About Forest Vale Cemetery
Forest Vale Cemetery is a cemetery near Helena Valley West Central, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It lies about 1.2 mi west of Helena Valley West Central. The grounds sit at about 3,743 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 22 notable people buried here, including Preston Leslie, Tim M. Babcock and Forrest H. Anderson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 800805. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home & Crematory in Helena, about 2.1 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Lewis and Clark County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 31 listings in Lewis and Clark County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Helena Valley West Central. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Vale Cemetery
Among them: 5 governors, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Preston Leslie1819-1907Governor of Kentucky
- Tim M. Babcock1919-2015American politician
- Forrest H. Anderson1913-1989American politician
- Wilbur F. Sanders1834-1905Union United States Army officer, lawyer
- Sam C. Ford1882-1961American judge
- Sam V. Stewart1872-1939American politician
- Samuel Thomas Hauser1833-1914American industrialist and 7th governor of the Montana Territory
- Benjamin F. Potts1836-1887United States Army general during American Civil War
- Hugh R. Adair1889-1971American politician
- Charles Arthur Broadwater1840-1892American banker
- Newton W. McConnell1832-1915American judge
- Anton Holter1831-1921Millionaire of Helena, MT
Show all 22 notable burials
- Horace R. Buck1853-1897American judge
- W. W. De Lacy1819-1892American engineer and surveyor
- Ellen Frances Farrar1841-1906
- Harry Percy Kennett1860-1900Rancher
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- James U. Sanders1859-1923American lawyer
- Julia Kate Chumasero1853-1929Millionaire
- Oliver Tamblyn1893-1957American soldier
- Theodore H. Kleinschmidt1839-1913
- William Allen Chessman1830-1920Millionaire
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Vale Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
46.65632, -112.03693
What Forest Vale Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Forestvale CemeteryHelena Valley West Central, MTCemetery0.1 mi
- Lewis and Clark County CemeteryHelena Valley West Central, MTMunicipal cemetery0.3 mi
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryHelena Valley West Central, MTCemetery0.3 mi
- Resurrection CemeteryHelena, MTCemetery2.2 mi
- Lewis and Clark County Poor Farm CemeteryHelena, MTCemetery2.3 mi
- Helena Sunset Memorial GardensHelena Valley West Central, MTMemorial park2.5 mi
- Sunset Memorial CemeteryHelena Valley West Central, MTCemetery2.5 mi
- Home of Peace CemeteryHelena, MTJewish cemetery2.9 mi
- Arley Burt Pet CemeteryHelena, MTPet cemetery3.4 mi
- Benton Avenue CemeteryHelena, MTCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Vale Cemetery
- Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home & Crematory2.1 miCremation provider · Helena · (406) 442-8520
- Retz Funeral Home & Crematory2.1 miCremation provider · Helena · (406) 442-1550
- Simple Cremation Montana3.8 miCremation provider · Helena
- Simple Cremation Montana4.8 miCremation provider · Helena · (406) 410-1321
- Retz Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Helena
- Big Sky Cremations7.1 miCremation provider · East Helena · (406) 431-8096
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