Local genealogy society indicates he is buried in Big Willow Cemetery near Belt, Montana. Death certificate does not give the name of cemetery. It indicates he is to be buried in Choteau, Montana, and then is corrected to read Willow Creek, Montana. The following obituary says he will be buried beside his father. His father is buried in Oregon. There are other Cherry family members in this cemetery and he has a marker here.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
The Choteau Acantha (MT), 28 Dec 1950
W. A. Cherry Passes Away After Illness
Services this week were conducted for William Alfred Cherry, 68, owner of the Cherry apartments in Choteau a formerly a well known farmer of the Bynum vicinity, who passed away at a Great Falls hospital Monday. He had undergone a major operation following an illness of several years. Since Dec. 4 he had been seriously ill.
The Rev. Harold Engdahl officiated at the Masonic Temple in Choteau yesterday afternoon. Burial was in Willow Creek cemetery at Willow Creek, Mont., where services were also conducted.
Born Dec. 9, 1882, at Macon, Missouri, Cherry came to Montana when he was 17 years of age and settled at Willow Creek, a small town six miles west of Three Forks. He and his father and two brothers operated a hay and stock ranch and farmed there until he moved to Teton county near Bynum in 1926.
Cherry was one of the first two settlers on the Bynum project. In 1928 he sold the property to purchase land just west of the Bynum townsite on the west side of town, which he farmed almost continuously until five years ago. He then sold the land to Bill Riggs and bought the Cherry apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry have lived in the apartment building for the past five years.
He was the son of John Wesley Cherry and Ophelia Cooper Cherry, who died in 1917 and 1889, respectively. He married Annie May Hoyle at Willow Creek on Sept. 22, 1907.
From the union two sons were born: Wesley A. Cherry, a contractor and carpenter, and John A. Cherry, operator of Jack's Carter station, both of Choteau. His wife, two sons and five grandchildren survive him. There is also a brother and sister: John O. Cherry, Missoula, and Mrs. Charles Bell, San Diego, Calif.
The apartment house owner was particularly interested in outdoor activities such as fishing and hunting, and he took a special interest in activities of small children and young people.
He was buried in the family plot at Willow Creek beside his father and other relatives.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
The Choteau Acantha (MT), 28 Dec 1950
W. A. Cherry Passes Away After Illness
Services this week were conducted for William Alfred Cherry, 68, owner of the Cherry apartments in Choteau a formerly a well known farmer of the Bynum vicinity, who passed away at a Great Falls hospital Monday. He had undergone a major operation following an illness of several years. Since Dec. 4 he had been seriously ill.
The Rev. Harold Engdahl officiated at the Masonic Temple in Choteau yesterday afternoon. Burial was in Willow Creek cemetery at Willow Creek, Mont., where services were also conducted.
Born Dec. 9, 1882, at Macon, Missouri, Cherry came to Montana when he was 17 years of age and settled at Willow Creek, a small town six miles west of Three Forks. He and his father and two brothers operated a hay and stock ranch and farmed there until he moved to Teton county near Bynum in 1926.
Cherry was one of the first two settlers on the Bynum project. In 1928 he sold the property to purchase land just west of the Bynum townsite on the west side of town, which he farmed almost continuously until five years ago. He then sold the land to Bill Riggs and bought the Cherry apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry have lived in the apartment building for the past five years.
He was the son of John Wesley Cherry and Ophelia Cooper Cherry, who died in 1917 and 1889, respectively. He married Annie May Hoyle at Willow Creek on Sept. 22, 1907.
From the union two sons were born: Wesley A. Cherry, a contractor and carpenter, and John A. Cherry, operator of Jack's Carter station, both of Choteau. His wife, two sons and five grandchildren survive him. There is also a brother and sister: John O. Cherry, Missoula, and Mrs. Charles Bell, San Diego, Calif.
The apartment house owner was particularly interested in outdoor activities such as fishing and hunting, and he took a special interest in activities of small children and young people.
He was buried in the family plot at Willow Creek beside his father and other relatives.
