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Otter Creek Cemetery
Tombstone Photos


These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Larry & Linda Kopet and Sue Gilbertson!   Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource!  Use your back browser button to return to this page. Please note that these generous contributions do not necessarily depict all tombstone photographs for a given cemetery.


Adams, John H. and Minnie C.
Afkend, Martin and Helen E.
Afkind, Gustav E.
Anderson, Annie
Anderson, Ashel and Mary
Anderson, Gullick and family
Anderson, P.
Arneson, Alvin
Arneson, Arne and Dorte
Arneson, Esther Leona
Arneson, Raghnild
Arneson, Sigri
Ashel, A.J. and Tillie
Askelson, Isabelle
Askelson, John
Askelson, Joran Ashel
Baker, Clara J.
Baker, Harold and Mary
Beagles, Samuel
Bergseth, Ever E.
Bergseth, Kirstie E.
Blabaum, Alvin F. and Emma S.
Christianson, Ernie
Christianson, Peter and Inge Mathia
Christopher, Bennett Magnus
Dater, Agnete Haavels
Erickson, Thomas and Sigrid
Espeseth, Marlin O. and Belva I.
Gaarder, Andrew and Bertha
Garthwait, Marian E. and Fay D.
Gilbertson, Andrew and Annie Marie
Gilbertson, Olaf
Gilbertson, Ole and Mary
Gilbertson, Radnil
Gulbrandson, Gulbrand and Anna
Gulbrans, unclear
Halverson, Anna
Halverson, Annie Marie
Halverson, Gilbert
Halvorson, Clemmet and Inger
Hanson, Gilbert and Bertha Pilger
Helgesen, Arne and Bertha
Hilden, Nels P.
Hilden, Sofee
Hinson, Dewey R. (Rocky) and Delia B. (Del)
Holverson, Henry
Holverson, Ole
Iverson, Isaac B. and Carrie A.
Iverson, Frank Alan & Letha Mearl (Morris) [text]
Johnson, Nels
Komperud, A. and Aster
Komprud, Andrew and family
Larsen, Gertrude
Larson, Johanna Maria
Leslie, Lewis
Lightfoot, Louis H. and Esther
Nankee, Erin Jeanne
Nelson, Sarah
Olson, Martha
Olson, Ole S. and family
Otter Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery Sign,  
Palan, John R. Jr.
Pederson, Christian
Pelanek, Steven and family
Peterson, Elling and Carrie
Peterson, Peter and unclear
Reed, Joseph and Phebe
Reed, Walton and Mary Emma
Rhinerson, Alfred
Roum, John L.
Sather, Christian O. and Gurene H.
Satther, Ole Olsen
Sittig, George J.
Slakson, Dorathy
Stahmann, Ellen and Gorder, Eric
Stoa, Andres and Mary
Thomas, Thomas and Annie
Walsted, Martin
Wolsted, Hans O. and Caroline

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WISCONSIN MUNICIPALITIES: Cities Towns, and Villages, often referred to as 'municipalities' in Wisconsin law, are the governmental units that relate most directly to citizens' everyday lives.

TOWNS, like counties, were created by the state to provide basic municipal services. Rooted in New England and New York tradition, town government came to Wisconsin with the settlers, but Wisconsin towns were not like their Eastern counterparts that reflected the existing patterns of local settlement. In Wisconsin, towns are geographical subdivisions of counties. Towns originally served (and for the most part they continue to serve) rural areas. Towns govern those areas of Wisconsin not included in the corporate boundaries of cities and villages.

The difference between "township" and "town" often confuses the public. In Wisconsin, "township' refers to the surveyor's township which was laid out to identify land parcels within a county. Theoretically. a township is a square tract of land, measuring six miles on a side for a total of 36 square miles in the unit. Each township is divided into 36 sections. "Town", as the word is used in Wisconsin, denotes a specific unit of government. It's boundaries may coincide with the surveyor's township or it may look quite different. A Town may include one, parts of or several townships.

CITIES and VILLAGES, often referred to as "incorportated areas", govern territory where population is more concentrated. In general, minimum population for incorporation as a village is 150 residents for an isolated village and 2,500 for a metropolitan village located in a more densely settled area. For cities, the minimums are 1,000 and 5,000 respectively. As cities and villages are incorporated, they are carved out of the town territory and become independent units no longer subject to the town's control. The remainder of the town may take on a 'Swiss cheese" configuration as its area is reduced.

[Information above taken from "State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1997-1998"]

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ProjectCopyright Notice: These generous contributions do not necessarily depict all tombstone photographs for a given cemetery. The source for many of the cemetery names and placenames on these pages come from Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin, 3rd edition, compiled by Linda M. Herrick and Wendy K. Uncapher. The book is published by Origins at 4327 Milton Ave. Janesville, WI 53546. All files on this site are copyrighted by their creator and/or contributor. They may be linked to but may not be reproduced on another site without specific permission from Tina Vickery [mailto:tsvickery@gmail.com] and/or their contributor. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which they are presented, the notes and comments, etc., are. It is however, quite permissable to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use ONLY.

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