The Hochfeld CMC Heritage Cemetery is the final resting place for both Jacob “Berliner” and Elizabeth Kehler. Located in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, the Hochfeld CMC Heritage Cemetery is maintained by volunteers.
When Jacob “Berliner” Kehler died in June, 1923, the (Steinbach) Post reported that it was a very large funeral with a procession of some 80 cars following Berliner’s casket for burial in the Hochfeld cemetery. Around 500 people had paid their last respects at this immensely popular man’s funeral. The Berliner Kehler Clan – A History in Portraits
When his wife, Elisabeth, was about to die in 1943, she asked to be buried next to her husband, in the Hochfeld cemetery. She died on 5 February 1943. A severe snowstorm covered the Hochfeld cemetery at the time of her death. After considerable searching, the gravediggers were able to find Jacob Kehler’s grave and that is where they buried her, only to discover in the spring that she had accidentally been buried next to another Jacob Kehler. Preservings No. 14 (June 1999): 110-114.
The map below, shows where the Berliner Kehlers were buried at Hochfeld.
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