Riverhill (Spasovka) Cemetery – Blaine Lake District, Saskatchewan

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.