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Park Dedicated To Volunteer Firefighter 50 Years After His Death

November 10, 2026

Natalie Grimmer

Fifty years after Edgely Fire Company volunteer John S. Buranich III died, a park has been named in his honor.

Bristol Township approved naming the public land at the former John Fitch Elementary School site at Greenbrook Drive and Scholar Lane as John S. Buranich III Memorial Park.

Members of the Edgely Fire Company, those who knew and loved Buranich, and other emergency responders from across the township came out last Saturday to dedicate the park.

The park dedication came after a graveside service at Resurrection Cemetery.

Buranich was badly injured in a crash on Kenwood Drive while responding to a fire call in 1976. He died on Nov. 10, 1976 after spending more than 100 days in the hospital.

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Natalie Grimmer

Natalie Grimmer is a photographer who has been shooting professionally for over 15 years. All of her experience has been on the job, starting out as an assistant to a professional wedding photographer in DE where she moved on to second shooter, to finally running her own wedding photography business. From weddings, Natalie expanded to portrait photography and fine art. She was awarded honorable mention at the Churchville Photography Club’s annual contest in 2004, which fueled her passion for photography, and was a finalist in the Photographers Forum Annual Photography contest in 2008, 2011 and 2012. Natalie proudly hails from Bucks County, PA

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