LUKEN CEMETERY
aka
BETHLEHEM CEMETERY
SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Section 9, Twp 14N, Range 8W
A very well maintained rural cemetery, located about six miles north and east of Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois. This cemetery is situated on a high knoll about one quarter of a mile north of the main blacktop highway. The cemetery can be reached by driving east on State Aid Highway 5 (Loami Blacktop) or west from the Waverly-New Berlin Blacktop. A lane leads to the cemetery which is about one-eighth of a mile north of Highway 21. A row of tall evergreen trees make the cemetery easy to find even when the tombstones are hidden behind growing crops in the field between the cemetery and the road. The cemetery is in excellent condition and all tombstones are standing. The cemetery is best known as Luken cemetery, but is also properly called Bethlehem Cemetery - death certificates of persons buried here use both names.
| Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Info/Inscription |
| ACHENBACH, C. | 26 Apr 1861 | 19 Sep 1889 | Their Aunt | |
| BASSE, Anna K. | 29 Oct 1904 | 25 Mar 1983 | ||
| BASSE, Elizabeth K. | 8 Aug 1888 | 1 May 1968 | ||
| BASSE, Fred J. | 23 Feb 1900 | 5 Sep 1979 | ||
| BASSE, George | 31 Oct 1859 | 28 Sep 1948 | ||
| BASSE, George Casper | 13 Jan 1878 | 25 Sep 1888 | Son of George & Sarah Basse | |
| BASSE, Katherine R. | 30 Jan 1878 | 7 Jun 1967 | ||
| BASSE, Marilyn J. | 14 Jun 1927 | 3 Oct 1995 | ||
| BASSE, Sarah K. | 21 May 1857 | 12 Mar 1900 | ||
| BASSE, Son | 19 Jul 1885 | |||
| BASSE, William J. | 5 Dec 1890 | 30 Jan 1892 | Son of George & Sarah Basse | |
| BROWN, Emma F. | 28 Dec 1878 | 4 Aug 1970 | ||
| BROWN, Helen M. | 1 Jun 1936 | 25 Dec 1991 | ||
| BROWN, John A. | 3 Jun 1874 | 13 May 1958 | ||
| BROWN, Mary A. | 1 Oct 1900 | 18 Aug 1986 | ||
| BROWN, Walter A. | 4 Aug 1900 | 18 Feb 1982 | ||
| COPLEY, Carolyn R. | 3 May 1944 | 20 Feb 2001 | ||
| COPLEY, Edward E. | 23 Jan 1944 | |||
| DICKMANN, Catharine E. | 18 Jan 1841 | 4 May 1873 | 32y3m16d | Wife of Casper H. Dickmann |
| DUEWER, Anna Friederike | 7 Dec 1836 | 6 May 1906 | ||
| DUEWER, Anna Wilhelmina | 4 Jan 1868 | 17 Jul 1868 | ||
| DUEWER, Anna Wilhelmina | 3 Feb 1873 | 3 Jan 1888 | ||
| DUEWER, Arnolda N. | 15 Nov 2007 | 70y | ||
| DUEWER, August | 3 May 1858 | 8 Feb 1926 | ||
| DUEWER, August Heinrich | 3 Apr 1877 | 2 Jan 1888 | ||
| DUEWER, August Johann Casper | 26 Feb 1883 | 29 Dec 1887 | Son of Wilhelm & Christina Duewer | |
| DUEWER, Casper F. | 1913 | 1971 | ||
| DUEWER, Catherine W. | 20 May 1865 | 24 Nov 1940 | ||
| DUEWER, Charlotte (Sotmann) | 7 Feb 1843 | 18 Feb 1911 | Wife of Wilhelm | |
| DUEWER, Christine K. | 18 Jul 1905 | 26 May 1975 | Wife | |
| DUEWER, Clara | 1899 | 1992 | (Married 19 Oct 1893 @ New Berlin) | |
| DUEWER, Edward | 24 Sep 1886 | 25 Dec 1923 | Son of August Duewer | |
| DUEWER, Ethel Lee | 1910 | |||
| DUEWER, Evelyn (Winkelman) | 14 Dec 1927 | 30 May 1989 | ||
