Brookdale Cemetery
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
In 1911, the Sauk Centre Home School for Girls was opened and Brookdale Cemetery was used to bury stillborn and deceased infants born at the school. John Olson, who lived on the farm as a child, recalled watching his father dig graves for the infants while another man would hold a bible and say a prayer.
In 2013, Olson and volunteers from the local Knights of Columbus cleaned up the cemetery and volunteers continue to maintain it to this day. It is believed that up to 20 infants (and possibly three adults) are buried here however researchers have only found records for the burial of Linda Marie Karver on May 19, 1934. Olson recalls white crosses being placed to mark the graves however no markers remain today. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the records for the school however recordkeeping at the time was poor.
In 1911, the Sauk Centre Home School for Girls was opened and Brookdale Cemetery was used to bury stillborn and deceased infants born at the school. John Olson, who lived on the farm as a child, recalled watching his father dig graves for the infants while another man would hold a bible and say a prayer.
In 2013, Olson and volunteers from the local Knights of Columbus cleaned up the cemetery and volunteers continue to maintain it to this day. It is believed that up to 20 infants (and possibly three adults) are buried here however researchers have only found records for the burial of Linda Marie Karver on May 19, 1934. Olson recalls white crosses being placed to mark the graves however no markers remain today. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the records for the school however recordkeeping at the time was poor.
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Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
- Total memorials2k+
- Percent photographed94%
- Percent with GPS67%
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
- Total memorials1k+
- Percent photographed93%
- Percent with GPS45%
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
- Total memorials3k+
- Percent photographed74%
- Percent with GPS12%
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
- Total memorials568
- Percent photographed67%
- Percent with GPS6%
- Added: 24 Jan 2011
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2385932
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