Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acacia Park Cemetery is located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota at 2151 Pilot Knob Road. It consists of 79 acres of land overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, with 163 deceased buried here. In addition, Dakota Indians had buried their dead on the same site prior to acquisition by European settlers. ^[1]

[edit] Notable burials

• Allen, Claude d. 25 November, 1974
• Arnquist, Joseph N., b. Feb 2, 1969, d. Oct 22, 1991
• Arnquist, Melissa Ann, b. Jul 29, 1976, d. Jul 30, 1976
• Hansen, Mary, b. 31 Jul 1868, Denmark, d. 24 Feb 1954, d/o Mads and Ane Marie Eskildsen, wid/o Ross Hansen
• Hansen, Ross, b. 12 Jul 1864, Denmark, d. 2 Feb 1944, s/o Hans and Mariane Nielsen, h/o Mary Hansen
• Hilton, Clifford L. b. 1866 d. 1927 - State Attorney General
• Honsa Marie, b. 21 Apr 1884, d. 10 Jan 1961, d/o Soren and Nettie Olriksen, wid/o Emil Honsa
• Honsa, Emil, b. 6 May 1881, d. 15 Nov 1949, h/o Marie Honsa
• Honsa, Hattie, b. 3 Aug 1893, d. 12 Jun 1967, wid/o Raymond Honsa
• Honsa, Raymond, b. 21 Jun 1903, d. 2 Feb 1967, s/o Emil and Marie Honsa, h/o Hattie Honsa
• Johnson, James Richard, b. 1927, d. Jun 1944
• Johnson, Jonah James, b. Jul 9, 1986, d. Nov 9,1986
• Johnson, Louis Richard, b. Nov 20, 1895, d. May 5, 1973
• Johnson, Violet Edna (Northway), b. Nov 5, 1905, d. Jan 1, 2000
• Ledegar, Anthony Matthew, b. 19 Aug 1872, Milwaukee WI, d. 16 Oct 1949, St Paul MI, s/o Peter & Marie (Steiner) Ledegar, h/o Barbara Elick, [EL]
• Ledegar, Archie Anthony, b. 12 Jun 1903, d. 03 Mar 1990, s/o Anthony & Barbara (Elick)
• Ledegar, Barbara Elick, b. 28 Nov 1876, d. 18 Oct 1967, d/o Vaclav & Ann Elick, w/o Anthony M Ledegar
• Madsen, Albert, b. 20 Mar 1887, d. 12 Apr 1966, s/o Tony and Laura Madsen., h/o Henrietta Madsen
• Madsen, Frances, b. 24 Aug 1895, d. 17 Apr 1992, Tampa FL, wid/o Ralph Madsen
• Madsen, Henrietta, b. 22 Jan 22 1888, d. 19 Sep 1972, wid/o Albert Madsen
• Madsen, Henry, b. 16 Jun 1894, d. 9 Aug 1956, s/o Tony and Laura Madsen, h/o Marion Madsen
• Madsen, Laura, b. 21 Mar 1861, Denmark, d. 17 Sep 1943, d/o ? Hansen, w/o Tony Madsen
• Madsen, Marion, b. 1 Oct 1897, d. 3 Dec 1977, wid/o Henry Madsen
• Madsen, Ralph, b. 30 May 1897, D. 1 Mar 1975, s/o Tony and Laura Madsen, h/o Frances Madsen
• Madsen, Tony, b. 13 Oct 1864, Denmark, d. 19 Jun 1945, s/o Mads and Ane Marie Eskildsen, wid/o Laura Madsen
• Olriksen, Arnold, b. 18 Sep 1899, d. 22 Dec 1941, Anchorage AK, s/o Soren and Nettie Olriksen
• Olriksen, Arthur, b. 17 Nov 1890, d. 3 Jan 1968, s/o Soren and Nettie Olriksen
• Olriksen, Nettie, b. 21 Nov 1862, Denmark, d. 1 Jan 1940, d/o Mads and Ane Marie Eskildsen, wid/o Soren Olriksen
• Olriksen, Soren, b. 26 Sep 1865, Denmark, d. 79 Dec 1931, s/o Ulrix and Ane Marie Sorensen, h/o Nettie Olriksen
• Parish, Gertrude Helen, b. Mar 31, 1876, d. Sep 09, 1948, w/o Harland R Parish, d/o Ake and Karen Johnson
• Stassen, Harold b. 13 April, 1907, d. 4 March, 2001
• Stotz Adelaide, b. 20 Jan 1905, d. 25 Feb 1977, d/o Soren and Nettie Olriksen, wid/o Conrad Stotz
• Stotz, Conrad, b. 11 Jan 1903, d. 24 Apr 1962, s/o Teresa Stotz, h/o Adelaide Stotz
• Syftestad, Arthur, b. 17 Sep 1893, Appleton MN, d. 19 Oct 1957, h/o Neta Syftestad
• Syftestad, Neta, b. 30 Sep 1901, d. 28 Jul 1992, d/o Soren and Nettie Oricksen, wid/o Arthur Syftestad

[edit] External links

• [1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Pilot Knob Status: Endangered. Sierra Club, North Star Chapter (2003–2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-01.