This cemetery near the village of LaSalle in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald was established in 1928 by Mennonite settlers who had come to this area from southern Russia four years earlier. Unable to afford the construction of a church, they worshipped collectivel in their homes until a parcel of land was donated by the Dahl family. A church was built in 1930 using a donation by Winnipeg businessman James Stewart, who had sold farms to some of the settlers. The building served as the home of the LaSalle Mennonite congregation until 1953 when it moved to a larger facility in nearby Domain. The LaSalle Mennonite Christian Burial Society was formed in 1971, by descendants of the original settlers, to provide perpetual care for the cemetery. A plaque at the entrance to the cemetery was erected in 2011 by that group and a monument inside the gates, placed on 9 August 1981, commemorates the church and its pioneering families.
LaSalle Mennonite Cemetery (September 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
LaSalle Mennonite Cemetery (August 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Commemorative marker within the LaSalle Mennonite Cemetery (September 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.66150, W97.32204
denoted by symbol on the map above
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 September 2022
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