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Tree of Life (Rochester, Pa.) cemetery

Collection
Beaver Valley United Jewish Community Records
Source
Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center
Date
December 8, 1953

In 1953, Tree of Life Congregation in Rochester, Pa. acquired a 100-foot by 300-foot plot of land above Marion Hill in Pulaski Township to use as its cemetery. A member named Sidney Balter oversaw the negotiations for the purchase.

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