The following is a transcription of Riverhill (Spasovka) Cemetery located 12 miles east of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434. Land location: RL 8-45-5 West of Third. Latitude: 52°47.482. Longitude: 106°40.895. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff on July 27, 2006. Updated on January 28, 2008.
View of the cemetery from the northwest facing southeast.
Historical Background
Spasovka Cemetery was established in 1916 by the Doukhobors living in the vicinity of the former Spasovka village near Blaine Lake. Located in the Riverhill School District No. 2586 (1910-1959), it also came to be known as Riverhill Cemetery. The cemetery still in active use. It is privately owned and is maintained by a cemetery committee. The cemetery is in good condition.
Layout
The cemetery is one acre in size and is enclosed by a wire fence. There is an iron gate on the north side. The cemetery contains approximately 120 interments in two sections (east section and west section) comprised of eleven rows facing east-west. Approximately 31 of the graves have no marker and the mounds have been levelled. I have used the cemetery records to identify 29 of these. The rest 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 east from the Town of Blaine Lake on Township Road No. 445 for 10 miles (16.1 km). Then turn north on Range Road No. 3052 and continue for 2 miles (3.2 km). The cemetery is located at the southeast corner of the junction of Range Road No. 3052 and Township Road No. 431. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.
Transcription
| Surname | Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrosimoff | Annie | 1898 | 1985 | |
| Abrosimoff | Ignat | 1893 | 1985 | |
| Abrosimoff | John I. | Sep. 19, 1922 | Apr. 29, 1976 | |
| Abrosimoff | John J. | 1866 | 1941 | |
| Abrosimoff | Mike | Apr. 13, 1919 | Feb. 20, 2001 | |
| Abrosimoff | Tania | 1866 | 1940 | |
| Androsoff | Elsie | Apr. 8, 1917 | Aug. 10, 2002 | Wife of Fred |
| Androsoff | Fred J. | 1911 | 1965 | |
| Androsoff | Louise | Apr. 12, 1941 | Apr. 14, 1941 | |
| Berekoff | Fedya | – | – | Child – No Marker |
| Berekoff | Mary | Jun. 3, 1883 | Aug. 11, 1973 | |
| Berekoff | Molly | – | – | Child – No Marker |
| Berekoff | Nickoli W. | 1880 | 1932 | |
| Bruyn | Peter D. | 1926 | 1949 | |
| Choppe | Mefody | – | – | No Marker |
| Conkin | Jackie P. | Apr. 12, 1940 | May 10, 1940 | |
| Conkin | Polly A. | 1888 | Feb. 4, 1957 | Wife of Fred – Nee Demoskoff |
| Demoskoff | Alexei | – | – | No Marker |
| Demoskoff | Anna | – | – | Wife of Sam – No Marker |
| Demoskoff | Nastia | 1900 | 1923 | Wife of Alexei |
| Demoskoff | Sam | – | 1929 | No Marker |
| Derkachenko | Alex | 1892 | 1957 | |
| Derkachenko | Anicia | 1905 | 1970 | Wife of Alex – Nee Chorzempa |
| Gaidaichuk | Kiril | 1890 | 1959 | Itinerant worker from Russia |
| Haday | Alex | Apr. 28, 1926 | Sep. 2, 1926 | |
| Haday | Onufrey A. | 1892 | 1967 | |
| Hromick | Peter (Sr.) | Jun. 1890 | Aug. 28, 1957 | |
| Hromick | Peter (Jr.) | Oct. 26, 1925 | – | Vacant |
| Kabaroff | Anna | Dec. 25, 1900 | May 17, 1929 | Wife of Bill – Nee Popoff |
| Kabaroff | Fred S. | 1904 | 1967 | |
| Kabaroff | Harvey J. | 1949 | 1979 | |
| Kabaroff | Kenneth W. | 1944 | 1948 | Child of Nick & Lida |
| Kabaroff | Lida | 1919 | – | Wife of Nick – Nee Podovelnikoff – Vacant |
| Kabaroff | Malasha | 1876 | 1941 | Wife of Sam – Nee Strelioff |
| Kabaroff | Nick W. | 1919 | 2001 | |
| Kabaroff | Peter S. | 1912 | 1967 | |
| Kabaroff | Sam | 1872 | 1935 | |
| Konkin | Andrew W. | 1879 | 1961 | |
| Konkin | Anna | – | – | No Marker |
| Konkin | Annie N. | 1867 | 1948 | Wife of Nick |
| Konkin | Fred | Dec. 15, 1887 | Jul. 16, 1978 | |
| Konkin | George J. | 1918 | 1925 | |
| Konkin | George W. | 1883 | 1963 | |
| Konkin | George W. | 1865 | 1946 | |
| Konkin | Grunia W. | 1900 | 1984 | Wife of Kuzma – Nee Makaroff |
| Konkin | Hannah | – | – | No Marker |
| Konkin | Harry | Sep. 1, 1923 | Aug. 23, 2005 | |
| Konkin | John W. | 1884 | 1952 | |
| Konkin | Kuzma M. | 1892 | 1945 | |
| Konkin | Laura J. | 1915 | 1917 | |