| DUEWER, Heinrich Friederich | 13 Feb 1875 | 2 Jan 1888 | ||
| DUEWER, Henry | 25 Jul 1837 | 8 Sep 1908 | ||
| DUEWER, Henry Casper | 4 May 1869 | 16 Feb 1955 | ||
| DUEWER, Henry W. | 5 Jan 1872 | 3 Feb 1878 | ||
| DUEWER, Infant | 1907 | 1907 | Son of W.H. & K.L. Duewer | |
| DUEWER, James R. | 13 Dec 1918 | 9 Mar 1990 | U.S.A.F. WWII Korea (Marr. 25 Aug 1945) | |
| DUEWER, Katherine A. (Eckhardt) | 1873 | 1965 | ||
| DUEWER, Katherine Lena (Schafer) | 21 Dec 1867 | 3 Mar 1932 | (Married 5 Feb 1895) | |
| DUEWER, Lena L. | 28 Aug 1886 | 26 Nov 1962 | ||
| DUEWER, Leona | 12 Sep 1911 | |||
| DUEWER, Marvin J. | 13 Sep 1927 | 15 Apr 1992 | ||
| DUEWER, Mollie Luken | 1884 | 1967 | ||
| DUEWER, Sarah Katharina W. | 12 Oct 1880 | 23 Dec 1887 | ||
| DUEWER, Theresa | 1941 | |||
| DUEWER, Verna (Torrance) | (9 Jul) 1922 | (8 Apr) 2007 | (Wife of James Richard Duewer) | |
| DUEWER, Wilhelm H. | 26 Apr 1871 | 10 Jul 1899 | Son of Wm. & C. Duewer | |
| DUEWER, Wilhelm | 6 Aug 1839 | 12 May 1913 | ||
| DUEWER, William A. | 12 Apr 1906 | 1 Aug 1998 | Husband | |
| DUEWER, William H. | 1944 | 1980 | ||
| DUEWER, William Henry | 16 Apr 1867 | 28 Jun 1947 | ||
| FELTER, Margaret L. | 1910 | 1994 | ||
| FELTER, William P. | 1891 | 1967 | ||
| GERHARDT, David | 1877 | 1968 | ||
| GERHARDT, Fred | 1902 | 1981 | ||
| GERHARDT, Gottlieb | 1866 | 1929 | ||
| GERHARDT, Katie C. (Luken) | 1873 | 1938 | ||
| GERHARDT, Rose (Luken) | 7 May 1882 | 1951 | Dau of Henry C. & Mollie Blecher Luken | |
| HAGEN, Charles | 21 Apr 1843 | 5 Jan 1926 | Father | |
| HAGEN, Elizabeth H. | 12 Feb 1849 | 12 Feb 1925 | Mother | |
| HAGEN, Lizzie | 3 Feb 1880 | Dau of C. & L. Hagen | ||
| HANNER, Earl H. | 15 Apr 1889 | 2 Jul 1951 | ||
| HANNER, Ida K. | 1882 | 1954 | ||
| HEWITT, Lloyd H. | 21 Feb 1921 | 17 May 1975 | "Bud" | |
| HORN, Florence A. | 22 Aug 1911 | 15 Nov 1997 | ||
| HORN, George | 1877 | 1959 | ||
| HORN, Minnie | 1878 | Apr 1931 | ||
| HORN, Otto F. | 30 Apr 1916 | 28 Feb 1945 | Ill. PFC 20 Inf. WWII;Son George & Minnie Horn | |
| KING, Florence A. (Duewer) | 1908 | 1994 | ||
| KING, Russell W. | 25 Mar 1903 | 4 Apr 1996 | ||
| KLOPPE, Anna | 16 Apr 1886 | 19 Mar 1979 | ||
| KLOPPE, Catharina W. | 9 Nov 1842 | 13 Sep 1927 | Mother | |
| KLOPPE, Fred | 5 Dec 1874 | 14 Apr 1953 | ||
| KLOPPE, Fred H. | 17 Sep 1902 | 19 Feb 1909 | ||
| KLOPPE, Frich. Aug. | 17 Apr 1873 | 23 Jul 1873 | ||
| KLOPPE, Heinrich J. | 7 Sep 1833 | 11 Dec 1913 | Father | |
| KLOPPE, Jean Sturm | 1 Jul 1927 | 27 Nov 2007 | (Wife of Louis H. Kloppe) | |
| KLOPPE, John F. | 25 Feb 1868 | 11 Aug 1960 | Father | |
| KLOPPE, Lottie | 10 Feb 1874 | 15 Mar 1956 | Mother | |
| KLOPPE, Louis Henry | 14 May 1921 | 10 Jan 1997 | (Married 22 Jul 1951) | |
| KLOPPE, Louise | 1893 | 1966 | ||
| KLOPPE, Marguerite | 2 Jun 1912 | 8 Mar 1995 | ||
| KLOPPE, Sarah | 8 Jul 1874 | 31 Aug 1927 | ||
| KLOPPE, William | 1885 | 1952 | ||
| KOMNICK, Albert G. | 7 Sep 1898 | 17 Nov 1963 | ||
