The DOVE American Edition Sack Family Newsletter
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The DOVE American Edition Sack Family Newsletter NO. 10 SUMMER 2014 Visit our Family Website: www.sacks.cc God Helps Those Who Help Themselves We seem to be generating more and more feedback from our readers, especially those who live a long way from Texas . Please keep the correspondence coming. We love to hear from you. Below are our fans who read the Fall/Winter D O V E. Hello Flora, We have never met but I heard about the Dove (& joined this year) from my cousin, Ines Stollwerck (22/1421.331). I understand you all met this year and saw some pictures. That is really great. My aunt, Heide Temelie (24/1421.31), who is now getting older, said she travelled down to the US for a get-together a long time ago. Hoping to meet you one day. Is it possible that you sent me a Linked in message a while ago; I did not make the connection....sorry. I'm the eldest daughter of Iris Stollwerck (24/1421.32) and Robert Jurek (my dad came over from Poland, my mother from Germany). There are three siblings; my brother, Kurt (24/1421.322) who lives in Vancouver, British Colombia, and my sister, Ingrid (24/1421/323), who lives in Toronto, Ontario. My brother Kurt is currently a Traditional Chinese Medecine (TCM) doctor, after switching from electrical engineering. My sister works in cinema and theater, as a Production Designer (she is the most artistic one). I currently live in Montreal, Quebec (have been here for about 20 years), and work with an Engineering Consulting firm. I graduated in Chemical Engineering and have an MBA and have worked in different parts of Canada, and even in Paris for 5 months (the most challenging assignment ever). None of us are married; my brother is with his long-time girlfriend, Robin, in Vancouver, and Ingrid lives with her fiancée, Elysee. I split up with my boyfriend a few years ago. My aunt Heidi still lives in Ottawa, Ontario, where we all were born and grew up. My mom, Iris, died two years ago; she had just moved to Montreal. That's it for the gang up here. Wishing you a great Christmas and a wonderful 2014. How is your weather down there; we have been having incredibly crazy weather here for the last year. Currently we are really in a deep freeze (like February weather); it's been -20 C, and with the wind factor, -30C and have we had snow! Who knows what is going on! Hoping for more moderation soon. Frohes Weinhachten/Merry Christmas /Joyeux Noël !!! Monica Jurek (24/1421.321), daughter of above named Iris Jurek, who was a sister Heidi Temelie, and both are aunts to the above-named Ines Stollwerck.) *** Very interesting. Thank you. God's blessings. Joan Shrader (24/9253.1), Georgetown, Texas *** Hello Flora, I don't know if you are still updating the genealogy, but we finally!!!! got the first of the next generation on our branch, a grandaughter born to our youngest son and his wife. Please let me know if you would like the information. Thanks, Mark Von Rader (24/6112.21) 1 *** Thank you for the newspaper. I enjoyed it very much. I don't know how you get so much done, but do appreciate it all. WE have just returned from a Disney Cruise with Denise (24/83b1.3) and Matthew (24/83b1.32) (Stufflebeam), and it was so good to have that much time with them. I just can't seem to get into Christmas without the other children as there is still such a big hole in our hearts, but we can still celebrate Jesus and His loving care as well as the gift of eternal life. We are struggling with some health issues but thankful for each day together and that we can live in our own home. Blessings for a really good Christmas. Love you, Carla (24/83b1) and Lindy (Clark), Richardson, Texas *** Hi Flora, Both of my sons would love to correspond with their cousins around the world. May I suggest email or social media for the bulk of the correspondence since the younger generation is so used to communicating that way? I have included info on my sons to help… Josie Reese (27/2133.213), Bend, Oregon *** Flora, Penny and I were watching cable TV the other night and came across a program called Dallas Car Sharks. It centers on a handful of used car dealers that buy cars at auction, fix them up and resell them. To our surprise and delight, cousin Andy Dunning was the auctioneer. I called his mother, Sandy Dunning (27/2133.13), and found out the Auction was started by her and husband, Jeff. They sold