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•  Longitude/latitude have been estimated.
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How the information was compiled: A survey form was mailed to every courthouse and genealogical or historical society in the State of Minnesota. Each volunteer personally contacted local societies in the county for assistance, and then checked a variety of sources known to contain information on Minnesota cemeteries. These included: maps; the U.S. Geological Survey; Wiley Pope's "Cemeteries in Print"; the old MGS Cemetery Notebooks; WPA Survey of Minnesota cemeteries; the "Dalby Burial Files"; the "Kirchner Burial Files"; the 2001 Mortuary Science survey, compiled by the State of MN; cemetery transcriptions published in the Minnesota Genealogist; a search of the Internet; church, county and town histories; and local directories, if available. Volunteers checked card catalogs at MGS, the Family History Library; and the Minnesota Historical Society. Many volunteers also visited their county, and the cemeteries in their county, and contacted area churches, funeral homes, local societies and the county courthouse. Each volunteer used unique methods to communicate with others, and they encountered various responses. Accordingly, the results county-to-county may vary. The date of completion for each county also varies. Some were completed as early as 2001, but most have been completed in 2005 and 2006.

                                                                                                                                                        
Wadena County
Alajoki CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Runeberg Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery, Aljoki Cemetery		Township
Blueberry		City
Menahga		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R35W		Section
NW NW 18
Latitude
464632 N 		Longitude
0950946 W		USGS 7.5 map
Park Rapids SW		Cemetery type
Orig private then church		 Established
17 Jun 1907
Driving Directions
Just inside W boundary of Wadena County, along eastern side of border road with Becker Co. On co rds 16 & 156, near N boundary of Wadena Co, S of Hubbard Co. Accessible either W from Menahga or W from Park Rapids and then S from Hwy 34.
Notes
#27. Previously affiliated church was across road in Becker Co. Cem sometimes listed in Becker Co. "Small well-kept family plot which was deeded to Apostolic Luth Ch of Runnebud (sic) Twp, Becker Co in 1907" Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981: 138/35/20; USGS map: Park Rapids SW If Runeberg Apostolic Luth Ch in Menahga is now owner, this is one of several cemeteries owned by that church. Alajoki is a familiar traditional surname in this part of the county. David Haataja (218) 564-5001
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
12/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Assumption of Our Lady CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Church of Assumption Cemetery		Township
Blueberry		 City
Menahga		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R35W		 Section
NW NW 27
Latitude
464440 N		Longitude
0950555 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
27 Aug 1958
Driving Directions
S of Hwy 87, S of main Menahga intersection, on E side of Hwy 71, N of Menahga Campground
Notes
#29. "Looks to passers-by almost as if it is a part of someone's yard. The stones are at random." Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981. One reference puts it in section 23.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		 Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		 Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
1/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Bethany Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery, Hay Creek Cemetery, Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery		Township
Wing River		City
Blue Grass		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T135N - R34W		Section
NE NE 06
Latitude
463233 N		Longitude
0950025 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
1905
Driving Directions
Just W of Hwy 23 "Verndale Cutoff" at Blue Grass intersection with Hwy 8.
Notes
#12. Jim Mell (218) 631-2289. Bethany Free Lutheran Church is across Hwy 23 from St Hubert Catholic Church
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN 		Page Numbers
