Index to Locations Great FallsHighland CemeteryGreat FallsHillcrest LawnMemorialGreat FallsMt. Olivet CemeteryGreat FallsOld Highland Cemetery
HighlandCemetery
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
Founded 1911
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Edwin Lee Norris (1865-1924) — also known asEdwin L. Norris — of Dillon,BeaverheadCounty, Mont.; Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born inCumberlandCounty, Ky.,August15, 1865.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMontanastate senate from Beaverhead County, 1897-1900;LieutenantGovernor of Montana, 1905-08;Governor ofMontana, 1908-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMontana,1912,1916(HonoraryVice-President).Died in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,April25, 1924 (age58 years, 254days).Original interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.; reinterment at Highland Cemetery.  | Paris Gibson (1830-1920) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Fort Benton,ChouteauCounty, Mont.; Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,July 1,1830.Democrat.Flour millbusiness; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1852; founded city of GreatFalls, 1882; postmaster atGreatFalls, Mont., 1887;mayorof Great Falls, Mont., 1888-89;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member ofMontanastate senate 16th District, 1891-94;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1901-05; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Montana,1904.DiedDecember16, 1920 (age90 years, 168days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | | Julius J. Wuerthner (1890-1972) — of Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Manchester,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 18,1890.Republican. Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1925-27; member ofMontanastate senate, 1928-31;mayorof Great Falls, Mont., 1937-41; candidate forGovernor ofMontana, 1940.Member,Freemasons.Died in anursinghome at Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,February21, 1972 (age81 years, 279days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | Henry Cleveland Hall (1892-1963) — also known asH. Cleveland Hall — of Glasgow,ValleyCounty, Mont.; Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,October13, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War I; district judge inMontana 17th District, 1919-20; Democratic Presidential Elector forMontana,1944;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Montana,1960.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedOctober26, 1963 (age71 years, 13days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | O. S. Warden — of Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana,1936,1940,1944,1948;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Montana, 1939-40.Interment at Highland Cemetery.
Hillcrest LawnMemorial
1410 13th Street South
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) — of Chinook,BlaineCounty, Mont.Born in Maiden Rock,PierceCounty, Wis.,January28, 1870.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to acceptonly $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tiptonsued to ousthim based on the contention that this promise constituted abribe,and violated the state'scorruptpractices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in goodfaith.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Hit bya bus, was badly injured, suffered aheartattack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter'sHospital,Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 13,1938 (age68 years, 136days).Entombed at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. | | Charles Nelson Pray (1868-1963) — also known asCharles N. Pray — of Fort Benton,ChouteauCounty, Mont.Born in New York,1868.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMontana,1904;U.S.Representative from Montana at-large, 1907-13; defeated, 1912;candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1916.DiedSeptember12, 1963 (ageabout 95years).Interment at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. | | Jerry Joseph O'Connell (1909-1956) — also known asJerry J. O'Connell — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born in Montana,1909.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Montana 1st District, 1937-39; defeated,1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana,1944.Died in1956(ageabout47 years).Entombed at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. | | Charles Gordon McGowan (1911-1999) — of Montana. Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,September5, 1911.Member ofMontanastate senate, 1954-74.Died in anursinghome at Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,May 26,1999 (age87 years, 263days).Interment at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial.
Mt. OlivetCemetery
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Errol Fay Galt (1889-1975) — also known asE. F. Galt — of Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born inFreebornCounty, Minn.,October2, 1889.Republican.Banker;member ofMontanastate senate, 1930-34; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Montana,1944(alternate),1948.Protestant.ScottishandEnglishancestry.Died in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,November23, 1975 (age86 years, 52days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Patrick L. Ryan (1928-2000) — of Montana. Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,May 15,1928.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1977-79; member ofMontanastate senate, 1979-82.Died, ofcancer,in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,January24, 2000 (age71 years, 254days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Edward M. Larson (1879-1954) — of Montana. Born in Cambridge,StoryCounty, Iowa,September3, 1879.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1925-27.Died in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,March13, 1954 (age74 years, 191days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Edward C. Wren (1918-1962) — ofCascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,September28, 1918.Republican.Baking plantmanager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;rancher;candidate forMontanastate house of representatives, 1954, 1956, 1958; Montana stateagriculture commissioner, 1961-62.Member,ReserveOfficers Association.Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with Gov.DonaldG. Nutter and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 planecrashedinto a mountain andburned,during asnowstorm,near Wolf Creek,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January25, 1962 (age43 years, 119days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | | Harry Joseph McGregor (1889-1968) — also known asHarry J. McGregor — of Choteau,TetonCounty, Mont.; Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Davenport,ScottCounty, Iowa,December3, 1889.Democrat.Physician;surgeon;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana,1936,1940,1944(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).DiedJune 15,1968 (age78 years, 195days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Rudolph William Polich (1913-1996) — of Montana. Born in Little Chicago (now Black Eagle),CascadeCounty, Mont.,April24, 1913.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1969.Died in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,October3, 1996 (age83 years, 162days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Helen Galvin O'Connell (1917-1997) — of Montana. Born in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,July 15,1917.Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1975-91.Female.Died in ahospitalat Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,June 29,1997 (age79 years, 349days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Old HighlandCemetery
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Montgomery Burlingame Jr. (1868-1938) — also known asJames M. Burlingame — of Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Owatonna,SteeleCounty, Minn.,June 6,1868.Republican. Member ofMontanastate senate, 1911-21; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Montana,1916,1920(alternate).Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound at his home in Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.,December28, 1938 (age70 years, 205days).Interment at Old Highland Cemetery. | | James Montgomery Burlingame (1836-1915) — also known asJames M. Burlingame — of Owatonna,SteeleCounty, Minn.; Great Falls,CascadeCounty, Mont.Born in Connecticut,March29, 1836.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 12, 1885-86.Died in Napa,NapaCounty, Calif.,June 4,1915 (age79 years, 67days).Interment at Old Highland Cemetery.
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