John Wetzel established Wetzel and Son in 1881. The first funeral home was located at 2328-30 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Today, Bob and Erich Wetzel own and operate three funeral homes located at 6902 Rising Sun Avenue in...
Funeral Homes in Lumberville, PA
The William R. May Funeral Home was founded in Glenside, Pennsylvania in 1948 by Bill and Mary May. Bill and Mary purchased the Glenside location in 1949, where Bill started serving families in the area.This very building was also the home where...
For over to 60 years the William R. May Funeral Home has served our community and surrounding neighborhoods with a true dedication to excellence. The cornerstone of our service has always been our personal and professional care, and that...
Since its founding in 1891, the Craft Funeral Home has been serving families in the Delaware Valley. Located in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania, Herbert U. Craft, Jr. and his daughter Joanna Craft Matthews are carrying on the family tradition of...
Caramenico Funeral Home, Inc. is a family business that was established in 1945 by Anthony P. Caramenico, Sr. At first the funeral home was located in a store front along E. Main Street. At that time, it was customary for funeral services to be...
William W. "Bill" Kulik founded the Kulik Funeral Home which was located at 426 Hanover Avenue in Allentown in 1949. The funeral home started almost like any local, neighborhood family business and grew little by little. Bill's son, William W....
In times of very personal loss, Trexler Funeral Home, located in Allentown, have provided service that transcends business, sensitive and caring with emphasis on attention to detail for years.Trexler has provided over 25,000 burial and funeral...
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Facts about the city
Lumberville, Pennsylvania is a village on the Delaware River in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with a zip code of 18933. It is seven miles north of New Hope, Pennsylvania, and is located along River Road.The village was settled by Colonel George Wall, a Revolutionary War officer and Bucks County Sheriff. As such it was originally named Wall's Saw Mills and Walls Landing. Ultimately, William Tinsman purchased the lumber mills in 1869, and the mills are operated by his descendents to this day.The Black Bass Inn was built in the early 1740s, and was last refurbished in 2009. It continues to provide food and lodging into the 21st Century, and is now owned by Jack Thompson, owner of the Thompson auto dealerships in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.In 1835, a covered bridge was built across the Delaware River to Raven Rock, New Jersey. The river is approximately 800 feet wide at this point. One span of it was carried away in the flood of 1903. That section of the bridge was rebuilt as a steel span. The bridge was used until 1946. In 1949, a new bridge was built on the piers of the original, but it was built only for foot traffic so that the people of Lumberville could have access to the Pennsylvania Railroad commuter passenger service in Raven Rock. See: Lumberville-Raven Rock Bridge. The rail service was discontinued in 1952.The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal runs along the river between Lumberville and the river. Lumberville was the location of Lock #12, a set of locks to raise and lower the barges that travelled between Easton, Pennsylvania and Bristol, Pennsylvania. The lock house was washed away in the flood of 1955.From 1839 to 1840, Lumberville was the home of John Greenleaf Whittier.Lumberville was also the birthplace of the 19th-century artist Martin Johnson Heade.Paul and Julia Child were married in Lumberville on September 1, 1946.The Lumberville Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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History
In 1835, a covered bridge was built across the Delaware River to Raven Rock, New Jersey. Lumberville was the location of a set of Lock (water transport) to raise and lower the barges that travelled between Easton, Pennsylvania and Bristol, Pennsylvania. That section of the bridge was rebuilt as a steel span.
From 1837 to 1840, Lumberville was the home of John Greenleaf Whittier. The river is approximately 800 feet wide at this point.
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