3/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Blueberry CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Blueberry Twp? Cemetery, Hillview? Cemetery, Union? Cemetery		Township
Blueberry		 City
Menahga		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R35W		 Section
NW NE 20
Latitude
  		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
  		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
? 8 mi W from Menahga on Hwy 87, then 4 mi S
Notes
USGS map: Park Rapids SW ? Could this be either Hillview Cem or Union Cem? Note Hillview Cemetery also in this list. There are separate references to Hillview and Union cemeteries in Blueberry Township with no additional information about location. (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981). Menahga City Clerk (218) 564-4557. Also check with Robert Hillstrom (218) 564-4378
Bullard CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Cottingham Cemetery, Bullard Township Cemetery		Township
Bullard		 City
Staples		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T135N - R33W		 Section
SW NE 24
Latitude
462933 N		Longitude
0944705 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Twp		Established
1889 ?
Driving Directions
Co rd 30 E of Cottingham Park
Notes
#9. "Overgrown with thick brush, as many as 15 burials, 3 sunken, no markers, all before 1900" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981). See newspaper story, Wadena Pioneer Journal, 28 Feb 1991.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984 		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
1/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		 LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Calvary CemeteryAlternate name[s]
St Ann's Catholic Cemetery, Saint Ann's Cemetery, Wadena Catholic Cemetery, Compton Cemetery		Township
Wadena		City
Wadena		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
514 SE 1st St		 Township-Range
T134N - R35W		Section
S2 NW 07
Latitude
462614 N		Longitude
0950859 W		USGS 7.5 map
Wadena		Cemetery type
Church		Established
1955 ?
Driving Directions
Within city of Wadena, W of US Hwy 71 and S of Hwy 29, S across street from Wadena City Cem
Notes
#8. Land purchased in 1955. This cemetery also includes most of the bodies removed from Compton Township Catholic Cemetery in Ottertail County, perhaps in 1886. Excellent transcription at Wadena County Historical Society.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN 		Page Numbers
44/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Evergreen CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Greenwood Cemetery, Graba Cemetery, Grwon Cemetery		Township
Meadow		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T137N - R34W		 Section
SW SW 32
Latitude
463758 N		Longitude
0950046 W		USGS 7.5 map
Sebeka		Cemetery type
Assn		Established
1911 / 1923
Driving Directions
3/10 mi N on co rd 23 from intersection of co rd 227, Meadow Twp, Wadena Co, MN 3/10 mi E on gravel rd, 1/4 mi S in fenced area. All graves in S end of cemetery
Notes
#20. WPA ?: "Appears to be 4 graves, marked on with 2" x 2" concrete rectangles, 7 unmarked graves marked only with stone outline of rectangle, 1 of these has the metal veteran star." Alternate sexton Robert Hillstrom (218) 564-4378. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713. Maintained by Junior Citizens 4H Club. Beware confusion between two Meadow Twp cemeteries, or more that may have been abandoned.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		 Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
1/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Evergreen Hill CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Staples Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery		Township
Thomastown		 City
Staples		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T134N - R33W		 Section
SE SW 36
Latitude
462209 N		Longitude
0944734 W		USGS 7.5 map
Staples		Cemetery type
Assn		Established
5 May 1904
Driving Directions
In Staples, 1 mi N of US Hwy 10 on E side of 4th St
Notes
#3. Excellent transcription available at Wadena Historical Society. Fritz Hoemberg (218) 894-1128
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com 		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
122/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Fuller CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Red Eye		City
Sebeka		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T137N - R35W		Section
 
