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Warren State Hospital Cemetery
Conewango Township

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Warren State Hospital Cemetery, for former patients of the Warren State Hospital, is located in North Warren. While the State Hospital sits on the east side of Route 62, the cemetery is tucked on the north side of Jackson Run Road (Rt. 69), west of Route 62.

Driving directions from the Hickory Street bridge in Warren (3 miles, 7 minutes): Drive east on Pennsylvania Ave W/US-6 (business route) to Market Street. Turn left on Market Street and drive north into North Warren. Turn left at a traffic light onto Jackson Run road (PA route 69). About 1/2 mile from the red light at the junction of Rt. 69 and Rt. 60 (Market St. Ext.), look for a large cluster of tall pine trees that mark the entrance on the north side of the hightway. Parking is ample in a designated area, just off the highway. Walking is the only way to access the cemetery which is on a gently sloping hillside.

Take a stroll through the cemetery...

Row upon row of identical gravestones greet the eye.
Standing on the hillside near the north boundary of the cemetery, the businesses on Market Street Extension are clearly visible.
Many stones bear only the name of the deceased
	The GAR marker stands over the grave of Jacob Kreidinger
The inscription ~ Thaddeus C. Jones 1848 Mar 28 1928
Paul Pfendsack, chaplin 1858 - 1926 To the left is the headstone of Ignatz Barczinski, with one date: May 6, 1926. His Certificate of Death, file #62353, provides only slightly more information. He was a single white male, age 79, born in Poland. He died of chronic myocarditis, with dementia (praecox?) as a contributory cause. There was no autopsy. The informant on the death certificate was a doctor at the hospital, W. K. Skinner.
Looking down toward Rt. 69 near the corner of the cemetery. Regrettably a large power line, visible in this photograph, runs through the center of the grounds.
	All photographs contributed by Penelope Repko

Almost 1,000 burials are listed on Find-A-Grave - Warren State Hospital Cemetery, some with photographs of individual tombstones.

The cemetery, neglected for years, was restored and rededicated September 26, 2008. Read the article Silent Witnesses from the Warren Times Observer.

List of names of those buried in the cemetery, courtesy of PA-Roots. The list was obtained by Fran Kenney from the Dept. of Public Welfare, Right to Know Office, Harrisburg, PA.

Warren State Hospital Cemetery message board, courtesy of Ancestry.com.

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