On Sunday, June 8, 2003, about 50 former students, friends, neighbors and guests of the Bee Hive School District gathered at the Green Grove Town Hall for a pot-luck meal and an afternoon of reminiscing.

Attending from Illinois were Gert Lampi, Joe and Doris Lampi, Chuck and Mary Taylor, Rachel (Bjorn) Wenta and Elvira (Bjorn) Fredbeck and from Minnesota were Tom and Gwen (Lindgren) Besnett, Isabel (Driscoll) Grogan, Eleanor (Driscoll) LaValle and Margaret (Driscoll) Sample.

Those from the Owen are were Rodney Bjorn, Ron Lindgren, Ella Burtard, Ken Burtard, Barb Penn, Ralph and Elsie Woik, Diane (Woik) Herington and Carol (Burtard) Hoffman. Also Edna Koplitz and Donald and Karen (Lindgren) Lampi from Abbotsford; Ely Klessig, Franklin Gustafson, Mannon Gustafson, Madelyn Duvall, Ione Fitzel and Elaine (Burtard) Schuh from the Colby area; Elsie (Bjorn) Mannisto, Eau Claire; Carol (Buss) Raatz, Unity; Herb and Sally (Burtard) Bloom, West Bend; Ken and Stella Grube, Dorchester; Jake (Gerald) and Eunice Behringer, Oshkosh; Evelyn (Elstrom) Koski and Bernard and Edna Lindgren, Loyal; Anita (Lipprandt) McKenna, Milwaukee; Inez (Elstrom) Rossi, Mauston; Rosie (Buss) Kopp, Curtiss; Donald and Hermine German, Shell Lake; Richard Grube and Gerald Grube, Medford; Marlene (Grube) Schill, Hartford; Marcella (Grube) Sobeck, Wonowoc; and Marilyn (Grube) Bruger and Elsie (Lipprandt) Anderson from Spencer.

The next school reunion is being planned for Saturday, June 4, 2005 at the Green Grove Town Hall.

Reporter: Elsie (Lipprandt) Anderson

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Responses

School: Green Grove, "Bee Hive" Reunion (2003)

Contact: Candice Burtard Laven

Hello, I am doing genealogy research and found this reunion notice on the web. I know the name "Burtard" is uncommon, so possible there is a connection. My Uncle George Burtard talks about his father, Joseph Burtard's family migrating from a border town between Germany and France and coming to Wisconsin. Our side of the family migrated to Colorado, moving their farm animals and equipment by train. I would appreciate any genealogy information you May be able to provide to help me in completing our family tree.

Sincerely, Candice Burtard Laven