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Contact Information
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To purchase a gravesite, to open/close a grave, or for questions:
Contact Ashlee Sund, Deputy Clerk, (360) 249-3021, Ext. 105 |
| To schedule a funeral or for questions: Contact Russ Burke at (360) 589-1134 |
| Mailing address for cemetery payments or inquiries: City of Montesano, 112 North Main Street, Montesano, WA 98563. |
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Rules for Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Headstones and Grave Markers
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| Flowers: There are neither placement nor removal rules for flowers. However, faded flowers, both real and artificial, will be removed by the City. |
| Trees and Shrubs: Plants must be planted behind the head stone. If a plant infringes on other graves, the City will remove it. |
| Headstones and Grave Markers: Upright headstones are allowed at the head of the grave. Additional markers on the same grave must be flat. |
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2013 Cemetery Fees
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Description
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Inside City Limits
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Outside City Limits
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| Plot price (One plot can accommodate one casket and up to four cremains.) |
$1,230
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$1,537 |
| Open/Close grave (for casket burial) |
$871
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$1,127 |
| Open/Close grave (for cremated remains) |
$307
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$461 |
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Note: All rates increase by 2.5 per cent on January 1 each year.
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History of the Wynoochee Cemetery
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The Wynoochee Cemetery is currently owned by the City of Montesano. It was originally named Mound Cemetery after pioneers' nickname for the hill - Mace's Mound. It first opened in April, 1871, when two acres of the mound were purchased at a price of $10 per acre. That same afternoon, Mrs. Marcellus Luark (Frances Redman Luark) was interred.
On May 20, 1871, a meeting was held in the schoolhouse, and a sale of cemetery lots was conducted; the price was $5 per lot. On June 28, 1871, the bodies which had been buried in the cemetery near the schoolhouse and Methodist Church were exhumed and interred in the Wynoochee Cemetery. |
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- History courtesy of the Chehalis Valley Historical Museum.
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