Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - Lost River Bethany Mennonite Cemetery - Codette, Saskatchewan




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Lost River Bethany Mennonite Cemetery
Codette district
R.M. of Nipawin # 487   E 36-49-17 W2
GPS   53.270707�N   104.344105�W
First burial in 1909

Contributed by Sharlene Penner

Cemetery Map


Baumgarten, Anthony  1934 - 2006  R 14  
Braun, Johann  J.  1868 - 1942  E 10  
Braun, Katherina  1870 - 1949 wife of P. K.  M 5/6  
Braun, Maria (Bergmann)  1887 - 1919  F 9  
Braun, Mrs. Anna  1876 - 1930  F 10  
Brown, David  1956 - 1967  H 13  
Brown, Edna  1928 - 1987  I 16  
Brown, George  1898 - 1983  O 4  
Brown, Jacob  1927 - 1995  P 5  
Brown, Julius  1934 - 1989  I 16 (Cremation)  
Brown, Margaret
Brow, (baby)  1929 - 1929 child of Peter  E 4  
Brown, Maria  1900 - 1986  O 5  
Brown, Peter  1896 - 1955  H 10  
Brown, Tina  1894 - 1935  I 7  
Buhler, Tina  1903 - 1990  D 13  
Buhler, William  1904 - 1976  D 11  
Bushman, David D.  1898 - 1960 D 10  
Bushman, Helen  1900 - 1979  D 10/11
  
Day, Clara (Schellenberg)  1931 - 1989 N 12/13 (Cremation)
Derksen, Abraham  1881 - 1962  N 8  
Derksen, Aganetha  1910 - 1918 B 6  
Derksen, Anna  1914 - 1914  B 7  
Derksen, Elizabeth  1919 - 1919 D 7  
Derksen, Henry  1909 - 1909  B 8  
Derksen, Henry  1915 - 1915  B 7  
Derksen, Jacob  L 12  
Derksen, John I.  1906 - 1977  G 15  
Derksen, Kathrina (Fehr - Neufeld)  1884 - 1978 N 9/10  
Derksen, Maria A.  1876 - 1926  G 4  
Derksen, Miss  Mary  I 11  
Derksen, Rev. A. A.  1868 - 1930 G 5  
Doerksen, Annie  1913 - 1992  P 7  
Doerksen, Barry David  1955 - 1969 M 12  
Doerksen, Edna (Wiebe)  1930 - 1965 L 3  
Doerksen, Mrs. Jacob  1874 - 1925  F 5  
Dyck, Annie  1908 - 1957 wife of Jacob  G 1/10  
Dyck, (baby)  child of Paul  J 12  
Dyck, John (baby)  1924  D 6
Dyck, Jacob  1898 - 1971  H 14
Dyck, Peter H.  1910 - 2001  Q 13/14
  
Enns, Carl  1915 - 1918 E 9/10  
Enns, Edward (baby)  1960 J 15/16  
Enns, Cornelius  1914 - 2003  L II  
Enns, Doreen  1926 - 2002  J 16  
Enns, Earl  1956 - 2007  J 16 (Cremation)   
Enns, George  1926 - 2007  J 16 (Cremation)  
Enns, Henry K.  1917 - 2001  D 15  
Enns, Jacob C.  1919 - 1998  P 14  
Enns, Kathrina  1888 - 1963  M 10  
Enns, Kornelius  1889 - 1964  M 11  
Enns, Margretha  1897 - 1984 wife of J. J.  N 4  
Enns, Mrs. Helena  1883 - 1917  D 9  
Enns, Peter H.  1913 - 1982  N 2  
Enns, Rev. Jacob J.  1887 - 1968  N 3  
Enns, Tina  1920 - 1994  D 14  
Ens, Aaron  1922 - 2001  Q 7  
Ens, Alex C.  2000 - 2000  P 8  
Ens, Terry Walter   1975 - 1975  E 3  
Ens, Edward  1957 - 2007  R 13  
Ens, Elizabeth (nee Bergen)  1917 - 1948  M 5  
Ens, Helen M.  1935 - 2004  C 12  
Ens, Henry D.  1920 - 2002  Q 15  
Ens, Henry J.  1895 - 1955  N 4/5  
Ens, Isaac  1926 - 1978  C 11  
Ens, Jacob  1854 - 1929  H 7/6  
Ens, Keegan Lucas   1998 - 1998  P 8  
Ens, Margaret  1923 - 2004  Q6  
Ens, Margaretta (nee Hoeppner)  1864 - 1915  D 8  
Ens, Maria  1867 - 1913  H 6  
Ens, Marion  1925 - 2001  Q 11  
Ens, Mary   1901 - 1991 wife of H. J.  N 5/6  
Ens, Peter  1918 son of P. J.  C 7  
Ens, Peter  1919 - 1987  O 3 (bur. in Vancouver)
Ens, Peter J.  1898 - 1975  O 3  
Esau (Ens), Margaret  1897 - 1987  P 3
  
