(below) Present location of the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, and site of the congregation’s predecessor St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1864(?)-1874.

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“Zion Lutheran Cemetery, on Lot 9, Con. 12 (the Bronson Line) was the site of the first St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. This site is still used as a cemetery. A substantial bequest by John Becker in 1964 was used to purchase more land to extend the cemetery to the south. The cemetery gateposts were rebuilt in 1992 and a new chain fence replaced the older fence across the front. The earliest gravestones are inscribed in the German language, One being that of Anna Margaretta Walper ‘eineborne Weber, starb den,’ July 12, 1854.”

extracted from “Hay Township Highlights: 150 years of Diversified Progress, 1846 – 1996”, published by the Hay Township Book Committee under the auspices of Hay Township Council, Alice Gibb ed.; pgs. 157-158 ISBN : 0-919939-43-0