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BECOME A FRIEND OF MOUNT BETHEL CEMETERY

maintaining the legacy

The Friends of Mount Bethel Cemetery is made up of donors to the cemetery maintenance, both financial and those who volunteer their time to the upkeep of the grounds.

We rely solely on The Friends to continue our work and maintain the cemetery. If you are already on our Friends list, please consider an increase in your contribution yearly contribution, Consider a "Leave A Legacy" bequest to the cemetery within your will.

As the need for care of the grounds continues, we are reminded that many challenges lie ahead.

TEAMWORK
successes

The support of our Friends has allowed the following and ongoing accomplishments at Mount Bethel Cemetery in recent years:

  • Existing roads re-surfaced
  • Construction of new shed
  • Major remodeling of the caretaker’s cottage
  • Helen Schlossman Memorial Garden for cremations
  • Benches placed throughout the cemetery
  • Ongoing monument conservation
  • Friends of Mount Bethel Cemetery—501(c)(3)
  • Ongoing property maintenance
  • Removal and replacement of aged trees
  • Burial records transferred to our database
  • Perimeter fence stabilized
  • Established Pet burial section
  • Volunteers rake leaves /spray weeds yearly

WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER OR DONATE,
YOU BECOME A “FRIEND OF MOUNT BETHEL CEMETERY”

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A single rose can be my garden—a single friend, my world.

leo buscaglia

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have 

and one of the best things you can be.

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Dating from the 1730s, Mount Bethel Cemetary is the oldest burial ground in continual use within the vacinity of Columbia and among the oldest in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Mount Bethel Cemetery is an
Equal Opportunity Provider.

A 501(c)(13) Non-profit Organization.

Mount Bethel Cemetery
Post Office Box 231
700 Locust Street
Columbia, Pennsylvania 17512

mountbethelcemetery@gmail.com

717.684.2370
717.575.9760