909

Died Jan. 27, 1910

Happy infant early blest, Rest in peaceful slumber, rest!

Olson, Clemet

1863

1931

Father

Olson, Jeffery A.

May 11, 1928

June 12, 1928

Olson, John B.

1893

1978

Olson, John M.

1863

1937

Father

Olson, Mabel

1910

2002

Olson, Melvin

1906

1986

Olson, Peter Olei

Fodt 12 Mai 1896

Dode ? Aug. 1899

Norse inscription

Osnes, Betty M.

1927

1970

Pederson, Carson

1887

1951

The Lord is My Shepherd

Pederson, Marie

1888

1984

The Lord is My Shepherd

Peterson, Jens W.

1886

1927

Peterson, S. Dora

1884

1952

Range, Adam

1872

1950

Range, Anna L.

1876

1914

Wife of Adam Range

Rhine, Orlo

1922

1924

Son of R. & T. Rhine

Rhine, Ortincy L.

1899

1936

Rienstra, Ruby D.

Aug. 9, 1924

Dec. 15, 1999

Rye, Ardys J.

2-18-21

2-21-02

Ryg, Anna

Nov. 30, 1888

June 19, 1976

Daughter

Ryg, Arlin Lee

Aug. 22, 1956

Son of Arden-Maxine Ryg

Ryg, Cora O.

June 10, 1907

March 1, 1998

Daughter

Ryg, Dora L.

1907

1998

Parents of Arden, Darvin, Kenneth and Mardelle (Wife of John L.)

Ryg, John L.

1901

1984

Parents of Arden, Darvin, Kenneth and Mardelle (Husband of Dora L.)

Ryg, Kari

1844

1896

Mother

Ryg, Kenneth Arlo

Jan. 12, 1933

Jan. 20, 1934

At Rest (son of John and Dora Ryg)

Ryg, Kora L.

1904

1906

Daughter

Ryg, Kristian

1898

1913

Son

Ryg, Kristiana

1863

1950

Mother

Ryg, Lasse

1847

1938

Father

Ryg, Ole

1885

1905

Son

Sabin, Mary

May 6, 1881

Dec. 14, 1951

Sabin, Nels A.

Apr. 19, 1872

Mar. 7, 1942

Sabin, Orville J.

Born Mar. 7, 1915

Died Jan. 12, 1945

PFC CO. B 297th INF Served in the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign; Earth Hath No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal

Sandum, Albert T.

1890

1967

Sandum, John T.

1886

1950

Sandum, Ragneld

1854

1934

Mother

Sandum, Thore

1856

1922

Father

Seifken, Damon J.

1899

1976

Seifken, Magda B.

1902

1986

Severson, John

No stone; name is on cemetery map

Simpson, Elmer D.

1887

1936

U.S. World War Veteran

Simpson, Frances E.

Sept. 16, 1860

Oct. 10, 1933

Simpson, John L.

Apr. 10, 1854

June 8, 1918

Simpson, John W.

1892

1946

Smith, Hazel G.

1902

1922

Smith, Milford W.

Sept. 27, 1902

Sept. 15, 1991

LCDR US NAVY World War II

Steiner, Anna A.

June 29, 1940

Only one date given

Stokkeboe, Joseph Oscar

1895

1978

Stokkeboe, Martha

1860

1937

Stokkeboe, Nels J.

1851

1928

Sundermeyer, Bertha

1902

1916

Sundermeyer, Emma

1872

1960

Sundermeyer, Herbert G.

Jan. 31, 1907

July 9, 1989

U.S. Army World War II

Sundermeyer, Kenneth W.

1910

1982

Sundermeyer, Mildred N.

1906

1972

Sundermeyer, William C.

1867

1947

Tananger, Gerhard E.

1889

1972

Tananger, I. Mathilda

1891

1980

Thompson, Betsy

1846

1918

Mother

Thompson, Edgar M.

1873

1949

Thompson, George

1837

1929

Co C. 2nd Reg. MINN CAV; Father

Thompson, George C.

1876

1894

Thompson, Jessie S.

1870

1936

Thompson, Oliver G.

1869

1906

Toft, Orton

1904

1975

Toft, Valborg

1903

1992

Verlo, Andrew J.

Nov. 29, 1908

Married May 17,. 1931; Parents of Audrey Dean & Lavaune; no dod..possibly buried elsewhere

Verlo, Stella D.

Dec. 8, 1911

June 13, 1977

Married May 17,. 1931; Parents of Audrey Dean & Lavaune

Warner, Arla Mae

Apr. 2, 1940

Feb. 26, 1941

Dau. of Maynard & Arlene Warner

Weiler, C. Edward

1883

1955

Weiler, Josephine M.

1881

1961