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Volunteers dedicated to cleaning the cemetery

Posted 7/9/25

NEDERLAND - Volunteers from Nederland Community Presbyterian Church spent a recent Saturday morning cleaning up the grounds of the Nederland Cemetery.

This has become an annual community service project for the church, organized annually by Jim...

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Volunteers dedicated to cleaning the cemetery

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NEDERLAND - Volunteers from Nederland Community Presbyterian Church spent a recent Saturday morning cleaning up the grounds of the Nederland Cemetery.

This has become an annual community service project for the church, organized annually by Jim Reis. Volunteers mowed the grass and used weed wackers to tidy up areas around grave markers.

Thank you to the volunteers including Jim and Alisha Reis, Paula Gipp, Dean Rundle, Jim Navratil, David Copeland, and George Paluga.

The Nederland Cemetery was established in 1873. It was initially on Highway 119 but, due to highway expansion, was relocated in 1895 to its current site on Forest Road. It is now an historic landmark, the site of 300 known graves, including the final resting place for many of the town’s original residents.