From left: Heather Baver, Tammy Vontor, Zach Nelson, Jacqueline Steinman, and Ellen Nelson portrayed the “infamous” characters of Edgewood Historic Cemetery during a Walk to Remember tour.
Local history buffs were treated to well-performed mini-plays that brought mysterious, interred Edgewood Historic Cemetery residents back to life, so to speak, during a Walk to Remember tour. The third in a series, the event illuminated “The Infamous at Edgewood” and raised funds toward maintaining the 12-acre resting place at 989 East High Street in Pottstown.
Spectators walked to three different stops along Edgewood’s avenues to hear tales told by specters of the past. The first stop shared the tragic account of the murder of 24-year-old Jimmy Warmkessel, conveyed by his mother, Annie Warmkessel, depicted by Tammy Vontor, and Heather Baver, who portrayed an investigative reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Warmkessel, who is buried at Edgewood, was found dead in 1924 at the former YMCA on King Street, along with his one-time friend, Tommy Shenton, who also was discovered there with a suicide note. Shenton is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Pottstown. Both men died from gunshot wounds…