| Konkin | Lucy N. | – | – | Wife of Andrew – Nee Stupnikoff – No Marker |
| Konkin | Mary A.W. | 1923 | 1923 | Daughter of Tania |
| Konkin | Mary J. | 1885 | 1974 | |
| Konkin | Mike S. | Oct. 27, 1919 | Sep. 12, 1999 | |
| Konkin | Nick W. | 1861 | 1951 | |
| Konkin | Pete W. | 1892 | 1956 | |
| Konkin | Polly | 1865 | 1937 | Wife of George – Nee Chutskoff |
| Konkin | Samuel G. | 1886 | 1931 | |
| Konkin | Tania J. | 1881 | 1923 | Wife of Andrew – Nee Stupnikoff |
| Konkin | Wasyl W. | 1862 | – | No Marker |
| Konkin | William A.W. | 1911 | 1961 | |
| Laplante | Frances | 1923 | 1988 | |
| Makaroff | baby | – | – | No Marker |
| Makaroff | Fred W. | Jun. 5, 1908 | Aug. 29, 1975 | |
| Makaroff | Masha | 1879 | 1952 | Wife of Wasyl |
| Makaroff | Nick | – | – | No Marker |
| Makaroff | Wasyl | 1882 | 1955 | |
| Maloff | Agatha | Aug. 15, 1900 | Nov. 21, 1981 | |
| Maloff | Bill | – | – | No Marker |
| Maloff | Masha | – | – | No Marker |
| Maloff | Nick P. | May 1892 | Dec. 5, 1966 | |
| Maloff | Peter | 1856 | 1953 | |
| Metelsky | Mike | – | – | Itinerant worker from Russia – No Marker |
| Obchansky | baby | – | – | Child of Alex & Mary – No Marker |
| Obchansky | baby | – | – | Child of Alex & Mary – No Marker |
| Obchansky | baby boy | – | – | No Marker |
| Pepin | Hanya | – | – | Child – No Marker |
| Perehudoff | baby | May 11, 1943 | May 11, 1943 | Child of Fred & Olga |
| Perehudoff | Fedya | 1860 | 1948 | |
| Perehudoff | Fred J. | 1905 | 1989 | |
| Perehudoff | Jake F. | 1885 | 1975 | |
| Perehudoff | John J. | May 1, 1913 | Aug. 26, 1929 | |
| Perehudoff | Johnny | 1930 | 1981 | |
| Perehudoff | Martha | 1885 | 1956 | Wife of Jake – Nee Dargin (Popoff) |
| Perehudoff | Olga | 1911 | 1989 | Wife of Fred – Nee Makaroff |
| Perehudoff | Onya | 1860 | 1936 | Wife of Fedya – Nee Kabaroff |
| Perehudoff | Sam | 1904 | 1968 | |
| Podovelnikoff | Agatha | Feb. 1885 | Jun. 1971 | Wife of John |
| Podovelnikoff | Agatha J. | – | – | Child of John & Agatha – No Marker |
| Podovelnikoff | Fedya | – | 1927 | No Marker |
| Podovelnikoff | John | 1885 | 1928 | |
| Podovelnikoff | Vera J. | – | – | Child of John & Agatha – No Marker |
| Postnikoff | Alex S. | 1886 | 1956 | |
| Postnikoff | Dasha | 1888 | 1978 | Wife of Alex – Nee Perehudoff |
| Savenkoff | Emma | 1922 | 1953 | Wife of John |
| Savenkoff | Irene | – | – | Vacant |
| Savenkoff | John | 1914 | 2001 | |
| Shamborski | Sam | 1905 | 1946 | Itinerant worker from Russia |
| Shandro | John | 1889 | 1966 | |
| Sherstobitoff | George (Sr.) | – | – | No Marker |
| Sherstobitoff | George (Jr.) | – | – | No Marker |
| Sherstobitoff | Grigory A. | 1846 | Mar. 12, 1932 | Died – age 86 years |
| Sherstobitoff | Hrisha | 1883 | Oct. 30, 1926 | |
| Sherstobitoff | Nick S. | 1925 | 1953 | |
| Sherstobitoff | Semion | Dec. 24, 1884 | Oct. 29, 1944 | |
| Sowpel | John | 1905 | 1974 | |
| Strelioff | Tanya | – | – | No Marker |
| Stupnikoff | Fred | – | – | Child – No Marker |
| Stupnikoff | Hanya | 1886 | 1983 | Wife of Maxim – Nee Sokorokoff |
| Stupnikoff | John | – | – | No Marker |
| Stupnikoff | Maxim N. | 1889 | 1966 | |
| Stupnikoff | Mike | – | – | Child – No Marker |
| Stupnikoff | Sam J. | Jun. 15, 1885 | Mar. 2, 1973 | |
| Stupnikoff | Steve | 1869 | 1942 | |
| Stupnikoff | Tinny | 1886 | 1960 | Wife of Sam |
| Stupnikoff | Tunia | 1869 | 1927 | Wife of Steve |
| Stupnikoff | Victor L. | 1936 | Sep. 28, 1936 | |
| Vlasenko | Miron | – | – | Itinerant worker from Russia – No Marker |
View of the cemetery gates from the north facing south.
Commemorative armillary (sundial) erected at the cemetery in 2003.
Commemorative plaque on armillary (sundial).
Notes
Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information including cemetery records, marker transcriptions and oral tradition. Special thanks to Maurice Postnikoff for assisting in identifying the interments. I have photos of the headstones and would be happy to share them. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Riverhill (Spasovka) Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.
