An 1883 photograph of a group of women from St. John’s Lutheran Church, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and the pastor organized a “white-wash” party to go to the newly purchased lot to be used as a cemetery to give the fence a good coat of white-wash.
Pictured with pails and brushes:
Mrs. Carl Breunle; her son, John W. Breunle; Mrs. Daniel Sanner; Mrs. Sarah Lauer; Mrs. Boltz; Mrs. Derr; Mrs. Peter Bernd; Miss Kleibenstein; Mrs. George Bernd; Mrs. Fred Simmendinger; Miss Theresa Imschweiler; Rev. Daniel Sanner; Mrs. Charles Koerper, nee Sallie Scheibley; Mrs. Fred Rohrbach, nee Imschweiler; Miss Rosa Simmendinger; Miss Sarah Inschweiler; Mrs. Lentz; Miss Dena Arnold; Mrs. Jacob Hary; —–?—–; Miss Toby; Mrs. Sarah Reinbold, nee Derr; Mrs. A. H. Moore, nee Lina Rohrbach.
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From “Old Time Photos,” West Schuylkill Herald, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1950-1951, via Newspapers.com.
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