Logan County Illinois Thirty-first Bock Reunion 1963 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: illiam L. Stephenson, Jr., Thirty-first Bock Reunion Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family Association Lincoln Courier, Lincoln Illinois July 28, 1963 >From the records of Dorothy Laun Members of Bock Family Have Reunion The 31st annual Bock reunion was Sunday, at Hartsburg high school. There were 90 members present from many areas in Illinois and from Colorado. Carol Litwiller of Armington presided at the meeting and Gustave Gosda of Lincoln conducted brief memorial services for the four members who died during the last year. Mrs. John Harp, Loy Brandt, Mrs. Wayne Bock, and Jane Marie Singley. Miss Nancy Lauer of Lincoln played a piano selection and Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. A. Bock and Walter Bock showed and narrated slides pertaining to Ghana, Africa. The slides were taken by Miss Elsa Bock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. A. Bock, who is presently serving as a missionary nurse in that area. Gifts were presented to the youngest members present: Garret Apel and Brenda Gosda; to the oldest members, Mrs. Ida E. Martin and August Brautigam, and to those who traveled the farthest, Mrs. Myrtle Royse and daughter Barbara from Denver, Colo. New officers for 1964 are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Apel, co-presidents; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bock, co-vice-presidents; and Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilson, secretary and treasurer. Those attending form Lincoln were: Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gosda, Brenda and Danny; Mrs. Ida E. Martin, Marie, Mabel, and Blanche; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lauer, Janice, Lora Sue, Nancy, and Debbie; Mr. and Mrs. George Willmert; Miss Lillie Apel; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Apel; Mrs. Alma Apel; Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. A. Bock; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sparks and Quentin, Mrs. Ferne Gasaway; Mrs. Jane Barnes; Mr. and Mrs. William Bock, Lois and Mary Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bock, Allen, Aileen and Judy Hoggay; Mrs. Caroline Comstock; Mrs. Wilma Begolka; Mr. and Mrs. August Brautigam and Elmer; Mrs. Katherine Bock, Linda and Nancy; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Apel, Gary, Gene, Gail, and Garret. >From other Illinois towns were: Mr. and Mrs. Carol Litwiller, Mark and Judy - Armington; Mr. and Mrs. George Lawn, Maxine, Mary, and Dorothy - Hartsburg Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawn - New Holland Walter and Hilda Bock - Beason Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Laun, Jill and Christie - New Holland Walter and Myron Bode - Danvers Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilson, Mary Jo and Brenda Vanderbush, Rudy Johnson - Springfield Mr. and Mrs. John Tomlin, Laura Jean, Joy, Randy, and David - Greenview Mr. and Mrs. C. C. White - Greenview Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gosda - Manito Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bode - McLean Out of state members were: Mrs. Myrtle Royse and Barbara - Denver, Colo. Other guests included: Shigeru Takeo and Nubuyuki Uehara from Tokyo, Japan who were weekend guest in the William Bock home.