Rumbarger Cemetery

A big thank you to Barb Kopshina,Tony Harris, Denny Laughlin, Carol Laughlin and Melanie McGinnis for working at Rumbarger Cemetery today. Rumbarger was part of the Great American Clean up day held in DuBois today. They braved the snow and high winds and got a lot accomplished today. They couldn't do any of their painting projects since it was 35 degrees, but the sidewalks and the entrance were swept, gravel cleaned up, 6 bags of garbage was collected and fallen limbs were removed.

Ancestor poem

The newly restored Child's mausoleum at Christmas time 2012.

The VFW placing a wreath at the grave of James J Patterson during the Wreaths Across America event at Rumbarger Cemetery on December 15, 2012. Included among Rumbarger Cemetery's honored deceased is Marine Private James 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.

Wreaths Across America-December 15, 2012. The Soldiers Circle. What is generally called the Soldiers

SPECIAL PROGRAM HERE SATURDAY DEC 15 HONORING OUR PRESENT VETERANS, THOSE SERVING NOW, AND REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY Wreaths Across America is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 to honor or remember veterans via an annual wreath-laying program. Its mission, Remember, Honor, Teach, is carried out in part by nation-wide ceremonies on Saturday December 15 at veteran's cemeteries such as Rumbarger Cemetery in DuBois. In doing so we spread our message about the importance of remembering our fallen heroes, honoring those who serve and teaching our children about the sacrifices made by veterans and their families to preserve our freedoms. The events are made possible by thousands of volunteers who organize local ceremonies, raise funds to sponsor wreaths, and participate in the events. We receive no government funding. The costs are borne by individual wreaths sponsors, donors, and volunteers. The local VFW Honor Guard will have a special program at Rumbarger Cemetery on Saturday December 15 to honor Veterans starting at 10:00 AM. The Chaplin will speak, a wreath will be placed on the grave of James J. Patterson and a gun salute will take place followed by the placing of the wreaths on the other veterans's graves. Marine Private James Patterson was the first from our area to be killed in WW I. The DuBois Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 813 is named in his honor. The public is invited to this short ceremony at 10AM. You may also lay a wreath if you would like to.

Jim Korb of Korb Monuments (Oliver T. Korb and Sons) had the GAR plaque and stone restored in the Soldiers Circle. What a wonderful difference. Thanks so much to everyone at Korbs!!

Thank you sbergh!

The old gate before it was replaced.

The new gate on the Child's Mausoleum that was made to replace the old gate that was beyond repair. Very ornate and interesting door. The door frame is new too.

The new paved road at the new entrance.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. DuBois is a city in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States, northeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 8,123 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city in the DuBois, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Settled in 1812 and platted in 1872, DuBois was incorporated as a borough in 1881 and as a city in 1914. While DuBois was founded as a lumber town, the mining of bituminous coal quickly became the chief industry in DuBois, supporting a population of 9,375 in 1900; 12,623 in 1910; 13,681 in 1920; and 12,080 in 1940. The population was 8,123 at the 2000 census. Over the years there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to combine the city with the surrounding Sandy Township. The town was founded by John Rumbarger, for whom the town was originally named. The Rumbarger Cemetery is all that survives of this original settlement. The town was later renamed for local lumber magnate John DuBois, who came from a longstanding American family of French Huguenot descent.

Thank you Puzzler and Coyote! We are happy people are noticing the difference. We have been working on the cemetery for two years (we formed the society in 2010) and finally all the hard work is coming together. So many people in the area have helped us, especially the City of DuBois, they have been a tremendous help this year.

Can you believe that Rumbarger Cemetery once looked this bad?

The Church Without Walls Group from the Tri County Church - Thank you for your help on September 30, 2012. You'll did a great job and we appreciated the help.

The Church Without Walls Group helping clean up around the Child's Mausoleum on September 30, 2012 . All the original stones are back on the Child's Mausoleum now. Marty Hrin did a beautiful job of restoring the stones. The Rumbarger Society is having the ornate iron door remade and the iron railing fence will be remade to go around the mausoleum. Next spring we will landscape the mausoleum.

NEW PENN STATE DuBOIS CAMPUS STUDENTS TOURED THE CEMETERY AND VISITED THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL CIRCLE AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. The students reset fallen stones, raked, painted, trimmed and did a great job helping out. Thank you for helping out on this community project!

RESTORING THE CHILDS FAMILY MAUSOLEUM A Work In Progress - Making badly needed repairs and renovation to the 120 year old structure. The Childs Family Mausoleum in Rumbarger Cemetery is located to the right of the Soldiers

The restoration in progress. The original stones are going back on. What a difference!

The caps have been put on the wall at the entrance.

Another picture of the new entrance going in on Main Street. Still more block to go on.

New entrance to the Cemetery, the block is not finished yet.

The first year students from Penn State Campus, DuBois came to the Rumbarger Cemetery on Friday August 24, 2012 for Penn State Community Outreach Day. Also a big thank you to the guys from the City of DuBois Street Dept. We got so much accomplished yesterday. Your help for the day was greatly appreciated!

New entrance going in!

The new entrance on S. Main St is going in!! Look at the lines drawn on the grass, it will be widen and make it much easier to enter.