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Stadum Family Archive · Places · Barnes County, North Dakota

Saint Petri Cemetery,
Nome, North Dakota

Where the Solberg and Stadum lines come to rest together — Palmer and Signe lie farther east, and Peggy still comes to set flowers at the gate.

Events

What happened here

1941 Palmer and Signe Marry — a future burial site is established
1999 Palmer Alvin Stadum Buried at Saint Petri Cemetery
2003 Signe Marie Stadum Buried — Palmer and Signe reunited
2003 Peggy Photographed at the Cemetery Gate Setting Flowers
Photographs

Photographs

Cemetery Gate · Saint Petri Lutheran Church, Nome, ND
Saint Petri Lutheran Church, Nome, North Dakota
Rod and Beverly Stadum at Palmer and Signe Stadum's grave
Rod and Beverly Stadum at Palmer and Signe Stadum's grave
North Dakota, 1909
People

Stadums Connected to Location

PS
1909–1999
Patriarch · buried here since 1999
SS
1912–2003
Buried here · Solberg family connection
PS
b. 1942
Photographed at the side gate · sets flowers on Solberg graves
RS
b. 1948
Son · visited parents' graves with Beverly
BS
b. 1945
Daughter · photographed at Palmer and Signe's grave
Saint Petri Cemetery in the Archive

A place where people, photographs, and family memory all converge.

Family notes identify the photograph as the side gate into Saint Petri Cemetery. Peggy Stadum is in the image, setting flowers on some of the many Solberg graves. Signe and Palmer lie farther to the east. The wind, described in the family note as very common, belongs to the story of the place too.

The cemetery is connected to Signe's Solberg family line, to Palmer and Signe's burial place, to Peggy's act of care, and to the broader North Dakota geography around Baker, Broe Township, Nome, and Rugby. This page treats Saint Petri Cemetery as a story object: a place where people, photographs, burial records, family notes, and weather all connect.

Future updates should attach grave photographs, Solberg family records, cemetery plot details, and any oral history from Peggy or other family members who have visited the site.

Saint Petri Cemetery in the Record

What Happened Here

1912
Signe Solberg Is Born

Signe's life connects the Stadum family story to the Solberg line and the Saint Petri geography. She is born into a family whose graves already ring this cemetery.

1941
Signe and Palmer Marry

Their shared family story later returns to Saint Petri Cemetery through burial records and family photographs. The Solberg connection to this place becomes a Stadum connection too.

1999
Palmer Dies — Buried at Saint Petri

Palmer Alvin Stadum dies on September 19, 1999, at age 90. He is buried at Saint Petri Cemetery in Nome, North Dakota, beginning a new chapter in the family's relationship with this place.

2003
Signe Dies — Buried Alongside Palmer

Signe Marie Stadum is buried at Saint Petri Cemetery, connecting the family notes to public burial sources. Palmer and Signe rest together in the eastern section of the grounds.

2003
Peggy at the Cemetery Gate

Peggy appears in the cemetery photograph, setting flowers near the many Solberg graves at the side gate. The North Dakota wind is strong that day — the family note records it as very common.