Rice Lake Lutheran Cemetery
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Rice Lake Lutheran Cemetery

Braham, Isanti County, Minnesota, USA

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  • Get directions on Rice Lake Road NE aka Isanti County Rd 4 East
    Braham, Minnesota, USA
    Coordinates: 45.72810, -93.21780
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On May 29, 1878, even before the congregation's formal organization in 1879, the "Trustees of the Swedish Lutheran Church of Rice Lake" purchased 36.15 acres of land in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County. By 1879, a small plot of this land had been designated for a cemetery and the first recorded burials occurred in 1880. By 1884 gravesites were laid out, and in 1892 family lots were established for congregational members. During the early 1900s, Rev. Carl S. Renius supervised the formal recording of the cemetery plats, and the burial register was updated. The cemetery continued to be used by both the Rice Lake and Braham congregations. After the merger of the two churches, on January 12, 1933, the Braham Evangelical Lutheran parish adopted official by-laws for a cemetery association, vesting governance in a board whose membership would be elected by the congregation. That same year, the newly merged congregation erected a granite monument memorializing the site of original Rice Lake church. In 1936, a new stone gateway to the cemetery was installed. As early as the 1920s, annual memorial services were held at the cemetery and the planting of peonies was encouraged as living memorials to deceased family members and friends, a tradition that continues to this day. While maintaining its Lutheran heritage, the cemetery accepts traditional casket burials and inurnments from all faiths. As of 2022 nearly 2,000 burials have been recorded.
On May 29, 1878, even before the congregation's formal organization in 1879, the "Trustees of the Swedish Lutheran Church of Rice Lake" purchased 36.15 acres of land in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County. By 1879, a small plot of this land had been designated for a cemetery and the first recorded burials occurred in 1880. By 1884 gravesites were laid out, and in 1892 family lots were established for congregational members. During the early 1900s, Rev. Carl S. Renius supervised the formal recording of the cemetery plats, and the burial register was updated. The cemetery continued to be used by both the Rice Lake and Braham congregations. After the merger of the two churches, on January 12, 1933, the Braham Evangelical Lutheran parish adopted official by-laws for a cemetery association, vesting governance in a board whose membership would be elected by the congregation. That same year, the newly merged congregation erected a granite monument memorializing the site of original Rice Lake church. In 1936, a new stone gateway to the cemetery was installed. As early as the 1920s, annual memorial services were held at the cemetery and the planting of peonies was encouraged as living memorials to deceased family members and friends, a tradition that continues to this day. While maintaining its Lutheran heritage, the cemetery accepts traditional casket burials and inurnments from all faiths. As of 2022 nearly 2,000 burials have been recorded.

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  • Added: 1 Jan 2000
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 83148