West Nidaros Cemetery

The cemetery was part of the original church site of about three acres purchased from Nels and Christine Otterby for $100. Lewis Otterby donated a little less than an acre to the cemetery in 1934, and another three acres were purchased from Curtis and Agnes Otterby in 1975.

Six sons of the congregation are buried here; Anders Larsgaard, Hans Peter Aasan, Reinhardt Ulvilden, George Ulvilden, Selmer Hilmoe, and Lee Pederson.

The total number of graves as of May 16, 2011 is 793. There are many graves of veterans: one from the Spanish American War; 20 from World War 1, 23 from World War 11; 33 from the Korean conflict; the remainder since the Korean War. There are nine centenarians in the cemetery.

Here is a link that gives most of the interments of the cemetery. We can also look up a record for you if you email or call us. Our written records go back to 1868 under the name Nidaros Evangelical Lutheran. If you don’t find your relative located in our cemetery and are sure they should be listed, please let us know.