Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Deer Ridge Cemetery History Excerpt

Deer Ridge Cemetery gate, looking east, 4 August 2024.

The following is an excerpt regarding the Deer Ridge district cemetery, St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, from A Homesteader's Dream, a locally compiled history book:

St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery  

by E. D. Nyberg

The first meeting to arrange to have a cemetery in this district was held May 28th, 1932 by Rev. Weidenhammer. At this meeting a motion moved by Carl Scharkowski and second by Chas. Joelson that a cemetery be arrange for though the sponsorship of a religious group and that this cemetery by a community cemetery where burial privileges were extended to all.

A committee was elected for purposed of selecting a plot and bringing in suggestions regarding a cemetery. Committee was Chas. Joelson, A. F. Nyberg, Walter Morris, and Chas. Kennedy.

June 28th, 1932 another meeting was held where Chas. Joelson moved and seconded by A. F. Nyberg that a piece of land about one acre in extent; the NE corner of SE ¼ of section 5 Township 52 Range 1 W of 3rd be set aside for a cemetery. This land was donated by Charles Joelson as it was a part of his quarter.

The cemetery was named St. Paul’s Lutheran which was the name of the church when we had one.

In May 1934 Mrs. Kroken canvassed the district for funds for the cemetery. To do this she walked around the district and collected the sum of $25.05. She was even offered a bushel of wheat. Money was scarce then. 

The R.M. gives an annual donation of $10.00 and donations from anyone help to keep a fund on hand. 

Proceeds from lunch sold at Korken’s Auction Sale of $110.00 was used to buy posts and wire to fence it, but has since been taken down.

When the Ladies Community Club folded up they turned over the balance of $404.83 they had on hand. This helped to buy the name sign above the gate.

Trees and shrubs have been planted but have not grown. We have a riding lawn mover which John Viklund operates when necessary.

An annual clean-up-bee is held every spring. Anyone is free to go and cut the grass and plant flowers. Elmer Joleson looks after grave selections. Mrs. F. Nyberg is Secretary Treasurer.

The following is a list of everyone laid to rest in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery at Deer Ridge:

Names Age Year

Pearson (Mrs Edquist’s mother) 81 years 1932

Abdai, Gizella (baby) 2 years 1933

Lee, Garth (baby) 6 months 1936

Lens, Edmund 18 years 1936

Ljuden (twins) 1 year 1936-37

Viklund, Konrad 12 years 1938

Ryang, Krist 44 years 1939

Brunsdon, Beulah 26 years 1940

Nyberg, Harry 24 years 1940

Grimes, Edward 35 years 1941

Ek, Mrs. Jenny 44 years 1944

Nyberg, (baby) stillborn 194?

Scharkowski, Carl 45 years 1945

Meier, Wm. [William] 47 years 1945

Ek, (baby) 6 months 1946

Ferguson, Mrs. Lily 68 years 1946

Wasstrom, Joans 69 years 1946

Suetta, Vausty (baby) 3 months ?

Pearsons, Joans 75 years 1946

Miller, D. J. ? ?

Peterson, Henry ? ?

Monus, Esther 97 years May 29, 1947

Kroken, Helmar 51 years Jul. 13, 1949

Pearson, Christina 77 years Dec. 6, 1949

Johnson, Gustav 73 years Dec. 17, 1949

Belus, (baby) ? ?