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
1890
Driving Directions
Middle of rd 1.5 m E & 3/8 m S of Sebeka
Notes
"Both people were named Fuller and were buried before 1900, probably about 1890" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981; Lou Miller, informant)
Green Hills CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Sebeka Cemetery, Greenhill Cemetery, German Lutheran? Cemetery		Township
Rockwood		City
Sebeka		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T136N - R35W		Section
S2 SW 03
Latitude
463659 N		Longitude
0950518 W		USGS 7.5 map
Blue Grass		Cemetery type
Assn		 Established
1897 / 1950 / 1968
Driving Directions
Near co rd 132, 3/4 mi S of Sebeka - 1 1/4 mi S on co rd 133 from intersection of co rd 227. NW 1/4 of section 10 [sic; actually SW SW 03], Rockwood Twp, Wadena Co, MN 1968 addition.
Notes
#17. Note (2004 phone book) five Lutheran churches have Sebeka address, another five have Menahga address. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713. Rockwood Twp Clerk (2004) Reuben Raatikka (218) 837-5325.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com 		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
5/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Green Lawn CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Evergreen Cemetery, Greenlawn Cemetery		Township
Aldrich		City
Verndale		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T134N - R34W		Section
NW NW 30
Latitude
462350 N		Longitude
0950133 W		USGS 7.5 map
Verndale		Cemetery type
Orig assn, now city		Established
17 Feb 1879
Driving Directions
3/4 mi W of Verndale, across road from St Frederick's Cem
Notes
#5. WPA: "Established by Evergreen Cemetery Association of Aldrich" Another deed dated 27 Dec 1897. Taken over by City of Verndale 1975
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
56/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Hillview CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Union? Cemetery, Menahga Cemetery, Blueberry? Cemetery		Township
Blueberry		 City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R35W		 Section
Section 16
Latitude
  		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
  		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
? 8 mi W from Menahga on Hwy 87, 4 mi S
Notes
There are separate references to Hillview and Union cemeteries in Blueberry Township, with no reference to location (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981). These do not appear on several plat maps. Menahga City Clerk (218) 564-4557.
Huntersville CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Huntersville Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery		Township
Huntersville		 City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R33W		 Section
NE SW 28
Latitude
464419 N 		Longitude
0945140 W		USGS 7.5 map
Burgen Lake 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
1919
Driving Directions
Co rd 15 & 27 (you can't get there from here)
Notes
#24. Heart 'o Lakes Genealogical Society Newsletter, vol 6 no. 1 (March 1983): Huntersville Cemetery, located in center of Sect. 28, Huntersville Twp., Wadena Co., MN. A very neglected-looking cemetery. Many old farm discs are used as markers. 9/3/82." There is another reference to a Huntersville cem in section 20. Per transcription index of Norrine F. Burnham, about 50 burials recorded by 1981. Possible confusion with Shell City Cemetery. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713. Alice Graba (218) 472-3222
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
2/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery of Wadena, Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery		Township
Leaf River 		City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T135N - R35W		Section
SW SE 29
Latitude
492817 N		Longitude
0950711 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Church		 Established
1883
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Note location: is this the same as Leaf River Cem? Check records under 3 different church names for same location.
Jim Cook CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Finnish Cemetery Association of Shell River Township		Township
Shell River		City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R34W		Section
NE NE 30
Latitude
464448 N 		Longitude
0950118 W		USGS 7.5 map
Sebeka 		Cemetery type
Private		Established
1906 ?
Driving Directions
E of Menahga, several miles S of Hubbard village, just W of co rd 23 Verndale Cutoff, near intersection with co rd 157. Follow sign on W side of Hwy 23 along N edge of Jim Cook Lake (swampy).
Notes
#26. Borders and access road via SE SE 19; see map. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com 		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
5/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Leaf River CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery		Township
Leaf River		City
Wadena		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		 Township-Range
T135N - R35W		Section
SW SE 29
Latitude
462817 N		Longitude
0950711 W		USGS 7.5 map
Verndale		Cemetery type
Orig church, now twp 		Established
1883 / 1895 / 1959
Driving Directions
N of Wadena, E of US Hwy 71, near co rd 20?
Notes
#13. Note location: is this the same as Immanuel/Emmanuel Evangelical Luth Cem? Considerable confusion among old cemeteries in this twp. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham 		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
5/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Lyons CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Lyons Township Cemetery, Marshall? Cemetery		Township
Lyons		City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T136N - R33W		Section
SW NE 10
Latitude
463637 N		 Longitude
0944939 W		USGS 7.5 map
Oylen		Cemetery type
Twp		Established
1889
Driving Directions
Co rd 38 SE of intersection of Crow River & Beaver Creek, near Beaver Creek River bridge
Notes
#14. There's a fair chance this is same as Marshall Cem, listed separately. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713.
Mantyla CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery, Red Eye Finnish Cemetery		Township
Red Eye		 City
Sebeka		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T137N - R35W		 Section
SE NW 22
Latitude
464007 N 		Longitude
0950531 W		USGS 7.5 map
Sebeka 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
1899 / 1900 / 1907
Driving Directions
E of US Hwy 71, N of co rd 143, 2 e/r mi past co rd 27
Notes
#22. Sebeka Apostolic Luth Ch (218) 837-5400. Possible confusion with Meadow Apostolic Luth/Finnish Apostolic in Meadow Twp. Note (2004 phone book) five Lutheran churches have Sebeka address, another five have Menahga address. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713. Aldrich Niemala (218) 837-5251
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		 Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
5/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Marshall CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Lyons? Cemetery, McClure Cemetery, Union Cemetery		Township
Lyons		City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T136N - R33W		Section
SE NE 10
Latitude
463637 N 		Longitude
0944939 W		USGS 7.5 map
Verndale 		Cemetery type
Twp		Established
1889
Driving Directions
 
