Plans in place to restore Blumenfeld Cemetery

By Joan Janzen

PRELATE - Blumenfeld Church, a beautiful heritage site located 15 km south of Prelate, Saskatchewan, is maintained by Blumenfeld Heritage Committee volunteers. The committee is in the process of planning to restore Blumenfeld cemetery and is reaching out for help to contact the loved ones of those who are buried there. Locating relatives of loved ones who were buried so long ago will be a difficult task, so they’re reaching out for available information.

Plans are underway to restore Blumenfeld Cemetery located at the Blumenfeld Heritage Site near Prelate, Sask. Photo Blumenfeld & District Heritage Site Facebook

Committee member Karri Wagman said headstones will only be replaced if they are able to find relatives who wish to do so. In that regard, the committee has hired Medicine Hat Monumental to help restore the cemetery. No matter how difficult a task this may be, the committee would like to have everything in place by the spring of 2025.

Meanwhile they are endeavouring to fix and maintain the existing grave stones and crosses. The cemetery contains over 400 plots, so there is much work to be done. Many of those headstones are broken, leaning and illegible, Karri noted.

“We’re going to try to contact as many people as possible to get their input,” Karri said. “Either way, we will continue to fix and refurbish at the cemetery.”

If you or anyone you know has a loved one buried at Blumenfeld Cemetery, you can contact a committee member regarding a donation or upgrades that could be made. You can email either: karriwagman.kw@gmail.com or a.volk@sasktel.net