Bio: Gierl Family Reunion (30 Jun 2012)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Ewan, Gierl, Jantsch, Schemenauer, Weideman

----Source: The Tribune Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 08/01/2012

A picnic lunch with a Fourth of July theme was enjoyed by 32 relatives who attended the annual Gierl Family Reunion, held June 30 at the Marian and Peter Schemenauer farm in the town of Frankfort in Marathon County.

Those 90 years of age and older in attendance received a red carnation to wear.

They were Robert Weideman Sr., 93, Curtiss (married to Helen Gierl); Carl Ewan, Rhinelander, 91 (nephew of Albert and Lizzie Gierl); Edward Gierl, 91, Appleton (son of Joseph and Mary Gierl); Theresa Gierl, 90 Appleton (married to Edward; and Leonard Jantsch, 92, Abbotsford (nephew of Joe and Mary Gierl).

In their younger years, all five of them lived in the vicinity of Abbotsford, Athens and Curtiss.