Virginia Dale Community Church Cemetery, Larimer County, Colorado www.usgwarchives.net/co/larimer/cemeteries/virginia.txt Donated by Duane Kniebes April 6, 2002 History: The Virginia Dale Community Church Cemetery is managed by the Trustees of the Virginia Dale Community Church and Cemetery. As of October 2000, the cemetery was still active. However, to qualify for burial there, one had to either be living in the Virginia Dale area at one's death or have lived there earlier in one's life. Note that the original church records were destroyed in 1962 when the home of the individual maintaining those records was burned down. The cemetery at the Virginia Dale Community Church is immediately north of the church. The church is on the west side of U.S. Highway 287 about 2 miles south of the old town of Virginia Dale. GPS coordinates of this cemetery are 40 degrees 56' 23" N, 105 degrees 20' 37" W. Description of Cemetery: Earliest burial date on readable headstone: 1885 Total number of graves: 48 definite, 4 additional probable Fenced graves without headstones: 2 Graves marked only with metal pipes: 14 Unmarked graves found by dowser rods (may be more): 2 Fenced graves with headstones: Three fenced areas. Fence one: Only one headstone: Murchland Amy, wife of Alex Murchland Died Oct. 21, 1894 Aged 62 years Alex Died July 10, 1902 Aged 80 years [Note: As per Gladys Ellerman in September 2000, Amy and Alex Murchland are the parents of the three young boys buried in the Murchland Family Cemetery.] Fence two: Front of Headstone one (pink sandstone): Camelia J. Wife of G.S. Pabkhurst [Hard to read] Back of Headstone one: [Can't read name or date] 19 years Headstone two (gray granite, appears "modern"): Amy Buckendorf 1884-1913 Mother of Marvin-Martin-Rubin-Ruth-Steven Stella-Amy-Jack Julia [At the foot of this grave is an old sandstone marker that says just "A.B." This is probably the original footstone for this grave.] Headstone three (small, gray granite, appears "modern"): Sarah Buckendorf 1822-1887 [May be Amy's mother-in-law.] Fence three: J. M. McCann Died July 4, 1885 41 Yrs. 2 Mos. 18 Days [There Is a Masonic Lodge symbol at top of this headstone.] There appears to be a second grave in the same fence marked only by a bush. Individual Graves: 25 definite, 1 probable Old, weathered sandstone with "W.W." on it. Old, weathered sandstone with "L.R." on it. Old, weathered sandstone with "George" on it. [Hard to read] Old, weathered sandstone with "A.W. Maxwell" on it. Old, weathered sandstone with E. "AUTREY" on it. Old, weathered sandstone with "Mrs. T. M. Gray" on it. Grave marked only with a wooden post. Possible grave marked only with a bush. Grave marked with a piece of granite with "M.M.P." on it. Grave marked only with a ring of pink granite. Gray granite headstone: Cynthia Osborne Died July 1889 Grave marked with a flat piece of broken granite: L. M. W. [Hard to read] ? Years Old [Can't read number] Grave marked with a white quartz outline and a pink granite headstone with "E.C." on it. [Not sure about the "E."] Modern headstone: East Side: George/Magisano Margaret Waldene Christina "Dee" Oct. 28, 1938 Sept. 27, 1958 West Side: George/Magisano John James Victoria Rae Feb. 18, 1962 July 14, 1960 Pink granite headstone: Gladys A. Nauta Ellerman Jan. 20, 1938 [Gladys Ellerman is the author of Dale Tales and was very much still alive as of October 2000!] Bronze marker: Ugi Genegwa Beth Brown May 22, 1917 May 17, 1991 Headstone: Walker Evelyn Jo William E. March 22, 1946 July 28, 1946 Feb. 23, 1991 March 17, 1994 Bronze U.S. Military marker: Clark F. Overton Pvt US Army World War II 1921 1978 Headstone: Wright Carlee Elizabeth and Alexa Lynn May 11, 1995 From Mom's and Dad's Arms to the Arms of Jesus Handmade stone headstone containing pyrite [Hard to read]: ? ARCHIE AMES BORN ??? DIED ??? Bronze Plaque and Wooden Cross: In Memory of Charles Neal Beghtol Born July 14, 1936 Layed to Rest July 7, 1989 And Unto an Angel a Cowboy ***************************************************************************** Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the COGenWeb Project Archives USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. ******************************************************************************