Notes
#14. There's a fair chance this is same as Lyons Cem. Lot 2 of section 10? Within Lyons Twp Cem? Another reference gave latitude 462817N longitude 0950711W. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713
Transcription Date
1981 		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		 Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
3/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984 		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Mason CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Wing River		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T135N - R34W		Section
 
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
"Family plot on farm of Vernon Mason" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981, based on oral report)
Meadow Apostolic Lutheran CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery, Finnish Cemetery, Meadow Cemetery		Township
Meadow 		City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T137N - R34W		Section
SW SW 16
Latitude
464036 N		Longitude
0945941 W		USGS 7.5 map
Nimrod		Cemetery type
Church		 Established
1911
Driving Directions
E of co rd 23 before co rd 14, 1 1/4 mi N of Hwy 227
Notes
#19. One listing shows section NW SW 16, instead of SW SW 16 as shown on map. There seem to be 2 adjacent cemeteries: north and south, each transcribed starting at lot #1. One list has 248 burials to Oct 2000. There may also be another cemetery near the church, perhaps in section 8 as shown on 2001 commercial map. Possible confusion with Mantyla (Finnish Apoltolic Luth) in Red Eye Twp. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713. Runeberg Apostolic Luth Ch has same street address but different phone number (218) 564-5048 than Spruce Grove Apostolic Luth Ch (218) 538-6540.
Transcription Date
1981		 Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
6/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Menahga CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Menahga City Cemetery		Township
Blueberry		City
Menahga 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R35W		 Section
SE SW 22
Latitude
464450 N		Longitude
0950545 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
City		Established
8 Sep 1893
Driving Directions
Part of lot 2, Village of Menahga, off Hwy 87 S of schools
Notes
#28. May extend into section 23. Note 2003: "Willie acting as sexton" Willard Wevley @ funeral home (218) 564-4548. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
31/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Mont Rose CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Montrose Cemetery		Township
Bullard		City
Verndale 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T135N - R33W		Section
SW SE 32
Latitude
462734 N		 Longitude
0945222 W		USGS 7.5 map
Staples NE		 Cemetery type
Assn		Established
1880 / 1885 / 1915
Driving Directions
NW of Staples, 1 mi E of Central School
Notes
#1. Wadena Cemeteries (1981): 135/33/32. Chet Anderson in Verndale (218) 445-5387
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984 		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
6/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		 LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Mother of Sorrows CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Mother of the Snow Cemetery		Township
Aldrich		City
Aldrich		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T134N - R34W		Section
SW SW 25
Latitude
462301 N		 Longitude
0945533 W		USGS 7.5 map
Aldrich North		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
11 Jul 1907
Driving Directions
"Not easy to find" NE of Aldrich, off co rd 26, may be in section 35
Notes
#4. Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981: 134/34/25 "Mother of the Snow." The associated church was founded in 1885 or 1886 and now has only one annual service (Verndale Sun, 11 Aug 1993). Five area Catholic churches share two priests. Could also try Verndale Chapel Funeral Home (218) 445-5199. Maurice Lynch (218) 445-5715
Transcription Date
1981 		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		 Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
2/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984 		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Nimrod CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Orton		City
Nimrod		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T137N - R33W		Section
NE NW 32
Latitude
463820 N		Longitude
0945251 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Assn		Established
1940
Driving Directions
In Village of Nimrod, part of lot 7 sect 32
Notes
#18. "Was used before state highway was built. Now five unidentified graves between the cemetery and actual road surface." (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981). Bob Hames (218) 472-3419. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave Digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com 		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
2/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
North Germany CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery		Township
North Germany		 City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T136N - R34W		 Section
SW SE 04
Latitude
463658 N		Longitude
0945843 W		USGS 7.5 map
Nimrod SW		Cemetery type
Church		Established
1897
Driving Directions
1 mi S of Hwy 227, N of co rd 10
Notes
#16. "Cong of UAC of North Germany" Alternate sexton Lloyd Lewis (tel unlisted? Clarence Kreklau (218) 837-5319. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713. Note (2004 phone book) five Lutheran churches have Sebeka address, another five have Menahga address.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com 		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
4/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Oylen CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Lyons		City
 		Active/Inactive
?
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T136N - R33W		Section
SW SW 24
Latitude
4635xx N		Longitude
09448xx W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
Apparently not included in Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981.
Pickar CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Simon J Pickar 		Township
North Germany		City
  		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T136N - R34W		Section
Section 32
Latitude
4636xx N		 Longitude
09458xx W		USGS 7.5 map
 		 Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
7 Aug 1909 / 28 Aug 1910
Driving Directions
"Behind St. Hubert's Cath Ch" Near Bluegrass intersection of Hwy 23
Notes
"Simon J. Pickar" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham 1981). Note 2004: many Pickars in Sebeka MN phone directory
Red Eye CemeteryAlternate name[s]
National Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery		Township
Red Eye		City
Sebeka		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T137N - R35W		Section
SW NW 20
Latitude
464017 N		Longitude
0950826 W		USGS 7.5 map
Sebeka NW		Cemetery type
Orig church		Established
1900
Driving Directions
W of US Hwy 71 on co rd 141
Notes
#21. "Founded by Swan Evangelical Luth Ch" Note (2004 phone book) five Lutheran churches have Sebeka address, another five have Menahga address. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713.
Transcription Date
1981 		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		 Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
9/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Rockwood UnknownAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Rockwood		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T136N - R35W		Section
Section 34
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
5 graves (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981).
Scott CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Lyons		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T136N - R33W		Section
Section 8
Latitude
463758 N		Longitude
0950046 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
 