Local genealogy society indicates he is buried in Big Willow Cemetery near Belt, Montana. Death certificate does not give the name of cemetery. It indicates he is to be buried in Choteau, Montana, and then is corrected to read Willow Creek, Montana. The following obituary says he will be buried beside his father. His father is buried in Oregon. There are other Cherry family members in this cemetery and he has a marker here.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
The Choteau Acantha (MT), 28 Dec 1950
W. A. Cherry Passes Away After Illness
Services this week were conducted for William Alfred Cherry, 68, owner of the Cherry apartments in Choteau a formerly a well known farmer of the Bynum vicinity, who passed away at a Great Falls hospital Monday. He had undergone a major operation following an illness of several years. Since Dec. 4 he had been seriously ill.
The Rev. Harold Engdahl officiated at the Masonic Temple in Choteau yesterday afternoon. Burial was in Willow Creek cemetery at Willow Creek, Mont., where services were also conducted.
Born Dec. 9, 1882, at Macon, Missouri, Cherry came to Montana when he was 17 years of age and settled at Willow Creek, a small town six miles west of Three Forks. He and his father and two brothers operated a hay and stock ranch and farmed there until he moved to Teton county near Bynum in 1926.
Cherry was one of the first two settlers on the Bynum project. In 1928 he sold the property to purchase land just west of the Bynum townsite on the west side of town, which he farmed almost continuously until five years ago. He then sold the land to Bill Riggs and bought the Cherry apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry have lived in the apartment building for the past five years.
He was the son of John Wesley Cherry and Ophelia Cooper Cherry, who died in 1917 and 1889, respectively. He married Annie May Hoyle at Willow Creek on Sept. 22, 1907.
From the union two sons were born: Wesley A. Cherry, a contractor and carpenter, and John A. Cherry, operator of Jack's Carter station, both of Choteau. His wife, two sons and five grandchildren survive him. There is also a brother and sister: John O. Cherry, Missoula, and Mrs. Charles Bell, San Diego, Calif.
The apartment house owner was particularly interested in outdoor activities such as fishing and hunting, and he took a special interest in activities of small children and young people.
He was buried in the family plot at Willow Creek beside his father and other relatives.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
The Choteau Acantha (MT), 28 Dec 1950
W. A. Cherry Passes Away After Illness
Services this week were conducted for William Alfred Cherry, 68, owner of the Cherry apartments in Choteau a formerly a well known farmer of the Bynum vicinity, who passed away at a Great Falls hospital Monday. He had undergone a major operation following an illness of several years. Since Dec. 4 he had been seriously ill.
The Rev. Harold Engdahl officiated at the Masonic Temple in Choteau yesterday afternoon. Burial was in Willow Creek cemetery at Willow Creek, Mont., where services were also conducted.
Born Dec. 9, 1882, at Macon, Missouri, Cherry came to Montana when he was 17 years of age and settled at Willow Creek, a small town six miles west of Three Forks. He and his father and two brothers operated a hay and stock ranch and farmed there until he moved to Teton county near Bynum in 1926.
Cherry was one of the first two settlers on the Bynum project. In 1928 he sold the property to purchase land just west of the Bynum townsite on the west side of town, which he farmed almost continuously until five years ago. He then sold the land to Bill Riggs and bought the Cherry apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry have lived in the apartment building for the past five years.
He was the son of John Wesley Cherry and Ophelia Cooper Cherry, who died in 1917 and 1889, respectively. He married Annie May Hoyle at Willow Creek on Sept. 22, 1907.
From the union two sons were born: Wesley A. Cherry, a contractor and carpenter, and John A. Cherry, operator of Jack's Carter station, both of Choteau. His wife, two sons and five grandchildren survive him. There is also a brother and sister: John O. Cherry, Missoula, and Mrs. Charles Bell, San Diego, Calif.
The apartment house owner was particularly interested in outdoor activities such as fishing and hunting, and he took a special interest in activities of small children and young people.
He was buried in the family plot at Willow Creek beside his father and other relatives.
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