Feser, Susan  1917 - 1980  L 8  
Friesen, Hienrech H. P.  1863 - 1938  K 4  
Friesen, Mr. A. A.   K 4/5  
Funk, (baby)  child of  Jacob  J 4  
Funk, George (Gerhard)  1923 - 1931  J 4/5  
Funk, Conrad  1932 - 1943  I 10   
  
Goertzen, Frank J.  1878 - 1961  C 10  
Goertzen, Maria  1879 - 1968  C 10  
Golan, Tina (Neufeld)  1908 - 1991  F 12/13 (bur. at Sedgewick, AB)

Hamm, Maria  1863 - 1930  I 6/5  
Harder, Anna  1886 - 1976  B 9  
Harder, Baby Norman  1930 - 1931  J 5  
Harder, Gerhard N.  1908 - 1994  P 11  
Harder, Gertrude  1908 - 2007  Q 4  
Harder, J. Richard   1928 - 2008  Q 3  
Harder, Katie  1908 - 1992  O 6  
Harder, Kerry  1959 - 1959  I 14  
Harder, Leonard Abram  1932 - 1986  O 12  
Harder, Mary  1901 - 1978  G 13  
Harder, Peter A.  1897 - 1966  G 13/12  
Harder, Peter N.  1913 - 1985  O 7  
Harder, W. Arthur  1927 - 2001  Q 12  
Harder, William  1906 - 2004  Q 4/5  
Heindrichs, Tina E.  1933 - 1987  H 16  
Heinrichs, Anna  1918 - 1980  I 1  
Heinrichs, Billy (baby)  1943 son of Bill  I 13  
Heinrichs, Margaret  1933 - 1933  J 6  
Heinrichs, Edwin  1913 - 1975  I 2  
Heinrichs, George  1899 - 1970  K 15  
Heinrichs, Gertrude  1876 - 1968 wife of P. J.  L 10/11  
Heinrichs, Jacob  1933 - 1976  H 15  
Heinrichs, Jacob  1902 - 1960  E 11  
Heinrichs, Maria  1898 - 1989  K 16  
Heinrichs, Mary   1920 - 1941 wife of Ed  K 7  
Heinrichs, Peter  1931 - 1952  K 13  
Heinrichs, Peter  1876 - 1946  L 11  
Heinrichs, William  1916 - 2003  K II  
Hiebert, Cornelius  1917 - 1976  M 14  
Hiebert, George  1908 - 1944  K 9/10  
Hoeppner, Agnes  1900 - 1959  N /7  
Hoeppner, Annie  1921 - 1921  C 8  
Hoeppner, William  1921 - 1923  E 7  
Hoeppner, John  1860 - 1923  F 5/6  
Hoeppner, Maria  1915 - 1918  C 8  
Hoeppner, Peter  1899 - 1991  N 7  
Hoksbergen, Art   1929 - 1996  L 15 (Cremation)  
Hoksbergen, Harry   1922 - 1971  L 15  
Hoksbergen, Justina  1914 - 2000  L 16  
   
