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submitted by Margaret Hildebrand
A very important step in the growth of the Silberfeld School District was taken when two God fearing men, Mr. P.J. Warkentin and Mr. D.D. Epp, recognized the need for a spiritual education as well as a secular education. Shortly after the school was built in 1912 these men organized a Sunday School and a worship service. These were held in the school building. Visiting ministers came from Eigenheim, Laird, Hepburn and Waldheim.
By 1919 these services were "adopted" by the Eigenheim Church and the ministers from Eigenhelm served regularly. Rev. Johann Dyck, Rev. Jacob Klaassen, Rev. G.G. Epp and Rev. H.T. Klaassen took turns in coming to the services. All services were conducted in the German language.
A ''Jugendverein'' was organized and held every third Sunday night. The school was always packed for these evenings since neighboring districts participated as well. Special speakers were invited to come and present the messages for these evenings.
Sometime later Edward Ratzlaff moved into the district and he started a choir. This turned out to be quite successful. in this school building, funeral services were conducted. Burial took place in the cemetery about a mile from school. A Ladies' Aid was organized in 1921. Mrs. Sarah Andres, Mrs. Mary Epp, Mrs. Margaretha Epp, Mrs. Gertrude Dueck and Mrs. Anna Giesbrecht were the five charter members. In a few years this number grew to twelve.
Frequently a series of evangelistic services were held in the school. The building was usually filled to capacity and many lives were committed to God as a result of these meetings. Silberfeld Cemetery - Rosenort Mennonite Church of Saskatchewan
[ Early Editor's note: (editor Alvin Mierau)
In the Rosthern Historical Book there is one page devoted to a layout of the cemetery. The top left is plot 1. Then proceeding down is plot two, plot 3, and so forth.
We have no way of knowing what plot #1 means. Many of the plots have questions marks meaning there is an interment we assume, but unknown. We have typed
the data just as it was originally published. Silberfeld Cemetery
[Note: For faster updating, and so that you may download the data easier, you may now open or download this linked PDF file with the most recent data we have for those interred in this cemetery: Silberfeld-Cemetery.pdf Note: you will need legal sheets in landscape format to print out this file]
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