Montana Cemetery
Seven months and one-day-old, Charles J. Westcott was the son of Oliver and Mary Westcott. His burial is the first known burial in Montana Cemetery. The cemetery is located in Jewell County on Y Road ("the Lake Road") just a half mile east of U.S. Highway 14, near Lovewell Lake.
"It's old," said Arden Russell. Russell, with Doug Paige as sexton, plus John Price Sr, Ed VanMeter and Brett Behrends are the five board members who care for Montana Cemetery located along the northern edge of Lovewell Lake. Or officially, Jewell County Cemetery District No. 12. The cemetery is located on Jewell County's Y Road ("the Lake Road') just a half mile east of Highway 14.
Montana Cemetery is the most commonly used name but the cemetery has also been referred to as the Tibbetts Cemetery and the Rubens Cemetery.
Rubens Cemetery is appropriate as the cemetery is near the old town of Ru...
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