Logan County Illinois      Thirty-ninth Bock Reunion   1971-2
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Thirty-ninth Bock Reunion

Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family Association

August 4, 1971
>From the records of Dorothy Laun

Bock Family Reunion

Eighty-six members of the Bock  family  gathered  at  the  Emden  Community
House, Sunday July 25th, for their 39th annual reunion. A basket dinner was
at noon.

Gifts were presented to Mrs. Mary Bode  of  McLean,  Ill.,  for  being  the
oldest lady present and to her great-grandson, Brett Bode, son of  Mr.  and
Mrs. Myron Bode, Carlock, Ill., the youngest boy  present,  and  to  August
Brautigam, the oldest man present, and to  his  great-granddaughter,  Renee
Steffens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Steffens,  Lincoln,  the  youngest
girl present. A gift was presented to  Fred  bock  of  Beecher,  Ill.,  for
coming the farthest distance.

Four generations from one family were present at the reunion,  these  being
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bode, McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bode, Danvers, and Mr.
and Mrs. Myron Bode and son , Brett, Carlock, Ill.

Officers for the 1972 reunion will be Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bock,  Lincoln,  co-
presidents, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bode, Carlock, co-vice-presidents,  Mr.  and
Mrs.  Vernon  Apel,  Lincoln,  secretary-treasurer.  Dan  Gosda,   Lincoln,
Illinois, presented a program of magic tricks.

Present at the reunion were:

	Mr. and Mrs. John Harp, Jr., Jin and Marty, Easton, Ill;

	Mr. and Mrs. Carol Litwiller, Mark, Neil and Robert, Armington, Ill.;

	Mr. and Mrs. George Bock, Mattoon, Ill.;

	Mr. Fred Bock, Beecher, Ill.;

	Mr. and Mrs. Everett M. Bock, Williamsville, Ill.;

	Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gosda, Manito, Ill.

	Boyd Harp, Decatur;

	Walter and Hilda Bock, Beason;

	Mrs. C. C. White, Greenview;

	Mrs. Donald Wilson, Steve and Mary Joe and Tammy Adye, Middletown;

	Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bode and Brett, Carlock;

	Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bode, Danvers;

	Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bode, McLean;

	Katherine and Myrtle Willmert,
	George Laun Sr., Maxine and Dorothy Laun, Atlanta;

	Kenneth Fisher, Linda, Marilyn, Donna and Nancy, Bement;

Mr. and Mrs. George Laun, Jr., Roger, Nancy and Gary, Hartsburg;

	Rudy Johnson,
	Mr. and Mrs. Randy Netzley, Cindy Radden and Sara McVary,
		all of Springfield.

	Mrs. Fern Gasaway,
	Edith Laun,
	William Gosda,
Marie and Blanche Martin,
	Henry F. A. Bock,
	Wilma Begolka,
	August and Elmer Brautigam,
	Lillie Apel,
	Mr. and Mrs. Albert Apel,
	Carl Lauer,
	Mr. and Mrs. Larry Steffens, Renee and Jon,
	Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sparks,
	Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bock,
	Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gosda, Dan and Brenda,
	Mr. and Mrs. William Bock,
	Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bock,
	Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bock,
	Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Newman,
	Mr. Vernon Apel,
		all of Lincoln, Ill.