it but the boys, Andy (27/2133.133) and Jeff, Jr. (27/2133.131), still work there. Dallas Car Sharks has gained an international following and the second season is now taping. If it is showing in Germany, the German cousins may want to know the auctioneers are their American kin. Sandy can fill you in on the details. Thomas S. Wright (27/2133.32) , Dallas, Texas *** dear flora..........just a short note to say hello and to wish you happy holidays. i miss our conversations by phone...do enjoy the mails on the dove, etc. you do a wonderful job and i wish i had just a bit of your knowledge concerning our family. with warmest wishes, Gary Hodge (30/7442.1), Merida, Mexico *** Thank you for your Dove plenty of interesting stories. My son, Raffy (Cozza) (22/1421.3311) enjoyed reading the article about Robert Hoff (24/9244.2), as he likes card playing in his free time. I'm always thinking about connecting people. The article about Stephen v. Roeder (24/8311.11) and wife, Lyn, attracted my attention immediately, because as you may remember, one of my helpers in the novel transcription, Mechthild Hauck (12/3213.23, sews and wears historical costumes, and takes part in "living history" events, although "her" period is Jane Austen's. Here is her blog, where she presents her sewing projects, but writes also about her Great-Grandfather, Ernst Haeckel (12/32). http://silvermedusa.wordpress.com/2013/11/ She writes both in German and English. In case your cousins like to get in touch with her, they can do so on the blog, or either send me their e-mails, so that I can submit them to Mechthild. The novel is nearly completed thanks to my three helpers... The story is definitely interesting, but it is quite long winded, old-fashioned, so I think we have to go trough to cut it a little bit short. Next Sunday, 22 December will be the 200th anniversary of Philipp's death (Philipp Wilhelm Sack), father of lines 22-31. I forgot to tell you, you could have written it in the Dove. So have nice day. Ines *** THANKS, AND A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU. LOVE, TOM (24/b172) AND MARY V. ENGELKING *** Great work on the DOVE, Flora. Looking forward to seeing all of you in October! Ellen Houston Mitchell (29/5213.1). 2014 U.S. SACK REUNION So now that we’ve heard from all you faraway folks as well as some a bit nearer, we hope to actually meet many of you in person at the forthcoming Sack reunion to be held, October 25-26 at the T Bar M Resort and Conference Center in New Braunfels, Texas, approximately 20 miles northeast of San Antonio. The registration form and accommodations information form will be sent to you at the same time as we send you this newsletter, or you can go to our website: www.sacks.cc and make your room reservations and pay your registration there using Pay Pal. 2 For folks arriving the day before on Friday, Oct. 24, we’ve reserved a special room at the Friesenhaus German Restaurant for a get-acquainted dinner evening for those folks who like to come early and get acquainted with others before the official reunion begins. Seating is limited, so we want you to give us an accurate head count ahead of time of how many in your party will be there. It was such a popular feature to kick off our reunion two years ago that we had to send some who had not signed up in advance to the main restaurant because we ran out of room. Inasmuch as some folks who attend for the first time are not aware of how big this family is and how far back in time it goes, we’re going to have a couple of our presenters repeat some of what they did before. Steve Engelking (24/b511.1) of Germany will be talking about the Sack Foundation and its structure, and Warren Wundt (24/5113.12) whose slide show gives the viewer an idea of with whom many names in history are our cousins. We are also having another cousin from Germany visit us for the first time. Jost Brökelmann (28/2232.2) of Bonn will be visiting his son in Washington, D.C., and then traveling to Texas. He lived in the U.S. at one time, so he speaks English well.Also Regina Peter (22/1432.11) also of Bonn may come although she will not be certain until later this summer whether or not she can make it. She was unable to be with us in 2012 but did attend in 2010. There will be family bingo games and quizzes with prizes for the winners which will require attendees to get up and circulate around the room to get answers to the questions that are asked.