Faith Lutheran Cemetery - Grove Park Township

Faith Lutheran Church Cemetery

Grove Park Township, Section 23, Polk County, MN

North of Mentor on County Road 12

Faith Lutheran Church was organized in 1903 and was first called “Mentor Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation” and the church was built in 1906. In January of 1955 the decision was made to rename the church to Faith Lutheran Church. The land for the cemetery was purchased from William W. Attix in 1904 and Chester Galland donated more land in 1955. This church is still active. Additional information in ( ).

Cemetery Listing below picture

This Cemetery was walked and transcribed by Ann - July 2003 - thankyou Ann ! Corrections made Sept 2006

NAME	DATES	REMARKS
Amundson, Ella	1899 – 1991
Amundson, Herb
Amundson, Halvor J.	1862 – 1929
Boyum, Rodney M	1940 – 1956
Boyum, John	1910 – 1985
Boyum, Elizabeth E.	1909 – 1980
Sveningson, Daniel G.	Jun 2, 1929 – Oct 30, 1978	SGT US ARMY KOREA
Sveningson, Kathy	Aug 16, 1955
Lusty, Sgt. Eber A.	Aug 25, 1922 – Mar 28, 1943	MN TEC 4 SHIP & GUN CREW COMM. 1 WWII
Lusty, William C.	Jun 14, 1898 – Nov 2, 1989	S1 US NAVY - PVT US ARMY WW I & II
Anderson, Lydia	1893 – 1982
Anderson, Andy	1893 – 1968
Anderson, Armand E.	Aug 10, 1916 – Jan 16, 1945	MN SGT 320 INF 35 DIV WWII
Anderson, Harlan O.	Oct 17, 1925 – Mar 11, 1971	MN S1 US NAVY WWII
Gustafson, Gunhild Nornes	1891 – 1963
Gustafson, John R.	1885 – 1952
Gustafson, Elmer B.	1919 – 1959
Strand, Olga	1885 – 1972
Strand, Ole W.	1879 – 1954
Hanford, Wallace J.	Sep 9, 1896 – Sep 29, 1976 COOK US ARMY WWI
Hanford, Mae H.	Nov 19, 1902 – May 14, 1992
Strand, Marcella M.	Apr 1, 1930 –
Strand, Lloyd L.	May 25, 1915 – Aug 5, 1985
Sveningson, Lloyd W.	Mar 8, 1921 – Jun 16, 1971	MN TEC 5, 231 STA. HOSP WWII
Sveningson, Louisa J.	Aug 3, 1924 – Aug 21,1975
Sveningson, Goldie J.	1881 – 1980
Sveningson, Anton S.	1881 – 1950
Johnson, Lawrence H.	Nov 21, 1893 – Mar 20, 1948
Johnson, Alyda	Nov 7, 1882 – Feb 7, 1953
Bergh, Nellie	Aug 7, 1912 – Jul 11, 1996
Bergh, Hilding	May 29, 1908 – Jul 6, 1987
Bouffleur, Clara H.	1907 – 1979
Bouffleur, Winfield	1896 – 1962
Bouffleur, Ida	1874 – 1956
Bouffleur, Fred	1870 – 1947
Zak, Jeffrey Nicholas	Jul 8, 1999	Son of Jason & Chana
Dordal, Mabel Neshelm	May 26, 1894 – May 26, 1950
Dordal, Rev. Jacob Nels	Oct 22, 1878 – Mar 5, 1945
Monda, Naomi Dordal	1920 – 1992
Monda Charles L.	Oct 14, 1919 – Mar 23, 2001
Anderson, Jerome	1944 – 1947	Son of Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Anderson
Kaminski, William	Mar 15, 1893 – Mar 12, 1956	MASS. PVT 151 DEPOT BRIG. WWI
Kaminski, Belinda	Sep 26, 1895 – Apr 9, 1954
Buhn, Myrtle E.	1903 – 1977
Buhn, Dora C.	1895 – 1987
Buhn, J. Elmer	1898 – 1971
Buhn, J.O.	1861 – 1943
Buhn, Ella C.	1868 – 1936
Olson, Agnes R.	Sep 6, 1901 – May 2, 1977
Olson, August	Nov 22, 1858 – Sep 30, 1931
Olson, Rena	Mar 5, 1863 – Apr 2, 1941
