The Roots of Our Family
Lorna, Louise, Ron, Eleonore, Ginny, Alfred, Alma
After a year in planning, it's hard to believe that our family reunion is over. We were astounded at the turnout - 110 estimated! I didn't get to talk to near enough people! Time flew by from the first words of the German table prayer to the water balloons and photo shoots at the end.
Aunt Alma's 90th
birthday was recognized with crown, cake, memories and singing. We
found a couple potential comedians in the crowd - one in pink and one in
orange...you know who you are!
Door prizes were won by the following:
Coffee
and mug - Roger Miller; Peony soap and lotion - Mamie Hicksted; Pamper
Your Feet/Contagious Joy Basket - Deb Hausch; Home Movie Night Basket -
Nancy Giesige; Pumpkin Reed Diffuser/Primitive Candle - Alfred Elling;
Catch Phrase Music Ed. - Cindy Fritz; Fishing Pole - Clay Byers; Bob
Evans Barbeque Basket - Quintin Doroquez; Ohio Star Yellow/ Blue
Tablerunner - Teresa Miller; Mystery Box (which had 3 packages of Ohio
chocolates inside) - Russell Hausch; Beach Basket - Terri Fedderke; and
Elling Tablerunner - Vickie Elling
Eleni, Vickie, and Connie just before the Rudy-Donna family's group foto shoot...candid shots are my favorites!
Thumbs up to Mike Norden, our MC; Janet Fedderke's grandchildren who carefully chose door prize winners; Don Haas who filled about 250 water balloons; all those who generously donated so our expenses would be covered and they were; all the folks who helped with the clean up and in a hundred other ways that day and our happy, little committee who had fun putting this together.
Celebrating Aunt Alma's 90th Birthday
It was a joy to see Aunt Alma's face light up when we sang "Happy Birthday" to her a few weeks ago...even though her REAL birthday is not until October. Aunt Alma has been a huge help to me in gathering the genealogy of the family; her memory is terrific. After the reunion, she came up to me with another idea to help me identify an unknown person in one of the vintage photos I have. She and I have gone on a road trip to past Elling homes and into cemeteries where she can point out tombstones and recite how this or that person was related to the family. Because of Aunt Alma, I have seen the house where my dad was born and together we visited the graves of two of her infant siblings. She is a storehouse of knowledge about her family.
How wonderful is it to reach the ninth decade of life? With pleasure, we commemorated Aunt Alma Hicksted's upcoming birthday. She is truly a gift to the family.
Just a quick Thumbs Down to the U.S. Navy who punished a whole unit for one man's misdeed, causing cousin John to miss the reunion for which he had arranged his leave many months in advance.
Thanks to all the kin who traveled from far and near to be together with this loving, extended family. We'll get some photos up online soon so that if you want copies, they will be there for you.
It was exciting to receive this favorite reunion photo from Sue Boysel - such a happy picture, isn't it?
Sue says, " I sure loved this pic of Mom (Lorna), Aunt Louise, and Aunt Alma. My grandsons just thought it was so funny that they were all drinking beer. What a great time we all had that day!! We will sure never forget it. I think it should be a 2 day event next time, but let's not wait too long. Love to you all!"
Eleni, Vickie, and Connie just before the Rudy-Donna family's group foto shoot...candid shots are my favorites!Thumbs up to Mike Norden, our MC; Janet Fedderke's grandchildren who carefully chose door prize winners; Don Haas who filled about 250 water balloons; all those who generously donated so our expenses would be covered and they were; all the folks who helped with the clean up and in a hundred other ways that day and our happy, little committee who had fun putting this together.
Celebrating Aunt Alma's 90th BirthdayIt was a joy to see Aunt Alma's face light up when we sang "Happy Birthday" to her a few weeks ago...even though her REAL birthday is not until October. Aunt Alma has been a huge help to me in gathering the genealogy of the family; her memory is terrific. After the reunion, she came up to me with another idea to help me identify an unknown person in one of the vintage photos I have. She and I have gone on a road trip to past Elling homes and into cemeteries where she can point out tombstones and recite how this or that person was related to the family. Because of Aunt Alma, I have seen the house where my dad was born and together we visited the graves of two of her infant siblings. She is a storehouse of knowledge about her family.
How wonderful is it to reach the ninth decade of life? With pleasure, we commemorated Aunt Alma Hicksted's upcoming birthday. She is truly a gift to the family.
Just a quick Thumbs Down to the U.S. Navy who punished a whole unit for one man's misdeed, causing cousin John to miss the reunion for which he had arranged his leave many months in advance.
Thanks to all the kin who traveled from far and near to be together with this loving, extended family. We'll get some photos up online soon so that if you want copies, they will be there for you.
It was exciting to receive this favorite reunion photo from Sue Boysel - such a happy picture, isn't it? Sue says, " I sure loved this pic of Mom (Lorna), Aunt Louise, and Aunt Alma. My grandsons just thought it was so funny that they were all drinking beer. What a great time we all had that day!! We will sure never forget it. I think it should be a 2 day event next time, but let's not wait too long. Love to you all!"
This is a compilation of blog writings from the previous Elling Family News blog, first published in August, 2009.
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