Fruittown Cemetery in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania

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Get directions Polecat Road, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania
Centre Hall, Pennsylvania 16828 United States

Coordinates: 40.77643, -77.66727
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The Brethren in Christ Church at Fruittown was first organized in 1928. Adjacent to the church was a small burial ground known as Fruittown Cemetery. The cemetery has also been know to be called The Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery, Colyer, the Evangelical Christian Cemetery, Colyer, and The Colyer Evangelical Christian Cemetery and a few other variations over the years.

The first church services were held in a partially completed church building and during warm weather, in the adjoining woods with Henry Musser in charge. In January 1929 Rev. S. W. Heisey (Find A Grave 42714192) became the pastor and served the congregation until 1951. At some point prior to 1940 the Fruittown/Colyer Church burned and new land was purchased along Sinking creek in 1940 on which a new church was built, thus the old location and the few graves on the property were abandoned. The property containing the approximately 16 graves, some with stones, some with wooden crosses is supposedly mowed and maintained by some of the descendants of the individuals buried in the small cemetery.

The Cemetery sits off of Polecat Road (near 122 Polecat) in a wooded area that is kept mowed, the small cemetery is in good condition.