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Leganger Lutheran Cemetery
Toronto, Deuel County, South Dakota

Lat: 44° 33' 32"N, Lon: 096° 38' 34"W
Blom Twp R49W Sec 25

Contributed by Jodi Sides, May 31, 2005 [toogirls2000@yahoo.com]. Total records = 78.

This cemetery is on the corner of 478th Ave and 195th Street about 1/4 of a mile south of Toronto, South Dakota.

This is a small well kept cemetery owned and maintained by the Leganger Lutheran Church. Judging from the dates on the stones, it began in the late 1890s and is still being used today. Contact: 655 Main Ave, PO Box 337, Toronto, South Dakota. Phone is 605-794-2601.

I walked and read this cemetery May 26, 2005. This is transcribed from all existing tombstones.

- Jodi Sides

Anders, Peder, b. age 6y, s/w Sophie Anders. Only one set of dates is listed under the surname. b. 14 Sep 1835, d. 16 May 1918
Anders, Sophie, b. age 29y, s/w Peder Anders. Only one set of dates is listed under the surname. b. 14 Sep 1835, d. 16 May 1918
Bakke, Bennie Elvin, b. 30 Mar 1901, d. 29 Nov 1914
Bakke, Caroline, b. 1863, d. 1940
Bakke, Ole. E., b. 1854, d. 1935
Bjerke, Astrid, b. 1845, d. 1896, another stone contains "mother" b. 1845, d. 1896
Bjerke, Christian, b. 1836, d. 1896, another stone contains "father" b. 1836, d. 1896
Bjorke, Ida, no dates
Bruflat, Stena, b. 1882, d. 1904, "mother"
Budahl, Jane E., b. 1925, d. 1990
Budahl, Royal S., b. 1921, d. 1999
Christofferson, Berthe, d. 15 oct 1904, 83y 9m 29d, s/w Thorer
Christofferson, Christian T., b. 1856, d. 1940, "father"
Christofferson, Mathilda, b. 1856, d. 1936, "mother"
Christofferson, Thorer, d. 7 Jun 1898, 77y 1m 23d, s/w Berthe
Dyrdall, Mrs. E. M., no dates
Dyrdall, Oline, b. 29 Jun 1859, d. 26 Sep 1921
Dyrdall, Stella Amanda, b. b.. 7 Feb 1896, d. 5 Jan 1909
Elstad, Johan Petter, b. 1 Jan 1853, d. 24 Mar 1902
Elstad, Lars S., b. 3 Feb 1850, d. 12 Jul 1894
Emerson, Amund, d. 4 Feb 1901, 66y 1m 13d
Emerson, Borre, b. 4 Oct 1850, d. rest of stone is buried
Emerson, Emery H., b. 1904, d. no dates, m. 25 Mar 1926
Emerson, Emma, b. 10 Oct 1841, d. 19 Nov 1930
Emerson, Florence M., b. 1903, d. 1998, m. 25 Mar 1926
Emerson, Lawrence, b. 1864, d. 1941
Emerson, Lisa P., b. 21 Mar 1856, d. 20 Jul 1915
Emerson, Mary, b. 1867, d. 1942
Emerson, Mrs. Amund, b. 22 Jul 1832, d. 22 Jun 1917
Engen, Sarah Ann, b. 29 Mar 1893, d. 13 Feb 1897
Fjerestad, Louise C., b. 24 Jun 1872, d. 10 Dec 1892
Fossen, Hans, d. 10 Jul 1885, 56y
Fossen, Kari, b. 22 May 1838, d.17 Nov 1917
Fuhrman, Anna Olava, b. 1885, d. 1966
Halverson, Adelaide Elizabeth, b. 1 Jun 1909, d. 15 Sep 1909
Hanson, Hiram, d. 16 Aug 1899, 2y 19d
Hoseck, Stillborn, d. 6 Feb 1947, d/o Mr. & Mrs. L. Hoseck
Jerde, Hans J., b. 25 Apr 1882, d. 25 Sep 1951
Jerde, Helen, b. 24 Dec 1883, d. 5 Jul 1967
Jerde, Jacob, b. 9 Nov 1846, d. 23 Sep 1928, "father"
Jerde, John J., b. 26 May 1887, d. 20 Jan 1972, SD PFC 14 MG BN 5 DIV WWI
Jerde, Randi, b. 17 Mar 1854, 10 May 1920, "mother"
Jones, James E., b. 29 Sept 1871, d. 12 Jan 1908
Klapprodt, Adolph, b. 1908, d. 2000, m. 9 Mar 1935
Klapprodt, Evelyn, b. 1918, d. 1986, m. 9 Mar 1935
Knudtson, Sigrid, d. 25 Feb 1897?, 77y
Knudtson, Syver, d. 1897, 73y, hard to read
Landmark, Anna B., b. 1885, d. 1945, "wife and mother"
Landmark, G. William, b. 1885, d. 1952, "father"
Landmark, Karen M., b. 1858, d. 1894
Landmark, Lorentz C., b. 1844, d. 1917
Landmark, Thorvald, b. 1875, d. 1945, "husband"
Mennis, Elling O., b. 1854, d. 1923, "father". He had two stones. The second one read: b. 8 Oct 1854, d. 8 Aug 1923, "father"
Mennis, Irene B., b. 1888, d. 1974, m. 14 Jan 1907
Mennis, Karoline, b. 1859, d. 1895, "mother". She had two stones. The se cond read: d. 14 Feb 1895, 36y 8m 21d, "mother"
Mennis, Ole E., b. 1887, d. 1970, "father", m. 14 Jan 1907
Mennis, Raymond V., b. 1915, d. 1935
Morud, Berger, b. 1897, d. 1985
Morud, Tillie, b. 1905 d. no dates
Oien, Emma E., b. 1 Aug 1892, d. 8 Feb 1895
Oien, Inga E., b. 6 Jun 1897, d. 9 Feb 1897
Stensland, Anna, b. 27 Sep 1853, d. 22 Sep 1932
Stensland, Ariene, b. 1922, d. 1923
Stensland, Carl, b. 1883, d. 1971
Stensland, Caroline I., b. 1885, d. 1957, "mother"
Stensland, Homer L.C., b. 1906, d. 1962, "son"
Stensland, John, b. 1884, d. 1966
Stensland, Martha, b. 23 Nov 1845, d. 25 Jul 1925
Stensland, Nellie, b. 1875, d. 1975, Aunt
Stensland, Simon A., b. 1872, d. 1945, "father"
Stensland, Thelma, b. 1904, d. 1916
Torgerson, Mina J., b. 1894, d. 1895
Torgerson, Minnie J., b. 1896, d. 1969
Torgerson, Oswald, b. 1895, d. 1979
Wicker, Laura?, b. 14 Jun 1902, 36y
Wicker, Olava, b. 21 Jun/Jul 1902, 16d, hard to read
Wigen, Henry J., b. 1892, d. 1967, m. 25 Jan 1923
Wigen, Ida E., b. 1897, d. 1987, m. 25 Jan 1923

Misc:
??, ?, b. 22 Jan 1879, d. 2 Dec 1942, on a broken stone next to ??, Anna
??, A .E., no dates, near a large headstone with surname Emerson
??, Anna, b. 24 Nov 1885, d. 10 Oct 1929
??, Dorthea, b. 1861, d. 1950, "mother"
??, Jens, b. 1849, d. 1929, "father"
Loken, unknown, no names or dates