Driving Directions
"Just S of the old ford of Cat River"
Notes
"A man by the name of Scott was buried just south of the old ford of Cat River" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981).
Sebeka West CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Sebeka Cemetery, Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church Cemetery of Red Eye Township		Township
Red Eye 		City
Sebeka		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T137N - R35W		Section
SE NE 32
Latitude
463821 N		Longitude
0950721 W		USGS 7.5 map
Sebeka		Cemetery type
Orig church, now city		Established
1907
Driving Directions
W of US Hwy 71, N of co rd 11 & 159
Notes
#23. Land originally deeded to Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church of Red Eye Township. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		 Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
18/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Shell City CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Shell River Cemetery, Huntersville Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Cemetery		Township
Shell River		 City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T138N - R34W		Section
SW SW 02
Latitude
464727 N		Longitude
0945713 W		USGS 7.5 map
Huntersville		Cemetery type
Twp		 Established
1916
Driving Directions
SE of village of Hubbard, NE of Menahga, S of Shell River on co rds 24 & 18.
Notes
#25. Trans: MN Genealogist vol 15, no. 2 (June 1984). Land originally deeded to Huntersville Evangelical Lutheran Congregation. Possible confusion with Huntersville Cemetery. Sheila Downer (218) 564-4374. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Grave digger Howard Anderson (218) 837-5713
Transcription Date
1981 		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		 Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
3/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984 		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
St Fredericks CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Verndale Catholic Cemetery, Saint Fredericks Cemetery		Township
Aldrich		City
Verndale		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T134N - R34W		 Section
SW SW 19
Latitude
462354 N 		Longitude
0950137 W		USGS 7.5 map
Verndale 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
1906 / 28 Feb 1911
Driving Directions
Across road from Greenlawn Cem
Notes
#6. Note possible section difference: Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham 1981: 134/34/30 (section 30 instead of 19). Five area Catholic churches share two priests (2004).
Transcription Date
1981		 Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN 		Page Numbers
7/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
St Hubert CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Bluegrass Catholic Cemetery, Saint Hubert's Cemetery, St Hubert Catholic Cemetery		Township
Wing River 		City
Blue Grass		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T135N - R35W		Section
NW NW 05
Latitude
463233 N		Longitude
0950019 W		USGS 7.5 map
Blue Grass		Cemetery type
Church		 Established
1908
Driving Directions
NE of city of Wadena, SE of Sebeka, on Hwy 8, 1/4 mi E of Hwy 23 (and church building at Blue Grass intersection).
Notes
#11. "Expanded in 1961 to include NW NW 5" The original cemetery was adjacent to the church building, but was since moved east; unclear whether all burials were removed or remain near the church building (informant Robert Zosel). Simon Pickar reportedly buried near church but not in this cemetery. Five area Catholic churches share two priests. St Hubert Church edifice is across Hwy 23 from Bethany Free Lutheran Church. Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Isadore Macho (218) 631-1486
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
4/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Stevenson CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
 		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
  		Township-Range
 		Section
 
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
 
Driving Directions
40 rods S & 60 rods W of corner
Notes
"George Stevenson in his yard" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981; Lou Miller, informant).
Swanson CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Neal Cemetery, Neals Cemetery, Swansons Cemetery, Thomastown Township Cemetery		Township
Thomastown		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T134N - R33W		Section
 
