Cemetery: Sky View Memorial Park Cemetery in Hometown, Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Peaceful Garden, Columbarium Sections along with Memorial Markers located at the entrance island. This copy was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by volunteers organized by Tom Brobst and Paula Konsavage to document the markers of those who are buried there. Here is a complete list of the contributors to this project: Norman Bachart, Virginia Bachart, Tom Brobst, Maryann Corby, Ann Gross, Carol Hartzel, Paula Konsavage, Jessica Konsavage, Barb Lavin, Dorothy Lazo, and Joanne Vaughn. Those contributors who worked on this particular file are listed below. Editor: Paula Konsavage USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ______________________________________________________________________ The Sky View Memorial Cemetery in Hometown was established in 1947 and in April 2004 when this project was started, it contained about 9,000 burials. The cemetery is located on the north side off Rt. 54 about a mile east of the junction of Rt. 309 and Rt. 54. The office is on the opposite side of the road. More info on specific burials can be obtained by contacting office personnel. Here is the contact information for the office: Sky View Memorial Park Inc 108 Lafayette Ave Tamaqua, PA 18252 (570) 668-4100 These records are transcribed from handwritten records, audio tape recordings, and digital photos so some errors may occur. Data collection/transcription: Norman Bachart, Carol and Donald Hartzel. Recorded between May 12-14 2004 PEACEFUL GARDEN SECTION This is a newer section at the northern edge of the cemetery. There are 24 rows, some of which are vacant. All rows start along the edge of the roadway and are read left to right when there are multiple markers. Rows begin at the eastern edge of the section. There is a small triangular area to the east of this section with one memorial marker at the far eastern edge of the section listed as: LESNIAK Robert J 1949-2002 ROW 1 STANLEY Edwin L 1931-2003, Marjorie J 1934- ROW 2 McLAUGHLIN John E 1950-1999 SN US Navy Vietnam ROW 3 DcMARCANTONIO Dominic Jr 1952- , Ann Marie 1951- ROW 4 SOIKA Joseph J 1919-2001 US Army WW II, Pauline 1924- MATLAGA Cori A 1974-2004 UNKNOWN One more temporary marker in this row but not legible ROW 5 HILDEBEIDEL Joyce 1930-2004 (Temporary Marker) ROW 6 RESHETAR Eugene J 1967-2003 MR3 US Navy ROW 7 ELHAJJ Paul J 1944-2001 US Air Force & Vietnam War ROW 8 WOODS Henry I 1930- US Navy Korean & Vietnam Wars, Mary K 1923-2002 ZIOLKO John J 1932-2002 US Navy Korean War, Laura F 1945- UNKNOWN One more temporary marker in this row but not legible ROW 9 AND 10 No markers ROW 11 FADA John J 1920- US Army WW II, Anna J 1927- ROW 12 TAYLOR William H 1919-2001, Dolly R 1921- KISTLER Frederick M 1916-2002 Merchant Marine WW II KAPES Frank T 1931-2003 A 1/C US Air Force Korea ROW 13 DEMPSHER Peter 1919-2004 (Temporary Marker) ROW 14 TITE Edward J 1939- US Navy, Alice Ann 1940- KOLBUSH Carl J 1935-2003 US Army, Kathleen M 1941- NGUYEN - CO Truoc T 1917-2001, Bong V 1914-2002 WALCH Mary Anne "Missy" 1949-2002 ROW 15 No Markers ROW 16 KOMISAK John Bruce 1955- , Katie Ann 1951- ROW 17 No Markers ROW 18 SALLA Andrew Joseph May 18, 1981-July 1, 2001 BENNETT Richard R 1934- , Beverly G 1936-2004 DORNBIERER Christian 1922- , Margrit 1921-2002 ROW 19 DAVIDYOCK Michael Jr 1933- Brother Vet. Korean War, Elizabeth Malay 1930- Sister ROW 20 STOREY John F 1941-2003, Blank ROW 21 No Markers ROW 22 DODSON Paul C 1937- , Shirley A 1938- ROW 23 BURDA Frank W 1931- US Army Korean War, Cynthia A 1940- ROW 24 BEDNARZ Edward T 1920- Vet. WW II, Carmella 1924-2003 METZ Aaron D May 4, 2001-May 22, 2001 (Small Heart Shaped Marker) PARKS Willliam R 1934-2003 US Marine Corps, Christine C 1943- END OF SECTION MEMORIAL MARKERS ON ENTRANCE ISLAND Note: Markers are located on at the entrance island in the front of the cemetery. This area was recorded on 24 April 2004 by Paula and Jessica Konsavage. "To a Gallant Soldier-Our Son" McCORMICK Robert W 1918-1944 T/5 World War II -The McCormick Family "Lord Giveth the Life and Resurrection" MARTIN Roy H Jr S/Sgt World War II 1922-1945 -father "Son, Our Love Lives With You Forever" MINNICHBACH Leslie T PFC World War II 1924-1944 -Mother and Dad "Lord Eternal Peace to Our Son" CARLIN Joseph B EM 2/C World War II 1922-1943 -The Carlin Family "Heart of Jesus Have Mercy on Our Son" GOGAL Thomas P Cpl World War II 1924-1945 -The Gogal Family "Be Merciful, O Lord on the Soul of..." HOLCZMAN Albert Sgt World War II 1925-1945 -The Geza Holczman Family "His Memory Forever Cherished" JENKINS David E PFC World War II 1906-1945 -his wife and son END OF MEMORIAL MARKERS COLUMBARIUM The Columbarium was recorded on 3 April 2004 by Paula Konsavage. This Column sits right near the front entrance. Side 1 VELDUNG Clemens Bodden Felicitas L 1920- BUTTERWORTH Thomas David "Butterball" 1970-2003 US Marine Corps Side 2 Blank Side 3 FISHER George J, Jean M no dates Side 4 VALENTINE William J, Deborah D no dates Side 5 MILLER Lee Shepard MILLER E Leonard 1922, Patricia S 1922 YUSKAUSKAS Anthony C USMC, Verne M 1922-2003 US ARMY Side 6 MATTHEWS James H 1925-2001, Mary M 1930 (Sample Stone) DAUBENSPECK Robert G Sr 1933-2002 Army Nat'l Guard Side 7 Blank Side 8 Blank END OF COLUMN