Iowa resident , geocacher and cemetery finder. Rural cemeteries are the best. I love making connections with family history. I have much respect for those that have gone before us. I also greatly appreciate all that served our great country, especially those that made the ultimate sacrifice.

I will gladly transfer memorials to family members when asked. I will also delete photos that are not to your liking.

I want to provide people with accurate information of the final resting place of their ancestors. I have walked several cemeteries in Story County Iowa in their entirety, and my goal is to visit every headstone in Story county to ensure it is documented.

UPDATE, All Story county cemeteries walked as of Aug 2025, Boone county in progress

Story County:

Story Memorial Gardens

Ontario Cemetery

Cory Family Cemetery

Walnut Grove near Huxley

Lincoln Cemetery near Huxley

Sheldahl Lutheran Cemetery

Sheldahl Cemetery , Polk County

Slater Cemetery

Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Slater

Iowa State University Cemetery

Bloomington Cemetery - what is left of it after vandalism

Pleasant Grove - North of Ames

Sheffield

Murphy

Oak Hill

Born

Evergreen Memory Garden - Nevada

Pleasant Run

St Patrick's - Nevada

Fjeldberg , Huxley

Nevada Municipal: Finished March 2025

South Saint Petri, Gilbert: March 2025

Bethany Cemetery , Kelley : with my son, March 29 2025

Center Grove, Apr 2025

Center Cemetery, Story City- Apr 21, 2025

Knoll a.k.a. Story County Poor Farm Cemetery - Apr 22, 2025

McCallsburg, Apr 2025

East Bergen, Apr 24, 2025

Roland, Apr 2025

Fosen - Apr 26,2025

Zearing - May 2025

Palestine, Huxley - May 2025

Colo - May 18 2025

St. James, Colo - May 2025

Deter - May 25, 2025

Woodland, Iowa Center - May 2025

Maxwell Cemetery - May 31, 2025

Peoria Cemetery, on Story /Polk county line south of Maxwell- Jun 1 2025

Collins - June 2025

Brubaker/ Old Maxwell June 21 , 2025

Cambridge - June 2025

Story City - July 4th weekend 2025

Gilbert - July 12 2025

McMichael Pioneer - Aug 17, 2025 - nice hike

Baldus cemetery- Aug 22, 2025

Mound cemetery- Aug 22, 2025

Boone County Iowa:

Rose Hill Cemetery - east of Luther. 2024

Pleasant Hill - south of Boone. 2024

Olive Branch. 2024

Renner. 2024

Saints Peter and Paul, Boone county near Gilbert: March 29 2025

David Peoples aka North Peoples - May 27 2025

Hillsdale - Completed June 2025

Hull - Aug 24, 2025

Sparks - Aug 24, 2025

Mt. Hope - Completed Aug 31, 2025

Fairview, Douglas Twp., near Madrid - Completed Sep 2, 2025

Dallander - Sep 2, 2025

Cassell - Sep 4, 2025

Woodward State Hospital - Sep 8,2025

Liberty - Sep 8, 2025

Quincy - Sep 8, 2025

Rose Hill, west of Boone - Sep 9 2025

Squire Boone - Sep 16-17, 2025

Oakwood - Sep 20, 2025

Boone Memorial Gardens - Sep 21-22, 2025

Fairview, Union Twp. , North of Perry - Sep 24 205

Peoples - Sep 24-25, 2025

Swede Valley - Sep 25, 2025

Beaver - Sep 27, 2025

Grand Ridge - Sep 27, 2025

Maple Grove - Sep 27, 2025

Maas - Sep 27, 2025

Union - Sep 30, 2025

Lawn - Oct 1, 2025

Sacred Heart - completed Oct 8, 2025

Bluff Creek - Oct 9, 2025 , possible GPS issues

Bass Point - Oct 11, 2025 - GPS issues, some are inaccurate so I quit taking them

Pilot Mound - completed Oct 17, 2025, No GPS, photos I added could have wrong GPS

Leininger - Oct 18, 2025

White - Oct 18, 2025

Mineral Ridge - Oct 24, 2025; Partial GPS, some may be wrong

Linwood Park - In progress, planning to finish spring of 2026. East sections are done as of May 2026

Latham , Boone 5/14/26

Linn/Owen , 6/1/26

Mitchell 6/18/26

St. Paul Lutheran 6/18/26

Mackey 6/18/26

Other Iowa Cemeteries I have walked every grave:

Sorden Cemetery , Webster, Keokuk county

Lanesboro Cemetery, Carroll county

St Joseph's Cemetery , Wright county

Troy Cemetery, Wright county

Mormon Point, Mahaska county, May 11 2025

Porter Cemetery, Keokuk county, May 25 2025

North Branch, Madison county , June 12 2025

Moeckley, Polk county , Oct 17 2025

Coons Family, south of Slater, Polk County, Oct 17 2025

Vegors Cemetery, Webster County - Oct 24, 2025

Homer Cemetery, Hamilton County- May 6, 2026

Liberty Center, Hamilton County 5/6/26

Neese Cemetery, Hamilton County 5/12/26

Woolstock, Wright County 5/18/26

Saratoga, Hamilton County 5/18/27

Victory Union, Guthrie County 5/26/26

Outside Iowa

Bohemian Cemetery, Cainsville MO, May 16 2025