Thirty-eight members of the Gerking Family signed the guest book at the 41st Annual Gerking Family Reunion held at Blue Lake Park just east of Portland, Oregon. Our hosts were Ed and Cindy Dreske and Susan Dreske McBurnett, all of the Portland area.
The following signed the guest register:
| Becca Bishop, Portland, OR
Florence Bowe, Troutdale, OR Lawrence Bowe, Troutdale, OR Dick Bowers, Newport, OR Frances Bowers, Newport, OR Alysha Brown, Salem, OR Autumn Brown, Salem, OR Gloria Dreske, Newberg, OR Mike Dreske, Newberg, OR Soren Fitzmaurice, Palo Alto, CA Harry L. Gerkin, Milwaukie, OR William Granger, Palo Alto, CA Dan Hebert, Kingston, WA Diann Hebert, Kingston, WA Sean Ho______, Portland, OR Roseanne Holm, Salem, OR Janelle Jackson, Portland, OR Beth Perry Johnston, Newport, OR Rosalie Maddock, Gladstone, OR |
Susan Dreske McBurnett, Beaverton, OR
Barbara Perle, Salem, OR Doug Perle, Salem, OR Corey Clemens, Salem, OR Ryan Clemens, Salem, OR Serene Mistkawi, Salem, OR Tristan Mistkawi, Salem, OR Sheila Gerkin Ritter, Portland, OR Gladys Robison, Battle Ground, WA Evalyne Robison, Shephard Portland, OR Papge Sletten, Dayton, OR Rachel Sletten, Dayton, OR Steven Sletten, Dayton, OR Tamara Stacy, Salem, OR Cally Stahlnecker, Newberg, OR Daniel Stahlnecker, Newberg, OR Janelle Stahlnecker, Newberg, OR Marguerite Robison White, Battle Ground, WA Wally Young Kamuelai, HI |
While family members gathered, an icebreaker nametag game was played.
For this game President Susan had created nametags with the names of famous
people of them, and these were attached to the back of guests’ clothing.
Each person then had to ask questions of others in the group to determine
who he or she was supposed to be.
Following lunch and a little time to get further acquainted, President
Susan welcomed everyone to the reunion and had each person introduce him/herself
to the group.
Business Meeting
Because of wind and much noise it was difficult to hold a business
meeting this year, so there are no decision or discussions to report in
the minutes.
Election of Officers
Historian Florence Bowe told the group that health concerns are forcing
her to rethink continuing in office for another year. Nevertheless, the
current slate of officers was reelected for another year. [Note: Florence
officially retired in the spring of 2001, and Janelle Jackson of Portland
was appointed Interim Historian until the reunion].
Respectfully submitted,
Beth Perry Johnston, Secretary