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Jackson Co, MN
St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Rost Township, Jackson Co, MN
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St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery...
38886 800th St, Lakefield, MN
Just off I-90 at the Brewster/Co Rd 1 exit, and approx 1-mile east on Co Rd 12
Coordinates: N-43.644026 W-95.318413


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  • St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
    -Janell (Rients) Leopold photo
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  • Cross headstone
    -Joanne Meyer photo
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  • Meister
    Parents: Franz and Anna (Pines) Meister and descendants
    Franz and Anna (Pines) Meister were some of the first pioneers to Rost in 1870. They brought their 2 children, August and Mathilda, building the first sad house in Rost. Regular Sunday devotions were held in their home, with other families joining them. Franz called the first Lutheran minister to Rost, thus founding the Rost church. Anna died in 1904 and Franz died in 1908.

    August Meister (son of Franz and Anna) and wife Ottile (Milbrath), had several children interred at this St. Pauls cemetery. They are: Arthur, Alma, Anna, Ruth, Martin, Alice, Viola.

    Mathilda Meister married Ferdinand Milbrath and they became the parents of 3 sons and 2 daughters. Children were Edward, Theodore, Reinhold George "RG", Bertha (Herman Kuhlmann) and Hulda (Alvin Glaser).

    -photos courtesy Janell (Rients) Leopold
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  • Milbrath headstones
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    August and Fredericke (Speiker) Milbrath were early settlers in Rost. He helped build the first church, also designing and building the furniture inside that church. They were the parents of 12 children: Pauline, Ottilie, John, Anna, August Jr., Ida, Frank, Hulda, Henry, Paul, Eli, and lost 1 child. Ottilie (Tillie) Meister and Frank Milbrath are buried at Rost cemetery.

    -Joanne Meyer photos

    Family stone photo and family history courtesy Janell (Rients) Leopold
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  • Koester headstones

    Johann and Brechtje's daugher, Antje (Ann) married Reinhold George "RG" Milbrath and they had seven children: Evelyn (George Aden), Pauline (Arnold Rode), Viola (Hillard Mueller), Ronald (killed in Korean War), Edith (killed in automobile accident), Edward, and Delbert.
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    -photos courtesy Janell (Rients) Leopold
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  • Helen and Ed Mittelstadt
    Ed died in 1943 at age 39. Helen remarried Lawrence Mortenson.
    Helen passed away in 1959 at age 49. She was a sister to Harold Wendel
    located in the same cemetery. I also learned in Sep 2009 that a infant stillborn daughter is also buried here though there is no headstone.

    -Randy Wendel photo
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  • Rients

    -photos courtesy Janelle (Rients) Leopold, May 2009
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  • Rients
    Johann and Lubka (Post) Rients had 12 children- of which 9 are buried at St. Pauls cemetery- Eilt, Albert, Paul, Louie, John, Grace, Annie, George, and Henry.
    And then many of the next generations are also there.
    Carmelita was the daughter of Albert Rients. Carmelita and Henrys' infant son is interred there. Janet was the daughter of Arnold and Laura Rients. Verna (married to Harold) was the daughter of Paul Rients, and their daughter Ann is buried at St. Pauls cemetery. The infant son of Eilt and Anna Rients is buried there as well, also is their other son, Theodore and his wife Leola. Marilyn was the daughter of Theodore and Leola. Arnold (son of Albert Rients) and his wife, Laura, and their daughter Janet are interred at St. Pauls.

    -photos courtesy Janell (Rients) Leopold
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  • L-R: Adam and Emma Voehl, Elmer Voehl

    -Joanne Meyer photos
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  • Harold Wendel

    -Randy Wendel photo

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    Oct 2009