Bethany Lutheran Cemetery

BETHANY LUTHERAN
      CEMETERY

    LAKE SARAH TOWNSHIP

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The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethany Church was organized in 1884. In 1886, John and Bessie Hobert donated three acres of land in Section 35 of Lake Sarah Township for a church and a cemetery. The cemetery was at times refereed to as the Lake Sarah Swedish Cemetery or the Lake Sarah Township Cemetery.

The first church was not completed when it was destroyed by a tornado on September 15, 1886. The congregations built another church the following year. On April 20, 1914, lighting struck that church and it was destroyed by fire.

Four months after the fire, on August 28, 1914, the corner stone was laid for another church. In 1951, Modum Lutheran and Bethany Lutheran churches merged to form Lake Sarah Lutheran Church of Garvin. Bethany Lutheran Church was sold and torn down in 1959.

The oldest know setter in Murray County, James Drew, is buried in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery. Mr. Drew was born in 1791 and fought in the War of 1812 and died at the age of 95.

The list below is to be used as a reference and should not be your only death and burial resource in your genealogical research. For comments, corrections, or information on Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, please contact Char Larson.


ANDERSON  A. EMIL 1879 1945
ANDERSON  ALBERT 1869 1957
ANDERSON  ALFRED 1877 1917
ANDERSON  ALVIN 1900/OCT/29 1995/JULY/16
ANDERSON  BENGT 1838 1919
ANDERSON  EMIL 1862 1909
ANDERSON  EVA 1824 1907
ANDERSON  JENNIE 1872 1928
ANDERSON  JUSTINA 1849 1934
ANDERSON  OLAF 1815 1892
ANDERSON  OLIVER MAYNARD 1990/MAY/17 1986/JUL/22
ANDERSON  OSCAR W. 1903 1970
ANDERSON  VERNER 1906 1942
BENSON  JENNIE S. 1886 1964
BENSON  SWAN S. 1885 1981
BERG  AUGUST 1858/AUG/03 1925/OCT/11
BERG  CARRIE 1855/JUL/05 1938/FEB/21
BERG  EMILY 1894/MAY/12 1953/JUN/02
BERG  ROY C. 1892/APR/18 1944/NOV/17
BJORKMAN  CAROLINE 1856 1939
BJORKMAN  ELDA 1892 1986
BJORKMAN  HATTIE 1898 1982
BJORKMAN  HILDING MAURITZ 1881/SEPT/20 1882/MAR/10
BJORKMAN  IRENE (BURLET) 1894 1983
BJORKMAN  JOHAN J. 1825/NOV/12 1892/JAN/22
BJORKMAN  SWAN J. 1855 1939
BOJE  WILLIAM   1972/FEB
BRANT  EMIL 1876/MARCH/06 1914/JUNE/16
CARLSON  ANNA E. 1894 1977
CARLSON  BARBARA MARIA 1954/MAY/27 1998/JAN/06
CARLSON  DOROTHY RUTH   1927
CARLSON  DOUGLAS W. 1848 1951
CARLSON  EMIL T. 1883 1939
CARLSON  ERNEST A. 1897 1978
CARLSON  HERLA   1935
CARLSON  JULIA M. 1882 1958
CARLSON  OSCAR 1868/MAR/26 1887/JUL/21
CARLSON  ROY WILLIAM 1920/JUN/10 1995/MAY/22
CARLSON  SHANE   1993
CEDAR  BROR 1884 1933
CEDAR  ESTHER 1884 1962
COYLE  _____   ????
COYLE  EDNA M. 1911 ****
COYLE  RICHARD H. 1911 1981
DREW  DOUGLAS E. 1858 1879/NOV/03
DREW  JAMES 1791 1886/AUG/25
DREW  MARY E.   1898/MAR/22
DROWN  DONNA WIRTJES 1937 1980
FAHLIN  ERICK A.   1912/SEPT/18
FAHLIN  MATHILDA SOPHIA   1909/MAR/12
FAHLIN  OLAF   1930
FAHLIN  OSCAR A. 1887/JUNE/16 1905/SEPT/24
FIHN  ____ (BABY) 1912/AUG/24 1912/AUG/24
FIHN  ____(BABY) 1913/APR/14 1913/APR/14
FIHN  MABEL MARIA 1914/FEB/34 1914/FEB/24
FOSTER  ARTHUR QUENBY 1905/APR/19 1995/JUN/15
FOSTER  GLADYS B. 1909 1978
HAMER  EMIL   ????
HEDWICK  MARY CARLSON   1935
HOBERT  ALBIN P. 1899/MAR/18 1983/MAY/08
HOBERT  ANNA MARIE 1879 1949
HOBERT  ARTHUR C. 1870 1939
HOBERT  ARVID 1899 1983
HOBERT  AUGUST 1853/SEPT/11 1914/NOV/17
HOBERT  BESSIE M. 1855/DEC/11 1890/NOV/28
HOBERT  BLINDA 1867/FEB/03 1951/MAR/16
HOBERT  CARL E. 1896 1980
HOBERT  CHRISTINA LILLIE 1902 1918
HOBERT  EDITH C. 1899 1982
HOBERT  EDLA 1884 1978
HOBERT  EMMA 1869 1943
HOBERT  EMMA L. 1867/DEC/10 1926/SEPT/07
HOBERT  EMMA S. 1863/FEB/09 1950/MAY/31
HOBERT  EVELYN S.V. 1896/JUN/27 1909/JUL/04
HOBERT  GUSTAF 1871/DEC/16 1939/NOV/11
HOBERT  HARRY E. 1881 1959
HOBERT  HELEN   1915
HOBERT  HENRY L. 1886/OCT/23 1909/JUL/17
HOBERT  HILDING 1892 1981
HOBERT  IDA 1873 1953
HOBERT  IDA C. 1905/FEB/20 1978/NOV/23
HOBERT  JOHN 1896/JUN/27 1912/AUG/20
HOBERT  JOHN P. 1851/DEC/02 1908/JULY/29
HOBERT  JOSEPH S. 1894 1979
HOBERT  P. MARK 1858 1928
HOBERT  PETER 1823/JAN/25 1893/JUNE/04
HOBERT  ROY   1918
HOBERT  RUDOLH L. 1911/SEPT/14 1912/JAN/20
HOBERT  SWAN 1872 1958
HOBERT  WILLIAM A. 1897 1953
HOBERT INGA   1898
HOBERT MANFRED   1991
HOKANSON  JOHN 1863/JUL/12 1908/MAR/15
HOKANSON  MAGNI 1873/DEC/17 1963/DEC/14
HOKANSON  OLIVIA 1870/DEC/05 1923/MAY/30
HOLM  AGNES 1890 1981
HOLM