Honoring the past, nurturing a legacy of community care since our founding.
A historic resting place tended with reverence for generations.
Each burial space is available for $50. This flat rate applies to all purchases, whether for a single plot or multiple plots
Situated on a peaceful, sweeping plain, Fairmount Cemetery is more than a final resting place; it is a living testament to the community's enduring reverence for its history and pioneers. Here, amidst quiet groves, rest veterans of the Civil War and World War I and II alongside the town's founding families, their stories forever part of our shared heritage.
The rows of markers standing in solemn tribute bear witness to the courage of those who served in the great conflicts of the 20th century, their final mustering ground a testament to peace hard-won.
The story of the land itself speaks of this care—before acquiring the current plot, the original cemetery lay just down the hill to the north. In a profound act of respect, every grave was carefully exhumed and moved to this more prominent, serene location, ensuring that no memory was left behind.
This dedication to preservation is etched into the very landscape. The sturdy limestone wall that embraces the grounds was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project from 1935, a legacy of resilience built during a nation's hardship.
This very wall now stands as a silent sentinel watching over the graves of those who would soon answer the call to defend freedom in Europe and the Pacific just a few years later.
The gentle shade of the trees whispers a quieter, yet no less powerful, story of devotion—each one was planted and nurtured by a group of the city’s local women who, with determined hands, hauled water by wagon up the hill to help them take root. Many of these same women would later wait and pray for sons and daughters serving overseas, their loving care for this sacred ground mirroring their hope for the safe return of their loved ones. Their loving labor transformed the grounds into a place of life and beauty.
Among the cherished souls buried here is John Wesley Siegfried a master craftsman and a pillar of the community. He is the man who built the poignant "Christ Died For Me" stone structure in 1912-1913, served as lead carpenter in building the Methodist church, and helped raise the local high school. His legacy, like the walls and the trees, is woven into the fabric of the town. Here too rest the brave men and women of what became known as the Greatest Generation, who returned from World War II to build the modern community we know today, their final peace earned through unimaginable sacrifice.
Fairmount Cemetery is thus a hallowed ground where history is not merely recorded but actively tended. It is a place where the past is honored through stone, through shade, and through the unwavering care that continues to guard the stories of those who came before.
