Immanuel (Emmanuel) Lutheran Cemetery, Yellowbank Twp, Lac Qui Parle County, MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Loraine Mueller Lac Qui Parle County, Yellowbank Twp, Immanuel (Emmanuel) Lutheran Cemetery located on the bank of the Yellowbank River just south of Odessa. The history of the church dates back to apprx 1877. A congregation was organized on May 10, 1880, with fourteen members subscribing as voting members: Albert Sellin, August Schwandt, Carl Ackerman, Johann Gerber, Rich Zempel, Heinrich Ninnemann, August Falk, Franz Beutler, August Ell, Ferdinand Schmidt, L.Strube, Wilhelm Bendix, Ferdinand Petha. amd Wilhelm H. Mueller. On Nov 7, 1880, the congregation resolved to build a church near the Yellowbank river on the plot purchased from Fr. Beutler. The building cost $1,324.07. It was dedicated on Oct 9, 1881, with Pastors Henry Vetter and Von Brandt preaching at the dedication services. (This was taken in part from the pamphlet which was passed out at the Centennial celebration of the church.) The following names were taken from the stones located in that cemetery. Ackerman, Mathilde Jun 13, 1865- Nov 13, 1890 Ackerman, Friedrich Wilhelm Jun 21, 1863- Jan 3, 1889 Ackerman, Carl Johann Martin Jan 5, 1836- May 21, 1886 Ackerman, Ernstine W F Aug 3, 1840- Mar 2, 1929 Bendix, Amanda M Jan 7, 1885- July 5, 1903 Beutler, Baby of Frank & Augusta Dec 7, 1892 Beutler, Percy Wm 1914-1988 Beutler, Rosetta Norton 1922- Clausen, baby twins 1910-1910 Desson, Frank Paul Edward Feb 11, 1900- Apr 3, 1900 (son of Hugo and Emma) Dunse, baby Dunse, Emma Sep 23, 1867- Jan 30, 1908 Delmon, baby of Lawrence & Melissa Ehlert, babies Ehlert, Wilhelmine 1852- 1946 Ehlert, August Carl 1851-1934 Ehlert, Elmer E 1933 Ell, Elise Engrit Oct 25, 1901- May 2, 1902 (dau of Albert Ell) Ell, Hedwig Meta Margartha Sep 22, 1900- Jan 30, 1920 Ell, Albert A 1878-1967 (same stone as Martha Ell) Ell, Alfred A 1905-1980 Ell, Martha A 1876-1960 (same stone as Albert Ell) Falk, August Sep 14, 1822- Apr 10, 1920 Falk, Wilhelmine Jul 31, 1830- Feb 7, 1914 (same stone as August) Fitzner, Eleonore Jul 16, 1898-May 11, 1899 Fitzner, Paul A E May 1, 1904- May 5, 1904 Folz, Delbert J 1935 Folz, Goldie M 1935 Gerber, Bernhard A H Jan 27, 1829-Jul 27, 1887 (son of Louis and E M) Gerber, Emillie May 17, 1870- Jan 11, 1946 Gerber, Johann Sep 24, 1827-July 28, 1884 (immigrated from West Prussia in 1866) Gerber, Wilhemine Dec 15, 1831-Dec 31, 1908 Grube, Louise Mar 7, 1892- Mar 23, 1892 Grube, Emma M E Jan 26, 1899- Jan 25, 1904 Gutknecht, Willie K A Aug 1, 1903- Mar 6, 1904 Gutknecht, Otto J F Sep 23, 1859- Jul 10, 1891 Klucas, Susanne Dec 8, 1827- Mar 16, 1897 (wife of Christoph) Klucas, Christoph Mar 3, 1822- Jan 16, 1894 Kohl, Henry