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Driving instructions from East Wenatchee, WA follow Sunset Hiway north approximately 5 miles. Cemetery is on the right (east) side
of the hiway, 3 tenths of a mile beyond the intersection of Sunset Hiway and US 2. Valley View is located in Sec 23, Range 20, Twp 23.
Frank & Verna Neher completed reading the remaining markers in this cemetery 25 Oct 1999 and have compared that with the earlier record
compiled by Ms. Mildred Travis. We included [] to include such information as Mother, Father, Sister, and Son. We used ( ) marks
to enclose information secured from other sources.
Even in the process of restoration this cemetery is in rather poor condition. As indicated above under "Marker" many of the graves are
not marked and it is still not determined how many have been moved to other cemeteries.
Special credit for this cemetery record must be given to Mildred Monosmith Travis for the many hours and great effort she has given to accomplish the end result. The following was furnished by Mildred along with permission to use the information to establish a record of this cemetery. Ms. Travis has been responsible for the effort to restore and repair the heavy damage and depredation that has occurred. She has organized a group of interested people and they have accomplished a great deal......Frank & Verna Neher, Volunteers
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About 1907 twelve men approached W. T. Clark, representing Union Trust and Saving Bank, and Vere Utter, head of Douglas County Development Company, to request they donate two acres for a cemetery for the people of Douglas County. Ten of these people were from the Brethren Church. The Church was located one and a half miles south of this plot of ground. Some of the names of these gentlemen were Henry Thomas Cox, L. J. Sellers, J. W. Farver, J. D. Parkhill and others.
On the 20th day of August, 1914 W. T. Clark and his wife Adelaide and the Union Trust Bank of Spokane, for the price of one dollar, quit claimed two and three quarters acres to Douglas County, for the express purpose of a cemetery. Named as trustees were J.W. Farver, H.T. Cox, O.V. Sellers and their successors.
There were terms under the conditions of this conveyance of land. It was to be used as a non-sectarian cemetery, not to be dedicated to any one religion. The selling price of each six grave lot was not to exceed $25. The revenue from these sales was to be used for upkeep. Other provisions of the transaction are noted on the deed. Interesting to note, the deed was not filed for record until July of 1916, even though the original transaction was August 20, 1914.
One of the trustees, O.V. Sellers filed it two years after the land was deeded.
The first recorded interment was that of Maryn G. Metzger, a child, born in 1909 and died in 1910. Abraham Monosmith was the next recorded interment. Most of the burials were in the twenties and thirties. The last recorded interment was William Casper Tobler in 1985. There were some disinterments, which we are researching at this time.
My information comes from the records of Lowell D. Sperline, the deed of record, and Dennis Roth, researcher.
Mildred Monosmith Travis
Wenatchee, Washington (undated)
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