Dedication of Entrance Stones on Sunday at Harlem Cemetery

By VICKI TIECHE

For The Sun­bury News

Harlem Town­ship has never had entrance mark­ers for any of the six ceme­ter­ies in the town­ship, even though some of the ceme­ter­ies are approach­ing 200 years in age. Through a group effort spear­headed by Vicki Tieche of Harlem Town­ship Her­itage, Inc., entrance stones have now been placed in all of the ceme­ter­ies in the town­ship, includ­ing the new Barn­hard addi­tion to Fancher Cemetery.

Saun­dra Hill of Hill Stone donated the seven, large, lime­stone stones. Rick Day of RAR Mon­u­ments had the plaques for the stones made and pro­vided them at his cost. Vicki Tieche devel­oped the word­ing, which gives a brief his­tory of each ceme­tery, for each of the plaques.

The project was spon­sored and paid for through a joint effort of Harlem Town­ship and Harlem Town­ship Her­itage, Inc., the com­mu­nity preser­va­tion and activ­i­ties organization.

Harlem Town­ship will hold a ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony for these new entrance stones on Sun­day, Octo­ber 7, at 2 p.m. in his­toric Harlem Ceme­tery (just east of Harlem on Gor­such Road). Park­ing is avail­able at the Harlem Church of Christ in Chris­t­ian Union across the road from the cemetery.

Harlem Ceme­tery was selected for the cer­e­mony because it is the old­est ceme­tery in Harlem Town­ship – the first bur­ial there was made in the fall of 1814.

Every­one in the com­mu­nity and those inter­ested are invited to attend this ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony and help Harlem Town­ship cel­e­brate this preser­va­tion of its his­toric past.

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