First Mennonite Cemetery
Watonwan County, Minnesota

Contributed by Sherryl Warren, Nov 2000 [jw80900@navix.net]. Total records = 203.

This is a complete listing from the First Mennonite Church, located about 5 miles north of Butterfield, Watonwan County, Minnesota. This rural church, with cemetery located behind the church, was begun by late 1880s Mennonite German Russian emmigrants. Some of the stones have inscriptions in German. The information from the stones was compared with the cemetery listing to insure accuracy. This listing was completed in Sep 2000.

- Sherryl Warren

Baerg, Anna, b. 1872, d. 10 Aug 1933
Baerg, Elizabeth, b. 1904, d. 25 Nov 1978
Baerg, Gerhard, b. 6 Sep 1894, d. 7 Mar 1958, MN Pvt HQ CO 5 Pioneer Inf WWI
Baerg, Jacob G., b. 1872, d. 17 May 1959
Baerg, Jacob J., b. 1896, d.
Baerg, Maria, b. 1903, d. 9 Apr 1988
Baerg, Marvin, b. 1931, d. 16 Jul 1934
Baerg, Peter, b. 1903, d. 26 Sep 1988
Braun, Helen, d. 15 Apr 1993
Braun, Henry A., d. 9 Jan 1990
Buhler, Abraham, b. 1891, d. 2 Nov 1978
Buhler, Arthur J., b. 1915, d. 9 Dec 1991, Married 12 May 1938
Buhler, Helen E., b. 1916, d. 3 Nov 1990
Buhler, Helen, b. 1889, d. 24 Sep 1895, daughter
Buhler, John A., b. 1865, d. 4 Nov 1892
Buhler, Justina, b. 1896, d. 19 Jan 1993
Dahlenburg, Bessie A., b. 1917, d. 27 Apr 1984
Derksen, Anna, b. 1862, d. 6 Jan 1951
Derksen, Bernhard P., b. 1887, d. 1 May 1958
Derksen, Clarence, b. 1922, d. 11 Jan 1996
Derksen, Elizabeth, b. 1898, d. 22 Feb 1967
Derksen, Esther, b. 1920, d. 1 Jun 1979
Derksen, Leslie V., b. 1924, d. 1924, baby
Derksen, Peter, b. 1861, d. 10 Oct 1946
Dyck, Mrs. Bernhard, b. 1813, d. 23 Mar 1895
Enns, Anna Rempel, d. 3 Mar 1901
Enns, Cornelius, d. 1 Jul 1882
Enns, Dietrich F., b. 1869, d. 29 Jun 1941, Father
Enns, Franz F., d. 27 Apr 1886, age: 2 yrs 7 mo 3 da, son of A. & F. Enns
Enns, Franz, b. 24 Jun 1820, d. 9 Oct 1904
Enns, Gerhard, b. 27 Mar 1867, d. 10 Oct 1889, son of F & C Enns
Enns, Helena D., d. 6 Apr 1908
Enns, Isaac, b. 1875, d. 8 Apr 1933
Enns, Katharina, b. 7 Feb 1836, d. 19 Oct 1920
Enns, Minne S., b. 1 Jan 1867, d. 28 Jan 1892
Enns, Sara, b. 1871, d. 13 Jan 1952, Mother
Falk, David D., b. 3 Mar 1867, d. 23 Aug 1939
Falk, Katarina, b. 1886, d. 1909, Mother (Mutter)
Falk, Maria, b. 19 Jun 1863, d. 20 Dec 1907, Mother-nee Stoesz
Falk, Sarah, d. 17 Mar 1924
Falk, William P., d. 30 Oct 1927
Fast , Mary V., b. 21 Jul 1905, d.
Fast, Abraham J., b. 8 Jul 1906, d. 11 Jan 1992
Fast, Catherine, b. 1902, d. 27 Nov 1984
Fast, Catherine, d. 23 Nov 1935
Fast, George Jr., d. 3 Apr 1924
Fast, George, b. 1903, d. 14 Dec 1986
Fast, Julianna, d. 27 Nov 1933
Fast, Larry, d. 21 May 1943
Fast, Mary, b. 2 Feb 1954, d. 4 Feb 1954
Fast, Reinhart, b. 1931, d.
