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           Our Savior Lutheran Cemetery
1906-1981
            From " Each Step Left It's Mark " History Book

Upon searching the Church records, it was found that no mention was made of it's burial grounds.
However, according to information from past generations , the first burial grounds for this district was started on the homestead of Gottlieb Werner ( S.W. 10-49-22-W4) approximately in 1903. A number of infants were buried there. About 1906, Karl Mittlestadt donated an acre in the southwest corner of his homestead (N.W. 2-49-22-W4) as a cemetery. The bodies which had been buried at the original site were then exhumed and buried at the new site.
 During the year of 1918, the St. Stephen's Lutheran Church was built on a 2 acre site on S.E. 3-49-22-W4. The first funeral service to be held in this church was for Karl Middlestadt who was killed in a wood sawing accident in March of 1919.
 The cemetery was divided into an adult's area and a children's area because of the mortality rate of children being quite high , and , financial funds were few. Many children and adults were buried without proper identification markers.
 In 1954 , an effort was made to have all graves properly marked and a cemetery map made . In 1957 it was decided to level off part of the children's section where the unmarked children were buried , and to erect a large Grave Marker with the names of all 46 unknown children's graves upon it.
 In the 40's, the two congregations of St. Stephen's and St. Lukes decided toenlarge the cemetery and so an additional 1 acre was purchased from the owner , August Rost .
 In 1962 , the two congregations of St. Stephen's and St. Lukes amalgamated . The old St. Lukes Church in Hay Lakes was moved and a new church was built on it's site . The name chosen for this new church was "Our Savior Lutheran Church" of HayLakes. The name of St. Stephen's Cemetery was then also changed and registered as " Our Savior Lutheran Cemetery " of Hay Lakes.
 Soon after improvements were made on the cemetery grounds . The bluff of wild poplar and willows situated in the northwest corner were cleared and the ground broke. Spruce and pine trees were planted in their place. On the west side , a new fence made from steel posts and pipe was erected complete with concrete gate posts , a steel gate and a steel sign .
 The original large cross , which stood in the centre of the cemetery , was made from tamarack by Gottlieb Werner  and was brought from Strawberry Creek and set up in memory of his wife , Fredrika. After serving it's time , it was replaced by a large cross made from fir wood by Henry Zucht which stands there to this day.
 Cemetery caretakers during the past have been August Rost , Edward Tober, Oscar Mallas and at present , Erwin Lachman . The upkeep of the cemetery has been done by the congregation members on a voluntary basis , with 2 work -bees  during the summer.
 A Graveyard Service is held on the cemetery every fall (weather permitting) in memory of loved ones who have passed on.
 In 1979, it was decided to mark all the unmarked graves in the cemetery . This was successful as a result of a $ 2,000 grant given by the Alberta Government towards this project.
 Presently, a board of 5 has been elected to manage business regarding the cemetery. They are as follows: John Groeller,Chairman;Erwin Lachman, Secretary and Caretaker;Bernard Lumpe, Marvin Schultz, Ron Mallas, Directors.


The Interment List:
Updated June 12th, 2001

Anderson;Cameron
1996-1996
Anklam  ;Mathilda
1881-1957
Anklam;Adolph
1916-1994
Anklam;Reinhold
1919-2000
Anklam;Susan
1921-1988
Arndt ; Albert 
1897-1971
Aspell;Bernard
