SUCCESSFUL EVENT
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2000 REUNION:
MANAGEMENT
CO CHAIRS ("THE TROIKA"): Marcia Peterzell, Paul "Petey" Peterzell,
Paul Robert Peterzell
OTHERS: Sophia Reinders, Linda Silver, Jane
Thomason
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38 PEOPLE PRESENT:
(3) Betty Frankel
(4) Harry and Gail Gelles
(5) Ian and Heidi Kallen and (6) Jessica & Jonah
(5) Tami Kallen and Carl Bryant and (6) Manuel & Maritza
(4) June and Saul Kleinwaks
(4) Lisa and George Murray and (5) Thayla
(5) David Peterzell
(4) Harry and Joyce Peterzell
(4) Jay Peterzell
(5) Lezlee Peterzell
(5) Marcus and Lori Peterzell and (6) Lance
(4) Marc and Betsy Peterzell and (5) Michael & Stephen
(4) Marcia Peterzell and Linda Silver
(4) Paul (Petey) Peterzell and Sophia Reinders
(5) Paul (Robert) Peterzell and Jane Thomason, and (6) Elise & Nicholas
(3) Victor and Millie Peterzell
Numbers indicate generation. Four generations were represented. The age range was 92
years
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ACTIVITIES
THURSDAY: Check in at the inn to be ready for the
next morning's scheduled activity, then, in the evening, unscheduled
gathering of most of the attendees in the bar at the restaurant next
door to the inn.
FRIDAY: Bus trip to Sonoma County for both
children and adults starting at the Corte Madera Inn, reunion
headquarters. Children and parents debarked at the playground in the
town square in Sonoma to picnic while the bus took the rest up to the
Carmenet winery in the vine-covered hills north of town for a tour,
tasting and picnic. While most were at the winery, the bus returned to
the square to take the children and parents to Train Town, then after
their visit brought them to the winery and then took all back to the
inn. After a swimming/rest break, we carpooled to Corte Madera Town Park
for a delicious chicken and veggie burger barbecue. Lezlee did digital
camera interviews there.
SATURDAY: We carpooled to Tiburon for
the ferry to San Francisco, where we took a fascinating narrated boat
tour on San Francisco Bay. We had an excellent lunch at a restaurant
near the boat slips and returned on the ferry to Tiburon. Next there was
a gentle hike among the redwoods at Muir Woods National Monument. The
evening was capped by a catered feast at Jane and Paul's home. Lezlee
made additional recorded interviews during dinner. Dinner was followed
by an introduction of all present by Harry, complete with genealogical
cross references, The next reunion was scheduled (see below). Lezlee
sang beautifully for us. Paul distributed polo shirts commemorating the
event, then all, uniformly dressed, for the moment, posed for group
photos. There were displays of photos in a scrapbook and the family
internet website on a laptop computer and a diagrammed version of the
family tree with the names of reunion participants highlighted. David,
Jay, and the two Pauls made a long interview with the senior lineal
descendent present, Victor, in a separate room. Lezlee showed her
interviews on the large TV.
SUNDAY: Back up the hill from the inn
to Jane and Paul's for Sunday brunch. Paul distributed copies of the
previous evening's interview with Victor. David distributed compact disc
recordings of an interview with Jeanne Gelles to participants who knew
her well. Harry distributed already obsolete printouts of the family
tree. There was more viewing of the exhibits, then farewell hugs.
Everyone attended the Friday picnic and the Saturday dinner.
Attendance at all other activities was less than 100%. Only four people
attended every event.
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DECISIONS, DECISIONS
NEXT: 2005 in New York under the leadership
of Marcus and Lori
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