Tombstone Tuesday: SKAMERS, Karin

Karin Skamers' full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Karin L. Skamers
1908 - 1994
Rest In Peace

Wife & Mother

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Karin Skamers grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: KENDEL, George

Kendel
George Gerald
May 24, 1930 - March 11, 2000
Resting Where No Shadows Fall

George Gerald Kendel died at age 69 years, 9 months, 16 days.

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), George Kendel grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: FOLDEN, Warren

Warren Folden's full grave site.

Warren Floyd Folden
"Tex"
March 18     June 19
1967          2000
A Man Who Gave His Best to Others

Warren Floyd Folden died at age 33 years, 3 months, 1 day.

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Warren Folden grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: COLES, Clara

Clara M. Coles' full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Clara M. Coles
1930 - 1985
Rest in Peace

Mother

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Clara Coles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: COLES, Heather

Heather Coles' full grave site.

A Little Angel
Coles
1979   Heather   1980
Gone to Heaven

Daughter   Sister

Heather Coles was born on 26 December 1979 to Richard Donald Coles and Cathy (Simonar) Coles and died in a fatal accident on Good Friday, 4 April 1980 at age 6 months, 9 days.²

Source:
[1] Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Heather Coles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2] Coles, Cathy, ed. "Richard Coles." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 54-55. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: HENDERSON, Jean

In Loving Memory
Jean Henderson
1901 - 1978
At Rest

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Jean Henderson grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: HENDERSON, Dave

Dave Henderson's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Dave Henderson
1898 - 1990
At Rest

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Dave Henderson grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: HENDERSON, Thomas

Thomas Henderson's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Thomas Henderson
1892 - 1943
At Rest

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Thomas Henderson grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: HENDERSON, May

May Henderson's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Mary Henderson
1887 - 1962
Forever With The Lord

Grandma

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Mary Henderson grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: HENDERSON, William

William Henderson's full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory
William Henderson
1904 - 1969
At Rest

Brother

William "Bill" Henderson was born in 1904 to Ralph Henderson and Mary King (--?--) Henderson in Scotland and was one of twelve children. He immigrated at age nine with his family in June 1913 on the steamship Hesperian which took seven days between Glasgow, Scotland and Quebec, Canada. From Quebec they travelled via train to Winnipeg, Manitoba and from there to Saskatoon where the family resided.

In 1914 the Henderson family moved ten miles northwest of Shellbrook for the winter, to the Anton Simpson homestead in the Rich Valley district. After a year on there they moved to their own homestead in Foxdale, SW 13-51-3-W3.

William schooled in Scotland, Saskatoon, Rich Valley, and Foxdale until 1920 when he quit school to help his father on the family farm. In later years, William took over the family cattle herd and leased the school section for pasture.

"He took great interest gardening and many times won prizes for his well kept garden.

Bill also spent many hours decorating the hall each year for the school Christmas Concerts. He was also called upon to decorate the hall for all local weddings. He had the ability to turn the hall into a beautiful setting for any occasion.

A few years prior to his death, Bill developed a serious heart condition which eventually took his life. He passed on in 1969 at the age of 65 in the Shellbrook Hospital."²

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), William Henderson grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "History of Bill Henderson." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. p.76. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: MULLER, Kelly

Kelly Muller's full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory

Kelly D. Muller

1964 - 1982

Son & Brother

Kelly D. Muller born in 1964 was the second born son of Lloyd Muller and Doreen (Rask) Muller. He has one elder brother and sister and one younger sister and died at age 17-8.

"He attended Foxdale School and was in grade twelve in Shellbrook at the time of his death on 1 January 1982. [...] The children have taken a number of different projects: cooking, sewing, outdoorsman, beef, and woodwork. Kelly had made a miniature bat and ball on the lathe with woodburning imprints when he was ten--leader was Robert Henry. It was always a keepsake."²

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Kelly Muller grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Lloyd Muller Story." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 117-118. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: COLES, Francis

Francis Coles' full grave site.¹

In Loving
Memory
Francis Mary
Coles
1985 - 1978
Rest in Peace

Wife & Mother

Francis Mary "Fay" Harding was born 20 December 1896 to George Harding and Elizabeth (Brunt) Harding of Mells, Somerset, England. The Hardings were farmers and Francis trained as a nurse at Salisbury.

Franics wed Donald Lewis Coles on 2 July 1925 in England. Together they had three children, one son and two daughters.

Francis immigrated to Canada with her new husband in 1925 and in spring of 1928 the family of three, after the birth of their son, returned to England for Don to receive medical treatment for his WWI injury. She then travelled with her husband and son as Donald worked showing tractors across Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt.

Farming in Canada, Francis had adventures in growing Indian hemp for rope (which the Department of Agriculture took a dim view of), reversing up hills in Ford Model T's when the cars were unable to drive up said hills, sewing up neighbours when they lost battles with saws, axes, and other objects, collecting skates for the children in Depression of the the 1930s, handling the farm while her husband Donald fought in WWII, and other pioneer adventures.

Following her husband's death in 1965 Francis learning to drive a car herself and moved from the farm in 1967 to Shellbrook where she resided until her death on 8 March 1978 at age 81 years, 2 months, and 16 days.

Sources
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Francis Coles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Don and Fay Coles." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 52-54. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: COLES, Donald

Donald Coles' full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory Of
Donald Lewis Coles
Born Hamstead, England
Feb. 5, 1897
Came to Foxdale In 1920
Served His Country
In Two World Wars
1915-1978      1941-1946
Died July 14, 1964
Beloved Husband Of
Frances Mary

Rest In Peace

Like all pioneers, Donald lead an interesting life that involved a fair amount of travel abroad as learned from from Out Harvest of Memories (1983)².

