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Hillcrest Cemetery

Hillcrest Cemetery
215 East Indianhead Road
Hillcrest Cemetery, located on the north end of Weiser,  serves as a tranquil final resting place surrounded by picturesque landscapes. This dignified cemetery carries a profound sense of local history, revealing a quiet chronicle of the town’s past inhabitants etched onto its tombstones.
Maintained with utmost regard to reverence and respect, Hillcrest Cemetery embodies the town’s commitment to honor their departed loved ones. The cemetery grounds present a serene sanctuary, where visitors can take a leisurely walk along the manicured pathways winding through gentle slopes, or sit in thoughtful solitude amidst the lush greenery.
Run by the Weiser city government, the Hillcrest Cemetery also provides a range of burial options, from traditional in-ground burial spaces to cremation niches, attending to the diverse needs of the community.
From Everloved
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My Grandfather Frank Gribbin plus his 3 wives are buried here. He wasn’t a womanizer or wife collector, the first 2 passed away and the 3rd outlived him.
From Michael Gribbin
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Weiser Cemetery Business
The directors of the Weiser Cemetery Association are finally getting the burial grounds into shape. Mr. Lee gave the association five acres, though not exactly as the association wished, which makes it necessary to purchase a little more to put it in the most satisfactory form.
The grounds have been surveyed and platted into blocks and lots, which are now ready for sale at $7.50 per lot—each lot having room for six graves. Single grave lot $2.00. Care has been taken to lay out the ground already buried upon so as to leave as much space as possible adjoining graves now there, and interested persons, by applying to the directors through A. Sears, can obtain the rights to adjacent ground and prevent infringement by future burials.
From The Weiser Semi-Weekly Signal – Weiser, Idaho – Thu, June 3, 1897 – Page 3
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The Quest For Artesian Water Proceeds Rapidly
The well at the Weiser Cemetery, being sunk by Ed. Ashley and paid for by a popular subscription, is going down at a lively rate. Between fifty and one hundred feet is made daily. The well is down some six hundred feet now.
Prospects are bright, as the same formation exists as was encountered at the Willow Springs wells in Oregon. They were put down by Mr. Ashley. There, a good flow was secured at a depth of about 800 feet. It is the intention of the cemetery trustees to keep right on boring until they strike water or reach the machine’s limit.
From The Weiser Semi-Weekly Signal – Weiser, Idaho – Thu, Aug 15, 1901 – Page 2
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Graves of Veterans
There are graves of fifteen soldiers in the Weiser Cemetery—twelve northern and three Confederates—all of which were decorated by McConville Post, G.A.R. of Weiser, on Decoration Day. To A. Sears, the Signal is indebted for the names of the dead. Several of them are only known by their last names. They are: Comrade White, Ed Jones, Wm. L. Peacock, Comrade Caldwell, James Parks, Stephen Jones, Comrade Grabb, Comrade Maguire, Chas. Townley, John Simmons, Comrade Eaton, and Wm. Lane. There are three Confederate graves in the cemetery: Comrade Shepherd, Wm. Ross, and John Barton.
Of Comrade Peacock, who was buried by the county, it is stated that shortly after his death, letters of inquiry were received here stating that he was heir to a large estate in Ireland.
From The Weiser Semi-Weekly Signal – Weiser, Idaho – Sat, Jun 14, 1902 – Page 1
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BEAUTIFY WEISER CEMETERY
Pumping Plant to Be Put In to Furnish Water for Irrigation.
WEISER, May 23.—Plans are well ‘under way for supplying sufficient water and otherwise improving conditions at the Weiser Cemetery. The cemetery committee, the city council and city engineer are actively at work and indications are all plans will be completed at the earliest possible moment. It is planned to secure water by installing a pumping plant at the big canal of the Weiser Irrigating District, force it into a mammoth tank and pipe it from there to all parts of the cemetery. It is estimated $1200 will cover the cost. Efforts are being made to secure additional cemetery ground adjoining the site on the north.
From The Idaho Statesman – Boise, Idaho – Wed, May 24, 1911 – Page 3
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Weiser City Cemetery Gets Spring Cleaning
WEISER—The Hillcrest City Cemetery, with its more than 4000 rose bushes, has been the object of intensive spring work the past two weeks by city crews. 
The present old buildings inside the gates will be removed, Mayor John Lloyd said Thursday, adding two full blocks to the size of the cemetery. Outside the gates, construction is underway on a small administration and storage building.
From The Idaho Statesman – Boise, Idaho – Fri, Mar 13, 1959 – Page 20
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Hillcrest Cemetery contains over 9300 graves, too many to list here, so only the 81 names of those that we have Obituary Pages for, are displayed.
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Hillcrest Cemetery – Click Image for Enlargement
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