Schmoyer Funeral Home

Wishing you the very best in life this 4th of July, 2021.

Regretfully, the Schmoyer Family and Upper Macungie Township announce the cancellation of this year’s Village of Breinigsville Independence Day Fireworks Spectacular. As you can imagine, such a large event takes many months of planning and coordination with everyone involved. Planning would have normally began late last year, it was still unknown what the pandemic would look like this summer. So, although we are very fortunate that the pandemic will have significantly diminished by July, when the decision was made it was impossible to predict. The Schmoyer Family and Upper Macungie Township wish all the best to you and your family as you celebrate Independence Day in your own way this summer.

The weather is looking fine for a very popular celestial event.

Embracing Spring with the arrival of new beginnings...

The Schmoyer and J.S. Burkholder Family mourns the sudden loss of K9 Django from The City of Allentown Police Department. Our blue spruce tree on Hamilton Street is lit honoring his faithful and brave service. #AllentownPolice

As the three wise men found Him after following the Christmas Star to his humble manger in Bethlehem, may we find in our hearts an increased measure of devotion to the shining glory of His Message. In the true spirit of Christmas, we extend our warmest greetings to one and all. Merry Christmas from The Schmoyer Family.

Please join the J.S. Burkholder and the Schmoyer family in our annual J.S. Burkholder tree lighting on Friday, November 27th, 2020. The event will be held virtually on our website, www.jsburkholder.com beginning at 4:30 PM also streaming on the J.S. Burkholder Facebook page. Wishing you and your family a meaningful Thanksgiving. Stay well.

Today we salute our unselfish, dedicated military veterans of the United States of America. Several years back, these are photos from November 11, 2010, re-dedicating the monument originally erected in 1945 saluting our war heroes returning from World War II in Breinigsville. In addition, two rare photos discovered recently during the original ceremony in 1945. From the Schmoyer, Trexler and J.S. Burkholder families. May God Bless You and God Bless America. Stay well.

WHY IS IT CALLED HALLOWEEN? As with many holidays, Halloween is rooted in our agricultural past, marking the end of harvest time and the beginning of the new year. The origin of Halloween and many of its customs can be traced to Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival that is Gaelic for summer’s end, a day to bid good-bye to warmth and light. It marks the end of the harvest season and the start of winter (the darker half of the year). ... The ancient Celts believed that the veil between the worlds of the living and the passed was at its thinnest during Samhain, thereby making it the ideal time to communicate with the deceased and to divine the future. After the Roman Empire took over Celt-occupied lands in the 1st century A.D., the Romans combined many of the Celtic traditions, including Samhain, with their own. This day evolved into All Hallows’ Day or Allhallowmas, hallow meaning to sanctify. Years later, the Roman Catholic Church designated November 1 as All Saints’ Day, in honor of all Catholic saints. It was celebrated with a mass, bonfires, and people costumed as angels and saints parading through the villages. November 2 brings All Souls’ Day, a holy day set aside for honoring the dead and departed. Just as November 1 was once called All Hallows’ Day, October 31 was called All Hallows’ Eve. Over time, All Hallows’ Eve was shortened to Halloween! Stay well and safe. Enjoy a beautiful rare Full Halloween Moon this evening. Warmest regards, the Schmoyer Family...

Last week our family honored Matthew G. Brand, Supervisor and manager for 30 years, of unparalleled dedication, ethics and service to the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Inc. The J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home has now been owned by fifth generation licensed funeral director Carl F. Schmoyer III for nearly a decade succeeding Michael A. Weber. Michael’s family owned the home for nearly one hundred years. Succeeded Jacob Burkholder who founded the home in 1895. Matthew joined ou...r family in 1990, hired by our Chairman Emeritus, former owner and president Michael A. Weber. A simple thank you was not nearly enough for Matthew’s loyalty, work ethic, empathy to families and service to his community equal to the likes that is truly impossible to match. Matthew has a love and passion for timepieces and our family felt it fitting to dedicate our exquisite Grandfather Clock, purchased by Michael A. Weber in 1990 coincidently, to him on his 30th year for his level of service that is second to none. Congratulations, Matthew, from our entire family and our sincere best wishes! Carl F. Schmoyer III, Owner/President and the entire staff and family of the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Inc.

Welcome Autumn. Equinoxes are opposite on either side of the equator, so the autumnal (fall) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is the spring (vernal) equinox in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Enjoy this beautiful day and God Bless America.

Good days and bad days. Up days. Down days. Sad days. Happy days. But never a boring day on this job. You do what God has called you to do. You show up. You put one foot in front of another. You get on the rig and you go out and you do the job - which is a mystery. And a surprise. You have no idea when you get on that engine. No matter how big the call. No matter how small. You have no idea what God is calling you to.... But he needs you. He needs me. He needs all of us." - FDNY Chaplain Father Mychal Fallon Judge September 10, 2001. Father Judge would perish the next day, September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. He is officially listed as Victim #0001. May we never forget all our nation and world lost that day. May God bless you and God Bless America.