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Additional Cemetery Information

contributed by James Thomas Rosenbaum

History of the Cemetery: Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Cem., Corner of East Jackson Street/Kenwood Avenue, East Taylor Township, Johnstown, PA/Keiper Lane The cemetery is of the East Conemaugh Borough church: Founded in 6/10/1923 cornerstone laid. School was started on 09/01/1901 - cornerstone laid. Mass was held on the second floor.

First pastor:		Hugh O'Neil 09/1903-1906
2nd		Peter Fox 1906-1912
3rd		James J. Gill, 1912-
4th		Charles W. White 1932-1948
5th		John Dravetsky 1948-1954
6th		Edmund Cain 1954-1958
7th		Francis E. Kelly 1958-1985. His mother stayed with him at the rectory.
8th		Richard D. Clark 1985-2000
9th		Robert C. Hall, 2000-

The parish of the Assumption of the B. V. M. and Sacred Heart Parish were merged in 2008 and renamed Sacred Heart to: "Transfiguration" under the pastorate of Rev. Robert C. Hall. Assumption has its own cemetery. One of the huge stained glass windows was donated by the Joseph F. Rosenbaum Family. They also helped save the church from foreclosure by using their house as collateral to prevent that from happening at one point in the church's history. The cemetery for Sacred Heart Church obtained the ground from John B. Rosenbaum, great grandfather to James Thomas Rosenbaum and Rev. William Rosenbaum. John B. Rosenbaum sold the ground to Right Rev. Bishop Eugene A. Garvey on 04/08/1907. The Deed, Vol. 203, p. 211 relates the transaction and that ground was from Deed Vol. 50, p. 351. The witnesses were John H. Cooney and W. H. (Crum?) on 04/16/1907 by JP W. H. (Crum?). Recorded on 09/16/1907 by Arthur Griffith, Recorder of Deeds.