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Aunt Sallie’s 80th Birthday Party

Posted By ben On 23 January 2009 @ 11:20 am In Family | 1 Comment

Aunt Sallie

Aunt Sallie

Last Sunday, Kim, Bonnie, Sandy and I drove to Eugene, Oregon, to help celebrate my aunt’s birthday.  Her children and grandchildren, esp. Georgi, Mike, and Margaret (and others I’m sure!) hosted a gathering of about 100 family and friends at a church meeting hall which was only a few blocks from their old family home on Park Avenue.  All seven of Aunt Sallie’s children attended, as did her two nieces and nephew of her brother George who passed away a few years ago.  I’d never met Uncle George’s children and I had not seen several of Aunt Sallie’s kids since 1971.  So in a way, this party also felt like a reunion.  Afterwards, many of us met in cousin Corey’s motel room for several more hours to get caught up on family and life in general.

 [1] Getting reacquainted

 Guests mingling and getting reacquainted

 Sandy in the dinner line

Dinner line

 [2] dining hall

Enjoying the delicious dinner

 Babe leading the group in singing ‘Happy Birthday’

Babe leads the group in singing “Happy Birthday”

 [3] Aunt Sallie and all her children

From left to right:  Herald, Sallie, Mike, Mary Alice, Lyn, Corey, Eleanor, Margaret

 Corey, Amy, Clayton, Ben, and Mary

From left to right:  Corey, Amy, Clayton, Ben, and Mary

Additional Photos — just click on thumbnails to enlarge.  Most of these are me posing with my cousins.

[4] more minglers  more minglers

[5] Georgi showing Mike how to run the slideshow created by Lyn’s husband, Glenn  Georgi showing her dad Mike how to run the slideshow

[6] Ben and Alice Malarkey Koehler  Ben and Alice Malarkey Koeler

[7] Aunt Sallie and great grand-daughter  Aunt Sallie and a great grand daughter

[8] Ben, Corey, and Brandon  Ben, Corey, and his son Brandon

[9] Mike served as emcee  Mike serving as emcee

[10] Clayton  Clayton    Amy & son John [11] Amy and her son John

[12] Georgi and Ben  Georgi and me;

and with Georgi, Amy and John [13] Ben, Georgi, Amy, and John

[14] Ben and Mary Alice  & Mary Alice;  &  Aunt Sallie [15] Ben and Aunt Sallie

with Lyn [16] Ben and Lyn;  & Margaret [17] Ben and Margaret

& Herald & Gwen [18] Gwen, Ben and Herald[19]

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