Trinity United Church of Christ/Swiss Reformed Church

The original Swiss Reformed Church cemetery was located across Hwy. 14/61 from the present church building and was often called Kienholz or Mormon Coulee Cemetery. It may have begun as the Kienholz Family burial site, but quickly grew to incorporate church members as well. The oldest burial date found on a stone is that of Wenzel Doerre who died three days before his 54th birthday in Nov. 1856.

Other older stones from 1863 and 1864 include families with the surnames of Kunert, Kienholz, Schild, Groszbach, Tausche, Moore and Gabel. For the older history of this Swiss Reformed congregation now called Trinity United Church of Christ, please refer to the history on the Kienholz / Old Settler's Mormon Coulee Cemetery.

The "new" cemetery called Trinity United Church of Christ Cemetery is located on what was the Casper Eggler property. The first burial in the "new" cemetery for this church, located across Hwy. 14/61 in the Town of Shelby, was that of Casper Anderegg, a Swiss immigrant, who died in Mormon Coulee in 1893. In 1894, the present site of Trinity was purchased from Casper Eggler for $1200, and contained about four acres. The original church building was moved from across the street to the new location. It was then enlarged and remodelled to twice its original size. The old white frame structure was replaced in 1969 by a one-story brick building. The congregation is active and is likely to grow in membership with the new surge in housing construction activity surrounding it.

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