Hill Point Cemetery
Dinsmore district
R.M. of King George # 256 NW 31-24-10 W3
GPS 51.095500°N 107.392812°W
First burial in 1922, 19 burials by 1994
Compiled & photographed by Rod Beattie
(Click on coloured names to view the gravestone photo)
Broom, Agnes Lucy 18 Jul 1865 - 12 May 1945 Broom, George 1933 - 2006 hus of Myrtle Broom, Myrtle Read 1936 - 1998 Broom, William 12 Aug 1860 - 27 Dec 1940 hus of Agnes Chesters, Nellie died 1927 dau of James Funk, Luella I. 19 Mar 1922 age 8 yrs 6 mos Inverarity, Allie Ann (nee Koski) 3 Sep 1919 - 16 Mar 2012 dau of Ben & Lydia Inverarity, Fred 1921 - 2001 hus of Allie Jakins, (baby) dau of Jim Linne, (baby) 10 Feb 1932 - 1932 infant of Kalle Martin, T. Mrs. Oct 1890 - Oct 1930 Oja, (baby) 1948 - 1948 infant of Eino Petkau, Helen Petkau, Jacob 1859 - 1945 Pflug, (baby) died 22 Feb 1922 dau of Karl & Ida Pflug, (baby) died 26 Feb 1923 son of Karl & Ida Pflug, John Carl 1916 - 1996 Pflug, Rhea Agnes 1923 - Rothman, Eino A. 21 Oct 1902 - 20 Dec 1989 Schultz, J. W. Spence, David died 1945 Tryyki, Helyn 'Helen' (nee Rothman) 29 Jul 1932 - 15 Sep 2011 Tryyki, John 19 Dec 1925 - 16 Sep 2007 Tryyki, William 'Uncle Bill' 1902 - 2 Jul 1994 unknown 1 unknown 2 unknown Sheepherder (worked for Archie Fullerton) Walsh, Orval C. 1932 - 1983 Walsh, (baby) died 1930 Willis, Bertha 1907 - 2002 Willis, William Alexander 1909 - 1997Hill Point Cemetery is located 16 miles south and 1 mile east of Dinsmore off Highway 42. The cemetery was started in 1922. Trees and flowers were planted at the time but were lost in the drought of the 1930’s and the cemetery is now covered with native grass. In 1995 Myrtle Broom reported in the Dinsmore history book “A Place to Call Home” that the records of burials were destroyed in a fire many years ago.
In 1980, as a 'Saskatchewan 75th Project', the ladies of the Suncrest (Homemakers) Women’s Institute took over the cleanup and care of the cemetery. The original plans were located by Herb Swan, MLA and with help of people in the area the posts around the cemetery were painted. In 1986 the plots were re-staked and a sign marking the cemetery was made and erected by Ken and Shirley Bogner. In 1993 the old fence was removed and replaced and at this time the Oja brothers donated a new entrance gate.
With the record of early burials lost… white painted wooden crosses were erected on known grave locations in the cemetery. In this listing these crosses have been randomly assigned to one of the known or unknown names—unfortunately there is no way of knowing if any are correctly assigned.
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