Mellette County, South Dakota
Vital Records - Cemeteries & Gravestones
Saint Paul German Lutheran Cemetery (Friedens Germeinde)
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Information was transcribed and posted from the book "Both Feet in the Grave", published in 1991
with permission from the author, Juanita Koskan.
Location:
Section 19, Township 44N, Range 31W - Red Fish Township
History:
Saint Paul's was a German Lutheran Cemetery located in northwestern Mellette County. It still has a good woven wire fence around it and the families of the deceased still take some interest in its care. There are some headstones still standing
The cemetery was organized 31 October 1917 by Philip Volmer, Jake Schamber, and Jake Buxal.