Grace Mitchell - Helena, Montana
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N 46° 39.362 W 112° 02.172
12T E 420718 N 5167463
This citizen memorial for Grace Mitchell is in Forestvale Cemetery located west of Hwy. 12.
Waymark Code: WMXJHZ
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2018
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The plaque for Grace Mitchell is attached to the base of the flag pole about 400 meters from the entrance to the cemetery.
Grace Mitchell birth is unknown and she passed away May 11, 1954.
Forestvale Cemetery was founded in 1890 as the Helena Cemetery, Forestvale Cemetery occupies 150 acres in the Helena Valley. The name was changed to Forestvale in 1901.
There are approximately 16,000 individuals buried at Forestvale, including many notable Montana pioneers.
Forestvale was designed by Vermont native Harry Vespasian Wheeler, a civil engineer working in Montana. Forestvale's design, featuring curving roads, a water feature, and abundant plantings, was part of the "garden cemetery" or "rural cemetery" movement of the 19th Century.
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
GRACE MITCHELL
MAY 18, 1954
THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
HEARD BY ALL WHO
WALK AND MEDITATE
HERE ECHOES THE
KINDNESS OF HER LIFE