Frieling
Cemetery - Viborg, SD.
Section 15 - Turner Township - Turner County - South Dakota
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The Frieling Cemetery was a family cemetery and one which has survived, but has had periods of complete neglect. The available list of burials is not official and no formal records were kept. The cemetery was established by John H Frieling in 1895 following the death of his first child. Its last known use was in 1925 following the death of another child. A steel fence surrounds the Frieling graves.
This private cemetery has survived partially from the efforts of Tiena
Norman who served as caretaker for many years. She was likely a
child of Oliver and Christina Norman, or is Tiena a nickname for
Christina? When Tiena was unable to continue the Cemetery quickly fell into ruin. |
The Frieling Family Cemetery information database consists of 3 parts. This information was prepared by Ken Tiahr with the generous assistance of
Sherree Schmiedt who provided unofficial burial records, and may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use.
Special thanks is given to Charlotte Hoyt for taking the photographs. Any other use,
including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires
written approval.
1. A Cemetery Map A map of the cemetery is not provided because there are only three grave monuments still in the cemetery.2. A List of Burials A listing of the burials at Frieling Cemetery – Section 15 – Turner Township – Turner County, gives the individual names. This listing also gives the date of birth and date of death when available. While specific grave sites are given, no official cemetery record book was kept.Photos of Grave Monuments |
View of Frieling Cemetery From the
Northwest
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Frieling Cemetery
Burial Record |
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Year | Death Year | Grave No | Lot No |
| Frieling | Gertrud | 1894 | 1895 | 5 | 119 |
| Frieling | John | 1896 | 1896 | 4 | 119 |
| Frieling | Elizabeth | 1840 | 1915 | 3 | 116 |
| Frieling | John H | 1841 | 1898 | 2,3 | 116 |
| Frieling | Frauke | 1874 | 1898 | 4 | 116 |
| Frieling | Johana | 1886 | 1886 | 5 | 143 |
| Norman | Christina | 1883 | 1976 | ||
| Norman | Oliver B | 1884 | 1964 | ||
| Frieling | Dartrud | 1899 | 1925 | 3 | 119 |
| Lody | baby | 4 | 143 | ||
| Wagner | baby | 5 | 143 |
The three names just above at the bottom of the list are reported to have been buried in the Frieling Cemetery, no monument lists these names and there is no written record available.