A plaque at the entrance to this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Oakview commemorates Robertson Presbyterian Church, established here in 1887, which was Pettapiece United Church from 1925 to 1959. A plaque listing parishioners of Pettapiece United Church killed during military service in the Second World War is located in Rivers United Church.
Pettapiece Cemetery (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Pettapiece Cemetery (September 2021)
Source: George Penner
War memorial plaque for Pettapiece United Church (January 2020)
Source: Dianne KowalchukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.10819, W100.21031
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
George Robert Graham Kite
[Rapid City]10 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
18 February 1922
23 September 1944
Gibson Ritchie Stratford
[Rapid City, Rivers]Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
23 June 1919
31 May 1942
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Knox Presbyterian Church / Rivers United Church (Rivers, Municipality of Riverdale)
Pettapiece Cemetery (including gravestone transcriptions), Rural Municipality of Blanshard.
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 Dianne Kowalchuk and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 4 October 2021
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