Cross Lake CemeteryQueen Township

Cross Lake Cemetery

Queen Township, Section 27, Polk County, MN

(Newer Location)

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. N. 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.

Thankyou to Ann for walking the cemetery, transcribing it and for the pictures taken August 2002, also for walking it again and re-transcribing it in 2003.

See Old Cross Lake Cemetery listing and pictures

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Cemetery Transcription originally done by Ann 2002, and redone by Ann in 2003.

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Relationship	Comments
Johnson, John N.	Jun 15, 1896	Jun 9, 1975
Johnson, Peter B.	1838	1914
Johnson, Christie M.	1855	1931
Solberg, Agatha	1884	1957
Halvorson, Halvor	May 20, 1848	Apr 7, 1916
Halvorson, Engborg				blank
Myhre, Lars				blank
Melby, Christian	Aug 27, 1862	Mar 18, 1917	Father
Melby, Johanna G.	Oct 2, 1862	Dec 27, 1958	Mother
Melby, Joseph	Apr 7, 1905	Feb 1, 1954		PFC 230 MIL POLICE CO BSN World War II
Melby, Adolph M.	Jul 21, 1895	May 12, 1989		WAGR U.S. Army World War I
Melby, Ida J.	Dec 24, 1892	May 15, 1969
Melby, Henry	Oct 7, 1898	Nov 25, 1958		MN PVT 4 PEPL DEPOT AAF World War II
Myhre, Vernon M.	Feb 1941	Jan 1981
Myhre, Ole	1903	1978
Mhyre, Mabel A.	1904	1998
Heide, Albert H.	1856	1939	Father 1856 – 1939
Heide, Gro	1859	1938	Mother
Heide, Evin H.	Feb 5, 1886	Sep 22, 1968		PVT BTRY C 3 FLD ARTY
Swenson, Robert L.	Jun 25, 1932	Sep 28, 1986	Father	CPL U.S. Army Korea
Swenson, Patricia A.			Mom	blank - no dates
Ingberg, Leander	1900	1975	Father
Engberg, Leonard	Jul 28, 1902	Apr 25, 1984		PVT U.S. Army World War II
Halvorson, Inger	1879	1957	Mother
Halvorson, Herman	1877	1938	Father
Swenson, Reed M.	Jun 23, 1964	Nov 10, 1984
Olson, Ida	1892	1935	Daughter
Molden, Carl	Oct 5, 1894	Sep 15, 1971		MN PVT 54 PIONEER INF World War I
Molden, Beatta	1862	1948	Mother
Molden, Christian H.	1863	1935	Father
Ingberg, Emil	1887	1947	Father
Ingberg, Selmer		Apr 24, 1926		MN PVT 387 INF 97 DIV
Ingberg, Louis B.	1883	1940
Ingberg, Marit J.	1861	1930
Ingberg, Lars J.	1847	1918
Larson, Josephine	Mar 25, 1912	Oct 12, 1965
Larson, Lawrence B.	Nov 26, 1911	Mar 30, 1983		SGT U.S. Army World War II
Larson, Inga H.	Mar 22, 1891	Oct 6, 1980
Larson, Adolph T.	May 29, 1889	Sep 20, 1978
Gustafson, Caroline E.	Feb 24, 1876	Jan 20, 1954
Gustafson, John E.	Nov 2, 1856	Apr 23, 1925
Gustafson, Elmer O.	Oct 26, 1900	Nov 29, 1970		MN PVT 1580 SERV UNIT World War II
Gustafson, Sidney A.	Mar 13, 1903	Aug 1, 1972		MN PVT U.S. Army World War II
Nelson, Knut	Jan 1, 1839	Jun 26, 1923
Gustafson, J.F.	May 16, 1829	Apr 19, 1916
Swenson, Reed M.	Jun 23, 1964	Nov 10, 1984
Swenson, Robert L.	Jun 25, 1932	Sep 28, 1986		CPL U.S. Army Korea
Swenson, Patricia A.
Johnson, Peter		1946
Two unknown infants – metal marker			Children of Alfred and Emma Johnson	*The two unknown infants - metal marker - are the children of Alfred and Emma Johnson. (Emma Johnson is buried on the Johnson homestead, now owned by Roger Johnson, Crookston, Mn. Alfred (my grandfather) is buried at Cross Lake Cem. beside his second wife, Abigail. Abigail was born in 1856 and died in June 1937. May 2004 Arvid Engen, son of Christ and Anna J. Engen
Peterson, Marvin John	Feb 20, 1936	Jul 20, 2000		SP4 U.S. Army
Westre, Erling A.	1921	1979
Johnson, Alvina C.	1901	1974
Johnson, Oscar	Apr 24, 1895	Sep 18, 1982		PVT U.S. Army World War II
Naastad, Arne	1893	1939	Brother
Naastad, Lorentz P.	Jun 27, 1890	Nov 9, 1988
Naastad, Louise C.	Sep 24, 1894	Jul 21, 1985
Peterson, Oscar	1894	1977	Father
Peterson, Annie C.	1902	1953	Other	?Mother
Carlson, Rachel	1885	1937
Carlson, Martin	1883	1962
Larson, Louis	Oct 25, 1846	Apr 25, 1930		PVT CO E REG ARTY
