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GET INVOLVED

There are many ways to get involved with the restoration project. Read more about the project to see where you fit in.

Volunteer

There are several roles available for people of varying abilities. Service hours are available! 

GROUNDS KEEPER

Mowing & edging needed on a rotating basis during summer months

SPRING & FALL CLEAN-UPS

Weeding, leaf removal, and general landscaping upkeep

RESEARCHER

Assisting the committee with researching historical records of the People of Ellsworth

Restoration Updates

March 2022
Restoration survey completed
April 2022
Eleven trees removed
May/June 2022
Nine VA headstones installed

Community Wishlist

Our committee has identified a “Wish List” for the cemetery. This list will change as the restoration continues and the cemetery’s needs are identified. We encourage individuals, groups, and businesses to participate in the restoration. Monetary donations are also encouraged. Please note which item you want to fulfill in the memo line. 

  • Replace both 4 ft x 8 ft signs. Prefer a low maintenance product that can be washed and cleaned in the future.
  • Ensure each unmarked grave has a temporary concrete marker with PVC sleeve and cross.
  • Remove white rebar crosses from graves with markers.
  • Replace and repaint front gate.
  • Install permanent markers for unmarked graves.
  • Native landscaping to return shade to the cemetery, without overwhelming or endangering the headstones.
  • Benches for reflection.
  • Memorial wall, with names of people of Ellsworth for whom we do not know where they are.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE RESTORATION TEAM

Advisory Committee

Tom Greul

Executor
In 2013, Tom joined the Ellsworth committee because he felt the people of Ellsworth deserved more. Today, as the executor of the committee, Tom has created a digital map of the grounds, but his ultimate is mission to get everyone buried there a proper headstone.

Brad Criddle

Advisor
Brad is a Carroll County Real Estate Broker and member of the Manchester based St. Bartholomew Knights of Columbus Council #9127. Seven years ago in search of a grass roots Community Outreach project he joined the Ellsworth Cemetery committee.

Audrey Cimino

Advisor
Audrey is the founder and previous Executor Director of the Community Foundation of Carroll County. She serves as a consultant for Ellsworth's restoration advisory committee and lives in Westminster with her husband Joe.

Jacqueline Dorm

Advisor
Jacqueline Dorm is a Westminster native with family history in Carroll, Frederick, & York, PA. She is the Great Great-Granddaughter of Civil War veteran John Wesley Cole & a descendant of the Willis, Hammond, Frsby, Summers, Dorsey, & Dorm families. Several family members & family friends are buried at Ellsworth.

Diane Boettcher

Researcher
Diane is a Navy Veteran who enjoys doing genealogical research and learning about the people of Ellsworth. She became involved in the research and restoration of Ellsworth in 2020, shortly after moving to Maryland.