Paul, Daniel 69 years Jan. 19, 1950

Viklund, (baby) stillborn Sept. 2, 1950

Olson, Gunhild 47 years May 16, 1951

Herdin, Hans 61 years Aug. 18, 1951

Ohlund, Elizabeth 19 years Feb. 16, 1952

Johnson, Brita 71 years Oct. 27, 1952

Sjogren, Brian Andrew 2 months Mar. 22, 1954

Miller, James Oscar 69 years Jan. 11, 1955

Joelson, Carl John 85 years Mar. 15, 1955

Hooper, Margaret (moved) 76 years May 12, 1955

Stene, Wilfred 15 years May 18, 1955

Joelson, Marie Augusta 68 years Sept. 20 1955

Sjogren, Anna Fredricke 66 years Sept. 23, 1955

Smith, Larry Edward 13 years Feb. 22, 1957

Monas, Ronald Gary 1 months May 2, 1957

Coombs, David Eric 13 years Nov. 13, 1957

Schuetz, John Baptiste 50 years Dec. 20, 1958

Monus, Kalman 84 years Mar. 23, 1959

Belus, George 66 years Aug. 8, 1959

Herdin, Anton Leo 39 years Dec. 23, 1959

Kormos, John G. 16 years Apr. 18, 1960

Nyberg, Ronald Allen 24 years Jul. 2, 1960

Monus, Lea 74 years Sept. 19, 1960

Strube, Fritz George 82 years Apr. 19, 1961

Viklund, Karl Herman 78 years Apr. 22, 1961

Herdin, Emma 68 years Jul. 25, 1962

Nyberg, Andrew Ferdinand 75 years May 19, 1963

Nyberg, John Albert 78 years Jun. 19, 1963

Anderson, Alexander 47 years Jan. 18, 1964

Kormos, Edward Michael 32 years Jun. 30, 1964

Flaagan, Andres Reierson 92 years Jul. 9, 1964

Strube, Freiderika 88 years Jun. 13, 1965

Kormos, Juluis John 32 years Mar. 29, 1966

Abdai, Joseph 74 years Sept. 12, 1966

Sjogren, Janet Lee (baby) 1 day Sept. 13, 1966

Hegedus, Lydia 80 years Oct. 1, 1966

Belus, Ethel 58 years Oct. 9, 1968

Nyberg, Hilma Augusta 87 years Feb. 7, 1969

Johnson, Milda Karolina 61 years Jun. 18, 1970

Randell, Christine Florence (baby) 21 days Nov. 15, 1970

Mason, Stanley Alfred 54 years Nov. 26, 1970

Ohlund, Beda Katarine 66 years Jul. 5, 1971

Joelson, Mary Josephine 39 years Nov. 4, 1973

Edquist, Conrad Theodore 87 years Dec. 1, 1973

Szell, Annie 74 years Mar. 5, 1974

Thompson, Hannah 88 years Mar. 12, 1976

Stead, Ernest Edgar 75 years Aug. 5, 1976

Sjogren, Anderw 81 years Aug. 30, 1976

Randell, Robert E. 48 years Aug. 31, 1976

Flagon, Ray (Reier) Anderson 64 years Nov. 22, 1976

Nyberg, Glenn Edward 38 years Jun. 4, 1978

Abdai, Anna 80 years Jul. 2, 1978

Belus, Helen 56 years Aug. 7, 1978

Thompson, Olaf 68 years Aug. 29, 1978

Gale, Robert Charles 28 years Nov. 12, 1978

Edquist, Ida Maria Olivia 92 years Jan. 23, 1979

Johansen, Haaken 82 years Aug. 19, 1979

Source: "St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery." A Homesteader’s Dream: History of Deer Ridge, Lone Spruce, Mayview, Cookson, Sturgeon River. D.M.C.S. History Book, 1981. pp. 20-21. Print.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Joseph William MARSHALL (1924-2020)

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
J. W. BILL  |   EVELYN
FEB. 3, 1924    | MAY 30, 1927
NOV. 7, 2020   |                         
MARSHALL

Bill Marshall died age 96 years, 9 months, and 4 days. He is the son of Joseph and Hettie (née Cockbill) Marshall who are buried in the same plot. His obituary is posted at the MacKenzie Funeral Chapel & Crematorium website.

Source: Wild Rose West Cemetery (Wild Rose, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 10, Township 50, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Bill Marshall's grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, August 2024.

Friday, October 25, 2024

Wooden marker, South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2011.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Wild Rose West Cemetery Abstract

Wild Rose West Cemetery 
Rural Municipality of Shellbrook #493
SW 10 50 2 W3 
53°17'40.9"N 106°13'20.9"W
First known burial in 1919, 52 known burials by June 2024 

Adamson, Mabel (Lowe) 15 Apr 1913–22 Aug 2007

Bartlett, John 23 Dec 1877–22 Feb 1924, husband of  Catherine Cook
Bickers, Charles 11 Oct 1891–1 Jul 1983, son of Charles and Jane (née Shields) Bickers
Bickers, Charles 19 Apr 1857–17 Feb 1940, husband of Jane Shields
Bickers, Jane (Shields) 20 Dec 1858–8 Mar–1954, wife of Charles Bickers
Brad, Shelley (Stene) 29 Jul 1958–23 Dec 2018, daughter of Minard and Mary (née Skotte) Stene, divorced Harold Brad

Campbell, cemetery map shows buried in Plot #D3
Canfield, Catherine Aug 1841–20 Dec 1928, wife of Jesse Canfield
Canfield, George 13 Jun 1894–14 Dec 1958, son of George and Mary (née Willis) Canfield, husband of Ivy
Canfield, George 1868–29 May 1952, son of Jesse & Catherine Canfield, husband of Mary Ann Willis
Canfield, Ivy 11 Jul 1906–29 Jan 1979, wife of George Canfield
Canfield, Jesse Jan 1835–12 May 1919, husband of Catherine
Canfield, Mary Ann 1874–10 Sep 1964, wife of George Canfield
Cummins, John 4 Aug 1860–9 Dec 1937, husband of Nannie Yokley
Cummins, John 31 Dec 1912–2 Mar 1924
Cummins, John (infant) 20 May 1927–14 Apr 1927
Cummins, Nannie (Yokley)  2 Apr 1863– 15 Oct 1937, wife of John Cummins

Dunlop, Frances (Miller) 18 Jul 1893–2 Oct 1976, daughter of George and Alice Miller, wife of Raymond Dunlop.
Dunlop, Rose (infant) 4 Jul 1930, daughter of Raymond and Frances (née Miller) Dunlop

