1935 – 2003
Hillcrest Lawn Memorial began cremations in 1937. For many years it was the only such facility in the Northwest. Most were from Montana but occasionally from out of state. From 1942 to 1945, 160 cremations were from the Japanese internment camp at Heart Mountain Resettlement Camp in Wyoming.
The paper files held at the GFGS can provide information that may not be available elsewhere, such as:
Name of decedent
Date of birth or age at time of death
Date of death – place of death
Date of cremation
Name and location of funeral home
Name of person authorizing cremation
Disposition of cremated remains – some examples:
-where sent
-held for family
-internment location
-scattered (location)
Notes such as cause of death
Great Falls Funeral Homes:
W.H. George
O’Connor
Croxford
Torman George
Chapel of Chimes