Tombstone Tuesday: RISEDORF

Mrs
Risedorf¹

Dear Mr Risedorf,

Mr Orson Risedorf, I can only admire a man who elects to move at age fifty-seven to Canada to homestead. But Mr Risedorf, what is the name of your second wife who was a widow? The one who you tantalized with a story of theft and murder in the United States whilst you and your six children of your first wife, Evelyn Tritton, were in Canada awaiting the arrival of Mrs Risedorf II?²

Mr Risedorf, what is the name of your third wife who was the widow Mrs Twigg? Harold Cecil Twigge Sr., son of Mrs Risedorf III, why do you not mention your mother's name?³

Please, I would very much like to know the name of these women.

Sincerely Frustrated,
A Grave Undertaking 

Source: 
[1]Wild Rose North Cemetery (Wild Rose, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 14, Township 50, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Mrs Risedorf grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.
[2] "Risedorf, Orson." Footprints of Our Pioneers: Briarlea, Crutwell, Holbein, Nisbet, Rozilee, Wild Rose. Shellbrook: Wild Rose and Area Book Committee, 1990. p. 647. Print.
[3] "Twigge, Harold Cecil (Sr.)" Footprints of Our Pioneers: Briarlea, Crutwell, Holbein, Nisbet, Rozilee, Wild Rose. Shellbrook: Wild Rose and Area Book Committee, 1990. pp.759-760. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: TWIGGE

Baby
Twigge

Source: Wild Rose North Cemetery (Wild Rose, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 14, Township 50, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Baby Twigge grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday: BENFIELD, Eugene

Eugene Benfield full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Eugene Benfield
1928 – 1930
Budded On Earth
To Bloom In Heaven

Buddy

Source: Wild Rose North Cemetery (Wild Rose, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 14, Township 50, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Eugene Benfield grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.

Tombstones Tuesday: ELLIS, Lester

Lester Ward Ellis full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Lester Ward Ellis
1911 – 1995
Until We're Together Again

Husband Father
Grandfather

Source: Wild Rose North Cemetery (Wild Rose, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 14, Township 50, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Lester Ellis grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.

Wild Rose North Cemetery History Excerpt

The following is an excerpt regarding one of the Wild Rose district cemeteries, Wild Rose North, from Footprints of Our Pioneers, a locally compiled history book:

The Wild Rose North Cemetery
by Albert Pugh

The Wild Rose North cemetery was established thorough necessity, as some people were laid to rest in unmarked graves on farms where they resided.

In 1904 a Lessie M. Lycan, daughter of W. O. Lycan passed away, and at that time a plot of two acres was donated by the same W. O. Lycan in the southwest corner of Section 14-50-2-W3 for a cemetery.

There are no records of officers or meetings until 1934 John A. Lawrie was elected chairman, Walter Griffin as secretary, with Otto Luebke, Howard Turnbough and Fred Wernham as board members.

Caretakers have been: Fred Wernham, Otto Luebke and at present Ray Smith. One hundred and twenty three plots have been used.

A new entry sign was installed in 1989 marking it as "Wild Rose North Cemetery". Otto Luebke supervised the installation of a fence in such a manner that the post designates the grave rows and paths. The large spruce trees are a marker for persons on the road and for flying.

The cemetery is kept in good condition by at least two work bees a year plus other repairs.

Source:  Pugh, Albert. "The Wild Rose North Cemetery." Footprints of Our Pioneers: Briarlea, Crutwell, Holbein, Nisbet, Rozilee, Wild Rose. Shellbrook: Wild Rose and Area History Book Committee, 1990. p. 143. Print.