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Stolen Gravestone of Catherine (Possibly Bernhart)Mechling found

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Stolen Gravestone of Catherine (Possibly Bernhart)Mechling found

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 9:52AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Bernhart, Mechling
Please get in touch with the Trooper if you have any information regarding this gravestone and this woman's burial site!
From the Tribune-Review:

State police at Greensburg are seeking information on a partial grave headstone dating back to the 1700s found late Tuesday in Hempfield.

Greensburg resident Mary Jo Gray found the headstone, which contained the name Catherine Mechling and the date 1773, while walking her dog at 9:30 p.m. in an area off Braveheart Drive in the Bovard section of the township, police said.

The headstone is being kept in the evidence department at the state police barracks.

Police are requesting anyone with information that may help determine the burial site of Mechling notify Trooper Steve Limani at 724-832-3288.

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