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2011 Woerner family reunion in Tremont, Illinois
July 16th, 2011Our next Woerner family reunion will take place on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 4pm CDT at the Tremont Baptist Church Fellowship Hall on Walnut Street in Tremont, Illinois. This reunion is for descendants of John George Woerner (1836-1910) and Christine Katharine Huebsch (1841-1915). Please bring a meat dish and another dish. It would be wonderful to have as many of the family there as possible! If you did not receive a postcard in the mail, please RSVP to me and I will forward it to the event organizers.
Please feel free to pass along this information and request to any members of the family who may not be aware.
2011 Woerner family reunion schedule
May 25th, 2011The details of the 2011 Woerner family reunion have been finalized, as follows:
The date is Saturday, June 18, 2011.
Feel free to join us any time after 11:30am at:
2295 North Walnut Road
Las Vegas NV
Lunch of build-your-own sub sandwiches and side dishes will be served around 12pm.
After 3pm:
3820 Light Year Drive
Las Vegas NV
Dinner of BBQ pork, beef and chicken with all the fixins will be served around 5:30pm.
Snacks will be out all day as well.
Everyone is free to come and go as they please throughout the afternoon. There are a few activities planned, but otherwise it’s time to converse and catch up with one another!
A donation of $15 – $20 per person is requested to cover the day’s food expenses.
If you haven’t RSVPed yet, please do so right away. We hope to see you there!
2011 reunion extracurricular activities
April 28th, 2011For those who may want to take in a stage show while in Las Vegas for the reunion, tickets to the following acts are on sale from $55 + taxes/fees:
Beatles LOVE (offer code: MIRAGE)
Mystère (promo code: summer)
Zumanity (offer code: Zumanity)
Chris Angel Believe (offer code: Luxor)
Viva Elvis (offer code: ARIA)
KÀ (use the drop-down in the upper right corner to change the month display, then after you click “Find Tickets” for your date, change the “Price Level:” to “C” for the $55 seats, and be sure to choose the number of tickets you want from the drop-down just below that which is labeled “Summer Offer:”)
Please let me know if a link doesn’t work correctly.
Edgar C. “Ed” Woerner, 95
April 2nd, 2011Published in the Morton (Illinois) Times-News, April 2, 2011
Ed Woerner
Morton, Ill. — Edgar C. “Ed” Woerner, 95, of Morton died at 8:52 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
Born Sept. 30, 1915, in Tremont to Carl and Christine (Kieser) Woerner, he married Wilma R. Knapp Feb. 2, 1947, in Morton. She preceded him in death Feb. 27, 1996. He also was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Surviving are one son, James A. (Patricia) Woerner of Bloomington, Minn.; one grandson; one granddaughter; two great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mildred Weyland of Seattle, Wash., and Lillian (Richard) Dallinger of Morton.
He was a World War II Army Air Forces veteran, serving five years with the Eighth Air Force in England, France and Belgium.
He spent 44 years farming the family farm in Allentown, Ill., before retiring to his home in Morton.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5921 in Morton.
Services will be at noon Monday at Ludwig Mortuary in Morton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 11 a.m. until time of services Monday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin, where military services will be conducted by the United States Army.
Memorials may be made to We Care Inc., 622 W. Jackson St., Morton, IL 61550 or to the Allentown Hall Association, in care of Gail Kruse, 28536 Allentown Road, Tremont, IL 61568.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.ludwigmortuary.com.
2011 reunion approaching fast!
February 24th, 2011We hope everyone will join us for the family reunion in June! If you have not already RSVPed, please let Tony & Kris know if you will be attending, or send me an email and I will forward it on. This will allow for adequate meal and activity planning. Thanks!!
Also, the cookbook is being finalized — thank you to everyone who contributed!
Request for Woerner family recipes
January 3rd, 2011From the organizers of the 2011 Woerner family reunion:
We have zero recipes from the family, so please send in your old family recipes or new family favorites to Tony & Kris Perry at desrtsn@yahoo.com ASAP. (If it is an old family recipe [from any part of your family], please notate who the originator is.) We’d hate to be the only ones sharing our favorites!! We’re looking into publishing options and need to get the information compiled so we can get a price on the cookbook.
2011 Woerner family reunion date
August 17th, 2010A date has been set for next summer’s Woerner family reunion — Saturday, June 18, 2011. Save that date! Block it off on your calendar now! We want to see you there.
The organizers are asking for an RSVP from those who know they will be attending — if they can get an approximate number, they can look into rates for reserving a block of rooms at a local hotel. So, if you’re planning to attend (this means you, of course), please let me know and I will forward it on.
We’re looking forward to seeing everyone!
Just one year ’til the summer 2011 Woerner family reunion!
June 21st, 2010The summer 2011 Woerner family reunion is coming fast! Next year’s reunion will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The date is still being finalized so that as much of the family as possible will be able to attend. Input is still welcome — if you have a preference on the date, please let me know as soon as possible, and I will forward it to the reunion organizers.
Please feel free to pass along this information and request to any members of the family who may not be aware. As dates, times, and places are finalized, we will update the schedule in red text in the sidebar to the right.
We’re looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Henry Carl Woerner, 94
January 5th, 2010
Henry Woerner
Henry Woerner passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at about 4:30am at his daughter’s home in Perris, California.