Jansen, (baby)  1953 child of Dave  J 15  
Jansen, David  1910 - 1998  P 15  
Jansen, Susan  1910 - 1970  M 13  
Janzen, Abe  1952  K 14  
Janzen, Abram  1902 - 1971  N 10/11  
Janzen, Annie  1919 - 2004  N 10/11  
Janzen, Miss Lena  L 5  
Janzen, Mr. Jacob  K 11  
Janzen, Mrs. Jacob  L 6  
   
Klassen, (baby Boy)  1945  H 12/13  
Klassen, Harvey  1941 - 1942  I 13  
Klassen, Wilfred W. (baby)  1938  J 13  
Klassen, Edward P.  1929 - 1943  H 12  
Klassen, Gertrude  1904 - 1976  I 15  
Klassen, Jacob  1903 - 1951  K 12  
Kroeker, Klaas  1823 - 1914  C 9  
Kroeker, Mrs. Anna  1833 - 1912  C 9  
Kube, Alvin  1886 - 1959  J 2  
Kube, Caroline  1959 - 1998  O 15  
Kube, Tena   1891 - 1948 wife of Alvin  M 4
  
Lemky, Bernhardt  1873 - 1950  K 11/12  
Lemky, Mrs. Margaret  1886 - 1946  L 9  
Lepine, Brita E.  1955 - 1993  O 11/12 (Cremation)  
Lepp, Hazel MaryAnne   E 5  
Lepp, Peter Kenneth   E 5/6  
Leppky, (baby)  1936 child of Peter  1937  J 11  
Leppky, Anne  1904 - 1934 wife of Peter  I 6  
   
N. A.  E 6  
Neufeld, Agatha  1910 - 2002  Q 17  
Neufeld, Anna (nee Braun)  1907 - 1934 wife of Peter  F 12  
Neufeld, Anton  1917 - 2005  R 15  
Neufeld, (baby)  child of Ben M.  J 13/14  
Neufeld, (baby)  child of Bernhard H.   G 5/6  
Neufeld, (baby)  child of Jacob   J 9/10  
Neufeld, (baby)  1946 - 1946 child of C. H.  H 11  
Neufeld, Anna  1929 - 1929 dau of B. H.  E 8  
Neufeld, Geo.  1917 - 1917  D 7  
Neufeld, John  1928 - 1930  F 10  
Neufeld, John (baby)   I 9/10  
Neufeld, Kristopher Dale (baby)  1977  H 2  
Neufeld, Maria  1931 - 1933  J 8  
Neufeld, Mildred  1936 - 1936  J 10  
Neufeld, Stacey Dawn (baby)  1975  H 3/2  
Neufeld, C. J.  1907 - 1937  F 12/13  
Neufeld, Cornelius H. (Cornie)  1918 - 1995  O 13  
Neufeld, D. 'Dick' B.  1929 - 1996  O 14  
Neufeld, David H.  1895 - 1975  N 1  
Neufeld, George B.  1922 - 1949  K 10  
Neufeld, George M.  1915 - 1976  O 2  
Neufeld, George R.  1920 - 1998  Q 8  
Neufeld, Gerhard H.  1883 - 1938  H 9  
Neufeld, Henry H.  1879 - 1925  G 7  
Neufeld, Henry M.  1908 - 2002  Q 16  
Neufeld, Henry P.   1851 - 1922  G 9  
Neufeld, Jason  1973 - 1979  O 9  
Neufeld, Jody G.  1960 - 2004  R 17  
Neufeld, John B.  1923 - 2000  Q 9  
Neufeld, John E.  1893 - 1923  G 8  
Neufeld, Justin & Joey  1975 - 1979  O 10  
Neufeld, Justina (Jessie)  1916 - 2001  Q 10  
Neufeld, Maria  1856 - 1930  G 10  
Neufeld, Mary  1914 - 2004  Q 5  
Neufeld, Mary A.  1886 - 1969  M 7/8  
Neufeld, Mary Ann  1926 - 1982  N 15  
Neufeld, Mona  1950 - 1979  O 9  
Neufeld, George P.  1857 - 1930  H 8  
Neufeld, Mary  1885 - 1946 wife of H. H.  L 10  
Neufeld, Mrs. Anna  1861 - 1914  D 8/9  
Neufeld, Peter  1922 - 1926  G 6/7  
Nickel, (baby)  child of John   D 4  
Nickel, David  D 4/5  
Nickel, Mrs. Maria  1934  I 5
  
