Holter - Forestvale Cemetery - Helena, Montana
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N 46° 39.295 W 112° 02.081
12T E 420832 N 5167336
Established in 1890, Forestvale Cemetery, for a decade known as the Helena Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM18E4P
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Occupying 140 acres, Forestvale Cemetery remains in use today. Designed by Vermont native Harry Vespasian Wheeler, a civil engineer, the cemetery was envisioned as a "Rural Cemetery", a style coming into vogue in the nineteenth century.
Forestvale Cemetery
Founded in 1890 as the Helena Cemetery, Forestvale Cemetery occupies 150 acres (according to current tax records) in the Helena Valley. The name was changed to Forestvale in 1901.

There are over 15,943 individuals buried at Forestvale, including many notable Montana pioneers. It is also the final resting place of motion picture star Myrna (Williams) Loy, a Helena native.
From the NRHP Nomination Form
Within the cemetery are several tall obelisks one of which is the family name Holter. This obelisk is most impressive and could be the tallest in the cemetery.


Though the Holter obelisk is not inscribed this is a family plot with several small headstones of the Holter family, Some of which are listed From FindaGrave

Albert Loberg Holter
BIRTH: 24 April 1874
Montana, USA
DEATH: 10 July 1921 (aged 47)
Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA

Anton Martinius Holter
BIRTH: 29 June 1831
Norway
DEATH: 16 July 1921 (aged 90)
Helena, Montana, USA

Aubrey Milton Holter
BIRTH: 22 May 1883
Helena, Montana, USA
DEATH: 9 March 1945 (aged 61)
Helena, Montana, USA

Austin M Holter
BIRTH: 1878
Montana, USA
DEATH: 16 February 1883 (aged 4-5)
Montana, USA

Bertha Maia Holter
BIRTH: 16 April 1805
DEATH: Oct 1876 (aged 71)

Florence Jefferis Holter
BIRTH: 1879
DEATH: 1939 (aged 59–60)

Fryggye Holter
BIRTH: unknown
DEATH: 2 March 1900

Joan T. Holter
BIRTH: 1921
DEATH: 13 November 2010 (aged 88–89)

Mary Pauline Loberg Holter
BIRTH: 6 June 1841
Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway
DEATH: 5 December 1912 (aged 71)
Helena Montana, USA

Norman Bernard Holter
BIRTH: 2 August 1868
Montana, USA
DEATH: 8 February 1957 (aged 88)
Helena, Montana, USA

Norman Jefferies “Jeff” Holter
BIRTH: 1 February 1914
Montana, USA
DEATH: 21 July 1983 (aged 69)
Helena, Montana, USA

Percy W. Holter
BIRTH: January 1885
Montana, USA
DEATH: 23 November 1908 (aged 23)
Helena, Montana, USA
Address:
Forestvale Cemetery
490 Forestvale Road
Helena, Montana
United States 59602


Height: Approximately 30 feet

Illuminated: no

Date Created/Placed: Not listed

Website: Not listed

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