Thomas W. SURTEES (1865-1944) & Charlotte SURTEES (1870-1951)

Surtees
Thomas W. (Pop)      Charlotte
Born 1865            Born 1876
Died                   Died
April 3, 1944       Nov. 30, 1951
In Loving Memory
From Your Daughter
Maidie Ostrom (Nee) Surtees

Thomas W. Surtees died in his seventy-ninth year.

Charlotte Surtees née Parr died in her seventy-fifth year.

Source: Briarlea North Cemetery (Briarlea, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SE Section 21, Township 50, Range 1, West of the 3rd Meridian), Thomas and Charlotte Surtees's grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2014.

Iris BUCK (1929-2003)

Buck
Iris
Emiline Eliza
1929 – 2003
Home on the Range
[front]

Buck
Timby
[reverse]

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), Iris Buck grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, August 2013.

Phyllis STUART (1913-1931)

In Loving
Memory Of
Phyllis Stuart
1913 – 1931
Thy Will Be Done

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), Phyllis Stuart grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, August 2013.

Sarah GRAHAM (1927-1979)

Sarah Graham's full grave site.

Sarah
Graham
Sept 8, 1927
Mar 13, 1979
In Memory Of
Our Wife
And Mother

Mother

Sarah Graham died age 51 years, 6 months, and 5 days.

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), Sarah Graham grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, August 2013.

Dorothy Jean PUGH (1957-2010)

Pugh
Dorothy
Sept. 21, 1957
June 22, 2010
Loving
Daughter, Mother
and Grandmother

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), Dorothy Pugh grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, May 2013.

LUEBKE

Maud Luebke, Pauline Luebke, and
W. O. Luebke full grave sites.

In Loving Memory of
Maud I. Luebke
Mar. 5, 1898 – Dec. 27, 1988

Pauline Audrey Luebke
1929  1995
"Fine and Dandy" "And Everything Else"

W. O. (Bill) Luebke
1927  1996

Maud I. Luebke died at age 90 years, 9 months, and 12 days.

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), Maud Luebke, Pauline Luebke, and W. O. Luebke grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.

Ella MILLER (1869-1940)

Ella Miller full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory Of
Mother
Ella Miller
1869 - 1940
At Rest

Ella (Uglow) Miller² was born 1869 in Pennsylvania to Nicholas and Mary (Uglow) Miller.³

She married Henry H Miller in 1892 and together they had had a total of six children with four living⁴: Goldie P Miller (1895-????), Leslie Fay Miller (1896-1921), Wayne Miller (1898-????), and Alta O (Miller) Keebaugh (1901-1934).

Ella, along with her husband Henry, sons Fay and Wayne, and daughter Alta immigrated from Nebraska in 1914 and settled in the Sturgeon Valley district on NW 15-51-2-W3.⁵

Sources:
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), Ella Miller grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011. ↩
2. Coles, Cathy, ed. "Miller, Henry H., Wayne, and Kenneth." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 563-564. Print.↩
3. 1880 United States Federal Census, Lincoln, Ringgold, Iowa; Roll: 362; Family History Film: 1254362; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 195; Image: 0485. Digital image, online Ancestry.ca subscription database. (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 23 November 2012).↩
4. 1910 United States Federal Census, Mills, Keya Paha, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0158; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374861. Digital image, online Ancestry.ca subscription database. (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 23 November 2012).↩
5. Coles, Cathy, ed. "Miller, Fay." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 662-663.Print.↩

Alta KEEBAUGH (1901-1934)

Alta Keebaugh full grave site.¹

Alta Keebaugh
A Beloved Wife
And Mother
1901 - 1934

Alta (Miller) Keebaugh² was born 1901 in Nebraska³ to Henry H Miller and Ella M (Uglow) Miller.

She immigrated along with her parents Henry and Ella and brothers Fay and Wayne from Nebraska in 1914 and settled in the Sturgeon Valley district on NW 15-51-2-W3.⁴

Alta married Warner Keebaugh in July 1919 with whom she had six children. She died in February 1934.

Sources:
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), Alta Keebaugh grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011. ↩
2. Footprints of Our Pioneers: Briarlea, Crutwell, Holbein, Nisbet, Rozilee, Wild Rose. Shellbrook: Wild Rose and Area History Book Committee, 1990. pp. 482-484. Print. ↩
3. 1910 United States Federal Census, Mills, Keya Paha, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0158; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374861. Digital image, online Ancestry.ca subscription database.(http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 23 November 2012). ↩
4. Coles, Cathy, ed. "Miller, Henry H., Wayne, and Kenneth." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 563-564. Print. ↩

Tombstone Tuesday: HOWAT, Arline

Arline Howat full grave site.

Howat
Arline
Jan. 31, 1937  Sept. 4, 1995
Ever Remembered Ever Loved

Howat

Arline (--?--) Howat died at age 58 years, 7 months, and 4 days.

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), Arline Howat grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday: SOLES, S. & Margaret

S. John and Margaret Soles full grave site.¹

Soles
S. John                 Margaret
1986 – 1972          1899 – 1985
Loving Memories Never Die

Father

Reverse of S. John and Margaret Coles headstone.
Broken stone on base also reads "Father."

S. John Soles was born to Samuel Soles and Margaret (Proudfoot) Soles in 1896. Marguerite "Rita" (Turnbull) Soles of Wild Rose was born in 1899. Together they had one daughter and one son.²

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), S. & Margaret Soles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.
[2] Footprints of Our Pioneers: Briarlea, Crutwell, Holbein, Nisbet, Rozilee, Wild Rose. Shellbrook: Wild Rose and Area Book Committee, 1990. pp. 695-697. Print.

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: SKAMERS, John

John Skamers' full grave site.

In Loving Memory
John Skamers
1901 - 1986
Rest In Peace

[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), John Skamers 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, 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: 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: 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.

Tombstone Tuesday: JOHNSON, Cecelia

Cecelia Alice
Johnson
nee Halliday
March 3, 1914
February 13, 1987¹

Cecelia Alice (Halliday) Johnson was born to W. Alex Halliday and Alice M. (Ross) Halliday. She married Gust Johnson with whom she had two sons.²

Cecelia died at age 72 years, 11 months, and 10 days.

Sources:
[1]Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Cecelia Johnson marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, June 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Halliday, Alex and Harold." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 540-542. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: MACDONALD, Ruth and George

Missed last weeks meme but it sort of worked out in the end. Presenting Ruth and George's ash burial at the foot of her grave. (PS. I see toes-ies!)

In Loving Memory Ruth Macdonald 1913-1990 Rest In Peace
Life's Gifts is Memories George R. Macdonald 1935-1998

Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook No. 493, SK, CAN.

Tombstone Tuesday: ANDERSON, Nora

In Loving
Memory
Nora Ellen
Anderson
(Hourie)
1886 - 1927

Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook No. 493, SK, CAN.

Tombstone Tuesday: WELLS, Clara

In Loving Memory
Clara J. Wells
(Nee Holmes)
1887 - 1984

Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook No. 493, SK, CAN.