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Opdahl Cemetery
Badger, Roseau County, Minnesota

GPS: 48.802065, -95.964673
Stokes Twp, T161N R41W Sec 5

Contributed by Marjorie Broten, Apr 22, 2010, last edited Jan 03, 2011 [mjbroten@centurylink.net]. Total records = 54.

The cemetery directions leaving Roseau take Hwy #11 west for 9 miles watch for county road #114 right (south) turn here drive 3/4 miles east the cemetery will be in the corner on County Road #114 & 300th Avenue or leaving. To reach it from Badger MN on Hwy #11 go approx 1 mile east to County Road #114 turn south drive approx 3/4 mile, turn right (south) the cemetery will be on the right (west) side.

This cemetery established in 1902 consists of 1 acre of land donated by Even & Bergit H. Norjore. This site held the Norwegian Hauge Synode Church building which is no longer present. The name Opdahl may have came from the place in Opdal, Norway. The Wammer's came from Opdal Norway who were one of the organizers for the church & cemetery & also are buried here.

The Opdahl Cemetery is gated with a fence around. The people with loved ones here care for the cemetery which is good condition.

A complete walk thru readings of all visible headstones completed transcript as of Apr 10, 2010. A digital camera has been used for pictures.

- Marjorie Broten

Legend: b. = born d. = died d/o = daughter of

s/o = son of s/w = shares stone with w/o = wife of ( ) = author's comments

Aasen, Thrond T., b. 1871, d. 1936
Andereson, Baby Boy, b. /d. 1918
Anderson, Baby Boy, b. /d. 1923
Anderson, Mathis, b. 7 Jul 1823, d. 1 May 1909
Anderson, Olga, b. 1896, d. 1898 2 yrs of age (1st burial)
Bagstad, Albert, b.1881, d. 1954
Bagstad, Barb, b. 1858, d. 1955
Bagstad, Edwin, b. 1889, d. 1948
Bagstad, Esperanza "Hope", b. 6 Apr 1928, d. 29 Jan 2000
Bagstad, Evan, b. 26 Jan 1851, d. 31 Jul 1930
Bagstad, Gustav, b. 1887, d. 1974
Bagstad, Reuben D., b. 5 Feb 1930, d. 3 Jul 1997, MM3 US Navy Korea
Bagstad, Theodore, b. 1898, d. 1976
Fjeld, Ruby Beatrice, b. 5 Oct 1917, d. 11 Aug 1918
Hammer, Audrey J., b. 1932, d. 1941
Hammer, Clarence C., b. 1893, d. 1975
Hammer, Caroline, b. 1896, d. 1984
Hammer, Emma, b. 1864, d. 1963
Hammer, Leslie A., b. 1926, d. 1941
Hammer, Percy K., b. 1937, d. 1993
Hammer, Peter K., b. 1861, d. 1939, Father
Hansen, Fred, b. 1910, d. 1911
Hansen, Kate L., b. 31 Dec 1910, d. 16 Jan 1911, Footstone
Hansen, Minde, b. 9 Feb 1865, d. 22 Jul 1920
Jacobson, Anne, b. 1870, d. 1942, Mother
Jacobson, Arnold, b. 1914, d. 1920
Jacobson, Baby Girl, b. /d. 1936
Jacobson, Louis, b. 1912, d. 1937
Jacobson, Peter L., b. 1872, d. 1970
Kompelien, Jackie, b. 14 Nov 1932, d. 5 Dec 1982, CPL US Army
Norjore, Bergit, b. 1872, d. 1950, Mother
Norjore, Carl, b. 1910, d. 2005
Norjore, Even O., b. 1867, d. 1962, Father
Norjore, Haakon, b. 15 Apr 1906, d. 2 Apr 1996, s/o Bergit (Kallock) & Even
Norjore, Oliver E., b. 27 Oct 1907, d. 12 Jul 1958, MN Tec 5 222 QM SALV & REP Co WWII
Norjore, Paul, b. 1874, d. 1919
Ofte, Nils, b. 1864, d. 1911
Saagge, Beret, b. 1855, d. 1932
Saagge, Emery, b. 1897, d. 1968
Saagge, John, b. 7 Sept 1890, d. 15 Jan 1918
Saagge, Leroy "Sonny", b. 1940, d. 2000, SP4 US Army, married 2 Apr 1959, h/o Pat
Saagge, Tobias, b. 1857, d. 1931
Saagge, Thomas E., b. 1965, d. 1967, Baby
Saagge, Tom, b. 1895, d. 1951, father
Swenson, Alice, (no dates/markers cem map loc), d/o P.K. Hammer
Swenson, Frank, (no dates/markers cem map loc)
Swenson, Donald Onger, b. 2 Sep 1916, d. 2 Feb 1989
Wammer, Clara, b. 1900, d. 1987, Daughter
Wammer, Clara V., b. 1896, d. 1986
Wammer, Edwin, b. 1896, d. 1970, h/o Clara V
Wammer, John, b. 1894, d. 1983
Wammer, Henry, b. 1866, d. 1950, h/o Margrethe
Wammer, Margreth (Prestlokken), b. 5 Aug 1866, d. 2 Jun 1916
Wammer, Roy G., b. 6 Feb 1903, d. 13 Apr 1903 (cem map 1902-1903), 2 mos 10days

Misc:
- The cemetery map lists a *Mrs Wammer 1896 � 1986 (which I read as Clara V. Wammer from her stone)
- Fred Hansens' date on cemetery lot listed map are 1910-1911 (in this Hansen lot a footstone not listed on map has a Kate L. shows her dates b. 31 Dec 1910, d. 16 Jan 1911) the Hansen headstone shows much aging
Ref:
- Atlas of 1913, 1935, 1942, 1960, 1973, 1976, 1998
- Deed Record No. 109-yr 1915 Roseau County (Norjores' to Opdahl Cong.)
- Interviews as needed
- Haaken Norjores' cemetery map
- Pioneers I & II
- Remembrances Anthology of RC MN
- Roseau County Heritage Book 1992
- Roseau County Highway Map 2008
- Roseau County Court House
- Roseau County Museum