Penner, Abe C.  1907 - 1955  H 11/10  
Penner, Abram D.  1870 - 1938  K 6  
Penner, (baby)  child of Abe  G 6  
Penner, Abe C.  1932 - 1933  J 7  
Penner, Anna (baby)  1933  J 9  
Penner, Charles A.  1949 - 2005  R 16  
Penner, David H.  1953 - 1982  G 14  
Penner, Dietrich 'Dick'  1915 - 1989  E 14  
Penner, Elsie  1916 - 2003  J II
Penner, George  28 Nov 1923 - 15 Oct 2016 hus of Margaret Peters
Penner, John J.  1915 - 1994  P 4  
Penner, Katherine Nora  1916 - 2005  E 15  
Penner, Mrs. Justina  1885 - 1945  L 7  
Penner, Wayne  1945 - 1978  F 14  
Peters, Agatha  1913 - 1993  P 6  
Peters, Agnes  1906 - 1999  O 16  
Peters, (baby)  child of David A.  1940  J 14  
Peters, Cornelius H.  1899 - 1984  O 8  
Peters, David D. K.  1873 - 1935  K 3  
Peters, Frank  1900 - 1974  F 3  
Peters, Katherina (Tina)  1876 - 1926  F 4  
Peters, Martin L.  1900 - 1980  G 2  
Peters, Sara (Braun)   1904 - 1991 wife of C. H.  P 8  
Peters, Tina  1943  I 12  

Reimer, Margaret   1868 - 1948 wife of William  M 3  
Reimer, William  1867 - 1940  I 9  
Rempel, Mr. Dick   I 4  
Rempel, Mrs. Henry P.  1920  F 8/9  
Rempel, Peter  1921 - 1983  O 1  
Rempel, Stanley  1944 - 1995  P 2  
Rommel, Barbara  1922 - 2005  C 13/14  
Rommel, Frank  1920 - 1992  D 13/14
  
Schellenberg, (baby)   child of Abe   J 7  
Schellenberg, Agnes L. (baby)   1938  J 12  
Schellenberg, Mary (baby)   1947 dau of Jacob P.  I 12  
Schellenberg, David  1920 - 1999  P 16  
Schellenberg, Dora  1909 - 1985  E 13  
Schellenberg, G. Walter  1930 - 1983  N 12  
Schellenberg, Jacob  1903 - 1966  E 12  
Schellenberg, Jacob  1915 - 2001  Q 13  
Schellenberg, Lydia  1926 - 1986  O 11  
Schellenberg, Peter P.  1900 - 1974  N 13  
Schellenberg, Sheri  1974 - 1987  D 12  
Schellenberg, Tina (Heinrichs)  1906 - 1998  N 16  
Schroeder, Erdman  1930 - 1932  F 11  
Schroeder, Herman  1931 - 1931  F 10/11  
Schroeder, Diedrich F. 'Dick'  1908 - 1992  P 9  
Schroeder, Maria  1910 - 1970  K 1  
Stegeman, Georgina (Gusta)  1914 - 1994  P 12
  
