In 1896, when the first German Lutherans arrived in the Greenwald area of the Rural Municipality of St. Clements, church services were held in various homes. In 1903, the Greenwald School was built with services officiated by Pastor Burgdorf and then Pastor F. J. Fuerst. The official congregation of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1907. In 1937, the 37 members of the congregation decided to purchase some land from August Bauschke Jr. for $1 and build a permanent structure, measuring 27 by 50 feet, on the edge of the forest. The church was dedicated on 18 September 1938. A former school bell weighing 600 pounds was purchased for $18 from the Rosenfeld Lutherans. In 1951 the adjacent land was bought for $17 to use as the cemetery. The first burial occurred in 1956.
At a site visit in November 2019, the church building was gone but it is commemorated with signage put up by the St. Clements Heritage Advisory Committee.
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (October 2010)
Source: Peter McLure
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (October 2010)
Source: Peter McLure
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran commemorative sign (November 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.28870, W96.48910
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.
St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery - Greenwald MB, Waymarking.
And They Built an Altar: The History and Heritage of the Brokenhead Lutheran Community by Brokenhead Lutheran Historical Society, 1983. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
This page was prepared by Peter McLure, Rose Kuzina, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 December 2019
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