lakewood cemetery

Board discusses Lakewood Cemetery land transfer

Jul 7, 2021

At their regular meeting on June 29, the Wabasha County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation concerning a proposed Department of Natural Resources land transfer for a portion of land owned by Lakewood Cemetery in Lake City. It was a short meeting with the Lakewood Cemetery Land Transfer the...

Lakewood Cemetery offers a look into the past

Jul 25, 2018

Last Wednesday, the Walking Lake Pepin walkers met at the home of Paul and Wanda Myers on Pine Grove Lane and took a walk around the neighborhood and into Lakewood Cemetery. As the group walked through the cemetery Lois Borner pointed out some of the grave sites of the early settlers of Lake City;...

Our memories in stone - Richard W. Neal

Sep 7, 2017

The Lake City Historical Society has an on-going project to restore the legibility of stones marking the graves of people relevant to the early history of the community. (Checks to support this work should be mailed to LCHS, PO 245, Lake City, MN 55041.) For this issue of the Graphic, the featured...

Our memories in stone - Henry and Emma Selover

Aug 10, 2017

The Lake City Historical Society has an on-going project to restore the legibility of stones marking the graves of people relevant to the early history of the community. For this issue of the Graphic, the featured gravesite is of Henry Selover (b. 1838, d. 1925) in Lakewood Cemetery.  

Preservation group cleans gravestones

Jul 27, 2017

Laura Lettink of Northern Bedrock Historic Preservation Corps (NBHPC) with the Elmer Lewis grave stone she cleaned. Elmer was the son of Peter Gludt, owner of Gludt Harness Shop in Lake City for many years. Both Peter and Elmer were accidently electrocuted at home on Feb. 17, 1911. NBHPC is...

Trio cleans veterans’ grave markers

May 31, 2017

Memorial Day was honored by the Lake City Historical Society. Some members spent the early morning at Lakewood Cemetery cleaning grave markers of veterans of the Civil War, WWI, and WWII. Pictured are members Linda Hoellbacher (left) and Constance Anderson. Not pictured is Dave Dueholm, program...