The cemetery was started in 1891 and the church was built in 1889.
In the past it was known as the Mud Lake Cemetery after Mud Lake and Mud River.
Later, in the 1940’s, Mud Lake was re-named Ripple Lake and Mud River became Ripple River.
The cemetery has also been known as Maria Cemetery.

Being buried in Diamond Lake Cemetery gives you eternal fishing rights for
Diamond Lake, Ripple Lake and Ripple River.

This information was provided by Randy Wall who says:
"Visit soon and see the beautiful cemetery and church nestled near the waterways there."

Photo contributed by Randy Wall

Name	Birth	Death	Comments
Myrtle Anderson ~ See Obituary Section
CLEARY, Anna Oliva (Edlund)	28 Aug 1872 Fränsta	13 May 13 1897 Kimberly, MN	Died in childbirth and buried with both of her children. Contributed by Randy Wall
Twila Ecklund ~ See Obituary Section
EDLUND, Sophie Helena Edlund	15 May 1882 Fränsta	28 Apr 1899 Glory	In my Uncle Erick's diary, it tells us that this was a VERY sad day when they lost her. The whole town of Glory was grieving. Contributed by Randy Wall
KEHOE, Isabelle (Nickander) Kehoe	02 Oct 1909 Glory	14 Nov 1994 Eveleth, MN	Contributed by Randy Wall
KEHOE, William Patrick	24 Mar 1912 Kalispell, MT	18 Apr 1972 Eveleth, MN	Husband of Izzy (Isabelle) Contributed by Randy Wall
Ida Malmgren ~ See Obituary Section
NELSON, Bessie (Brita Andersdotter)	28 Mar 1831 Hallasen, Medelpad, Sweden	18 Dec 1909 Glory	Grandmother (mormor) to the Edlund's buried here Contributed by Randy Wall
NICKANDER, Mattias (Matt)	04 Jun 1875 Klövsjö, Jämtland, Sweden	02 Jan 1969 Aitkin	Husband of Ida Contributed by Randy Wall
NICKANDER, Ida Kristina (Swanson)	15 Jan 1878 village of Storulfsjön, near Fränsta, Medelpad, Sweden	06 Sept 1967 Aitkin	I have written a book about their lives and journey from Sweden to Minnesota. Contributed by Randy Wall
Rev. R. Roland Ritter ~ See Obituary Section
Dr. Mabel Ross ~ See Obituary Section
Brandon Siemers ~ See Obituary Section
Freda Sipher ~ See Obituary Section
LaVonne Smorong ~ See Obituary Section
Olga Stropp ~ See Obituary Section
SWANSON, Erick Swanson	26 Feb 1873 village of Mållång, near Ljusdal, Hälsingland, Sweden	23 Apr 1948 Glory	Husband of Mary He was the store keeper and postmaster of the little town of Glory. He also named it! Contributed by Randy Wall
SWANSON, Mary (Kolin)	16 Aug 1884 Klövsjö	17 Apr 1962 Long Beach, CA	Contributed by Randy Wall
SWANSON, Gilbert	18 Dec 1919 Glory	06 Oct 1927 Glory	Son of Erick and Mary Contributed by Randy Wall
SWANSON, Sven Olof (Olofsson in Sweden)	30 Jul 1842 village of Störmortsjön, near Fränsta, Medelpad, Sweden	10 Oct 1908 Glory	Husband of Karin Contributed by Randy Wall
SWANSON, Karin (Ersdotter)	02 Mar 1839 Mällång	14 Dec 1922 Glory	Wife of Sven Contributed by Randy Wall

Here are my parents, Cal and Betty (Nickander) Wall, looking for gravestones and gold.
We found neither, but we sure had fun trying.
Diamond Lake is in the background.
Mark your ancestor's graves.
"I live, if I'm remembered."
Photo contributed by Randy Wall

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