Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Church and Cemetery (Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

This Mennonite church and cemetery in the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin is located on the south side of Highway 201 west of its intersection with Highway 59. The first burial in the cemetery occurred in 1969.

Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Church

Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Church (July 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery

Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery (July 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Church

Stuartburn Sommerfeld Mennonite Church (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.13242, W96.81434
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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 George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Patrick Siemens, Rose Kuzina, Gordon Goldsborough, and S. Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 June 2021

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