His funeral will be held on Monday, January 11. Contact me for additional information.
2009 Woerner family reunion
July 27th, 2009The 2009 Woerner family reunion took place on Saturday, July 25, 2009 in Huntington Beach, California. There were about twenty people in attendance.
We met for a picnic lunch at Edison Community Park at noon, then had dinner at 6pm at a nearby church. Between the meals, about half the attendees drove out to Riverside to see Henry Woerner, who was unable to travel to the reunion.
It was decided that the next family reunion will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. More information will be posted here as the event draws closer and plans become finalized.
It was wonderful to see everyone, and we hope for an even better turnout next time!
2009 reunion update
January 25th, 2009After tabulating everyone’s responses, we think we have a date for the reunion this summer that will work for most if not all.
So, the preliminary schedule will be over in the right sidebar in red text, under the “2009 Reunion Schedule” heading, until the reunion. We will update it as we get more information.
We’re looking forward very much to seeing everyone!
The summer 2009 Woerner family reunion is coming!
December 10th, 2008The summer 2009 family reunion will be here before you know it! And since Henry Woerner is unable to travel, this year we’re bringing the reunion to him. So join us this summer in sunny Southern California! We’ll have more details soon.
We need input regarding which Friday night/Saturday dates work best for everyone — you can use the poll on the right to vote, or comment on this post, or send me an email.
Millie Fisher Woerner, 92
December 9th, 2008Henry Woerner’s wife Millie passed away on Monday, December 8, 2008 at about 9pm following a long downturn in her health, incident to old age.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 2, 2009. Contact me for additional information.
Alvin David Woerner, 82
December 4th, 2008Published in the Peoria [Illinois] Journal Star, December 3, 2008
Wenona — Alvin David Woerner, 82, of Wenona died Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at his son’s home [in] Magnolia, Ill.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hall in Wenona. A short memorial service will be conducted by Pastor Suzann Barr at 7 p.m.
Hurst Funeral Home of Wenona is in charge of arrangements.
Alvin was born June 12, 1926, to Carl and Christine Kieser Woerner. He married Margaret Simonton on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1948, in Magnolia. They recently celebrated their 60th anniversary.
Also surviving are three sons, David (Sandy) of Granville, Ohio, Dan of Columbus, Ohio, and Doug (Beth Jacobs) of rural Magnolia; and three daughters, Debbie (Jay) Loeffler of Normal, Diana (Bob) Wroczynski of rural Magnolia and Dena (Mike) Stone of rural Magnolia.
A daughter, Dorothy Woerner, preceded him in death on May 1, 2008.
He leaves 12 grandchildren, Lia and Jake Woerner, Amy Krischel, Lisa (Josh) Sopiarz and Kelly (Bryan) Haigh, Amanda (Aaron) Palmore, Justin Martin, Nick and Jenna Woerner, Shelby Wroczynski, Christopher and Drew Stone; and four great-grandchildren, Ellison Sopiarz, Arilynn and Avram Palmore and Caleb Lynch. Also surviving are his brother, Edgar Woerner of Morton; and sisters, Mildred Weyland of Seattle, Wash., and Lillian (Richard) Dallinger of Morton; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Gordon Taylor, Evelyn Spear, Jack and Marge Kays, Bill and Marlene Simonton; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
His parents; one brother, Louis; and two sisters, Marie Schick and Emma Taylor, preceded him in death.
Alvin was born and raised on a farm in Allentown, Ill.
He attended Allentown Grade School, Morton High School and Bradley University.
He served two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
In 1950, he moved near Magnolia, where he farmed, milked cows, raised his family, and in his spare time played cards. He also worked at J&L (LTV) Steel in Hennepin for more than 20 years, where he shared his love of cooking with his co-workers.
For the majority of his retirement, he spent summers on his farm in Illinois and winters at his home near Toledo Bend Lake in Louisiana. Al loved an active life, always working on projects, helping out friends and family, playing more cards and riding his bike. He looked forward with enthusiasm to the annual bike ride across Iowa (RAGBRAI). He enjoyed traveling, camping, fishing and sharing his catch with family, friends and neighbors. Oh, and yes, he was a die-hard Cubs fan and anxiously looked forward to next year.
There will be a private family graveside service at Cumberland Cemetery near the family home.
Sincere appreciation is extended to St. Margaret’s hospice for their care and support during Al’s battle with cancer.
Memorials may be sent to Cumberland Cemetery Association in Wenona, Ill.
Greetings and welcome
December 1st, 2008Welcome to our new-and-improved site, now converted to Web log (blog) format.
This site is intended to be utilized for genealogical data, family updates, and as a general clearinghouse of information for direct and collateral descendants of John George Woerner (b. 1836 in Schlattstall, Germany). Nothing too fancy, just lots of information. We are constantly re-evaluating the precise format and function of this site, as well as the data we will be including. Ideas, suggestions, and requests are, of course, very welcome.
There is a link to the old Woerner.org website in the righthand column under the “Elsewhere on the Web” heading, for those who would like to access that content.
Please enjoy the site!
Bryan Woerner [great-grandson of Jacob Woerner and Rosina Feucht]
Blogmaster
