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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Butler, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
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Notes: HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH OF BUTLER, MINNESOTA
The Holy Cross Catholic church is located on the north side of the 40 acres it owns in Section 16 of Butler township, Otter Tail County.
The parish has 45 families with 140 souls.
The present brick building was built in 1929 replacing the wood frame one built in 19 10.
A hall was built in 1983 and is also used by the township.
The cemetery was started in 1912 with the first burial of Henricus Dupont.
The parish was started in March 1910 with the arrival of 80 people from Holland.
They came because the Johnston Land Company wanted to colonize some of the land near the Stock Farm they owned in Butler.
The first priest was Most Rev. William Van Dinter O S O who belonged to the Crosier order.
Butler was the first parish started in America by the Crosier order. The plans were for a seminary to be built here but when they found out it was too far from the railroad they built it in Onamia, Minnesota where it still is.
The first people of the parish built the wood frame church and house along with the Johnston land Company and the Warner and Schumn families who lived in the area at the time.
As the parish grew they built the present one in 1929.
In 1958 we became a mission to the Assumption of Our Lady in Menagha, Minnesota.
In 1970 we became a mission to St. John's in Bluffton and in 1987 we became a mission to St. Stan's in Perham and in 1994 we will again be a mission to St. John's in Bluffton.
Over the years we have been served by 17 priests. Two members of the parish became priests Fr. Jerry Schik O S c and Fr. Don Braukmann, four became Sisters and two became Brothers.
Being an active parish we have our fall dinners which was started in 1929 and was only missed during the Second World War when many of our members served in the army, etc.
There are direct descendants of the first members of the parish today. They are the Wamers, Hendricks, Ross, Schick, and Hofland families.
From the East Otter Tail County History Volume II published in 1994
http://www.historymuseumeot.org/BrowseTextFiles/Browse.asp?Page=holy+cross+catholic+church+of+butler
Headstones
| Thumb | Description | Status | Location | Name (Died/Buried) |
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Gerardus and Jacoba Johanna (Dijkhoff) Sweere |
Located | Jacoba Johanna Dijkhoff (d. 25 Sep 1985)
Gerardus Sweere (d. 29 Jun 1984) |
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Johanna (Hopmans) Sweere |
Located | Johanna Hopmans (d. 16 Mar 1924)
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