We are deep in the heart of family reunion season.  Just take a drive past Munson or Veterans’ Parks on a weekend afternoon and you’ll see all the families with the homemade signs and territory-claiming coolers set up all around the park shelters.

So, yesterday, I took my turn with this wonderful family tradition.  I attended the Hoffman/Jondro reunion at Munson Park.  Technically, the reunion was for the descendents of Carl Hoffman and Lizzie Jondro - longtime residents of Monroe.  I am not technically a descendent, but Carl was my great uncle and I remember riding my bike past his big, hungry-looking dogs on Bates Lane when I was a kid. 

And the reunion kind of ended up being a wide variety of Hoffmans and Jondros from several family lines.  It was very cool.  The family is quite widespread these days.  Members came from Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii, New York and Montana.  The ringleader was CeeLee Wiley of Swan Lake, Montana.  She lives about 150 miles from Glacier National Park and always sends Christmas cards with the current snow depths.  I will visit her one of these days.

The event had bean bag tosses, photo sessions and, of course, lots of food.  Unbelievably, it had been ten years since the last reunion of this portion of my family.  It was a great time.

Note: I did gather an email contact list and I have some reunion pictures.  So, if you are a family member, please email me at eriehiker@yahoo.com .  I would be glad to add you to the list and show you the pics.

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