1940-1997
Aspell;Mauritz
1909-1983
Bergsma;Michelle (Hein)
1965-1995
Berkholtz ;Robert 
1918-1979
Berkholtz ; Samuel 
1873-1961
Berkholtz ;   Ed 
1905-1905
Berkholtz; Rosalie
1887-1963
Berkholtz;Brian
1957-1999
Berkholtz;Lena
1909-1986
Berkholtz;Leo
1909-1984
Berkholtz;Mary
1918-1983
Berkholtz;Samuel
1913-1990
Berkholtz;Theodore
1914-2000
Bittner ;Wilhelmina 
1873-1936
Bittner ; August 
1913-1964
Bittner ; Gottfred
1858-1935
Bittner  ;John 
  1882-1956
Bittner ; Baby
1915
Bittner   ; Paul 
1918-1980
Bittner ; Norman 
  1928-1956
Bittner ;Arthur
1921-1923
Bittner   ;Leonard 
1929-1959
Bittner ; Herbert 
1943
Bittner ;Anna 
1885-1927
Bittner;   Esther
1922-1936
Bittner;  Ludwig
1898-1976
Bittner; Martin 
 1867-1928
Bittner;Wanda
1920-1999
Blanz  ;Marie 
  1924-1966
Bohn ; Martha 
1915
Bohn ; Samuel 
  1915
Busenius ; Rosalie
  1919-1919
Busenius ;Frieda
  1893-1977
Busenius ; Adolph
1888-1963
Busenius; Karl 
1921-1926
Busenius;Gladys
1938-1996
Buss  ; Minnie
1903-1918
Cherbin ;Michael 
1869-1932
Erickson  ;Tekla 
1891-1967
Erickson  ;Leonard 
1921-1936
Erickson ;   Daniel
1892-1981
Fiebich ;Theophile
1885-1977
Fiebich  ;Clinton 
1978-1981
Fiebich;Jessica
1982-1990
Fiebich;Thane
1974-1990
Fiebich;Wyatt
1983-1990
Fisher ;Amelia 
1895-1968
Fisher ;Martha
1920-1923
Fisher ;Viola 
1914-1975
Fisher  ; Rudolph 
1891-1974
Fisher;Edmund
1913-1989
Frederich ;Hettie 
1908-1929
Frederick  ; Edmund 
1915-1981
Fuernkranz;Carl
1905-1995
Gahr ;   Frieda
1917-1980
Ginther  ;Helena 
1926
Gordashko;Debbie
1960-1993
Gottlieb; Hein 
1855-1943
Grams ; Samuel 
  1917-1917
Grams ;Wilfred 
 1921-1958
Grams  ;Elmer 
  1931-1977
Grams ; Elsie 
1918-1919
Grams  ;Violet 
  1931-1933
Grams  ;Melvin 
1949-1968
Grams ; Alma 
1923-1923
Grams  ;Emma 
1898-1978
Grams   ;George 
1898-1964
Grams;Allen
1933-1988
Grams;Julius
1893-1987
Grams;Theophilia
1901-1994
Groeller;John
1904-1999
Groeller;Marvin
1949-1994
Grundmann ;   Hertha
1917-1918
Grundmann;  Armin 
1915-1918
Gruntman  ;Karl 
1888-1960
Gruntman;  Bertha 
1895-1945
Gunther; Baby 
1922-1922
Gust;  Emilie 
   1851-1934
Gutknecht  ;Olga
1898-1918
Handke ;Arthur
1934-1934
Handke  ;John 
  1872-1961
Handke ;Bertha 
1877-1956
Handke ;Augusta
1878-1942
Hannusch  ;Caroline
1917
Hanusch ; Johann
1845-1933
Hanusch ;Ottilia
1940
Hartman ;Adolph 
1899-1973
Hartman;Hulda
1915-2000
Hein  ;Mark 
1961-1963
Hein ; Emilie
1905
Heintz  ;Martha 
1903-1960
Heintz ;Charles 
1891-1980
Heintz ; Alice 
  1906
Heintz;  Rosie
  1905-1905
Heinz  ;Carl 
  1862-1957
Heinz;  Emily 
  1869-1953
Henschell  ;Arthur 
1921-1921
Henschell ;William 
1884-1969
Henschell; Dorothy 
1925
Henschell;Anna
1892-1987
Henschell;Ferdinand
1919-1985
Herzog;Ewald
1910-1987
Herzog;Frieda
1910-1987
Hickey;Lorraine
1942-1994
Hintz  ;Harvey 
1943-1943
Hintz ;Juliana 
  1891-1958
Hintz ;Wilhelmina 
1887-1972
Hintz  ; Adolph 
1881-1958
Hoganhauer ;Annie 
 1932
Huebner  ; August 
1890-1981
Huebner;  Emilie 
1890-1975
Jeske; Dorothea
1920-1920
Kallis ; Milly 
1912-1929
Kelford;Melodie (Hall)
1979?-1989
Kiel ; Herman 
  1932-1932
Kiel ; Edward 
1854-1923
Kiel   ;Caroline 
1895-1977
Kiel ;Gustav 
1882-1960
Kiel;  Emelia
1853-1941
Kiel;Leo
1922-1985
Kinghorn:Myrtle
1887-1979
Kitzman ;Julius 
1855-1935
Kitzman; Paulina
1857-1928
Knopp ;Wifred
1923-1948
Knopp ; Marie
1922-1922
Knopp ;Ludwig 
1860-1922
Knopp ;Alfred 
 1934-1934
Knopp ; Helena 
1931-1931
Knopp  ;Wilhelm
1920-1921
Knopp  ;Gordon 
1940-1960
Knopp ;Bertha 
1898-1967
Knopp ;Ernest
1928-1928
Knopp ; Ida 
1903-1949
Knopp  ;Leokadia 
1912-1974
Knopp;Edward
1901-1985
Kopf ;Albert 
1905-1949
Kopf ;Ludwig 
  1877-1959
Kopf  ;Karoline 
1885-1977
Kosovich;William
1923-1988
Kremmin ; Edward
1883-1918
Krisch   ;Rev. R. 
