Bio: Durst Family (Reunion - 1981)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Durst, Green, Haskins, Klancher, Smith, Sieg, Scholze, Lund, Marg, McGhee, Ives, Heath, Harriman, Simcox, Flitter, Newell, Kozlowski, St. John, Bresina, Sommerfeldt, Dobrenz, Schutte, Buettner, Kurasz

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/20/1981

Durst Family (Reunion – 2 August 1981)

The Durst family reunion was held on Sunday, August 2, at Snyder’s Park, Neillsville, with over 100 in attendance. The family agreed to hold their 1982 reunion on August 1, 1982.

A special event during the festivities was the arrival of a large, decorated cake, brought by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Green in honor of their golden anniversary.

Those present for the recent reunion included Mr./Mrs. Calvin Haskins, Coon Valley; Frances Klancher, West Allis; Mr./Mrs. Ted Green, Island Lake; Greg and Lori Smith, Appleton; Sp4 Gary Sieg, U.S. Army; Mr./Mrs. Richard Sieg & Scott, Hortonville; Mr./Mrs. Rolla Sieg, Mr./Mrs. Kenneth Smith and Mr./Mrs. Raymond Durst, of Fairchild; Mr./Mrs. Gerald Scholze & Gary, Green Bay; and Mr./Mrs. Charles Lund, Stephanie & Jennifer, Elgin, Il.

Joining them were Mr./Mrs. Edwin Scholze, Mr./Mrs. Bernard Sieg & Jeff, of Humbird; Mr./Mrs. Walter Marg, Black River Falls; Mr./Mrs. Bill McGhee, Gulf Breeze, Fla.; Mr./Mrs. Virgil Durst, Mr./Mrs. Ralph Sieg, Melissa Ives, Elizabeth Heath, Mr./Mrs. Richard Heath and Kris, Scott and Ben, Richard Harriman, Lorna Heath and Archie, Jr., and Mildred Haskins, all of Osseo; Paulette Simcox & Patty, Owatonna, Mn.; Alice Flitter, Stillwater, Mn.; and Virgil Newell, Alma Center.

Also present were Mr./Mrs. Clarence Scholze and Vickie and Bruce, Rudolph; Ronald Scholze, Jane Scholze and Betty Kozlowski, of Milladore; Mr./Mrs. Willis Durst, Eau Claire; Mr./Mrs. Norman Durst, Topeka, Ks.; Mr./Mrs. Duwayne Durst & family, Independence, Mo.; Mr./Mrs. David St. John & family, Nekoosa; Mr./Mrs. Tom Bresina, Jean & Brenda, Altoona; Mr./Mrs. Jerry Sommerfeldt, Fall Creek; Lawrence and Michael Durst, Burlington; Louis Smith, Colgate; Wallace Smith, McAllen, Tx.; and Jennie Dobrenz, Havre, Mt.

They were joined by Neillsvillites, Mr./Mrs. Alvin Schutte, Mr./Mrs. Henry Schutte, Senta Christman, Mr./Mrs. Donald Schutte and Irving and Jennifer, Mr./Mrs. James Durst, Mr./Mrs. Kenneth Durst and Matthew & Melanie, Janet Jenni, Mr./Mrs. Marvin Buettner and Terri, Kathy and Billy, and Mr./Mrs. William Kurasz.