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Submitted: 1/17/14 • Approved: 1/17/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R2312-G0-S3
German Americans from near Wisner, Nebraska, including Gustay Leseberg, Henry Meyer and Brothers, John, E G, Henry and Ernest F Albers, settled here in the 1900's. They were later joined by immigrants from around Bremen, Germany and by 1909 the growing ethnic enclave establish Keenan School and held Lutheran worship services. Later organizing St Paul Lutheran Church. In 1916, Anna Marie Kuhlman died in childbirth, and Leseberg donated land for her burial at this site. Her gravestone is the only one here with a German language inscription. More than a dozen Military Veterans are buried here, including a Silver Star Recipient who served during World War II
Contributed on 1/17/14 by tootied
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