{"id":309006,"date":"2026-10-18T00:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309006\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T00:52:08","slug":"west-pittstons-past-comes-to-life-at-cemetery-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309006\/","title":{"rendered":"West Pittston\u2019s past comes to life at cemetery tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\"<p>It<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

It was reported ghostly images were seen walking about the West Pittston Cemetery during the tours on the history of those buried at the cemetery.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\"<p>Isaiah<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

Isaiah Fordah played his violin throughout the program of the West Pittston cemetery tour on Saturday, Oct. 10, sponsored by the West Pittston Historical Society.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\"<p>Tom<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

Tom and Judy Olaviany dressed as ghosts and walked through the West Pittston Cemetery during the cemetery tour sponsored by the West Pittston Historical Society on Saturday, Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\"<p>Re-enactor<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

Re-enactor Joe Jeffries is shown portraying Walter Coray Sutherland entombed in the family mausoleum at the West Pittston Cemetery. Jeffries took part in the second annual Garden Village Stories in Stone tour.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u276e<\/a>
\n \u276f<\/a>
\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

WEST PITTSTON \u2013 The West Pittston Historical Society (WPHS) held the 2nd Annual Garden Village Stories in Stone at the West Pittston Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

Mary Portelli, WPHS president said the event was a huge success thanking the re-enactors, volunteers, members of the WPHS who worked to make the event a success, and to all those who attended the event.<\/p>\n

Portelli said the unofficial count was 150 people that took the tour; just a bit more than the 2025 event.<\/p>\n

Re-enactors portrayed former historic West Pittston residents buried in the cemetery as they come to life to speak about their lives. The visitors were able to ask questions to the re-enactors.<\/p>\n

Pathways to each gravesite were candle lit with torches lining the route as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone seemed to appreciate learning a little bit about the history of the folks buried there,\u201d Portelli said. \u201cWe really appreciate everyone that came out to the event. I\u2019m looking forward to next year\u2019s event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Violinist Isaiah Fordah provided background music in the middle of the grave tour.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was reported ghostly images were seen walking about the West Pittston Cemetery during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-309006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}