Fast, Reinhart, b. 8 Jan 1926, d. 9 Jan 1926
Fast, Roger T., b. 14 Jan 1948, d. 19 Aug 1968, MN PFC Co D 8 Cav 1 Air Cav Div Vietname PH
Fast, baby, d. 4 Apr 1924
Friesen, Abraham, b. 19 Mar 1833, d. 16 Oct 1916
Friesen, Abraham, d. 16 Oct 1916
Friesen, Abram A., b. 1875, d. 12 Mar 1959
Friesen, Anna, b. 28 Dec ?, d. 11 Feb 1899
Friesen, Cornelius A., b. 1881, d. 28 Nov 1965
Friesen, Jacob A., b. 12 Jan 1869, d. 8 Jun 1950
Friesen, John A., b. 1907, d. 14 May 1950
Friesen, Katherina, b. 1964, d. 16 Dec 1913
Friesen, Katherine, b. 1880, d. 19 Dec 1960
Friesen, Maria, b. 31 Dec 1864, d. 24 Apr 1950
Friesen, Peter A., b. 1863, d. 19 Mar 1951
Friesen, Susanna, b. 1886, d. 22 Jun 1972
Funk, Cornelius, b. 1845, d. 21 Sep 1921
Funk, Helena, b. 1851, d. 28 May 1937
Harder, Abram, b. 1905, d. 10 Oct 1915
Harder, Anna N., b. 1881, d. 10 Dec 1957
Harder, Anna W., b. 1893, d. 1947, Mother
Harder, Anna W., b. 1893, d. 8 Oct 1947, Mother
Harder, Anna, d. 5 Sep 1884
Harder, David D. Jr., b. 8 Jul 1928, d. 25 Jul 1934
Harder, David P., b. 1894, d. 1954, Father
Harder, David P., b. 1894, d. 28 Jan 1954, Father
Harder, David, d. 18 Mar 1893, age: 1 yr 10 mo 10 day,
Harder, David, d. 9 Apr 1890, age: 0,
Harder, Elizabeth, b. 1912, d. 18 Nov 1992
Harder, J. P., d. 30 Nov 1911, age: 2 days old,
Harder, Jacob P., d. 8 Jun 1911
Harder, Jacob, d. 4 Jan 1894, age: 56 yrs. 2 mos.,
Harder, John B., d. 1912
Harder, John H., b. 1877, d. 20 Jan 1952
Harder, Katharene E., b. 1913, d. 6 Aug 1990
Harder, Katharina, d. 26 Oct 1894, age: 1 yr 10 mo 7 days,
Harder, Katharina, d. 9 Jul 1930
Harder, Margaretha, b. 1884, d. 5 Mar 1964
Harder, Mary S., b. 1910, d. 10 Mar 1998, {Clayton L., Arlin H., Stanley M.}
Harder, Peter P., b. 1883, d. 17 Oct 1962
Harder, Peter S., b. 1907, d. 19 Jun 1996, {parents of Peter M., Gerhard M., Willard J.
Harder, Peter, d. 10 Feb 1908, age: 5 mo. old,
Harder, Richard Dale, d. 25 Nov 1946
Harder, baby, d. 15 Oct 1921
Harder, baby, d. 20 Jun 1924
Harder, baby, d. 6 Feb 1923
Harmon, Margaret S., b. 1926, d. 30 Aug 1987, Margaret S. Sawatzky Harmon, Sister
Heppner, Aganetha, d. 14 Dec 1884
Heppner, Dietrick, b. 28 Jan 1816, d. 27 Jun 1882
Heppner, Katharina, d. 19 Feb 1896
Heppner, Lena, d. 22 Nov 1907
Heppner, Maria, b. 3 Dec 1821, d. 5 Mar 1905
Heppner, Maria, d. 19 Jul 1902
Heppner, Maria, d. 2 Nov 1884
Hockel, Henry C., b. 1919, d. 3 Mar 1977, Dad, married 19 Nov 1949
Hockel, Martha P., b. 1920, d. , Mom
Janzen, Elizabeth, b. 18 Mar 1900, d. 1 Apr 1902
Janzen, Margaret, b. 1856, d. 24 Mar 1937
Johnson, Martha Marie, d. 28 Jan 1931
Johnson, Timothy, d. 29 Jun 1961, same stone as Mary Fast
Madson, Gabriel Todd, d. 24 Apr 1994
Martens, Anna, d. 1902?