1901-1957
Krisch;Emily
1902-1987
Kropp  ;Adolph 
1893-1926
Kuss ; Wilhelmina 
1903-1918
Lachman ;Rudolph
1897-1981
Lachman  ;August 
1865-1927
Lachman;Elsie
1909-1991
Lachman;Emil
1903-1995
Lachman;Gus
1906-1999
Lechelt ; Lydia (Lachman) 
1872-1959
Lechelt  ; Auguste 
 1892-1922
Lechelt  ;Carl
1889-1973
Lechelt ;Alfred 
1933-1933
Lechelt ; Ernest
1923-1937
Lechelt ; Herman 
1890-1943
Lechelt ;Violet 
1926-1926
Lechelt ; Martha
1896-1948
Lechelt ;  Leonhard 
  1921-1922
Lechelt; Gertrud 
  1927-1927
Lechelt;  Herbert
1911
Lechelt;Albert
1906-1993
Lechelt;Augusta
1903-1983
Lede  ;Frederich 
1856-1928
Lede ; Ida 
1861-1945
Lede ;Wilhelm 
  1890-1949
Lede ; Martha 
 1906-1930
Lede ;  Walter
1917-1920
Lede  ;Lydia
1896-1973
Lede  ;Alma
1920-1920
Lede;Ernest
1930-1995
Leicht  ;Margaret 
1892-1965
Leicht  ;John 
1888-1975
Leicht;Emma
1913-1986
Leicht;Herbert
1913-1998
Leight ;Shirley 
  1942-1947
Lerke ; August 
1888-1928
Lerke ;   Ewald 
1918-1919
Madu  ;Paulina 
1872-1947
Mallas ;Otto 
1915-1940
Mallas  ;Adam 
1882-1949
Mallas ; Selma 
1915-1950
Mallas;Helma
1918-1984
Mallas;Oscar
1910-1989
Martin  ;Ernestine 
1876-1947
Martin ;Mike 
1869-1932
Martin;Adolfe
1906-1991
McLean ;Thomas 
1883-1971
McLean;Caroline
1890-1985
Metzker; Otto
1904-1972
Metzker;Amalia
1907-1995
Meyer ; Karl 
1923-1971
Meyer;Waltraut
1930-1992
Meyers;Olga
1908-2000
Mielke; Wanda 
1899-1929
Mielke;  Ruth 
1938-1938
Miller  ; Frieda 
 1911-1981
Miller   ;Otto 
1891-1956
Miller ;Delores 
 1947-1947
Miller;Ewald
1941-1982
Mitro;Dorothy
1923-1990
Mitro;John
1914-1994
Mitro;Jonathan (Baby)
1995-1995
Mittlestadt ; Ruth 
1926-1926
Mittlestadt ; Emma 
1910
Mittlestadt  ;Matilda 
 1907-1940
Mittlestadt  ;John 
 1877-1947
Mittlestadt ; Baby 
1911
Mittlestadt ; Eva 
1876-1966
Mittlestadt ;Gustav 
1897-1959
Mittlestadt ;Carl 
1884-1919
Mittlestadt  ; Theodor
1888-1918
Mittlestadt; August 
 1870-1930
Mittlestadt; Wilhelmina
1888-1972
Mittlestadt;Emma
1904-2000
Mittlestadt;Otto
1923-1983
Mogdans  ;Gottlieb 
1873-1934
Mogdans  ;Justina 
1875-1949
Mogdans;George
1903-1987
Moren  ; Manfred
1919-1978
Muller ; Baby 
1929
Mund ;Justine 
1930-1930
Nordin;Martha
1918-1984
Olson;Laura
1911-1990
Ortlieb  ;Gustav
1900-1973
Ortlieb;Albertine
1899-1984
Osmann  ;Olga 
1909-1932
Paul;Alma
1924-2000
Pawloske  ;Otto 
1888-1956
Pawloske ; Emilie
  1849-1934
Pawloske;Lena
1901-1996
Perske ;Martha 
1833-1928
Phienke ;Russi 
 1931
Plitt ;Matilda (These)
1890-1974
Prier ;Daniel
1922-1922
Prier  ;Alvina 
1928-1928
Prier  ; Walbert
1917-1917
Prier; Arthur
  1915
Radtke ; Johann 
