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                               This book was published in 1977 by a devoted group of volunteers

                                who for over 3 years walked the cemeteries in Anoka County and wrote

                                down the headstone and monument inscriptions of individual interred.

                                There dedication is a tribute to the families who made Anoka, Mn their home.

                           "Anoka County Cemeteries 2000 update" cemeteries are available on 

                                      CD Rom  This update includes everyone known by church or cemetery record to be

                                       buried in the following cemeteries.  The CD also contains photographs

                                       of all headstones found in the cemetery.   To Order   a CD.  

                                       Cost of one individual cemetery CD - $10.00/$12.50 mailed 

                                       or purchase all 40 cemeteries for $35.00/$37.50 mailed   

                                        ....The epitaph for a child who died in 1874 speaks to the living in a most charming manner,

                                                        "Step softly stranger for our darling is sleeping here."  It is a fitting message for one

                                                        visiting his city- the notice of a child loved beyond death.

                                                    ....In turn, Joseph Adams is philosophical and his spirit of confidence is projected in the

                                                        message on his "signpost,"  "My years are full, I have been happy on the earth and as

                                                        I have been conscious of an existence, I shall be conscious of an existence hereafter.

                                                        The spirit never dies."

                                                         Are these truly Silent Cities?  I think not.

                                           .....Foreword of Silent Cities written by one of the volunteers-Leslie Randels Gillund, G.R.S.

                                    Cemeteries included in this work:

                        ANOKA STATE HOSPITAL CEMETERY  - City of Anoka

                        BETHEL CEMETERY (OLD) - City of East Bethel

                               CALVARY CEMETERY - City of Anoka

                               CEDAR CEMETERY - City of Oak Grove

                               CONSTANCE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH CEMETERY - Andover

                               COON RAPIDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY (JOYCE CHAPEL) - City of Coon Rapids

                               EAST BETHEL CEMETERY - City of East Bethel

                               EPISCOPAL CEMETERY (OLD) - City of Fridley

                               FARM OF ERNEST RAHN - Burns Township

                               FISH LAKE CEMETERY - City of East Bethel

                               FLINK GRAVES - City of St. Francis

                               FOREST HILL CEMETERY - City of Anoka to the year 1950

                               FRIDSBORG CEMETERY - City of East Bethel

                              GLEN CARY LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY - City of Ham Lake

                              HAMILTON RESIDENCE (BEATTY RESIDENCE) - City of Ramsey

                              INCARNATION CEMETERY - City of Lino Lakes

                              JOYCE CHAPEL (COON RAPIDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH) - City of Coon Rapids

                              LAKEVIEW CEMETERY - Burns Township, Anoka County, MN

                              LINWOOD CEMETERY - Linwood Township, Anoka County, MN

                              METHODIST CEMETERY - (a/k/a Gethsemene) - City of Lino Lakes

                              MORNINGSIDE MEMORIAL GARDENS - City of Coon Rapids

                             OAK HILL CEMETERY - City of Ham Lake

                             OAK LEAF CEMETERY - City of East Bethel

                             OAK PARK CEMETERY - City of Forest Lake

                             OAKWOOD CEMETERY - City of Anoka

                             OLD BETHEL CEMETERY - City of East Bethel

                             OLD EPISCOPAL CEMETERY - City of Fridley

                             OUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY - City of Ham Lake

                             PIERCE CEMETERY - City of Oak Grove

                             RAMSEY CEMETERY - (a/k/a Foster Cemetery) City of Ramsey

                             SACRED HEART POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC CEMETERY - City of Fridley (incomplete)

                             SAINT PETER AND PAUL ORTHODOX CEMETERY - City of Fridley

                             ST. FRANCIS CEMETERY - City of St. Francis

                             ST. GENEVIEVE CEMETERY - Centerville, Anoka County, MN

                             ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY - City of Lino Lakes

                             SODERVILLE CEMETERY - City of Ham Lake

                             STAPLES CEMETERY   - City of Andover 

                             TROTT BROOK CEMETERY - City of Ramsey

                             TWIN LAKES CEMETERY - Burns Township, Anoka County, MN

                             TWITCHEL CEMETERY - City of Lino Lakes

                             VICTOR HILL CEMETERY - Linwood, Anoka County, MN

                             WEST OAK GROVE CEMETERY - City of Oak Grove, 

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