Wadena Cemetery
& Calvary Cemetery

1898 May 26: Cemetery Commands Attention. Much Good Was Accomplished by the Ladies Wednesday.

1898 June 16: Will Be Improved. The Cemetery Meeting Held at the School House Monday Evening Was Well Attended. An Association Formed. An Effort Will be Made to Purchase the Vacant Lots from Present Owner.

1898 May 27: A Good Suggestion. Mr. John Stewart Writes an Interesting Communication.

1898 June 17: An Auxiliary. The Ladies Organize an Auxiliary to the Cemetery Association.

1898 June 17: They Organized. The Cemetery Association Meets and Elects Officers.

1898 August 11: All for Naught. The Wadena Cemetery Association Does Not Exist, says Attorney Coppernoll. Comply with the Law. Another Mass Meeting is Called for Next Monday Evening at the Court House.

1898 October 13: continuation of previous story

1899-1904: Various short clips about the Ladies Aid/Ladies Auxiliary to the Cemetery Association.

1900 April 6: It's Water They Want. Want City Water Pipes Extended to the Cemetery.

1900 April 27: Water for Cemetery. The City Council Votes to Furnish Water to the Cemetery. The Ladies Feel Grateful.

1901 December 13: Neat Sum Realized. Rummage Sale Last Week a Financial Success.

1902 April 4: Going to Do Lots of Work

1902 February 7: To Move the Dead

1902 February 7: To Move the Dead. Dead to be Removed from the Catholic Cemetery at Compton.

1902 April 4: Going to Do Lots of Work. The Ladies of the Cemetery Association Planning an Active Season's Work.

1904 March 4: Vault for the Dead

1904 April 29: Fair Held by the Ladies of the Cemetery

1905 May 19: Work at Cemetery. Ladies Auxiliary to Association Makes Improvements.

1905 May 19: Work at Cemetery. Ladies Auxiliary to Association Makes Improvements.

1905 October 6: Here is a Good Man

1906 June 7: All Gratitude to the Women

1906 June 14: Mrs. Whitney is President. Ladies of Cemetery Association Meet and Elect Officers.

1906 June 14: Mrs. Whitney is President

1906 September 6: Debt Nearly Paid

1906 December 6: Snug Sum in Treasury

1906 December 6: Snug Sum in Treasury. Ladies of Cemetery Association Make Reports on Summer's Work. Statement Shows a Balance of More than Two Hundred Dollars in Treasury.

1907 May 2: Cemetery Meeting

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1907 May 2: Receiving Vault Needed

1907 July 4: Want Sunday Rest

1908 April 9: Cemetery Meeting

1908 April 30: Paying Up Well

1908 July 9: Catholics To Do Likewise

1908 November 12: Much Work Done

1908 November 19: Road to Cemetery

1909 March 25: Cemetery Meeting

1909 May 6: Water for Cemeteries

1909 May 13: Pipe to Cemeteries

1909 June 17: Most of It Is In

1909 September 9: Tag, You're It

1909 September 23: Tag Day Netted $120

1909 September 30: Did a Good Work. Something Over $500 Expended This Season on Catholic Cemetery.

1910 October 13: Ladies of the Cemetery Association Officers Elected

1911 April 13: Ladies to Use Endless Chain

1911 May 13: To Sound Out the Sentiment. People Generally are not in Favor of Cemetery Receiving Vaults, 'Tis Said. Ladies Want to Learn Sentiment of the People Before Spending Money.

1911-1913: Wadena Cemetery Association meeting clips. Constitution and Bylaws Adopted December 5, 1912.

1927 April 7: E.T. Carroll is Cemetery Head. Annual Meeting of Cemetery Association is Held Monday Evening.

1933 June 1: Cemetery is Badly in Need of Revenue. Upkeep of Grounds is Impossible Without Some Funds.

1966 May 26: A Progress Report by Harald Boen (from the Pioneer Journal, 1939)

1967 December 28: A Progress Report by Harald Boen (from the Pioneer Journal, 1907)

1968 April 18: A Progress Report by Harald Boen

1968 May 30: Cannon at Wadena Cemetery at New Location

1981 The Wadena Cemetery Association: A Brief History by Elmira Maxson

***2008 February 20: Wadena Cemetery Cannon has Interesting History***

2010 July 16: Cemetery Headstones Being Restored

2010 September 10: Cemetery Work Nearly Done, But Fundraising Remains

2010 September 17: Elks Fundraiser Gets $11,000 for Cemetery Restoration

2011 July 3: Removal of St. Ann's Calvary Cemetery Graveside Decorations Creates Big Stir

2011 May 15: Your Letters: Keep Wadena Cemetery Beautiful

2013 May 13: Memorial Day Prep

2013 May 25: Memorial Day Announcement

2014 A Brief History of the Wadena and Calvary Cemeteries by Dennis Olson

2015 August 7: Long Grass, Weeds Trouble Wadena Cemetery Association

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2016 May 27: Wadena Cemetery Receives Facelift Before Memorial Day

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2018 October 25: Grave Changes. Columbarium Comes to Wadena Cemetery

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2020 June 16: Scars, Debris are Reminders of Wadena Tornado a Decade Ago