Oak Grove Cemetery and Photos of Elysburg

Oak Grove Cemetery is not far from the Blue Church. We looked around but I'm pretty sure none of our relatives are buried there. Found the Persing surname though so it is possible.

This was taken at Blue Church.  If you look by those trees in the right thats where the other cemetery is.

And way in the back is Blue Church.

Ok so after exploring the two cemeteries my grandpa decided (and he does this quite frequently) to take a detour. We ended up on a twisty road that they don't plow in the winter. If I would've been driving I would be afraid of driving off the mountain. Another side trip took us to an area that overlooks all of Elysburg. 

On the way up the mountain... That dot is a hawk.

The gun club is that row of white things. Center of town is beyond the group of trees. Sheetz gas station is the red thing.

More of the gun club (I'm moving L to R in photos)

Golf course is on the right. Thats on 487 before Knoebels Amusement Resort

View from Monastery Rd. The little gap in the trees up there is where we were standing.

Its not much of a cemetery post but it includes part of the town where I grew up.

St. Peter's Reformed Church (Blue Church)

Two days in a row of posting?! Le gasp!!!

Ok this cemetery we hit on 8/26. Alas the first disappointment. I had about 5 people I wanted to find.. and I think I found 2. Well, looking back on my notes one might be a different person than I thought

Here's the list of people I wanted to find:
William Persing- check
Elizabeth Cherry Shipe- might not be the one I was looking for... but I got a picture of her headstone anyway...
Heinrich Shipe
Jacob Persing
Elizabeth Shipe Persing

There were also a bunch of Shipe, Martz, and McWilliams... Not sure if they are related but I took photos anyway.

6th great uncle

Going through my pictures I realized I took another picture without realizing who it was...

3rd great uncle

A bunch of the headstones at this cemetery were worn. I assume everyone on my list is one of those stones.

I have one more photo to share. Just something neat...

To me it looks like trees and a sunset ish thing. It has a pink/orange tone to it and the "trees" looks like they have good shading. really though, the "tree trunks" are cracks in the stone.

Next up...
Oak Grove
Shamokin
Saint Stanislaus
Odd Fellows
Hooded Grave
Presbyterian Chapel

Also to come...
Cavalry sword
Old things from a trunk
Old pictures

Must stop typing now. Hit my elbow and it kills. No, it is not humerus so don't laugh...