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The Ryssby Cemetery was dedicated on the same day as the Church - Midsummer Sunday, June 24, 1882. A book titled "The Ryssby Swedish Cemetery Book", has been written and compiled by the Longmont Genealogical Society about the Swedish cemetery.
The book contains pictures of all of the gravestones in the cemetery as well as a compilation of the obituaries that were printed in various newspapers for most of the persons buried at Ryssby.
Also included in the book are several histories written about the Ryssby Church.
One of the histories "Ryssby: The Country Church" was written by David P. Nelson. It tells the story of the immigrants from Ryssby, Sweden, including David Nelson's ancestors who settled in the Ryssby area Southwest of Longmont and built a little stone church.
This book can be purchased in many formats by visiting the
following web site:
The Ryssby Committee of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church
oversees the care and maintenance of the cemetery. Recently,
the installation of the new Columbarium in the cemetery was
completed.
The Columbarium contains 48
niches each containing room for the cremains of 2 people.
The official dedication of the Columbarium will take place at
the conclusion of the 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service
on Midsummer Sunday, June 19, 2011. The
dedication of the new Columbarium will take place during the Ryssby
Midsummer Festival on Sunday, June 19th, 2011. Cemetery plots
and niches in the new Columbarium
are available for purchase. Please visit the
Contact
page for contact information for the cemetery. |
