Borninabarn Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thinking about them All this time of year...but for those of you who truly know me...I'm just being me...May they never be forgotten... Dear Ancestor "Your tombstone stands among the rest Neglected and alone The name and date are chiseled out On polished marble stone It reaches out to all who care It is too late to mourn You did not know that I exist You died and I was born Yet each of us are cells of you In flesh and blood and bone Our blood contracts and beats a pulse Entirely not our own Dear Ancestor, the place you filled One hundred years ago Spreads out among the ones you left Who would have loved you so I wonder how you lived and loved I wonder if you knew That someday I would find this spot And come to visit you." -Walter Butler Amanda Palmer? Spawn of Bon and claugh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 The Soldiers Circle-December 14, 2013. PinkCat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 The Honor Guard playing Taps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 The Childs Mausoleum-December 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 The Honor Guard at the Wreaths Across America ceremony. December 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 The Soldiers Circle after the Wreaths Across America ceremony today. December 14, 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Thank you to DuBois City Manager Herm Suplizio and DuBois City Councilman Randy Schmidt for attending and helping at the Wreaths Across America ceremony held at Rumbarger Cemetery Saturday December 14, 2013. Pictured are Herm and Randy helping at the ceremony. Over 100 forgotten veterans had a wreath placed at their graves to honor their service to our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 U.S. Marine Private James J. Patterson was the first person from the DuBois area to be killed in action in World War 1 on June 6,1918 at Belleau Woods, France. The local James J Patterson VFW Post 813 in DuBois is named in his honor. James was a native of Helvetia and spent most of his life in DuBois before enlisting in the Marines when he was 23 years old. James was only 24 years old when he was killed in battle. Pictured are members of the DuBois Honor Guard placing a wreath at his grave to honor his service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Brooklynn Baummer, daughter of Megan Baummer, was one of the volunteers at the Wreaths Across America ceremony. Brooklynn helped us place 101 wreaths at the graves of veterans in Rumbarger Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderPost17 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 U.S. Marine Private James J. Patterson was the first person from the DuBois area to be killed in action in World War 1 on June 6,1918 at Belleau Woods, France. The local James J Patterson VFW Post 813 in DuBois is named in his honor. James was a native of Helvetia and spent most of his life in DuBois before enlisting in the Marines when he was 23 years old. James was only 24 years old when he was killed in battle. Pictured are members of the DuBois Honor Guard placing a wreath at his grave to honor his service. My congratulations to the RCPS for continuning this fine tradition. If I may point out however, the Honor Guard in this picture is in fact the James J. Patterson V.F.W. Post 813 Honor Guard and not the DuBois ( Area ) Honor Guard. Thanks again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cleanup efforts continue at DuBois cemetery Updated: Monday, April 21 2014, 08:55 PM EDT Reported By: Deven ClarkeWritten By: Marc StempkaDUBOIS, Pa. -- A Clearfield County cemetery got some additional attention from local volunteers who spent their day cleaning up one of the area's oldest cemeteries instead of handling packages.The Rumbarger Cemetery is the oldest burial ground in DuBois and time has certainly taken its toll on the property. In an effort to restore and cleanup some of the property, volunteers with FedEx Ground spent their Monday working to clean up the property.FedEx Ground Senior Manager Jeff Butterworth said employees worked to clean up debris, weed and seed grass and straighten up headstones and walls that had fallen over during the past few years.Rumbarger Cemetery Preservation Society President Carol Laughlin said having the extra help from volunteers is a big help."They're very enthusiastic and willing to do everything," Laughlin said. "We have to think up things for them to do. They're very good."Butterworth said the volunteer effort in DuBois is part of a larger FedEx event, Ground Green Week, where employees help with restoration projects in the communities where they live."It's all volunteer work [at the cemetery], and it's a lot on them," Butterworth said. "We figured we could give them the day off, get up here, it's a historic site in DuBois, and just be part of it."Laughlin said any help is always appreciated."There are a lot of important people here and I'm sure at one time it was absolutely a beautiful place and it Borninabarn and fadedgenes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 The DuBois FedEx employees and James Burkholder from Yardworks came to Rumbarger Cemetery on April 21, 2014 to work in celebration of Earth Day. This is the second year in a row that they have helped at the cemetery. Pictured from left to right: Justin Reig, Brenda Saunders, Ryan Morrison, Lynnette Aljoe, Andy Daugherty, Greg Weible, Jeff Butterworth, James Burkholder of YardWorks, Seth Ferut and Justin Marchiori. Thank you for a job well done. We appreciate your community spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Community clean up day was held May 3, 2014 in the City of DuBois. An energetic group of people from the Temple Baptist Church in DuBois showed up to help board members Carol Laughlin, Tony Harris, Barb Kopshina, Dena Senior and Melanie McGinnis maintain the cemetery. The group from the church really dug in and helped clean up the cemetery. They dug up old bushes, they picked up trash, they filled in the many holes through out the eight acres, they swept the sidewalks and really pitched in to help out. Thank you to Pastor Kevin Orndorff and members of the Temple Baptist Church, your work ethic inspired us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Sunday was a beautiful day to do some work at Rumbarger. You can see for miles up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 The steps and posts to the Knarr monument. Notice the Sandy bridge in the background in between the two black posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 One of the many unique statues in Rumbarger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluejay Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 The web site listed with the photos is wrong. We have a new one now.It should be: http://www.rumbargercemetery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Changed it. Thanks Bluejay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 An American Hero In Memory of James J Patterson, United States Marines Included among Rumbarger Cemetery's honored dead is Marine PrivateJames J. Patterson the first soldier from the DuBois area killed in action in WW I The DuBois Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 813 is named in his honor God Bless All Our Veterans, Living and Dead Private James J Patterson was a native of Helvetia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson. He spent most of his life in the city of DuBois and enlisted in the Marines on July 28, 1917 at age 23. A member of a machine gun company, he was killed in action in Belleau Woods (France) on June 6, 1918. At the time of his death he was 24 years of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 THE SOLDIERS CIRCLEWhat we call today the Soldiers" Circle was erected in 1927 and dedicated as the"Grand Army of the Republic Circle"on Memorial Day, May 30, 1928. It was in honor of the soldiers of Easton Post 229 and those from Clearfield County who fought over six decades earlier for the Union North in the American Civil War, 1861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 The corner of the mausoleum roof that has been broken off for 30 plus years is now replaced and whole again. The restoration of the Childs mausoleum is now complete. We started this project 4 years ago. We also had a new door made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Salutes to all of you for the efforts to remake this sacred place of hallowed ground. Especially for bringing it back from the wreck that it was at one time. Rumbarger Cemetery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 On Earth Day this year the good people from Fed Ex volunteered their day to helping us out with our many ongoing restoration projects. They put our crumbling stone wall back together again. What this group of community minded employees gets accomplished in one day of volunteering at Rumbarger is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 The place looks great. I don't get past there very often anymore but when I do, the change from 10 years ago is amazing. Thanks to all involved. I'm sure it wasn't easy. Rumbarger Cemetery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbarger Cemetery Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 The rain has helped all our flowers this year through out the cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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