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"There was a fire at the church and all of the records were burned (according to the priest that I talked to there).
All of the headstones were removed and one stone was placed for all of the people buried at that time. The area is on the
northeast corner of the present cemetery. I guess they did this because they had no records left as to who was where."
James Balder email to
Rae Stimler Bordua and
Connie Balder Mickolajak dated October 29, 2001
Cemetery in Duelm, MN
Der Friedhof in Duelm MN
Photograph courtesy of Martin Holtz
"I heard a rumor from someone that before St. Lawrence church had a cemetery
behind there was a small cemetery informally part of St. Lawrence church
located on the road towards Palmer township in the direction one would go to
find the homesteads of Thomas and Joanne Kampa and
of Franz and Maria Kampa who had homesteads almost across the street from each other. The old cemetery was
still in Benton county it is believed but the homesteads were across the
Sherburne county line. Now, I don't remember who told me this story and it has
yet to be verified. But if true, an interesting tidbit."
Sharon A. Farrah email to
Rae Stimler Bordua dated November 18, 2001
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