Donald Lewis "Don" Coles was born 5 February 1897 to Alexander Coles and Annie (Lea) Coles of London, England. His service in WWI was with the British Army and WWII with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Donald immigrated to the Foxdale district in 1919-20 where he filed on homestead SE 6-52-2-3-W3 and purchased the quarter section, with house, of NW 19-51-2-3-W3.

Donald returned to England to wed Frances Mary "Fay" Harding on 2 July 1925. Together they had three children, one son and two daughters.

The newlyweds returned to Canada within the year and in spring 1928 the family of three returned to England for Don to receive medical treatment for his WWI injury. After that time, he joined an engineering firm and demonstrated tractors in exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt before returning to Foxdale in 1931.

In the community Don served for many years on the school board, was for a time a Justice of Peace in the area, was active in the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) political party. He had just retired from farming in the spring of 1965 when he died at age 68 years, 5 months, 2 days.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Donald Coles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Don and Fay Coles." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 52-54. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: EARBY, Clifford

Clifford Earby's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Clifford Earby
1895 - 1983

Husband   Father
Grandfather

Too much interesting things in Our Harvest of Memories (1983) history book so here are some vital dates.²

Clifford Earby was born 27 April 1895 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England to Edwin Earby and Martha (Johnson) Earby.

The Earby family immigrated to Canada in 1907 and arrived at Hartney, Manitoba on 27 April. In 1911 the family moved to Redvers, Saskatchewan and in 1917 they moved north and began homesteading in the Foxdale District.

Clifford wed Dorothy Elizabeth Strike of the Three Creeks District on 20 December 1932. Together they had a daughter and a son.

Source:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Clifford Earby grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Clifford and Dorothy Earby." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 61-62. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: KURZ, John & Anna

John and Anna Kurz's full grave site.¹

Mother    Kurz    Father
John Leonhart
31.12.1887 - 3.11.1938
Anna Maria
13.3.1892    At Rest    2.22.1981

This blogger only hopes, giving the convolutions of Anna Maria's vital data on the marker that the dates stated below are correct!

From Our Harvest of Memories (1983)² it is learned that John Leonhardta Kurz was born on 31 December 1887 in the farm village of Englhardtshausen, Germany. John was born to a family with five brothers and served in the German army before immigrating to Canada and arrived in Saskatchewan in May 1913. In April 1915 he "filed on homestead at Foxdale at SE 1/4 14-51-3-W3 for the sum of $10.00."²

Anna Maria Kohler was born on 13 March 1892 in the black forest town of Egenhausen, Germany. Anna was introduced to her future husband through one of John's brothers and correspondence.

John and Anna married in 1923 and in 1924 on a "twenty-five below zero December morning"² their son and only child was born on the farm. In addition to the traditional pioneer farm activities of land clearing, breaking, well digging, grain threshing, and wood sawing "the Kurz' were the first to raise bees for honey."²

John passed away on 3 November 1938 after a lengthy illness at age 50 years, 10 months, and 3 days.

Anna remained on the homestead farm for another fifty years before moving to Port Alberni, British Columbia where her son and his family resided. She suffered a stroke in 1979, passed away on 22 February 1981 at age 88 years, 11 months, and 9 days, and was interred in Foxdale with John.

Source:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), John & Anna Kurz grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "The Kurz Family." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 104-105. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: HENDERSON, Hugh

Hugh Henderson's full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory
Hugh K. Henderson
1888 - 1939
At Rest

Father

From Our Harvest of Memories (1983)² we learn that Hugh Henderson was an assistant gardener at Onedeen Castle,  Berwichshire, Scotland before he immigrated to Canada, arrived in Quebec on 10 June 1910. From Quebec he travelled to Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Bredenburg, Saskatchewan and eventually Foxdale district where he homesteaded NE 27-51-3-W3.

Following the death of his brother Ralph (who was homesteading in neighbouring Lone Spruce district) Hugh moved his family to the Lone Spruce district. Additional information will be added when this blogger get's their hands on that district history book.

It is known that Hugh "came to an untimely end, the result of a fire in his house"² which he perished from several months later.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Hugh Henderson markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "History of Hugh Henderson by Brother Dave." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook.: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. p. 77. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: TERREL, Ernest

Ernest Terrel's full grave site.

Terrel
Whom God Loveth Best
He Taketh Soonest
Ernest Mason
1888 - 1948
In Silence We Remember

Father

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Ernest Terrel markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: SCHMIDT, Emil

In Memory Of
Emil
Schmidt
1899 - 1982¹

Emil Schmidt was born in Warnsdorf, Austria on 14 June 1899 and he died on 7 May 1982 at the age of 82 years, 10 months, 23 days.²

Sources:
[1] Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Emil Schmidt grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Emil Schmidt." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. p. 126. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: CLAUSEN, Edward

Edward Clausen full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Edward Clausen
1914 - 1942
Rest In Peace

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Karin Skamers grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: WINKLER, Franz & STROBEL, Anna

Franz Winkler and Anna Strobel's full grave site.

In
Loving Memory Of
Franz Winkler
1890 - 1948
Ever Remembered

In Loving Memory
Anna Strobel
1893 - 1985
At Rest

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Franz Winkler markers and Anna Strobel marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.