The cemetery is next to the Zion Lutheran Church that is located nine miles north and two miles west of Shelton, NE. It was formerly said to be near Luce, a tiny community one-mile south that is no longer in existance.

Read by Jean Reese and Roma Muhlbach Black, 27 April 27 2001, up-dated August 2003.

The rows run north and south.

Row One (West side)
There are several unmarked childrens' graves in this row.

Niemoth, Clara    Aug. 16, 1898 - Juli 14, 1901
Niemack, son of John     Gest  an  1 July 1904
Hei??? and Emma Ohlman   Geb and Gest 5 Dec 1906
Ohlmann, Edna    26 Nov 1906 - 3 Jan 1907
Butzke, W.?.A.   25 Dec 1906 - 11 Jan 1907
Ahrens, Hermann  11 Sept 1904 - 7 Mai 1907
Ahrens, Edwin, son of Leo und E.,   7 Juli 1908 - 30 Apri 1909
Ahrens, Rudolph, son of Heinrich & Minna, 4 July 1909 - 11 July 1909
Ostermeyer, Clarence, inf. son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry,  Dec 12, 1910 - Jan 22. 1911
Wagenknecht, Werner   27 Apr 1912 - 10 Sept 1916
Ahrens, Infant Daughter of E.A. and Clara,  Nov 1920
Custer, Leona     Jan 11, 1912 - Jan 9, 1921
Hongsermeier, Ella    Mar 12, 1921 - Mar 31, 1921
Schmidt, Paul      Feb 20, 1892 - Feb 20, 1892
Schmidt, Helmer    Oct 29, 1910 - Oct 29, 1910
Schmidt, Ella      Oct 29, 1910 - Dec 27, 1910
Gehl, Edward, son of August and Alice, Dec 31, 1925 - Jan 1, 1926
Juengel, Louise E.   Mar 19, 1925 - Mar 21, 1926
Laverne, son of August and Alice Gehle   Jan 3, 1927 - Apr 29, 1927
Ohlmann, Infant son of Paul and Martha,  July 12, 1931
Ohlmann, Arlette Marie   Jan 30, 1933 - Feb 1, 1933
Hongsermeier, Alfred     Nov 19, 1927 - Jan 29, 1933


Row Two:
Ohlmann, Friederich Zacharias         1 Mai, 1833 - 23 April 1913
Ohlmann, Elise, wife of Frederich Z.  5 Marz 1835 - 2 Marz 1901
Ahrens, Wilhelmine  25 Mure(umlat over the u,March?)1889 - 25 Mai 1906
Ahrens, Friedrika  wife of Louis   Aug 9, 1859 - July 18, 1912
Ahrens, Louis          Oct 19, 1868 - Sept 20, 1941
Niemack, Johann        Dec 3, 1849 - June 1, 1915
Niemack, Wilhelmina    Oct 27, 1858 - Nov 4, 1922
Rohrbach, Fritz      Dec 12, 1839 - Dec 17, 1916
Rohrbach, Sophia     Mar 27, 1842 - Jan 12, 1938
Holtz, Mary      1854 - 1917
Holtz, Henry     1846 - 1930
Ahrens, Emma Carolina   8 Jan 1898 - 20 Mai 1918
Kuster, William F     Sep  20, 1887 - Nov 22, 1918
Ohlmann, Gerhard      Sep 25, 1904 - Nov 27, 1927
Meyer,    father      mother    (no names or dates visible)
Reese, Marie       Dec 8, 1866 - Dec 17, 1923
Reese, Ernest      Nov 24, 1857 - Mar 31, 1939
Kuster, William F.   Mar 27, 1856 - Feb 4, 1925
Kuster, Anna         Dec 5, 1854 - July 14, 1933
Schmidt, William F   Sept 1, 1855 - Oct 5, 1913
Schmidt, Maria B.    Jan 23, 1867 - July 7, 1946
Kuster, Carl W.      Aug 28, 1884 - Sept 20, 1925
Kuster, Louise A.    July 8, 1888 - July 28, 1980


