Historic Sites of Manitoba: Funk Cemetery (Municipality of Rhineland)

This cemetery in the Municipality of Rhineland is situated about one mile east of the former community of Silberfeld. Three graves are surrounded by a black metal fence. The graves are for Bernhard Hamm (1878-1932), Anna [nee] Hamm (1882-1957), and a newer monument for Margaret Funk (?-1958).

Funk Cemetery

Funk Cemetery (November 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04488, W97.48207
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

Silberfeld East Burial Site - RM of Rhineland, Waymarking.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Rose Kuzina, and Peter McLure.

Page revised: 18 December 2020

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