This new entrance to Willow Grove Cemetery was constructed in the summer of 2013. There is a 'companion' photo of the other side of the driveway.

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WILLOW GROVE CEMETERY is located on County Road 65A (New Bremen-New Knoxville Road), approximately 2½ miles northeast of New Bremen, Ohio.

The 12.14 acres was purchased in 1865 by Cord/Cort/Carl Dicke from C.H. Gottlieb Nietert. Both couples are buried here, as are some of their descendants.

Papers were filed on March 21, 1866 with Mr. Jas. H. Skinner, Auglaize County Recorder with 18 signatures. On September 2, 1941, due to the original title having never been filed or having been lost, the trustees applied for a fee simple (quiet) title, which was recorded in Journal Entry #13345 on January 2, 1942 in the Common Pleas Court, Auglaize County.

For many years the only records kept were a book recording lots purchased and monies paid. Beginning in 1994, a group of property owners and volunteers, feeling the need for better and more accurate records, walked the cemetery and recorded all legible names and dates from the tombstones.

Combining these new tombstone recordings with information from past research, funeral notices, family history books, church records, and from knowledgeable individuals, we feel these records are now in the best order we can make available.

[History by Susie Hirschfeld – 1/1/1996]

This entrance sign was replaced in the summer of 2013. See the new photos...

WILLOW GROVE CEMETERY is located on County Road 65A (New Bremen-New Knoxville Road), approximately 2½ miles northeast of New Bremen, Ohio.

The 12.14 acres was purchased in 1865 by Cord/Cort/Carl Dicke from C.H. Gottlieb Nietert. Both couples are buried here, as are some of their descendants.

Papers were filed on March 21, 1866 with Mr. Jas. H. Skinner, Auglaize County Recorder with 18 signatures. On September 2, 1941, due to the original title having never been filed or having been lost, the trustees applied for a fee simple (quiet) title, which was recorded in Journal Entry #13345 on January 2, 1942 in the Common Pleas Court, Auglaize County.

For many years the only records kept were a book recording lots purchased and monies paid. Beginning in 1994, a group of property owners and volunteers, feeling the need for better and more accurate records, walked the cemetery and recorded all legible names and dates from the tombstones.

Combining these new tombstone recordings with information from past research, funeral notices, family history books, church records, and from knowledgeable individuals, we feel these records are now in the best order we can make available.

[History by Susie Hirschfeld – 1/1/1996]

A new entrance to Willow Grove Cemetery was constructed in the summer of 2013. This is a 'companion' photo of the other side of the driveway.

This flagpole was erected October 10, 1971 in Willow Grove Cemetery by Eldora Speedway Enterprises in memory of Frank Dicke, well known race promoter.

It also serves as a memorial for 3 W.W.II veterans: Albert C. Ahlers, Merlin Hirschfeld, Orlando Maurer.