Martins, John, d. 26 Apr 1917
Nickel, Jacob, d. 17 Apr 1909
Nickel, Susana, d. 18 Jan 1899, age: 39 yr 10 mo 15 da,
Nickel, baby, d. 18 Jan 1899
Oyler, John H., b. 1906, d. 29 Nov 1970
Oyler, Katharina, b. 1911, d. 26 Mar 1983
Penner, Aganetha, b. 12 Aug 1923, d. 8 Sep 1970
Penner, Anna, d. 14 Feb 1902
Penner, Anna, d. 25 Mar 1902
Penner, Bernhard, d. 25 Jun 1894
Penner, Bernhard, d. 4 Apr 1895
Penner, Bernhart, b. 9 Apr 1915, d. 26 May 1915
Penner, Cornelius, d. 16 Jan 1901
Penner, David B., b. 1871, d. 28 Sep 1927, Father
Penner, David D., d. 17 Aug 1990
Penner, David, d. 21 Nov 1908
Penner, George, d. 27 Feb 1894
Penner, Gerhard G., d. 26 Feb 1908
Penner, Gerhard, d. 21 Oct 1924
Penner, Henry, d. 1 Aug 1977
Penner, Justina, d. 18 Nov 1903
Penner, Katharina, b. 1883, d. 30 Aug 1975, Mother
Penner, Katherina, b. 1879, d. 22 Feb 1954
Penner, Peter B., d. 2 Jan 1904
Penner, Peter G., b. 30 Jun 1866, d. 4 Nov 1924
Penner, Peter, d. 5 Sep 1897
Penner, Sarah, b. 24 May 1922, d. 8 Apr 1990
Penner, Sarah, d. 25 Jan 1990
Radtke, Carl R., b. 1898, d. 4 Apr 1976
Radtke, Kate, b. 1903, d. 19 Oct 1988
Reimer, Aganetha, b. 1854, d. 1923
Reimer, Henry J., d. 31 Mar 1893
Reimer, Jacob, b. 18 May 1886, d. 28 Feb 1945
Reimer, Jacob, b. 1851, d. 15 Mar 1893
Reimer, Linda, d. 5 Mar 1920
Reimer, Peter, d. 12 Mar 1919
Rempel, Bernard, d. 6 Jul 1922
Rempel, John J., b. 24 Dec 1889, d. 23 Jul 1974, Pvt US Army
Rempel, John, b. 1860, d. 11 Jun 1926
Rempel, Maria, b. 1863, d. 1928
Rempel, Maria, b. 1886, d. March 1910
Rempel, Peter J., b. 1888, d. 24 Feb 1920
Rempel, Wilhelm, b. 1871, d. 19 Dec 1910
Sawatzky, Alberth, d. 8 May 1924
Sawatzky, Alvin C., b. 1916, d. 6 Oct 1987, brother
Sawatzky, Anna, b. 17 Mar 1854, d. 14 Mar 1945, Mother (Mutter)
Sawatzky, Cornelius J., b. 5 Apr 1890, d. 11 Jul 1934
Sawatzky, Francis Marie, d. 28 Dec 1927
Sawatzky, Frank J., b. 1887, d. 23 Nov 1966
Sawatzky, Harry P., b. 1920, d. 30 Oct 1964
Sawatzky, Helene, d. Jan. 1911
Sawatzky, Jacob R., b. 10 Oct 1882, d. 8 Jun 1967
Sawatzky, Johann F., b. 2 Nov 1843, d. 14 Jan 1919, Father (Vater)
Sawatzky, John J., b. 14 May 1875, d. 4 Sep 1953
Sawatzky, Katarina, d. Oct. 1905
Sawatzky, Katharina, b. 1891, d. 31 Mar 1959
Sawatzky, Maria J., b. 29 Apr 1875, d. 26 Feb 1966
Sawatzky, Marie, b. 1905, d. 3 Jun 1932
Sawatzky, Mary, b. 25 May 1892, d. 20 Jul 1958
Sawatzky, Peter, d. May 1916
Sawatzky, Samuel, d. 26 May 1925
Sawatzky, Susan E., b. 23 May 1894, d. 24 Oct 1980
Schmidt, Jacob, b. 1926, d. 19 Nov 1926, age: 4 days old,
Schroeder, Cornelius, b. 19 Dec ?, d. 10 Sep 1888
Sifrit, Michall, d. 8 Dec 1920
Steinle, Anna, b. 1865, d. 27 Jul 1943, Mother
Steinle, Cynthia Mae, d. 31 May 1980
Steinle, Reinhart R., b. 1875, d. 28 Oct 1942, Father
Stoesz, Abraham F., d. 1 Jan 1919
Stoesz, Aganetha E., b. 1910, d. 20 Jul 1961
Stoesz, Aganetha, b. 1884, d. 19 Aug 1948
Stoesz, Aganetha, d. 12 Sep 1966
Stoesz, David C., d. 18 Oct 1906
Stoesz, David E., b. 2 Dec 1914, d. 21 Oct 1924
Stoesz, Dietrich E., b. 1908, d. 30 Jun 1948, Father
Stoesz, Erdman E., b. 1907, d. 19 Dec 1982
Stoesz, Erdman, b. 1881, d. 15 Oct 1945
Stoesz, Johann, b. 1891, d. 13 May 1891
Stoesz, Johann, b. 21 Oct 1839, d. 2 Jan 1905
Stoesz, John J., d. 25 Apr 1960
Stoesz, John, d. 13 May 1891
Stoesz, Maria, b. 1841, d. 8 Aug 1914
Stoesz, Marie, d. 4 Sep 1988
Stoesz, Mathilda, b. 1906, d. 18 Oct 1984
Stoesz, Sara P., d. 28 Mar 1914, geboren und gestorben",
Toews, Helena, d. 17 Mar 1916
Toews, John H., d. 10 Dec 1959
Toews, Kermit P., b. 1935, d. 19 Sep 1986
Toews, Marie E., b. 1911, d. 23 Jul 1993, parents of Kermit, Angela & Karen
Warkentin, Anna, b. 1913, d. 14 Mar 1994
Warkentin, Peter G., b. 1907, d. 10 Mar 1996