On Sunday, July 20th, 2014, the descendants of Orman and Cora Cole held their 57th annual reunion. It was held at the Bloss Island Park, in Blossburg, Pennsylvania. This year there were 52 members attending. Officers are President Bob Cole Jr., Vice President Bob Cole III, Treasurer Brenda Cole, and Secretary Colleen Cole. Sam Cole was the oldest person in attendance, he is 96 years old. The youngest attendee is Destiny Engel, daughter of Colleen Cole, she's 6 months old. Greg Cole and John Hamlin, from Connecticut, came the farthest. The largest family who attended was the descendants of Robert Cole Sr. with a count of 19 attendees. Next reunion will be held at the Blossburg Island Park on July 19th, 2015.
There were many births in the last year. Destiny Jean Engel on January 8th, 2014 to Colleen Cole. Tyler Harold Cole born on April 12th, 2014 to Robert Cole III. Callie born to Shawn and Laren Cassell on May 1st, 2014. Rylinn Michelle Boyd born to Ryan and Nikki Boyd on July 16th, 2013.
Along with many births, there were many birthdays to celebrate this year. Pauline Cole celebrated her 88th birthday in March. Don Cole turned 90 on March 21st. Colleen Cole celebrated her 21st birthday on September 21st, 2013. Brenda Cole turned 50 on March 18th. Nathan Neupauer turned 16 on March 11th. And Greg Cole celebrated his 50th birthday on October 3rd, 2013.
This year, we had two deaths in the family. William Boyd passed away on August 18th, 2013, he was 79 years old. And Eric Sindlinger passed away on July 25th, 2013.
We had one engagement this year which was Erica Kilmer to Timothy Williams on October 11th, 2013.
There were two special anniversaries to be celebrated in the last year. Frank and Ilene Boyd celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on March 20th, 2014. And Don and Pauline Cole celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary on September 1st, 2013.
In the last year, we had three graduates. Jeremy Clark graduated from 8th grade. Joe Boyd graduated from Worcester Polytechnic, earning his Masters Degree in Bio Informatics and Emily Boyd graduated from University of Arkansas earning her Masters Degree in Wildlife Science.
Greg Cole gave a little bit of genealogy about the Cole Family.
The Cole Family would like to thank Lynnette Neupauer for designing the reunion notices this year and continuing next year. A big thank you goes out to Bob and Brenda Cole for making arrangements for the building and setting things up for the reunion.
2015
On Sunday, July 19th, 2015, the descendants of Orman and Cora Cole held their 58th annual reunion. It was held at the Bloss Island Park, in Blossburg, Pennsylvania. This year there were 78 members attending. Officers are President Bob Cole Jr., Vice President Bob Cole III, Treasurer Brenda Cole, and Secretary Colleen Cole. Sam Cole was the oldest person in attendance, he is 97 years old. The second oldest in attendance is Don Cole, he is 91 years old. The youngest attendee is Kensley Bastion, daughter of Kyle and Kristen Bastion, she is 4 months old. Greg Cole and John Hamlin came from the farthest from Connecticut. The largest family who attended was the descendants of William Cole, with a count of 23 attendees. Next reunion will be held at the Blossburg Island Park on July 17th, 2016.
There were many births in the last year. Ari Gabriel Dashevsky is the son of Kate and Andrew Dashevsky, he was born on September 8th, 2014. Hereryk Frances Boyd, son of Joe and Kristen (Tracy) Boyd, he was born on November 8th, 2014. Kensley Ann Bastion, is the daughter of Kyle and Kristen Bastion, born on March 19th, 2015. Eliana Verena Fischer born on September 28th, 2014 to Raymond J. Fischer III and Samantha Crane. Adriana Grace Sindlinger born on June 19th, 2015 to David and Renea Sindlinger and Willow Robin Hufford born on May 1, 2015 to Joe Hufford and Lauren Burkhart.
We had three marriages in the last year. Erica Kilmer to Timothy Williams on October 11th, 2014, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shanean Adams to Marc Edmonds on April 3rd, 2015. And Bradley Boyd to Cara Mia Kelly on October 4th, 2014.
There were many special anniversaries to be celebrated in the last year. Don and Pauline Cole will celebrate their 70th anniversary on September 1st, 2015. Bev and Ken Ellis celebrated their 25th anniversary on September 30th, 2014. Mary and Steve White celebrated their 25th anniversary on August 26th, 2014. And Linda and Raymond Fischer celebrated their 25th anniversary on November 22nd, 2014.
In the last year, we had 6 graduates. Erin Shaffer, daughter of Glenn and Myra (Sindlinger) Shaffer, graduated from North Penn-Liberty High School on June 6th, 2015. Cassidy Bellows graduated from Canton Junior/Senior High School on June 5th, 2015. She was also the Third Honor Student and is going to attend Bloomsburg University for Speech Pathology. Kristen (Tracy) Boyd graduated from University of Massachusetts with a PhD in Bio-Chemistry. Tyler Dylan Bastion, son of Ricky Bastion, graduated from Canton Junior/Senior High School on June 5th, 2015. Steven Francis Mulno, son of Vicki and Donnie Mulno, graduated from Towanda High School, on June 8th, 2015. And Victor June graduated from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, on May 9th, 2015 with a Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Media and Advertising. He had a 3.94 GPA and had highest honors which is called "Summa cum laude".
A special announcement we have this year, is Jessica Nienhueser is a Tech Sergeant in the Air Force and has been stationed in Misawa, Japan.
Greg Cole gave a little bit of genealogy about the Cole Family. He had done some research on more descendants of Orman and Cora Cole. He had found two cousins, Lee W. Cole, born in the mid 1940's (he's from Indiana.) The second cousin is William Rodger Cole also born in the mid 1940's and he is from Texas. Lee Cole and William Cole are brothers.
Also, we had a new election this year. Eloise Bennett is the new secretary.
The Cole Family would like to thank Lynnette Neupauer for designing the reunion notices this year and continuing next year. A big thank you goes out to Bob and Brenda Cole for making arrangements for the building and setting things up for the reunion.