On Sunday, August 11, 2002, descendants of John Gerking and Rachael Rice Gerking will meet for the 43rd Annual Gerking Family Reunion Picnic, to be held at Blue Lake Park on the eastern edge of Portland, Oregon.

Registration begins at 11 a.m. at the Shalala B picnic shelter. You can find details on the Gerking Family web page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~athena/ -- just click on the 2002 reunion link.

Please feel free to pass this invitation on to other family members, especially those without email or web access.

Come and meet family you don't know, get re-acquainted with those you used to know, or just take this chance for a relaxed chat with family you see every day. In the process learn a little more about your extended family.

We need YOU & YOUR ideas, so we hope to see YOU there.

Beth Johnston
Secretary-Treasurer &
Newsletter Editor
bjohnsto@oregonvos.net