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
 
Driving Directions
"Across road from Charles Neal's"
Notes
"Across the road from Charles Neal's, the next farm north of where Swansons used to live -- 2 children are buried" (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981).
Swedish Mission CemeteryAlternate name[s]
  		Township
Bullard		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
  		Township-Range
T135N - R33W		Section
SW SW 34
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
 		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
See 1906 plat map -- far southwest border of the township. Does not appear on later maps. Note possible confusion with Thomastown Covenant in Thomastown Township.
Thomastown Covenant CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Scandinavian Christian Mission Cemetery, Swedish Mission Cemetery, Thomastown Cemetery		Township
Thomastown		City
Thomastown		Active/Inactive
?
Street Address
 		 Township-Range
T134N - R33W		Section
NW NW 03
Latitude
462721 N		Longitude
0945029 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Church		Established
24 May 1898
Driving Directions
Overlooks Leaf River, off co rd 26 & 5
Notes
#2. Note possible confusion with Swedish Mission Cemetery in Bullard Township.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
3/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Thomastown Township CemeteryAlternate name[s]
 		Township
Thomastown		City
  		Active/Inactive
?
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T134N - R33W		Section
NW SE 32
Latitude
462232 N		 Longitude
0945230 W		USGS 7.5 map
 		 Cemetery type
Twp		Established
 
Driving Directions
 
Notes
 
Thompson CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Ike Thompson Cemetery, White Cemetery		Township
 		City
 		Active/Inactive
I
Street Address
 		Township-Range
 		 Section
 
Latitude
 		Longitude
 		USGS 7.5 map
 		Cemetery type
Abandoned		Established
 
Driving Directions
"Dennis White farm"
Notes
"Ike Thompson buried a child under trees on the old Macy White farm where Dennis White lives now." (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981; Erma Baker, informant 1980).
Wadena CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Wadena City Cemetery		Township
Wadena		City
Wadena 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
1218 SW 8th St		Township-Range
T134N - R35W		 Section
N2 NW 07
Latitude
462620 N		Longitude
0950859 W		USGS 7.5 map
Wadena		Cemetery type
City		Established
1906 ?
Driving Directions
Within city of Wadena, W of US Hwy 71, S of Hwy 29, N across street from Calvary (St Ann's) Catholic Cemetery.
Notes
#7. Excellent transcription at Wadena County Historical Society.
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com 		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
199/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		 MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
West Lyons CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery, Var Freusers Norske Lutherske Menighed Cemetery		Township
Lyons 		City
 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T136N - R33W		Section
NE NE 30
Latitude
463416 N		Longitude
0945308 W		USGS 7.5 map
Nimrod SW		Cemetery type
Orig church, now assn		Established
1895 / 1908 / 1957
Driving Directions
S of Nimrod on W side of co rd 26 at co rd 9
Notes
#10. "Orig established by Our Savior's Congregation (under Norwegian name) in 1895, church disbanded and a meeting was held in 1944 to organize a cemetery association. No church records were filed after 1944 and the records were officially closed in 1949. Cem expanded in 1957." (Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981). Cardini-Behrens Funeral Homes (218) 837-5112. Land donated by Potlatch?
Transcription Date
1981		 Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
7/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
Wing River Union CemeteryAlternate name[s]
Olson Cemetery		Township
Wing River		City
Blue Grass 		Active/Inactive
A
Street Address
 		Township-Range
T135N - R34W		 Section
NW NE 02
Latitude
463235 N		Longitude
0945609 W		USGS 7.5 map
Nimrod SW		Cemetery type
Assn		Established
1889 / 1958
Driving Directions
NE of Wadena, SW of Nimrod, S of and near co rd 8
Notes
#10. Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions, Norrine F. Burnham, 1981: 135/34/2. Bob Johnson (218) 445-5482
Transcription Date
1981		Transcriber
Norrine F. Burnham		 Location of Original
Wadena Co Hist Soc, Box 334, Wadena MN 56482 wchs@lakesplus.com		Title
Wadena County Tombstone Inscriptions
Publication Date
1984		Publisher
Wadena Co Hist Soc		 Publisher Location
Wadena MN		Page Numbers
3/560
MGS Call Number
MN Cem W-2 V1, V2		MHS Call Number
F612.W25B87 1984		LDS Call Number
977.687 V3b / Fiche 6050884
Notes
Copy @ Wadena Public Library
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