Teichreb, Abram  1885 - 1960  L 13  
Teichreb, Anne  1918 - 1976  F 13/14  
Teichreb, Henry  1930 - 1930  J 3  
Teichreb, Catherina  1894 - 1968  L 14  
Teichreb, Doreen M.  1942 - 1984  N 14  
Teichreb, Jacob P.  1913 - 1980  F 15  
Teichreb, Katherine  1877 - 1963  G 11  
Teichreb, Peter  1863 - 1940  I 8  
Teichrew, Jacob  1915 - 1931  H 5  
Thiessen, (baby)   H 4  
Thiessen, Henry H.  1893 - 1926  H 3  
Thompson, Margaret   1908 - 2006  K 11/12 (Cremation)
  
Vogt, Rev. Peter  1881 - 1952  M 6  
   
Walker, Mary (Brown)   1921 - 1989  I 7 (Cremation)  
Warkentin, Baby   D 7  
Wiebe, Abram  1909 - 1973  L 1  
Wiebe, (baby)  child of Henry   C 5  
Wiebe, Tina  1920 - 1923  C 6  
Wiebe, Tina   1925 - 1925  D 5  
Wiebe, David  1913 - 1923  B 5  
Wiebe, Elizabeth  1857 - 1927  I 3  
Wiebe, Elizabeth (Lizzie)  1908 - 1996  P 13  
Wiebe, George  1864 - 1943  K 9  
Wiebe, H.  E 8/9  
Wiebe, H. K. Henry  1915 - 1952  K 13/14  
Wiebe, Henry D.  1876 - 1938  L 4  
Wiebe, Henry G.  1899 - 1976  M 15  
Wiebe, Jacob  1884 - 1968  M 2  
Wiebe, John  1905 - 1979  J 1  
Wiebe, John P.  1876 - 1964  G 12  
Wiebe, Katherina   1879 - 1966 wife of H.   L 2  
Wiebe, Klaas  1879 - 1921  F 6/7  
Wiebe, Lena  1911 - 1994  P 10  
Wiebe, Lena G.  1901 - 1989  M 16  
Wiebe, Lena K.  1883 - 1958  M 9  
Wiebe, Maria  1887 - 1970  M 1  
Wiebe, Peter K.  1903 - 1967  K 2  
Wiebe, Tina  1899 - 1921  F 7/8  
Wilkes, Kathern P. 'Tina'  1922 - 1974  G 3


Name of District: Lost River
Name of Community: Rural Codette
Name of Denomination: Mennonite
Condition of Cemetery: Well cared for
Ownership of Cemetery: Lost River Bethany Mennonite Church
Approximate number of graves: 282
Legal Land Location: NE & SE 36-49-17 W2
Recorded by: Lost River and Districts History Book Committee
Date: Summer 2008
Local Contact Persons: Bev Ens (306-862-9342) & Dennis Wiebe (306-277-4236)
Comments:
The cemetery is situated 13 � miles west of Codette along Grid #789. The first burial was Henry Derksen, the son of Aron and Maria Derksen, born September 6, 1909 and died September 23, 1909. The Aron Derksen�s donated to bury their son, Henry. But Mrs. Derksen�s parents, the Heinrich P. Neufelds� wanted to donate some too. So they decided to each donate half an acre.
The Bethany Cemetery has taken on a much different appearance from the earlier years. More land was donated by Mrs. Henry Ens and John B. Neufeld, thereby enlarging it to the West. Spruce trees were planted around the outside of the cemetery by volunteer help from the community in 1984. A steel sign has also been placed at the cemetery.
The cemetery is registered with the Rural Municipality. John Hoeppner was in charge of assigning plots for many years. When he moved to British Columbia, Peter Hoeppner took over. Then Aaron Ens did it, and then George R. Neufeld did it for many years. Now Dennis Wiebe is in charge.
The church community organizes the upkeep of the cemetery. They delegate the caretaking, grass cutting etc. to volunteer groups of families. Once a year they also have a cleaning bee some time before Mother�s Day.






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