Norwegian Pioneer Lutheran (Haugen) Cemetery

Section 26 - Home Township - Turner County - South Dakota
 

This cemetery was allowed to fall into sad neglect for many years following the last burial in 1921.  In 1984 an Eagle Scout from Tea, South Dakota
named Curt DeYoung adopted the cemetery for a project.  Curt and his family, and the relatives of those buried in the cemetery worked for many hours
and days mowing, removing lilac bushes and repairing and re-setting grave markers. Curt and his family still maintain this piece of silent prairie, silent
except for wind rustling in the grass, birds singing from the barb wire fence, and an occasional car passing on the paved road.  Written and provided
by Verlyss V. Jacobson

  

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There are three major parts to the information on this web page as prepared by Ken Tiahrt in 2010.  Thanks are specially given to Verlyss Jacobson who provided the copies of the cemetery records to make this web page possible.  Any portion of this page may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use.  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

The map of the cemetery showing the individual rows of lots in relationship to 272nd Street, gives the user a physical setting.  

2.  A List of Burials

A listing of the burials at Norwegian Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery – Home Township – Turner County, gives the individual names in alphabetic order.  This listing also gives the year of birth and year of death.  The earliest being interred in 1882 and the last in 1921.  This data was originally published in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.  Then rewritten for and republished in "Time For Tea", a history of Tea, South Dakota in 2002.

Photos of Grave Monuments
**UPDATE NOTE - October 2018 -- The cemetery list does not contain any tombstone photographs. Thankyou for understanding. Anyone wanting to donate personal tombstone pics is encouraged to do so on the following dedicated site for that purpose: South Dakota Gravestones Project.

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Norwegian Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery Burial Record

Section 23 - Township of Norway - Turner County - SD
 

Last Name First Name Birth Yr Death Yr Row Grave Comments
Jensen Enok 1839 1891 3 1 killed by lumber falling off a wagon while crossing Skunk Creek
Lodemael Verner 1862 1888 3 5  
Lund Brita A 1855 1884 2 4 sister of Oline and Ragnhild
Lund Oline A 1858 1883 2 4  
Lund Regnhild A 1861 1882 2 4  
Lunda Harry 1904 1904 4 13 pneumonia, brother of Kenneth and Lillie Mae
Lunda Kenneth 1912 1913 4 13 ingested Paris Green insecticide
Lunda Lille Mae 1897 1910 4 13 acute tuberculosis and gangrene
Olson Thora     1 11  
Peterson Stephen 1815 1899 2 1  
Rohwerder Hans 1844 1895 4 8  
Roti Edward 1880 1880 5 5  
Roti Mons Johan 1862 1881 5 5  
Roti Olina 1884 1884 5 5  
Roti Stina Mary 1853 1884 5 5  
Rydo Charles 1835 1915 4 10 husband of Sarah
Rydo David 1880 1899 4 9 son of Charles & Sarah Rydo
Rydo Sarah 1849 1921 4 10 encephalitis, wife of Charles Rydo
Sletten Matilda 1887 1887 2 13 daughter of Martin & Augusta Sletten
Sletten Sarah Olson 1828 1905 1 10 old age
Sletten Theodore 1903 1905 2 13 son of Martin & Augusta Sletten
Sletten Thora 1826 1917 1 10 old age
Sletten  Orvie 1905 1906 1 13 bronchial pneumonia, first born son of Thomas & Anna Sletten
Swigum Christian 1876 1883 2 12 diptheria, while visiting grandparents, Thora & Sarah Sletten
      2 2 unknown marker