THE YOUTHS, above left, doing the work were, left to right, Steve Reiser, Nancy Suedbeck, Kevin Kroells, Kit Marti, Jackie Winter, Barb Reiser, Kathy Bloemke, Mike Groebner, Jerry Lamecker and Mark Fodness.

Ten youths under the supervision of the Brown County Historical Society Tuesday probed the cemetery at the Brown County pioneer settlement of Iberia as one of many steps in the restoration of the cemetery. With probing rods and shovels the youths sought to find tombstones or markers covered by the soil of many years of neglect.

THE YOUTHS, above left, doing the work were, left to right, Steve Reiser, Nancy Suedbeck, Kevin Kroells, Kit Marti, Jackie Winter, Barb Reiser, Kathy Bloemke, Mike Groebner, Jerry Lamecker and Mark Fodness.

BARB REISER, above right, reads the German inscription on one of the many stones.

MRS. LEOTA KELLETT of New Ulm and Paul Kunkel of Sleepy Eye, left, discuss some of the day’s finds. Mrs. Kellett is director of the Brown County Historical Museum and Kunkel is a member of the county historical society.

MIKE GROEBNER, right, digs in with a small shovel to find what a preliminary probe turned up. (Photos by Donan Berg)

BARB REISER, above right, reads the German inscription on one of the many stones.

New Ulm Daily Journal, June 28, 1973

MRS. LEOTA KELLETT of New Ulm and Paul Kunkel of Sleepy Eye, left, discuss some of the day’s finds. Mrs. Kellett is director of the Brown County Historical Museum and Kunkel is a member of the county historical society.

MIKE GROEBNER, right, digs in with a small shovel to find what a preliminary probe turned up. (Photos by Donan Berg)