Larson, Bertha	1847	1925
Larson, Baby Girl		1919
Swenson, Anna	Mar 28, 1895	Aug 15, 1993
Swenson, Oscar L.	Sep 6, 1894	Jan 22, 1980		PVT U.S. Army World War I
Eastby, Josephine	Apr 29, 1861	Nov 23, 1912	Mother
Eastby, Ole Father	1860 – 1945	1945	Father
Eastby, Alice Lucille	1920	1921	Granddaughter
Aurlie, Hans J.	1868	1940
Larsen, Ulrik L.	Dec 26, 1894	Nov 27, 1952	Pastor	MN PVT MEDICAL DEP World War I
Larsen, Helen G.	Aug 17, 1899	Jan 22, 1987	Teacher
Jensen, Ludvig O.	Feb 4, 1906	Mar 28, 1968		MN PFC BTRY C 53 FLD ARTY World War II
Mohon, Christian N.	1855	1921
Swenson, Ole	Mar 31, 1854	Apr 9, 1946	Father
Brustad, Carl A.	Jul 31, 1882	May 23, 1965	Father
Solberg, Phillip	1954	1954
Brustad, Olava	Sep 22, 1881	Jan 24, 1981	Mother	TEC 5 U.S. Army World War II
Brustad, Clarence H.	Mar 2, 1912	Feb 3, 1986
Olson, Gena	1886	1966
Olson, Gustaf	1891	1979
Gilbertson, Floyd B.	Dec 14, 1897	Aug 26, 1978
Gilbertson, Anna	Feb 8, 1894	Feb 27, 1978
Gilbertson, Gladys	Oct 21, 1916	May 15, 2002
Preus, Kristin Louise		Dec 3, 1956
Myhre, Mabel B.	Nov 11, 1905	Sep 19, 1980
Myhre, Jorgen	Sep 17, 1900	Jul 15, 1987
Myhre, Mikkel	Feb 2, 1863	Mar 14, 1936	Father
Myhre, Beathe	Nov 5, 1873	Nov 14, 1948	Mother
Gilbertson, Harley L.	Feb 9, 1909	Aug 21, 1965
Gilbertson, Henry	Oct 23 ,1873	May 14, 1947
Gilbertson, Flora	Apr 11, 1878	Dec 25, 1969
Gilbertson, Lester O.		Jun 23, 1930		MN PVT 109 INF 28 DIV
Swenson, Effie	1903	1986
Swenson, John N. Jackie	Jul 15, 1930	May 28, 1931
Swanson, John M.	1901	1996
Anderson, Harvey	1935	1996
Anderson, Margie		1965
Omsted, Jennie A.	Apr 29, 1897	Jan 24, 1988
Omsted, Clifford P.	1893	1975		PVT U.S. Army
Axelvold, Gjertrude	Mar 16, 1867	Nov 20, 1948
Axelvold, Knute	Apr 9, 1858	Nov 7, 1948
Axelvold, Dorothy L.	Sep 6, 1913	Feb 26, 1982
Axelvold, Kenny G.	Oct 14, 1904	.	.	.
Clark, Olive M.	1907	1995	Mother
Clark, H. Eugene	1913	1973	Father
Martine, Baby Boy	1980	1980
Engen, Anna J.	1897 *	1987 *		*Birthdate - March 9 1897 Death Date December 11 1987 - Dates confirmed by grandaughter Peggy Bonnet and son Arvid Engen May 2004
Engen, Christ	1891	1982	Father	son Arvid Engen May 2004
Johnson, Hilda B.	1905	1960
Johnson, James W.	Oct 18, 1890	Jan 20, 1966		MN MECH 8 CO TRANS CORPS
Johnson, Alfred	1865	1944		* First wife Emma Johnson is buried on the Johnson homestead, now owned by Roger Johnson, Crookston, MN. Arvid Engen May 2004
Johnson, Abigail*	Abigail was born in 1856 and died in June 1937* (not on headstone but confirmed by Arvid Engen May 2004	Abigail was born in 1856 and died in June 1937* (not on headstone but confirmed by Arvid Engen May 2004		*Second wife of Alfred Johnson. This grave not found on walk in 2002 - but confirmed that she is buried here by Peggy Bonnet and Arvid Engen May 2004
Cogswell, Verna Lenora	Sep 5, 1913	Nov 9, 1914
Melby, Helen	Jun 11, 1939	Feb 5, 1990
Johnson, Bernard	1914	1971
Johnson, Halverdina Christinea				confirmed by Arvid Engen
Johnson, Bernt*		1937		*This grave not found when walking the cemetery, Arvid Engen, resident of area says that this person is buried here next to his wife Halverdina. May 2004
Melby, Gladys	Jan 27, 1919	Dec 24, 1980
Melby, Ole C.	1900	1975
Heide, Albert G.	May 24, 1896	Nov 25, 1973		MN PVT U.S. Army World War I
Heide, Eilef Isack	Dec 16, 1891	Aug 1, 1965		PVT CO E 54 PIONEER INF World War I
Heide, Arthur B.	Mar 21, 1900	Apr 7, 1998
Heide, Peter	1903	1976
Myhre, James Melvin	Oct 20, 1945	Mar 9, 2002
Guldburg, Aasta Agnethe	1895	1980
Guldburg, Gottfred Rev.	1883	1941	Rev
Johnson, Leonard	Apr 7, 1923	Oct 23, 1991		TEC 5 U.S. Army World War II
Swenson, Hans	1891	1988
Swenson, Louisa B.	1916
Unmarked Graves
Larson, Ulrik L.	1894	1952

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