BARNHART - ROACH Reunion -- 2017

BARNHART, ROACH, SWIHART, PERKINS, WILSON, WILCOX, SHIELDS, MOONEY, ROUSH, RHONE, BEYER, BOLINGER, JACKSON, WHITE, EHRLICH, HARTMAN, SPOELSTRA, YASSU, GRIDER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 8/5/2017 at 15:35:38

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
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REUNIONS

BARNHART-ROACH

BATAVIA -- The 49th BARNHART-ROACH Reunion was July 16 at the Batavia Community Center.

Thirty family members attended: Elder Clara Agnes BARNHART SWIHART, Joyce PERKINS, Larry and Donna WILSON, friends JoEllen Kealing and children Brooklyn, Hayleigh and Kaylee, all from Batavia; Beal WILCOX from Las Vegas; William SHIELDS of Fairfield; Dixie MOONEY of Ottumwa; Teena ROUSH, Teresa RHONE and daughter Sunni of Newton; David, Denis and Brandon BEYER of Pella; Elaine BOLINGER of Sharpsburg; Evelyn JACKSON and Sandra WHITE of Grand River; Gary and Joy BARNHART of Garden Grove; James and Jen EHRLICH and children Kadrian and Atreya of Unionville, Missouri; and Mary, D.J., J.D. and Brittany HARTMAN of Columbia.

Clara Agnes BARNHART SWIHART's son, Clinton "Tony" Anthony SHIELDS died Dec. 19, 2016. Gary SPOELSTRA, the father of SWIHART's great-grandson, died July 7, 2016. Elizabeth YASSU, wife of Chrissy GRIDER's son Aaron, also has passed away.

Bea WILCOX showered the children with all kinds of toys: bubbles, balls, footballs, hacky sacks, sidewalk chalk and more.

The group shared a meal and memories and took many pictures to share at the 50th reunion in 2018. For information, call Joyce PERKINS 641-662-2111.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.