Articles written by Kathy O'connor

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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Block 2 St. John's Cemetery, Part IV

Block 2 St. John’s Cemetery Part IV of IV by Kathy O’Connor  S. Boven – Real name is Phylias Bowin, who was born in 1861 and died in New Rockford, N.D. on January 25, 1933 at the age of 72. Not much information could be found on Phylias, as...

 

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Block 2 Part III of IV

Alex McEachern was born in Canada on January 27, 1864. In the 1900 census, Alex and his wife Barbara were living in Durbin Township, Cass County, N.D. with two children, Sadie and John. They stated they had been married for 10 years. His occupation...

 

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Block 2 Part II of IV

Lily and Pete Trudeau – Lily (Lord) Trudeau was born on April 15, 1874 in Goodland, Indiana and died on December 27, 1963 at St. Joseph Manor in Edgeley, Lamoure County, N.D. at the age of 89. Peter Eloy Trudeau was born on December 8, 1875 in...

 

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Block 2, St. John's Cemetery

Block 2 in St. John’s Cemetery had a lengthy list of unmarked graves in the December 2021 Transcript with 25 names. The list included Peter Butler, Alex Mathews 1940, Leslie Wenzel, Lily Trudeau, Pete Trudeau, Bernard Sullivan 1998, Thomas Gamroth...

 

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

The intent of this article is to honor those who lie in the graves of the New Rockford Cemetery. We remember them for who they were and the life they shared with this community. The community came together when the article was published in the New...