Brock family reunion held at Autumn Park Aug. 7

The descendants of the James A. and Sarah E. Brock family met for their annual reunion, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at the Autumn Park Apartments community room in Washington, hosted by Tracy Baumert. There were 18 in attendance. Following the blessing by Gene Baumert, a bountiful cooperative dinner at 1 p.m. was enjoyed by all.

Those in attendance were: Larry and Connie Baumert of Marion; Loretta Streigle of Sigourney; Kathy Brower of Richland; Gene Baumert of Keota; Richard, Jody, and Anita Adler, and Amanda, Brooklyn, and Devilyn Ruggles, all of Mount Pleasant; Mark Baumert and Lynn Zimmerman of Ainsworth; Rashawn and D?Anthony Thyen of Waukegan, Illinois; Gwen Thyen, Kolten Thyen-Pennington, and Tracy Baumert of Washington.

Loretta Streigle of Sigourney was the eldest in attendance, and 3-year-old Devilyn Ruggles of Mount Pleasant was the youngest. The guessing game was won by Amanda Ruggles of Mount Pleasant, and all enjoyed playing bingo. Picture taking and visiting rounded out the day.

To bring up attendance at the reunions, all descendants of Brocks, Bucks, McGuires, Bells and Moores are asked to mark their calendars for the first Sunday in August 2017, when the next annual reunion will be held at the Autumn Park Apartments in Washington.