| KOMNICK, Florence S. | 8 Dec 1897 | 23 Mar 1979 | (Married 6 Feb 1923) | |
| KOMNICK, Kathleen P. Holloway | 15 Mar 1956 | 11 Jul 1994 | Marr. Michael Dale Komnick 20 Apr 1991 | |
| KRUEGER, Alma J. | 30 Oct 1908 | 26 Oct 2000 | ||
| KRUEGER, William F. | 13 Feb 1906 | 16 Mar 1977 | ||
| LANGFIELD, Ivorine Ludwig | 19 Jun 1904 | 2 Dec 1974 | ||
| LONG, E. Lorraine | 25 Dec 1928 | 3 Feb 1970 | Mother | |
| LONG, Raymond G. | 20 Jul 1926 | |||
| LUDWIG, Dora Niehaus | 20 May 1885 | 14 Apr 1971 | ||
| LUDWIG, John H. | 1867 | 1939 | ||
| LUKEMAN, Henry | 15 Jul 1884 | 63y | ||
| LUKEN, Audrey L. Braner | 7 Feb 1926 | Wife of James L. Luken | ||
| LUKEN, Casper A. | 26 Dec 1882 | 18 Aug 1936 | Father | |
| LUKEN, Casper R. | 3 Nov 1842 | 19 Dec 1904 | ||
| LUKEN, Catharine W. | 24 Oct 1834 | 7 Oct 1872 | Wife of Casper R. Luken | |
| LUKEN, Clara Horn | 27 Aug 1893 | 20 Oct 1974 | ||
| LUKEN, Friedrich Wilhelm | 30 Aug 1880 | 13 Jan 1899 | 18y4m13d | Son of C. & J. Luken |
| LUKEN, George W. | 1889 | 1969 | ||
| LUKEN, Heinrich A. | 29 Sep 1816 | 24 Jan 1886 | 69y3m25d | |
| LUKEN, Henrich Wilhelm | 7 Dec 1876 | 18 Dec 1887 | 11y5m11d | |
| LUKEN, Infant | 19 Feb 1871 | 19 Feb 1871 | Son of C. & C. Luken | |
| LUKEN, Infant Son | 7 Oct 1872 | |||
| LUKEN, James L. | 31 May 1925 | 31 May 1925 | Son of Otto & Clara Luken; Marr. 26 Sep 1948 | |
| LUKEN, Johanna C. (Mollenbrock) | 2 Mar 1849 | 29 Dec 1910 | Wife of Casper R. Luken | |
| LUKEN, Louise Caroline A. | 21 Dec 1813 | 10 May 1879 | 65y4m20d | Wife of Heinrich A. Luken |
| LUKEN, Lydia E. | 27 Apr 1885 | 5 Mar 1937 | Mother | |
| LUKEN, Mary L. | 1885 | 1961 | ||
| LUKEN, Otto | 30 Jan 1921 | 18 Feb 1923 | 1y19d | Son of Otis & ?? (Horn) Luken |
| LUKEN, Otto H. | 19 Oct 1891 | 14 Apr 1975 | ||
| LUKEN, Raymond | 1922 | 1923 | ||
| MEYER, August | 17 Dec 1836 | 30 May 1913 | ||
| MEYER, J. Heinrich | 22 Mar 1867 | 13 Jun 1877 | ||
| MEYER, Wilhelmina (Bourn) | 14 Jan 1843 | 19 Jan 1925 | His Wife (Wife of August Meyer) | |
| NIEHAUS, August A. | 1835 | 1911 | ||
| NIEHAUS, C. Wilhelmine | 1842 | 1890 | ||
| NIEHAUS, Louisa | 30 Dec 1867 | 20 Nov 1883 | Dau of A. & M. Niehaus | |
| NIEHAUS, Katarine S. | 21 May 1874 | 24 Mar 1877 | ||
| NIEHAUS, Mary L. | 23 Jan 1862 | 25 Oct 1870 | Dau of A. & M. Niehaus | |
| NOLAN, Kay K. Hewitt | 28 Apr 1945 | 19 Aug 1987 | ||
| PLUMPE, Catharine Elizabeth | 17 Aug 1878 | 16 Mar 1890 | Dau of Friedrich & Louise Plumpe | |
| PLUMPE, Fritz | 30 Aug 1886 | 52y4m15d | ||
| PLUMPE, Louise | 1840 | 1917 | ||
| STALEY, Carrie J. | 27 Jun 1893 | 29 Jul 1963 | ||
| STOFFEY, Unknown | ||||
| STORK, Louise | 22 Dec 1825 | 23 Dec 1908 | ||
| STUMPE, Anna M. | 25 Aug 1812 | 2 Aug 1883 | ||
| STUMPE, Henry J. | 3 Jan 1813 | 26 Feb 1900 | ||
| TORBECK, Victor Otto Wm. | 12 May 1914 | 5 Jul 2004 | Married 25 Sep 1960 | |
| WITTENBURG, Katherine | 1900 | 1962 | ||
| WITTENBURG, Louis | 1899 | 1960 | ||
| ZIEGLER, Paul F. | 1878 | 1913 |