Sep 2, 1898 at 4 yrs 7 mos Kleespier, Emma K Laskowsky, Clarence Elmer Harold Oct 4, 1911- Feb 12, 1912 Laskowsky, Elmer Rallen Werner Aug 4, 1914- Jan 5, 1915 Laskowsky, Wallace May 21, 1916- May 3, 1917 Luchsinger Jun 4, 1861- May 10, 1887 May, August H G Jan 4, 1893- Jan 15, 1893 May, Aug W F Apr 27, 1873- Dec 8, 1892 Menzel, Ida Meta Dec 20, 1900- Jul 3, 1927 Menzel, Ernest A June 18, 1892- Oct 31, 1974 Menzel, Clara Aug 22, 1866- Jul 14, 1926 Menzel, Hugo Dec 5, 1865- Mar 2, 1936 Menzel, Pauline July 1, 1848- July 16, 1889 Menzel, Ernst Feb 7, 1830- May 29, 1886 Mews, George E W 1889 Mews, Herman Aug 4, 1883- Aug 7, 1883 Mueller, Agnes Nov 27, 1890- Jan 22, 1891 (dau of Wm & Helene) Mueller, Margaret Dec 27, 1899 Mar 9, 1900 (dau of Wm & Helene) Mueller, Paul Franz Dec 26, 1886- Feb 25, 1887 (son of Aug & Martha) Mueller, Caroline Dec 29, 1882 (dau of Aug & Martha) Mueller, babies of Aug & Martha, three stones, 2 boys and 1 girl Mueller, Walter F 1889-1960 son of Wm & Helene Mueller, Wilhelm P 1885-1959 son of Wm & Helene Mueller, Adele C C Aug 9, 1900- Sep 23, 1985 (nee Thormaehlen) Mueller, Fritz E M Mar 11, 1893- July 18, 1943 (wife is Adele) Mueller, Helene Jan 26, 1860- Jun 24, 1937 (nee Sellin, wife of Wm) Mueller, Wilhelm Henry Feb 28, 1854- Nov 20, 1925 (brother of August) Mueller, Gertrude M 1896-1985 (dau of Wm and Helene) Mueller, Robartha 1884-1917 Mueller, Franz Jul 11, 1856- Mar 11, 1890 (brother of Wm H) Mueller, Wyman T W 1927- 1932 (son of Fritz and Adele) Mueller, Diane Lee 1941- 1946 (dau of Marvin & Lucille) Mueller, Marvin May 21, 1913- Dec 29, 1993 (son of Henry &Emma) Mueller, Lucille Mar 25, 1917- (nee Roder, wife of Marvin) Pansch, Martha Aug 21, 1897- Apr , 1898 Pansch, Wilhelmine Mar 12, 1860- Mar 2, 1949 (wife of August) Pansch, August Feb 3, 1855- Mar 26, 1923 Rakow, baby Rakow, Emilie Dec 14, 1862- Feb 25, 1938 (wife of A. Friedrich) Rakow, A. Friedrich Feb 24, 1851- Nov 2, 1903 Roehl, baby Sellin, Frieda E C Nov 3, 1885- Jun 18, 1886 Sellin, Carolina Feb 9, 1829- Apr 30, 1897 (wife of Albert) Sellin, Albert 1823- Apr 10, 1883 Siegert, Otto Dec 6, 1885- Dec 6, 1885 Siegert, Augusta Maria Oct 5, 1883- Oct 19, 1883 Schultz, Mark Oct 1, 1954-July 22, 1991 Schroeder, Louise Apr 25, 1835- Oct 30, 1915 (wife of Christian F) Schroeder, Christian F Sep 12, 1826- Nov 28, 1899 Schwandt, Louis B Sep 13, 1887- Jan 13, 1889 Schwandt, Paul B July 19, 1882- Jun 8, 1889 Schwandt, Maria L July 28, 1881- Dec 5, 1881 Tschudy, Anna Aug 16, 1859- Nov 13, 1890 Thyman, Fridrich Carl Johann Sep 11, 1854- Apr 5, 1885 Thyman, Wm G 1954-1992 (wife is Jennifer Larson) Wilke, Ida E M Jan 6, 1903- Mar 5, 1904 Zempel, Emilia Apr 29, 1894- Aug 1, 1894 Zempel, Gloria Ann 1932 Zempel, E August 1919- 1985