Row Three:
Ahrens, Caroline Sophie   1866 - 1949
Ahrens, Carl  Fredrick    1853 - 1927
Holtz, Imogene L.    1911 - 1928
Hadenfeldt, John     1883 - 1935
Hadenfeldt, Minnie   1884 - 1960
Moss, Henry   1875 - 1935
Moss, Emma    1883 - 1960
Wagner, Theodore A. Apr 20, 1902 - Nov 1, 1936
Ohlmann, Clara C.   1877 - 1954
Ohlmann, Friedrich  1866 - 1938
Hansen, Louis C.    Feb 8, 1898 - May 1, 1938
Hansen, Irene M.    Mar 27, 1903 - Sept 23, 1991
Muhlbach, Henry E.  Apr 23, 1895 - Nov 20, 1939
Muhlbach, Laura E.  Aug 20, 1900 - Mar 29, 1970
Ahrens, Elisa       Feb 9, 1963 - Feb 28, 1963
Ahrens, Leopold     Mar 19, 1863 - Nov 14, 1940
Arnold, Casper      June 17, 1869 - Feb 23, 1942
Arnold, Anna M.     July 24, 1876 - Sept 19, 1957
Ohlmann, Dietrich A.   Aug 8, 1879 - Nov 5, 1942
Ohlmann, Katherine M.  Jan 5, 1881 - July 7, 1954
Ahrens, Amanda  M.S.   Sept 13, 1905 - Mar 8, 1992


Row Four:
Ohlmann, Infant Daughter of Viola and Fred  July 1, 1933
Beckler, Arthur (no dates)
Ohlmann, Father  John H.      1872 - 1954
Ohlmann, Mother  Dorothea L.  1878 - 1959
Borgmann, Karl F.  Dec 3, 1883 - Mar 5, 1956
Ohlmann, Betty Jean      Dec 27, 1926 - Dec 11, 1956
Ohlmann, Willis   Paul   Feb 18, 1924 - Dec 11, 1956  Married   Sept 25, 1948
Ostermeyer, Henry W.  July 26, 1887 - Oct 19,. 1957
Ostermeyer, Anna      Oct 4, 1891 - Aug 22, 1993
Meyer, Edwin F.     Oct 26, 1898 - Mar 8, 1961
Meyer, Wilhelmine   Sep 12, 1898 -  June 4, 1973
Meyer, Roy H.       May 8, 1933 - Oct 6, 1966
Arnold, Alvin V.C.  Sep 11, 1901 - May 24 1973

Row Five:
Schmidt, Alexander   1893 - 1945  WW1  1917 - 1918
Muhlbach, Fred A.    1897 - 1987
Muhlbach, Marie A.   1901 - 1946
Mathilda A. Otto     1927 - 1950
Moss, Ida       1886 - 1950
Moss, John C.   1884 - 1960
Reese, Laura    May 24, 1902 - Nov 7, 1952
Ostermeyer,  William   Dec 24, 1889 - Nov 25, 1952
Ostermeyer,  Lora A.   July 2, 1893 - Jan 27, 1989

Row Six:
Meyer, Larry, inf. Son of Ronald and Opal   Nov 1, 1963
Trubl, Patricia Ann, dau. of Roy & Vernetta     Nov 28, 1958 - Oct. 30, 1972
Arnold, Leonard C.   1905 - 1976
Arnold, Louise C     1908 - 1980
Ohlmann, Martin H.   Jan 7, 1900 - Oct 8, 1976
Ohlmann, Hulda       Jan 14, 1897 - June 16, 1977
Ohlmann, Paul F.     Mar 24, 1898 - Nov 4, 1978
Ohlmann, Martha M.   Aug 26, 1896 - Jan 17, 1993
Pope, Floyd F.       Jan 7, 1910 - May 25, 1979
Pope, Ruby Born      Nov 21, 1918 - June 2,  2003
Ostermeyer, Craig A.   Dec 30, 1958 - Set 29, 1979
Reese, Martin        June 20, 1897 - Oct 18, 1988
Kuster, Clarence W.  Nov 27, 1914 - Dec 14, 1998

Row Seven:
Hongsermeier, Edwin C.H.    Nov 19, 1910 - June 28, 1983
Hongsermeier, Sarah         May 20, 1912 - June 27, 2003
Arnold, Clarence E.         June 7, 1910 - May 6, 1989
Meyer, Anna C.      Mar 10, 1909 - Dec 28, 1988
Meyer, Oscar F.     Mar 29, 1907 - Aug 24, 1993
Reese, Minnie E.    Oct 9, 1898 - Mar 15, 1992
Reese, Herman E.    Oct 31, 1892 - June 10, 1989  WW1 Veteran,  Married  Nov 3, 1921
Muhlbach, Ella L. (Reese) May 25, 1907 - May 1, 1992
Muhlbach, Richard E.      May 20, 1904 - Sep 21, 1989
Baade, Hulda       Jan 21, 1903 - Apr 22, 1990
Baade, Clarence    May 6, 1905 - Dec 14, 1990
Niemack, Rodney L.        Feb 5, 1932 - Apr 5, 1994
Ohlmann, Elton M.         July 27,1928 - Jun 5, 2002
Klinkacek, Zella (Smith)  Dec 9,1926 - Oct 18, 2001


Row Eight:
Quaring, Everett A.      Feb 24, 1912 - May 21, 1999

The Fort Kearney Genealogical Society may have additional information from the cemetery record book.

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