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The Wildwood Cemetery Company was incorporated in 1863, when the lands the company then acquired were thickly wooded and suggested the name "Wildwood." At its largest, the cemetery stretched over 450 acres. Currently, it is about 300 acres and is composed of West Wildwood, East Wildwood, Mount Carmel, and Mound Cemetery with 70,000 burials and counting. Over 20 miles of roads pave the way through the cemetery.
In 1896, a chapel with Buffalo stained glass by F.J. Riester was constructed. Services can be held there still today. The Wildwood Cemetery office was made as an addition to the chapel in the 1930s and is still in use and staffed for patrons to visit for information.
Wildwood was home to Lycoming County's first crematory, which was installed in 1972. A second cremation unit was installed in 1994, housed in a separate building behind the chapel. The newest machine was installed in 2016.
More information can be found online at wildwoodcemeterypa.com, or on Facebook as Wildwood Cemetery and Crematorium.
The cemetery is located on 1151 Cemetery Street, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Mound Cemetery and Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Wildwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania just north of the city of Williamsport. Wildwood was established in 1863 as the main cemetery for Williamsport and its surrounding communities. With a size of 340 acres it is the largest cemetery by size and grave count in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
The cemetery is split in two by Wildwood Boulevard.[citation needed] East Wildwood contains the cemeteries, crematorium, offices, and all of the larger public mausoleum. West Wildwood is where the military memorial and monument are located, as well as the Praying Hands mausoleum.
The cemetery has an "escape burial hatch". Thomas Pursell, a local firefighter, wanted a burial arrangement for which he or his family could escape in case they were prematurely buried. The resulting design was heavily documented by media in Williamsport and the surrounding areas. There have been six other such hatched built in surrounding cemeteries based on Pursell's original.
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