Cross Lake Cemetery

mn5.gif (31318 bytes)

Old Cross Lake Cemetery

Queen Township, Section 21, Polk County, MN

The Cross Lake congregation was organized November 22, 1885. The early members were Anton Olson, Ira Jacobs, Hans J. Rone, Halvor Halvorson an Ole O. Gropen, P.L. Jesness, Johannes Lade and Gulik Iverson. The first pastor was the Rev. Nicolai Heierman. The church was built in the 1890�s and in 1912 it was moved to Section 27 of Queen Twp. The church closed about 1981. (Also see Newer Cross Lake Cemetery)

Note: Many of the stones in this cemetery are hard to read and are sinking.

Double check dates with the Minnesota Death Certificate Search and the SSDI.

Thankyou Ann for transcribing the cemetery and for the pictures of old Cross Lake Cemetery site and confirming the actual location of church and cemetery

oldcrosslakecem_bylake_new.jpg (1297551 bytes)

Cemetery transcription originally done in 2002, and re walked and transcribed again in 2003 by Ann - thank you so much for doing this!

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Relationship	Comments
Curtman, Howard	Jul 22, 1917	Sep 13,1967
Gunderson, Henry	1858	1943	Father
Gunderson, Martha M.	1862	1947	Mother
Gunderson, Annie	1893	1975	Daughter
Gunderson, Carl	Oct 6, 1900	Dec 9, 1995		this temporary marker was there last fall (Sept 2002) but now is missing Oct 2003)
Heistad, Anna	1869	1942	Mother
Heistad, Myrtle	1904	1978	Daughter
Heistad, John	1873	1960	Father
Lee, Ole H.	1865	1929	Father
Gustafson, Caroline Emelia	Feb 2, 1911	Feb 21, 1911
Amundson, Anna	Dec 14, 1882	Aug 5, 1952
Ophus, Ruth L.	May 10, 1924	Mar 11, 1993
Ophus, William B.	Oct 22, 1908	Nov 27, 1999
Matson, Karen Kay	Jul 10, 1972	Mar 6, 1976
Johnson, Christine	Apr 12, 1865	Jan 30, 1950	Wife
Johnson, John	Dec 10, 1862	Mar 13, 1956		aka Mule John
Olson, Harold M.	1886	1954
Trulsen, Jeanie	Mar 3, 1899	Jul 16, 1975	Mother
Hoff, Torgunt Mrs.	Apr 9, 1844	Nov 30, 1897	wife of Torgunt Hoff
Gropen, Annie O.		Dec 8, 1901 65y 4m (?)
Berglund, Anna H.	Oct 4, 1892	May 13, 1892
Sand, Karl Johan	Apr 5, 1896	Mar 18, 1897
Lade, Karn	1881	1902
Lade, Paul	1888	1889
Lade, Julia	Feb 26, 1863	Mar 4, 1890
Olson, Olava	1890	1892
Olson, Albert	1888	1889
Stolen, Ludwik	1886	Nov 1899		hard to read, almost unreadable
Aamold, Lars A.		Sep 26, 1905� Age 88 yrs
Aamold, Luis L.		May 17, 1904 Age 51 yrs
Aamold, Mary	Nov 18, 1803	Mar 1, 1901
Iverson, Christine	Sep 17, 1870	Oct 24, 1954
Iverson, Gullik	Jan 1, 1853	Jul 29, 1933
Adult grave � cement rectangle
Lade, Halstein	1852	1927
Lade, Inger	1849	1933
Lade, Ingvald		Nov 29, 1966		MN PVT BTRY B 332 FLD ARTY WWI
Possible grave				no stone left, just cement base
Anderson, Carrie D.	Oct 11, 1883	Feb 16, 1951	Mother
Anderson, Alfred	Oct 25, 1875	May 24, 1956
Ophus, Olaf	1871 � 1940		Father
Ophus, Sarah	1870	1975	Mother
Ophus, Newell	1899	1916	Son
Waale, John	May 14, 1893	Nov 19, 1978
Waale, Carl	Feb 6, 1895	May 12, 1963		PFC CO A 602 ENGR SVC BN WW I
Nelson, Gustav Emil	Mar 13, 1840	Jan 1, 1915
Nelson, Lena	Sep 17, 1835	Dec 22, 1925
Berglund, John	1860	1934	Father
Berglund, Mathilda	1865	1953	Mother
Berglund, Alfred	1899	1927	Son	Son of John & Mathilda
Berglund, Baby	1927	1927		Son of Gerhard
Berglund, Baby Boy	1929	1929		Son of Gerhard
Berglund, Anna	1901	1950	Daughter	Daughter of John & Mathilda
Berglund, Alvin	1909	1969		Son of John & Mathilda
Unmarked Graves
Kohls, D.A.	No dates	No dates
Hoff, Torgunt		Apr 9, 1931		in Duluth
Gropen, Ole	No dates	No dates
Halkinrud, Inger Torine	May 15, 1844	Oct 7, 1904
Grunt, Anna		1932
Grunt, Mr.	No dates	No dates
Lee, Mrs. Ole H.	No dates	No dates

Updated Oct 10, 2003

Back to Polk Co. Main Page

Unmarked Graves