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Gravenor Sipler Funeral and Cremation Centre, Ephrata, PA (2025)

09/28/2025

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View Gary Lee Horner's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

09/28/2025

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View Michael L. Hunt's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

09/28/2025

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View Larry Burkholder's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

09/26/2025

Did you see us in the Ephrata Parade?!
The Directors and Staff at Gravenor Sipler Funeral and Cremation Centre were horsin’ around!

09/23/2025

FAIR PARKING AT GRAVENOR SIPLER FUNERAL HOME - $7 donation to park. Find our parking signs on W. Franklin St & Church streets.

09/20/2025

PROUD SPONSOR OF THE EPHRATA FAIR PARADE! Watch for our float! And listen for us - clip-clop clip-clop. 🐎 🐴

09/20/2025

Ephrata Fair Parking available at Gravenor Sipler Funeral & Cremation Centre! $7 donation.

08/09/2025

Remembering Deborah Garza today at Gravenor Sipler Funeral and Cremation Centre

Watch the video for Deborah Garza

08/08/2025

We ❤️ Ephrata’s community events!

Annual Ice Cream Social To Be Held At Historic Ephrata Cloister
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese

Historic Ephrata Cloister, where Ephrata began, will open its grounds to the community on Sunday, August 10, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for their summer Ice Cream Social. This fundraising event, a project of the Ephrata Cloister Associates in partnership with the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, will feature ice cream and brownie sundaes, scooped by Celebrity Dippers, including WIOV morning radio host Casey Allyn, Ephrata Mayor Ralph Mowen, journalist/novelist Larry Alexander, PA State Representative Keith Greiner, and Blue Ridge’s Cindy Mellinger. The event is sponsored by Blue Ridge. The New Cloister Restaurant will provide the ice cream.

Shown in the photo, from left to right, preparing for the event are Ephrata Cloister Associates board members Kerry Shoff, Sue Fisher (Board Administrator) and Cindy Mellinger.

There is a cost for tickets for the general public, which include ice cream, brownie sundaes, and admission to the property. Tickets for members of the Ephrata Cloister Associates are available at a reduced rate. Children under five are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in the Visitor Center the day of the event.

Guides in historic costume will be stationed in the buildings to greet visitors and interpret the history of the 18th century structures. The acoustic duo, the Groove Slingers, will perform from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the new amphitheater. Their extensive live performance experience includes a variety of blues, rock, jazz, country, bluegrass & pop, plus original music.

Visitors are encouraged to stroll the grounds of the Cloister, pet the KPETS therapy dogs, and watch the Lancaster Spinners and Weavers Guild and Friends in action. Visitors will also be able to play colonial games and try their hand at the art of colonial printing on the reproduction printing press.

The early community of Ephrata was known for its charity, an outreach that continues today, nearly 300 years after the founding of the town. Learn more about charity in Ephrata today and visit with local non-profits to see how they carry on the tradition of kindness and generosity, community building, and literacy.

The Museum Store, featuring candles, cards, books of historical interest, and the work of local craftspeople, will be open for browsing and purchases at special discounts. Featured items include original art, Fraktur, and scherenschnitte, plus Cloister-branded products, such as mugs, pottery, tee shirts, hats, and tote bags.

Proceeds from the day will support educational programming at Historic Ephrata Cloister, including the Student Historians and Community Days for local elementary students. The event will be held rain or shine. Please visit the Ephrata Cloister website www.ephratacloister.org for updates and information or call the Visitor Center at 717-733-6600.

Historic Ephrata Cloister is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with support from the Ephrata Cloister Associates.