Olson, Emil W.	Jun 23, 1897 – Jan 25, 1979
Olson, Nora	Mar 1, 1907 – Jun 30, 1979
Olson, Norman Eugene	Apr 4, 1928 – Sep 24, 2001	PFC US ARMY
Nelson, Anton	1875 – 1946
Johnson, Forrest Newell	Jul 19, 1918 – Oct 29, 1996 PFC US ARMY
Johnson, Earl	Sep 6, 1912 – Dec 9, 1994
Johnson, Kari	Nov 6, 1860 – Sep 29, 1930
Johnson, John H.	Jun 19, 1850 – May 20, 1922	Father
Johnson, John Theo.	Nov 7, 1882 – Apr 15, 1973
Johnson, Marthea	Jul 2, 1888 – Apr 22, 1967
Grundahl, Arthur K.	May 15, 1919 – Jan 24, 1962	MN SGT BRTY. H 217 COAST ARTY WWII BSM-PH
Greendahl, Carl J.	Nov 20, 1883 – Aug 2, 1957
Greendahl, Anna J.	Apr 9, 1885 – Oct 4, 1959
Greendahl, Cheryl Ann	Died - Jan, 30, 1953
Ohm, Otto G.	Dec 5, 1886 – Mar 16, 1970	MN PFC CO E 2 INF WWI
Gustafson, Leroy V.	Oct 2, 1927 – May 12, 1971	MN PFC 1521 BASE UNIT AAF WWII
Gustafson, Anton M.	1891 – 1977
Gustafson, Mamie C.	1893 – 1933
Gustafson, Verna	1923 – 1923
Gustafson, Vernon	1923 – 1924
Wade, Ira L.	1908 – 1979
Evenson, Julia M.	1895 – 1961
Evenson, Selmer	1895 – 1958
Evenson, Maude L.	Dec 13, 1927 – Jan 25, 2000
Moren, Peder	May 27, 1882 – Mar 4, 1923
Moren, Louise	1887 – 1972 Mother
Moren, Archie	1916 – 1972
Pullar, Clinton	Jul 23, 1908 – Jan17, 1976
Pullar, Esther Olesen	Sep 9, 1909
Olesen, Anders	Aug 13, 1902 - Aug 24, 1956
Danielson, Raymond	1913 – 1976
Danielson, Lawren O.	1952 – 1974 CPL US MARINE CORPS
Danielson, Albert M.	1905 – 1999
Danielson, Dina	1883 – 1962
Danielson, Elizabeth	1912 – 1960
Simonson, John	1889 – 1961
Simonson, Ocie	1898 – 1986
Simonson, Michael A.	Jun 1, 1951 – Apr 8, 1962
Simonson, Arthur W.	Jan 25, 1944 – Dec 3, 1957
Simonson, Minnie I.	Apr 15, 1924 – Dec 25, 1969
Simonson, John A.	May 10, 1925 – Jun 27, 1972
Gilbertson, Edwin C.	1897 – 1962
Gilbertson, Minnie	1887 – 1977
Gilbertson, Earl M.	Sep 30, 1933 – Jan 9, 1999
Stenberg, Mary Eik	1887 – 1957	Daughter
Stenberg, Sam Eik	1855 – 1925	Father
Stenberg, Bertha Eik	1854 – 1923	Mother
Eik, Gretta	1861 – 1923	Sister
Brustad, Theresa M.	1970
Cornelius, Sarah	1876 – 1969
Amberson, Peter	1886 – 1962
Amberson, Palma	1897 – 1962
Amberson, Morris H.	1924 – 1955
Amberson, Clarice	Sep 6, 1944	Daughter
Amberson, Julia	Apr 13, 1938	Daughter
Amberson, Selmer Arnold	1922 – 1992
Grimstad, Jason	Mar 17, 1935 - Feb 19, 1992	Son
Grimstad, J. Arthur	Oct 1, 1908 – Jan 3, 1990	Husband
Grimstad, Viola	Sep 24, 1908 – Apr 3, 1998	Wife
Galland, Orin S.	1875 – 1960	Father
Galland, Stena S.	1878 – 1954	Mother
Wille, Pearl H.	Mar 17, 1910 – Jun 1, 1911
Brown, Inga	Oct 14, 1843 – Dec 13, 1912
Brown, Ray	1921 – 1924
Gustafson-Bjorgan monument
Gustafson, Ed	1893 – 1861 Father
Gustafson, Hansine	1895 – 1961 Mother
Gustafson, Laura	1925 – 1931	(Other sources say b.1924 - d. 1939)
Bjorgan, Peder J.	May 21, 1877 – Apr 18, 1947
Bjorgan, Laura P.	Jul 4, 1873 – Mar 27, 1962
Remmen, Peter N.	Mar 6, 1888 – May 14, 1911
Anderson, Caroline	1881 – 1963	Mother
Anderson, Adolph	1855 – 1939	Father
