NAME(S) ON TILE: HARRY RICHARD BONIKER
PHYLLIS VIVIAN CROSSLAND
DONOR NAME(S): BARB, RICH AND RAY BONIKER
With this tile
we honor the memory of our parents,
Harry Richard Boniker and Phyllis Vivian Crossland,
and our entire family tree.
Celebrating 200+ years in Pennsylvania.
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From Germany, England and Eire they sailed
across the restless sea.
Dreamers, paupers, sons and daughters,
folks like you and me.
They farmed the land, they worked the rails,
the factories and the mills.
On battlegrounds they fought our wars;
Blood, sweat, and tears they spilled.
Brick by brick they built our house;
Leaf by leaf, our family tree.
Day by day, unknown to them,
they left a legacy.
For drop by drop they gave the blood
that flows within our veins.
Because they lived, we stand today
to celebrate their names:
Barnhart, Boniker, Crossland, Frankhouse, McMahon
Geller, Keller, Owens, Rice, Ringler,
Sleesman, Wright, Zeilman
Barb, Rich and Ray Boniker
May 7, 2000