The Souhrada family gathered in Tipton for their 14th annual reunion on August 13 and 14.  Eighteen members started the celebration Saturday evening over dinner at the Cedar River Restaurant.  Sunday morning Dave and Janel (Souhrada) Stephens opened their home for brunch.  Following the brunch, a noon pot luck meal was held in the dining room of the Hawkeye Bank with 74 people attending.  Gifts brought by the family were auctioned to help pay expenses of the reunion.  A drawing took place for many prizes.  Dave and Janel again graciously opened their home for the afternoon and early Evening.

 

Special guests were Vaclov, Rodka, Rodona and Thomas Vanicek from the Czech Republic, cousins of Anton and John Vanicek and Velma (Vanicek) Flynn.  Viola and La Vonne Noska stayed with this family last year while they were teaching in a Czech Republic School.  Vaclov and Rodka were in this country to set up an exchange program for high school students and, along with Anton Vanicek, were also recruiting teachers to teach in their country.  The other guest was Carol Novotny Coburn of Chaska, MN, who recently returned from teaching in the Czech Republic.

 

The 15th annual Souhrada family reunion will be held in Edina, MN, at the home of Leota Campbell, August 12 and 13, 1995.

 

Those attending were Donna Brook and Tyson Noska of Victorville, CA; Vaclov, Rodka, Rodona and Thomas Vanicek of Czech Republic; Mark and Ronda Beckford of Anamosa, IA; Edna Henningsen of Onslow, IA; Marketta Souhrada and Marlys Gronwoldt of Riceville; Bob and Janet Vacek and Patricia Lyon of Wyoming, IA; Dale and Janine Willimack of LeClaire, IA; LeRoy and Virginia Powelka of Maquoketa; Gordon, Velma, Barb, Leah, Tom, Betsy, Sarah, Hanna, Kathy and Peter Flynn, and Maureen, Marta and Zachary Currier of Davenport; Rita Stange of Walnut; Lillian, Lori, Jim and Greg Vecek; Kathy Leeper; Lydia Ethridge; Edwin, Betty, Gary, Tommy, Mitch and Scott Willimack, and Mona and Derek  Feuss of Oxford Junction; Rick, Gretchen, Whitney and McKenzie Flynn of Eldridge, IA; Rosemary Knutson of Decorah; Dave and Janel Stephens of Tipton; Johnny and Hope Souhrada and Viola Leslie of Lime Springs; Dave and Cherie Souhrada of Grundy Center; Richard Lyons and Sue Conkin of Atalissa, IA; Anton Vanicek of Muscatine, IA; La Vonne Noska of Springfield, IL; Frank and Linda Souhrada of Brooten, MN; Leota Campbell of Edina, MN; Anna Merrill of Spring Valley, MN; Viola Noska of Park Rapids, MN; Carol Novotny Coburn of Chanhausen, MN; Arthur Souhrada of Milwaukee, WI; John Vanicek of Muskego, WI; and Diane, Joe, Aimee, Elizabeth and Lucas Powelka of Sun Prairie, WI.

 

To view a few pictures taken at the reunion, click here.