Anderson, Muriel O.	Jan 1, 1909 – Nov 20, 1994
Madson, Martine	Oct 26, 1850 – Jun 11, 1906
Anderson, Arthur R.	1907 – 1972
Engstrom, Carl A.	1870 – 1918	Father
Engstrom, Ida	Mar 19, 1865 – Jun 25, 1905
Atkinson, Fern	1900 – 1966
Atkinson, Melvin L.	1898 – 1966
Olson, Carl O.	Oct 15, 1884 – Aug 22, 1966	Father
Olson, Anna C.	Apr 6, 1894 – Aug 15, 1978	Mother
Olson, Conrad A.	Nov 15, 1908 – Jun 29, 2000
Olson, Clarence L.	Jul 3, 1921 – Oct 8, 1998	PFC US ARMY WWII
Tischman, Richard C.	Feb 4, 1912 – Nov 15, 1988
Saga, Leland H.	Apr 21, 1920 –
Saga, Valora B.	Mar 10, 1920 – Jan 4, 1992
Schear, Laurel J.	1926 – 1996
Schear, Betty L.	1927 -
Fisher, Ervin	1899 – 1903
Fisher, Philip	1851 – 1915
Vigness, Edwin R.	Apr 10, 1914 – Mar 26, 1956	MN SGT 1 C 1 CONTL SQ AMPH A WWII
Vigness, Laurits	1868 – 1933
Vigness, Tonette	1877 – 1968
Monson, Richard D.	Jul 27, 1966
Monson, Hazel I.	Jun 12, 1912 – Jan 17, 1979	Wife – Mother
Raaen, Dora M.	1892 – 1988
Raaen, Edward	1891 – 1973
Ramberg, Raymond F. 1915 – 1992
Ramberg, Ruby J. 1920 – 1984
Fladhammer, Harold	May 23, 1924 – Jun 20, 2001	PFC US ARMY WWII
Fladhammer, Corann A.	Nov 8, 1928 –
Smith, Eva	Sep 21, 1912 – Jul 30, 1962
Madsen, Elsie Katherine	Jan 6, 1874 – Jul 20, 1941
Madsen, Nels Harbo	Dec 7, 1871 – Mar 24, 1957
Madson, Theodore Harald	Aug 4, 1908 – Nov 27, 1909
Wahl, Nilmar A.	1900 – 1963	Father
Hanson, Selina	1884 – 1909
Hanson, Kari	Jul 26, 1848 – Mar 13, 1894
Hanson, Ole	1848 – 1924
Hanson, Anna	Sep 10, 1872 – Feb 9, 1894
Hanson, Osgar	Apr 29, 1882 – May 6, 1894
Foldoe, Ada Johnson	Dec 24, 1926 – Apr 16, 1995
Foldoe, Alfred M.	Sep 10, 1892 – May 1, 1984	PVT US ARMY WWI
Foldoe, Anna G.	1897 – 1957	Mother
Foldoe, Glen B.	1923 – 1942	Son
Foldoe, Lori Jean	Mar 26, 1957 – Aug 28, 1960
Foldoe, Scott Arnold	Apr 4 – Apr 5, 1960
Olsen, Jens	1852 – 1919
Olsen, Marie	1851 – 1921
Olsen, Martin	1877 - 1945
Grant, Earl	1881 – 1947
Grant, Ella	1888 – 1972
Reese, Thona T.	Died Feb 16, 1911
Larson, Reuben Edgar	May 7, 1905 – Jan 4, 1923
Larson, Grace L.	1908 – 1986
Larson, Lawrence T.	1903 – 1986
Larson, Arthur O.	Apr 2, 1912 – May 24, 1999	SGT US ARMY AIR FORCE WW II
Larson, Clarence A.	Apr 19, 1901 – Feb 13, 1987
Larson, Pearl Krogen	Oct 7, 1906 – Nov 14, 2000
Larson, Oris A.	Nov 6, 1899 – Sep 22, 1966
Larson, Esther C.	May 2, 1902 – Nov 3, 1971
Larson, Louis	1871- 1943	Father
Larson, Julia	1875 – 1958	Mother
Brown, Jane Elizabeth Larson	Nov 21, 1917 - Jan 31, 1984
Brown, Arnold	Mar 30, 1907 – Feb 21, 1975	F 1 US NAVY
Hengen, Lester W.	Jan 21, 1911 – May 1, 1989
Hengen, Agnes Larson	Jan 1, 1908 – Oct 1, 1998
Lee, Glendora	1890 – 1975	Mother
Lee, Andrew	1890 – 1963	Father
Lee, Grace P.	1923 –
Lee, Arthur E.	Jul 3, 1919 – Nov 7, 1990	US ARMY WWII
Sveningson, Donald Allen	Feb 2, 1941 – Nov 15, 1965	Father of Randall & Shair
Sveningson, Sven M.	Jan 14, 1914 – Jan 19, 1993	CPL US ARMY WWII
Sveningson, Fern A.	Dec 26, 1916 – Dec 27, 2002
