Creating Memories through Family Reunions
Purcell Reunions or family gatherings are held approximately every three to four years. The first PF of A reunion was in Lawrence, KS in 1975. Recent reunions have included the following locales:
- 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2006 - SW Virginia.
- 2003 – Glacier National Park, Montana
- 2000 – Dayton, Ohio
- 1998 – Carthage, Missouri
- 1995 – Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1992 – Northern Virginia
- 1989 -- Dayton, Ohio
The purpose of these gatherings is to exchange Purcell-related family records, photos and memorabilia; and most importantly, to build relationships among the extended Purcell family members. Special group rates are set up to affordably bring PF of A members together.
See some pictures from past reunions.
2010 Reunion in Salt Lake City
Our Reunion plans are set for Salt Lake City from Saturday to Tuesday, June 19-22, 2010. Many thanks are due to Aloa Dereta for her spearheading efforts. Download a PowerPoint Presentation about the reunion. You may also view it online.
She has reserved a discounted block of rooms at:
Salt Lake Plaza Hotel at Temple Square
122 W. So. Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(800) 366-3684 http://www.plaza-hotel.com/
Please visit the helpful Salt Lake City Visitors Bureau website at:
http://visitsaltlake.com
for their Visitor’s Guide, Genealogy Planner, and Travel Planner.
If you have questions, please contact Aloa Dereta at (801) 660-4411 or email her
at: ndereta@yahoo.com .
Salt Lake City Reunion Itinerary
Saturday, June 19. 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Check into hotel. We will
have a welcome and check in table in the lobby of the hotel. I plan to
have an information packet in each of the hotel rooms for those checking in.
8:00 pm. Dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building roof top restaurant. It is a lovely place and the food is unparalleled in Salt Lake. Walking one block from hotel. Dinner cost on your own.
Sunday, June 20. For those who would like, you can attend the
Tabernacle Choir broadcast live at the Conference Center. Walking one
block from hotel. Breakfast at hotel restaurant on your own.
10:30 am - 12:30 am. Board meeting, place to be announced. Those not involved may tour temple square.
Many exhibits, video presentations, lovely grounds (national award
winning horticulture). Depending on hotel rules, there will be snacks
and drinks in our conference room. late lunch on your own, probably at
the hotel. There are fine restaurants at Trolley Square
about 6 blocks from the hotel and a fun place to visit if you should
wish to go there. Most downtown restaurants are closed on Sunday.
Several hotels within a block of our hotel have nice restaurants.
Evening. General meeting in our conference room at the hotel from
6:00 ----. A silent auction to be held in conjunction with this
meeting.
Monday, June 21. 9:00 tour of the Family History Library. Aloa will stay and help anyone who wishes to spend some time researching there.
12:30 pm lunch at the Lion House Restaurant. Walking 1 block from hotel. Cost to be included in your registration.
After lunch: Tour of This is The Place site. late afternoon
picnic and entertainment there to early evening. Cost of this will be
included in your registration.
Tuesday, June 22. For those who wish to stay over a day I will be available to escort you in the library, or a tour of the LDS Church
Humanitarian Center can be arranged. This is a world-wide famous place
where even kings, queens, and heads of state come to visit. You will
be greatly impressed. Suggestions are still open for this day. If
there is anything you have heard about, wish to do or see, we will make
every effort to accommodate you. Just let us know. I think you will
be pleasantly pleased with your visit to Salt Lake City.