1892-1971
Radtke ;Emil 
  1927-1928
Radtke ; Ervin 
1931-1947
Radtke ;Carl 
1886-1965
Radtke; Anna 
1894-1979
Rolof  ; Arthur 
1915
Rose  ;Ralph 
1916-1968
Rost  ;Pauline 
1872-1947
Rost ; Augusta 
1892-1965
Rost ; Augusta 
1891-1978
Rost  ;Gottlieb 
1864-1927
Rost  ;Gottlieb 
1903-1977
Rost;Elsie
1911-1996
Schaffrick;Arthur
1920-1983
Schaffrick;Reva
1926-1985
Schlecht ; John 
1870-1916
Schlender  ;Olga 
1898-1946
Schlender  ;Richard 
1927-1940
Schlender ;Edward
1890-1971
Schmidt ;Emilie 
1887-1978
Schmidt ;Wilhelm
1920-1921
Schoenknecht ; Andrew 
 1878-1956
Schoenknecht ; Juliane 
  1893-1971
Schoenknecht ; Henriette 
1889-1977
Schoenknecht  ; Rudolph 
1888-1952
Schoenknecht;Wilhelm
1914-1989
Schoenknecht;Lawrence
1923-1990
Schreiber ; Lydia 
1905- 1932
Schultz ; Eva
1880-1916
Schultz ;Julius 
1872-1947
Schultz ; Otto 
1928-1928
Schultz ; Martin 
1906-1974
Schultz  ; Walter
1918-1919
Schultz ; Emil 
1921-1922
Schultz ;Rosalie 
1886-1967
Schultz; Milton 
1950-1974
Schultz; Julius 
 1947-1949
Schultz;  twins
 1915
Schultz; Reinhardt
  1920-1920
Schultz; George
1902-1970
Schultz;Donaven
1932-1993
Schultz;Esla
1921-2000
Schultz;Olga
1905-1994
Schultz;Rudolph
1916-1996
Schweitzer ;  Ethel 
1877-1949
Schweitzer; Daniel
1888-1959
Soch  ;Emelia 
1889-1963
Soch ;Gottlieb
1882-1942
Soch ;Elsie 
  1923-1951
Soch  ;Samuel 
  1896-1960
Soch ;Emma 
1902-1922
Soch  ; Ernest 
1910-1978
Soch  ; Ludwig 
1901-1951
Soch;Alwina
1903-1989
Sommerfeld;Christine
1895-1983
Spitzer;  John 
1929-1929
Splett ;John 
1876-1964
Steinke ;Emma
1929
Steinke ; Ruth 
1932
Steinke ; Ethel 
  1930
Stelmaker ;Julia
1864-1937
Stelmaker; Gottlieb
  1868-1950
These ;Gertrude 
1928-1981
These  ;Karl 
1925-1930
These;  Helmuth 
1884-1939
These;Otto
1919-1995
Thiel  ;Albert 
1899-1939
Tober ;Lorne
1950-1951
Tober  ; William 
1895-1976
Tober  ;Ottilia
1898-1963
Tober ;Henry
1871-1932
Tober ; Edward 
  1886-1955
Tober ; Henry 
  1876-1937
Tober;  Andreas
1845-1922
Tober;Albert
1920-1997
Trelenberg; Mike 
1870-1946
Trelenberg; Anna 
 1874-1950
Trelenberg;Benjamin
1906-1983
Trelenberg;Julius
1906-1982
Walter ; Frederick 
1931-1931
Walter ;Hulda
1931-1931
Werner ; Frieda
  1839-1910
Werner ; Emilie 
1882-1920
Werner   ;Alma 
1920-1920
Werner ;John
1880-1942
Werner ;Gottlieb 
1836-1922
Werner;Albert
1909-1988
Werner;Helen
1912-1999
Wesenberg ; Herman 
  1897-1958
Wolter ;Olga 
1902-1980
Wolter;Edward
1901-1987
Yurkoski  ; Kevin
 1965-1977
Yurkoski;Lloyd
1933-1995
Zucht;John 
1867-1947
Zucht;Justina 
1864-1943
Zucht;Elsie
1908-2000
Zucht;Henry
1901-1989