Excell, Thomas 16 Oct 1887–23 Apr 1921, husband of Eva Banks

Forsberg, F. (infant) 9 Jun 1920–10 Jun 1920

Gale, Alice (Dixon) 22 Sep 1864–27 Apr 1850, wife of William Gale
Gale, Alva 2 Jan 1897–18 Apr 1925, son of William & Alice (née Dixon) Gale
Gale, Robert 7 Apr 1906–30 Aug 1906, son of William & Alice (née Dixon) Gale, twin of Rena
Gale, Roland 15 Jul 1908–7 Aug 1908, son of William & Alice (née Dixon) Gale, 
Gale, William 26 May 1859–9 Nov 1950, husband of Alice Dixon

Halliday, Florence 1913 24 May 1934
Hoopfer, Sarah (Ayers) 7 May 1871–23 Feb 1931, wife of John Hoopfer

Johnston, William 1909–12 May 1925

Kilmer, Anne 12 Aug 1856–31 Dec 1926
Kilmer, John 28 Apr 1852–20 Oct 1935
Kilmer, Rose (infant) 26 May 1931–26 May 1931

Lowe, Anna 13 Mar 1894–22 Apr 1925
Lowe, Hazel 29 Jul 1918–Jun 1920
Lowe, Helen 14 Mar 1915–19 Oct 1936
Lycan, Beatrice (Hopkins) 15 Apr 1892–26 Dec 1932, daughter of William & Alice (née Williamson) Hopkins, wife of John Lycan
Lycan, John 27 Mar 1887–18/20 Aug 1940, son of John and Flora (née Clark) Lycan, husband of Beatrice Hopkins
Lycan, Lawrence 30 Oct 1926–5/7 Jan 1928, son of John and Beatrice (née Hopkins) Lycan, twin of Lester

Marshall, Hettie (Cockbill) 2 Jun 1886–30 Nov 1964, wife of Joseph Marshall
Marshall, Joseph 3 Aug 1885–21 Nov 1947, husband of Hettie Cockbill
Marshall, Joseph William "Bill" 3 Feb 1924–7 Nov 2020, son of Joseph and Hettie (née Cockbill) Marshall, husband of Evelyn Roberts
Miller, Fanny 8 Jun 1847–26 Nov 1921, wife of Henry Miller
Miller, Henry 24 Feb 1847–28 Feb 1921, husband of Fanny
Miller, Lucretia 31 Mar 1908–24 Jun 1935
Miller, M. (stillborn) 27 Nov 1926

Nygaard, Maria 1862/4–10 Nov 1927, wife of Soren Nygaard
Nygaard, Soren 27 Mar 1863–9 Jul 1939, husband of Maria

Odegaard, M. (infant) 20 Oct 1938

Risedorf, Orsen May 1856–1928, son of Francis and Phoebe (née Dayton) Risedorf; husband of Evelyn Tritton, Lettie Davis, Emma (Ruther) Westerhouse, and Margaret (Monson) Twigge

Skotte, Christian 1882–29 Jul 1937, husband of Laura Jorgensen
Skotte, Laura (Jorgensen) 16 Aug 1883–16 Mar 1927, wife of Christian Skotte 
Skotte, Norman 1920–5 Apr 1985, son of Christian and Laura (née Jorgensen) Skotte
Soles, William 1863–1936, interred into the South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert, SK on 25 Aug 1961

Watson, George 20 Apr 1919–20 Mar 1920, son of G. T. and G. E. Watson

Friday, July 19, 2024


McGregor markers, South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2011.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Briarlea North Cemetery Abstract

Briarlea North Cemetery
Rural Municipality of Shellbrook #493
SE 21-50-1-W3
53°19'43.5"N 106°04'39.4"W
Established in 1939, first known burial in 1940, 13 known burials by June 2024

Anderson, Frank 1881–1967, son of John and Eleanore (née Smyth) Anderson, husband of Jessie Rogers
Anderson, J. E. Isabel 28 Sep 1926–4 Sep 2000
Anderson, Jessie (Rogers) 1885–1987, daughter of Stuart and Isabel (née Anderson) Rogers, wife of Frank Anderson
Anderson, Stuart 5 Apr 1920–26 Aug 2007

Bannerman, John 1903–1940, son of Selkirk and Adelaide (née Bird) Bannerman, husband of Zella Stroud
Beaton, Ada (Brunsdon) 1891–1953, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (née Larkham) Brunsdon, wife of Duncan Beaton 
Beaton, Allan 31 Mar 1923–14 Feb 2017, son of Duncan and Ada (née Brunsdon) Beaton
Beaton, Duncan 1859–1942, son of Roderick and Henrietta Beaton, husband of Ada Brunsdon
Burrill, Godfrey 1929–2004, husband of Pamela Russell
Burrill, Pamela (Russell) 1931–2001, wife of Godfrey Burrill

Sainsbury, William 1880–1941
Surtees, Charlotte (Parr) 1870–1951, wife of Thomas Surtees
Surtees, Thomas 1865–1944, husband of Charlotte Parr

Friday, July 12, 2024

Janet Sharpe's angel, South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2011.