Cemetery
Wynooche Valley Cemetery
Cemetery Rates
Rules for Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Headstones and Grave Markers
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 headstone. 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.
To purchase a gravesite, open/close a grave or for questions: Contact Chey Smith, Deputy Clerk at 360-249-3021 x 101
**There will be a 3% fee added to transactions over $500.00 made by credit/debit card**
History
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.
Cemetery Rates
Rules for Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Headstones and Grave Markers
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 headstone. 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.
To purchase a gravesite, open/close a grave or for questions: Contact Chey Smith, Deputy Clerk at 360-249-3021 x 101
**There will be a 3% fee added to transactions over $500.00 made by credit/debit card**
History
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.