Seven persons met at the home of Mrs. Emily Amenda on December 12, 1939, to organize a Women's Club. It was moved and carried that they call the organization "The Lea-Bank Community Club".

In June 1965, a 25th Anniversary Reunion was held, with about 35 members, former members, and guests present. By 1974, there were so few members left in the club that it was decided to close the books and not have any more meetings.

With the funds that were left and donations from people who were interested in the Lea-Bank cemetery, a cairn was erected in 1976. This was directed to the memory of all the pioneers buried there.

(Source: Furrows in the Valley - A Centennial Project of the Rural Municipality of Morris 1880 - 1980, p 765 [Adapted])

A monument in this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Morris commemorates the members of St. Peter's congregation and the pioneers of the Leabank School district.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD14-13-06-01-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Morris

As noted above, a part of the area's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1980 is told in the volume "Furrows in the Valley - A Centennial Project of the Rural Municipality of Morris 1880 - 1980", especially starting on page 764. A free digital version of this and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0489), transcribed by a member or members in 1990 and updated in 2001. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).