Our tiny Saint Andrew Cemetery, the only parish-owned and maintained cemetery in Jefferson County, which once bordered the "Church on the Hill", is still in use as a parish burial ground. Today it is kept fairly neat and trim, but it once had to be reclaimed from a mass of weed and tumble-down stones; forgotten graves were located and marked; and roads somewhat improved during the pastorate of Father Edwin Borntraeger. The oldest markers reveal numerous German and French names. Birth dates going back as far as 1854 and deaths as early as 1853. A new section with about 275 graves has been developed in recent years. Further expansion is still a matter to be studied.

Following the time-honored custom from the past, relatives and friends, weather permitting, gather at the cemetery on the first Sunday of November of each year for devotions. And to unite the past with the present, a new custom has been started. That is having a Mass on Memorial Day to honor the memory of our deceased loved ones.

Today an outdoor shrine of Our Lady marks the spot where once stood the old Saint Andrew Church. When the present Saint Paul was built, those hand-quarried stones from the "Church on the Hill" were reused for the front walls and also for the altar and baptismal pool of the present day edifice. The large statues of Saint Paul and Saint Francis located in the present church once adorned the frame church on Dixie Highway, so in effect, the modern building in which we worship contains visible parts of our historic past.

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