And Other Special Plantings

1. James McDonaugh 1972 – Unknown species

2. Steven Wayne Ball 1974 – Eastern Red Bud

3. Harold Snedeker 1978 – Red Pine

4. Mitchel Haddad 1993 (Haddad family) – Flowering Crab

5. Beecher Dickson 1994 (Celeste Steffen) – Eastern Red Bud

6. William Mowry 1995 (PH. Borough employees) – Flowering Crab

7. John Mowry 1995 (Patricia Feden) – Flowering Plum

8. Clara Marie Roebuck (Yvonne Weber, daughter) – Flowering Crab

9. Fleming Keefer 1996 (Arboretum Board) – Sugar Maple

10. James Rush 1996 (Wife) – Flowering Crab

11. Irene Breen 1996 (William Steffen) – Kousa Dogwood

12. James Cathers 1997 – Eastern Redbud

13. Lois Tomaldosky 1999 – Eastern Redbud

14. Art Sotler 1999 – Douglas Fir

15. Charles Thatcher 2000 – Red Oak, Eastern Redbud

16. Mother of Robert Olsen – Eastern Redbud

17. David Snyder 2001 – Red Oak, Red Maple, Flowering Crab

18. Sloan Douglas Broun 2001 – Eastern Redbud

19. Russ Webb 2002 – Bradford Pear

20. Eldon Snyder 2003 – Bradford Pear, Tulip poplar

21. Eric Weiss 2004 – Downy Serviceberry

22. Sybil Keefer 2004 – Eastern Redbud

23. Joshua Yankura 2004 – River Birch

24. George Haeck 2013 – American Basswood

25. Judy Weiss 2010 – Flowering Dogwood

26. ALS Association – Flowering Crab

27. Becky Peterson 2015 – Japanese Umbrella Tree

Tribute Trees

1. Charles Thatcher – President 1965

2. Helen Carhart Coe (President) 1966-1969 – Sweet Gum

3. William West (President) 1994 – White Oak, Small Meadow

Gifted Trees

1. Pleasant Hills Garden Club 1976  – Trees representative of the “Colonial days” Eastern Hemlock, Sugar Maple, Tulip Tree, Holly

2. Unknown donor 1988 – 2 species in lower meadow

3. Charles Thatcher 1992 – Black Walnut (grafted)

4. Holly Ferkett 1993 – Red Maple, Tulip Tree

5. John and Anne Gentry 2003 – Hawthorn (species)

6. Lion’s Club 2012 (In honor of our Veterans) – Shingle Oak

7. Greg Smith 2013 – Royal Paulownia

8. Greg Smith 2013 – Dawn Redwood

9. Pleasant Hills Garden Club (Date unknown) – London Plane

10. Pleasant Hills Garden Club (Date unknown) – Mountain Ash

11. Unknown donor 1972 – Eastern Hemlock

12. Warren Dryer 2016 – Flowering Dogwoods

Memorial and Tribute Benches

1. In honor of Glen Sandmeyer’s 80th birthday (Daughter) – Lower Meadow near the Tulip Tree

2. Charles W. Pierce – Memorial Bench

3. Lois J. Tomaldsky – Memorial Bench

4. Dedicated to Robert Olsen’s Mother – Bench

5. James Cathers (Board Member) – Bench

6. Eldon Snyder – Bench

Arbor Day and Other School Plantings

All school names were labeled next to dedicated trees with a marble marker up until 1974 when the Board discontinued the practice. The names of tree species planted have been marked where information is available.

1. Thomas Jefferson High School 1965 – Giant Sequoia

2. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Elementary Schools – Dawn Redwood

3. Thomas Jefferson High School 1966

4. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Middle School student 1966

5. Pleasant Hills Middle School 1967

6. St. Elizabeth Grade School 1967 – Chinese Chestnut

7. Thomas Jefferson High School 1967

8. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Elementary Schools 1967

9. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Elementary Schools 1968

10. Pleasant Hills Middle School 1968

11. Thomas Jefferson High School 1968-1969

12. Pleasant Hills Middle School 1969 – Black Walnut

13. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Grade Schools 1969 – Norway Maple (special variety)

14. St. Elizabeth Grade School 1969 – Norway Maple

15. Pleasant Hills Middle School 1970 – Eastern Hemlock

16. St. Elizabeth Grade School 1970 – Oak (Species unknown)

17. Thomas Jefferson High School 1970

18. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Elementary Schools 1970

19. Pleasant Hills Middle School 1971

20. St. Elizabeth Grade School 1971 – Flowering Crab

21. Thomas Jefferson High School 1973 – Northern Red Oak 

22. McClellan and Pleasant Hills Elementary Schools 1979

This list of Memorial, Tribute and Arbor Day trees was compiled by Paul Beck with the assistance of several unpublished lists created by Arboretum Board Member, President and Vice President emeritus, Noel Moebs and additional contributions from Pleasant Hills Arboretum Board members. Special thanks to Bill Steffen, long time Board member and President for helping to edit the list and Drew Ratti for his additional contributions. Photos of the stones are courtesy of Board members, Cindy Shaffer and Drew Ratti.