Hulteng, Margaret	1897 – 1967
Hulteng, Alf F.	1894 – 1970
Olson, Arnold S.	1912 – 2001
Olson, Mervyn O.	1916 – 1991
Olson, Marie P. Amberson	Mar 5, 1920 – Jul 3, 1999
Larson, Stanley L.	Jan 24, 1924 – Jan 30, 2000
Larson, Eraine E.	Oct 30, 1920 – Mar 2, 1993
Lentsch, Robert J.	Sep 10, 1939 – Oct 21, 2000
Lentsch, Darlene “Dee”	Sep 18, 1935 – Sep 7, 1995
Thompson, Albert	1878 – 1968
Thompson, Bertina B.	1899 – 1973
Thompson, Arthur E.	May 17, 1915 – Mar 10, 1976	PFC US ARMY WWII
Thompson, Clifford V.	1916 – 1981
Thompson, Victor Emanuel	Sep 24, 1919 – May 10, 1987 PFC US ARMY WWII
Thompson, David	Jul 24, 1933 – Mar 11, 2002
Thompson, Josie A.	Feb 13, 1914 – Jan 26, 2003
Thompson, Alice Lillian	May 29, 1906 – Jun 24, 1907
Thompson, Andrew	1850 – 1935 Father
Thompson, Alice	1845 – 1919 Mother
Thompson, Marie	1884 – 1943
Olson, Julius C.	Dec 13, 1880 – Mar 12, 1964
Olson, Emma S.	Aug 27, 1880 – Sep 28, 1965
West, Anna Thompson	1888 – 1930
Helmer, Anton M.	1854 – 1918
Helmer, Olaf H.	1897 – 1929
Galland, Alice S.	Jan 10, 1918 – Aug 22, 1981
Galland, Raymond	Aug 19, 1914 – Jul 1, 1988
Keller, Clara	Jul 24, 1889 – Dec 10, 1983
Keller, Harry	May 3, 1884 – Dec 24, 1947
Keller, Esther L.	Nov 6, 1919 – Apr 14, 1920
Barnes, Peter M.		Husband of Lena Anderson Barnes (Died Jan 20, 1931, age 78)
Borchert, Ruth Dordal
Borchert, Julius Max	Jan 31, 1910 – Apr 9, 1992
Borchert, Bonita Joan	May 26, 1941 – Feb 12, 2005
Anderson, Darrel	May 24, 1932 – Jan 22, 2002 age 69
Bekkedahl, Elroy S.	Jun 5, 1925 – May 29, 2004	TEC 4 US ARMY World War II
Monson, Richard Keith	Jul 1, 1943 – Sep 1, 2004	PFC US MARINE CORPS Vietnam
One stone Nelson, Nels W. Nelson, Marie G.L. Nelson, Christian M.	Feb 2, 1864 – Sep 15, 1931 Oct 29, 1863 – Jan 10, 1935 Nov 11, 1897 - Oct 15, 1944	(Father) (Mother) (Son)
Unmarked Burials
Barnes, Olina (Lina)	Died Sep 1, 1920	wife of Peter Barnes
Madsen, Dareld D.	Died May 13, 1925, age 4 months 27 days	son of P.W. Madsen
Rystad, Ole
Rystad, Anna
Carlson – no first name
Anderson, Jerome Edwin	Died Sep 16, 1947, age 2 yrs 11mos 14 days	son of Lyle Anderson
Remmen, Peter O.	Died 1938, age 84	husband of Lizzie Remmen, died in Iowa
Remmen, Elizabeth	Died Feb 26, 1935, age 74 years
Kolden, Baby Girl	Died Jan 12, 1931, age 3 days	daughter of Mr. & Mrs. (Aveda) Kolden, probably buried by her grandfather Carl Greendahl
Amundson, Maggie	Died Sep 30, 1932, age 58	mother of Herbie Amundson
Reese, Torkel	Died Dec 11, 1937, age 87
Galland, Baby Boy	Born & Died Mar 13, 1940	son of Raymond Galland
Kominski, Dorothy Jean	Died May 1, 1942, age 1 yr 11 mos 6 days	daughter Mr. & Mrs. William Kominski
Halvorson, Emma	Died Jun 10, 1925	sister of P.N. Barnes
Madson, Ole	Died Dec 23, 1925, age 83	father of M.O. Madson
Helmer, Anna	Died Feb 6, 1928	mother of Olaf and William Helmer
Brown, John	Died Dec 9, 1929, age 82

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Unmarked Burials