Whetstone Cemetery
Also Known As: Haven of Rest CemeteryNW Quarter of Township 145 Range 97 Section 24
Whetstone Cemetery is located about 10 miles west of Killdeer, ND. The directions are to take Hwy 200 9 miles west of the Hwy 22 intersection. Go north 1 mile. Take a left and go west 1 ½ miles. The cemetery is marked by the old white church.
The community of Whetstone originally had a store called The Whetstone and Schwartz General Merchandise Store, a blacksmith, a lodging/house/restaurant, and a post office in 1916.
Lutheran services were held in homes and school houses until a small church was built in 1918. The Whetstone Chapel still stands at the site of the cemetery on a hill. This church, also known as Dovre Lutheran Church, held regular services until 1943.
The Haven of Rest Cemetery has a population of 82 individuals as of 5/10/2002
Cemetery and church information were obtained from the book Dauntless Dunn II - 1989
A History of Dunn County North Dakota, and personal recollections of R. Hamilton.
Please note: Every care possible has been taken to obtain accuracy but mistakes do occur. This transcription is only as accurate as the sources it was transcribed from.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Lot | Grave | Age Buried | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Baby | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Appel | Arlene Kay | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Bergele | Ole | 1856 | 1926 | 15 | 5 | 70 | |
| Bergelie | Ellef G. | 1851 | 1920 | 15 | 7 | 69 | |
| Bergelie | Marie | 1856 | 1929 | 15 | 6 | 73 | |
| Carlson | Emil | 1903 | 1967 | 21 | 6 | 64 | |
| Carlson | Margit (Aisle) | 21 | 5 | ||||
| Cuskelly | Baby (Sime) | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Dahl | Inga | 1884 | 1918 | 10 | 5 | 34 | |
| Dahl | Josie | 1911 | 1918 | 10 | 4 | 7 | |
| Dahl | Lloyd A. | 1904 | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 65 | |
| Dahl | Melvin? | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Dahl | Obert | 1905 | 1985 | 10 | 1 | 80 | |
| Dahl | Thomas L. | 1860 | 1944 | 10 | 6 | 84 | |
| Dingwall | Mable | 3 | 1 | 1910? | |||
| Ellefsen | Annatte | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Fulton | Marion | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Grande | Einar | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Grande | Ellen M. | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Grande | Elsie Marie | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Grande | John | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Gunderson | Casper E. | 1893 | 1926 | 19 | 4 | 33 | |
| Hamilton | Ernest A. | 1915 | 1968 | 14 | 3 | 53 | |
| Hamilton | Evelyn A. | 1922 | 1939 | 14 | 4 | 17 | |
| Hamilton | George B. | 1880 | 1935 | 14 | 8 | 55 | |
| Hovden | Edgar Langdon | 07/16/1906 | 11/06/2000 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 11/09/2000 |
| Hovden | Ella A. | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Hovden | Emma O. | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Hovden | Irma | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Hovden | Lindsey | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hovden | Martin K. | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Hovden | Summer K. | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jepson | Agnes (Sloan) | 1919 | 1992 | 29 | 6 | 73 | |
| Joslin | Stella | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Kelling | George | 1880 | 1962 | 27 | 8 | 82 | |
| Kelling | Helen | 1873 | 1953 | 27 | 7 | 80 | |
| Kelling | Oliver | 1912 | 1996 | 27 | 4 | 84 | |
| Leipsch | Ben | 23 | 6 | ||||
| Leipsch | Emma | 23 | 7 | ||||
| Leipsch | Herbert | 23 | 8 | ||||
| Lillikov | John | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Lind | Willy | 1923 | 1978 | 41 | 4 | 55 | East side of church. |
| Mitchell | Mrs. | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Newcomb | Edwin | 1910 | 1993 | 30 | 5 | 83 | |
| Newcomb | Myrtle Katherine(Hovden) | 03/24/1904 | 03/22/1999 | 30 | 6 | 95 | |
| Northrop | John J. | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Nupen | Arthur M. | 1908 | 1975 | 9 | 8 | 67 | |
| Nupen | Christine A. | 1881 | 1953 | 9 | 5 | 72 | |
| Nupen | Herman M. | 1880 | 1960 | 9 | 6 | 80 | |
| Olson | Adeline | 1915 | 1998 | 25 | 3 | 83 | |
| Olson | Cornelius B. | 1893 | 1953 | 26 | 5 | 60 | |
| Olson | Eva | 08/14/1901 | 01/11/2002 | 26 | 6 | 101 | |
| Olson | George | 07/18/2001 | 37 | 2 | East side of church. | ||
| Olson | Glendine Linete | 08/24/1993 | 8 | 1 | East side of church. | ||
| Olson | Gullick | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Olson | Josephine | 05/04/1993 | 7 | 1 | East side of church. | ||
| Olson | Kenneth | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Olson | Kenneth | 1913 | 1997 | 25 | 2 | 84 | |
| Olson | Kenneth B. | 10/22/1931 | 02/06/2001 | 26 | 7 | 70 | 02/09/2001 |
| Olson | Kevin O. | 1951 | 1986 | 25 | 5 | 35 | |
| Olson | Londell "Ole" | 09/09/1944 | 04/29/2002 | 25 | 7 | 58 | |
| Olson | May | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Olson | Norman | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Olson | Sheila Lynn | 08/24/1998 | 38 | 2 | East side of church. | ||
| Pederson | Oluffa | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Pederson | Severin | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sloan | Agnes M. | 7 | 5 | ||||
| Sloan | Alma | 1891 | 1988 | 13 | 7 | 97 | |
| Sloan | Anne | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Sloan | Hans' Baby (no name) | 5 | NW Corner of Lot 5 | ||||
| Sloan | Helge | 1904 | 2000 | 7 | 3 | 96 | |
| Sloan | Jorgen | 1887 | 1941 | 13 | 8 | 54 | |
| Sloan | Matt | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sloan | Ole | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Sloan | Oscar | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Sloan | Ranghild | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Swaren | Alfred | 1886 | 1918 | 11 | 6 | 32 | |
| Swaren | Anders A. | 1856 | 1937 | 11 | 8 | 81 | |
| Swaren | Baby | 1918 | 1918 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| Swaren | Glenn | 1922 | 1936 | 11 | 1 | 14 | |
| Swaren | Raghild | 1860 | 1937 | 11 | 7 | 77 | |
| Wing | Ira | 1918 | 1969 | 22 | 8 | 51 |
List obtained May 10, 2002
Transcribed by T. A. Godlevsky
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