Ospenia Cemetery – Blaine Lake District, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of Ospenia Doukhobor Cemetery located 11 miles southeast of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434. Land location: SE1-44-6 West of Third. Latitude: 52°45.514. Longitude: 106°43.770. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff on July 27, 2006. 

View of the cemetery from the southeast facing northwest.

Historical Background

Ospenia (aka Uspeniye) Cemetery was established in 1899 by the Doukhobors of Uspeniye village near Blaine Lake. After the abandonment of the village in 1913, the cemetery continued to be used by Doukhobors living in the Ospenia School District No. 2386 (1909-1957) and is still in active use today.  It is privately owned and is maintained by a cemetery committee. The cemetery is in very good condition.

Layout

The cemetery is one and a half acres in size and is enclosed by a wire fence. There is an iron gate on the east side. The cemetery contains approximately 130 interments in a single section comprised of eleven rows facing east-west. Over half the graves (approximately 65) have no marker and the mounds have been levelled. These remain unidentified. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain slate, marble or concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground. Click here for an online cemetery map.

Driving Directions

To access the cemetery, travel south from the Town of Blaine Lake on Highway No. 12 for Township Road No. 445 for 5 miles (8.1 km). Turn east on the township road and continue for 6 miles (9.7 km). Then turn north on the range road and continue for a 1/4 mile (.4 km).  The cemetery is on the west side of the road allowance. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.

Transcription

Surname Name Birth Date Death Date Comments
Androsoff Alex Nov. 13, 1923 Apr. 27, 1998  
Androsoff Debbie Apr. 18, 1958 Apr. 18, 1958  
Androsoff Elizabeth Sep. 9, 1933 Vacant
Androsoff Fred 1928 1999  
Androsoff Hanna 1902 1985 Wife of Nick
Androsoff Nick 1900 1978
Androsoff Shirley M. 1951 1956  
Bludoff Dunia 1877 1956 Wife of Wasyl
Bludoff Wasyl 1877 1962
Dorofeeff Anastasia 1859 1929 Wife of Peter – Nee Wishloff
Dorofeeff Peter W. 1859 1947  
Fraser Caroline M. Feb. 23, 1955 Feb. 23, 1955
Kalesnikoff Marg 1908 1990 Wife of Sam – Nee Woiken
Kalesnikoff Mary M. 1875 1965 Wife of Sam
Kalesnikoff Noreen L. Sep. 22, 1968 Mar. 11, 1969  
Kalesnikoff Sam J. 1868 1942  
Kalesnikoff Sam S. 1907 1993
Kalesnikoff Tena 1912 2001 Wife of William – Nee Perehudoff
Kalesnikoff William S. 1909 1986
Katelnikoff Helen 1909 2002 Wife of William
Katelnikoff Samuel J. 1886 1952
Katelnikoff William 1907 1985  
Konkin Alex A. Apr. 3, 1905 Dec. 16, 1962
Konkin Alex E. 1880 1956
Konkin Anastasia 1869 1967  
Konkin Annie S. Jun. 23, 1904 Jun. 1, 1982 Wife of Alex
Konkin Fred K. Dec. 18, 1919 Aug. 20, 1973
Konkin Kerry W. 1886 1965
Konkin Mary 1884 1952 Wife of Kerry
Konkin Nick K. 1914 1952  
Konkin Pearl 1879 1936  
Konkin Polly N. Feb. 14, 1909 Jan. 24, 1921  
Konkin Robert G. 1942 1971
Kurchenko Sam F. 1888 1963  
Kutsenko Mike 1884 1964
Kutsenko Oxinia 1890 1966 Wife of Mike
Nesteroff Alex 1915 1981
Nesteroff Mary Ann May 1948 Jul. 1948  
Nesteroff Polly 1889 1968
Nesteroff Wasyl F. Dec. 31, 1894 Mar. 18, 1987
Nesteroff William W. 1924 1969
Perehudoff Louis S. 1878 1971
Perehudoff Parania E. 1882 Oct. 22, 1930  
Perehudoff Peter L. 1903 1973
Pereverseff Nastia 1896 1942
Popoff Jim 1884 1958
Popoff Jim J. 1907 1979
Popoff Nick J. 1930 1963
Popoff Polly 1881 1934 Wife of Jim
Popoff Polly 1909 2000 Wife of Jim
Popoff Sam J. 1933 2001
Posnikoff Sam  
Postnikoff Annie 1904 1988 Wife of Peter
Postnikoff Lawrence A. Jan. 18, 1943 Oct. 28, 1994
Postnikoff Nastia 1872 1960 Wife of Wasyl
Postnikoff Peter W. Jun. 23, 1903 Feb. 7, 1995
Postnikoff Wasyl 1872 1956
Rae Mabel 1912 1979 Wife of Thompson
Rae Thompson 1919 1994
Wishloff Andrew N. 1888 1970
Wishloff Kenneth Jan. 2, 1959 Jan. 9, 1959  
Wishloff Mary 1891 1981 Wife of Andrew
Wishloff William F. 1908 1964
Zaremba Felix A. 1890 1965
Zaremba Hazel 1900 1980 Wife of Felix

View of the cemetery from the northwest facing southeast.

Notes

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information including marker transcriptions. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Ospenia Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.