This is a family newsletter that is sent infrequently to the Grimland family for whom email addresses are known.

 

    DEATH OF JON TERGERSON.  Carol Couch has provided information about Jon Tergerson being killed in a head-on car wreck yesterday morning (Aug. 7) in Waco, Texas.  Visitation will be at 6:00 to 8:00 pm tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 9) at Mount Olivet Funeral Home at 2301 North Sylvania in Fort Worth.  The funeral will be on Saturday at 3:00 pm at Calvary Lutheran Church at 7620 Baker Blvd. in Fort Worth.  Jon was married to the former Linda Merrow and has children Brian and Lori.  Jon was the third child of Cecil (Tergy) and Frances Tergerson.  Tergy is the second child of Gena Grimland and Jeff (Coin) Tergerson.  Gena was the fifth child of Jorgen (J.K., Little Yern) and Annie Grimland.  Jorgen was the fifth child of Kittel Grimland and the sixth child of his wife Liv.

 

    DEATH OF ROWLAND VANNOY.  Billy Rowland Vannoy died May 14, 2002 in Nacogdoches, Texas where he and his wife Rose lived for 38 years.  Rowland was 85 years old and spent 50 years in banking before retiring several years ago from Fredonia State Bank in Nacogdoches where he was president and chairman of the board.  Rowland's wife is the former Rose Alice Grimland, second child (last surviving child) of Thomas Cornelius (Tom) and Clara Grimland.  Tom was the eighth child of Niels (Nels) and Jensine Marie (Mary) Grimland.  Nels was the second child of Kittel Grimland and the third child of his wife Liv.

 

    GRIMLAND FAMILY REUNION.  The first full Grimland family reunion in about sixty years is planned for the National Guard Armory in the City Park at Clifton on October 5 (Saturday).  It will include a potluck lunch.  An announcement of the reunion has been sent by email to all of the family for whom email addresses were known on July 23.  Copies were sent by U.S. mail to the contact persons for the family groups for the Grimland family tree that do not have email addresses.  The contact persons were requested to send information about the reunion to those not included in the email mailout.  Feel free to request additional copies of the announcement from me if you need them.

 

    SILENT AUCTION AT REUNION.  A Silent Auction will be part of the Grimland family reunion.  That was overlooked when the reunion announcement was being developed.  People are encouraged to bring items for the auction.  They can relate to the Grimland family or just be nice items of interest to people.  Obviously, everyone does not need to bring something because we would be overloaded then, but everything is welcomed.  People who do not bring a silent auction item may come prepared to particularly look for items to bid on.  The resulting funds are to be utilized for the benefit of current and future activities of the Grimland family.

 

    GRIMLAND MARRIAGE.  Joseph Stephen (Joe) Grimland married Lori Kim Cassel on June 1.  They are both in the U.S. Air Force and live in Clinton, Maryland.  Joe completed the Washington, DC AIDS Ride that was discussed in an earlier Grimland family email newsletter.  Joe is the first child of Dale and Kleo Grimland.  Dale is the second child of Ray and Virgie Grimland.  Ray is the fourth child of Jim Nikolai and Maude Grimland.  Jim was the seventh child of Gunsten and Sophia Grimland.  Gunsten was the first child of Kittel Grimland and the second child of his wife Liv.

 

    CONTEST WINNER.  Ciegie Lockhart won the Lampasas County Farm Bureau Talent and Queens contest and represented the county in the district contest.  Ciegie is a daughter of Billy and Milly Lockhart.  Billy is the fourth child of Gorden Keith (Keith, Bud) and Neva Lockhart.  Keith is the seventh child of Rachel (Rach) Liv Grimland and Ed Lockhart.  Rach was the fifth child of Ole and Anie Grimland, and Ole was the third child of Kittel Grimland and the fourth child of his wife Liv.

 

    ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.  Roland Bronstad of Fort Worth received his second BNSF Achievement Award in recognition for his developing the first and only shuttle train in the state of Washington.  Shuttle trains consist of 110 railroad cars that move as a unit, carrying a single agricultural commodity between designated terminals.  Roland is the second child of Esther Grimland and Otto (Bobbie) Bronstad.  Esther was the third child of Benjamin (Beno) and Constance Grimland.  Beno was the fifteenth child of Jorgen (Yern, Squire) Grimland and the twelth child of his second wife Inger.  Yern was the first child of Liv Grimland and the only child of her first husband Jorgen.

 

    LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB AWARD.  Amanda (Mandy) Bronstad received second place in the Los Angeles Press Journalism Awards for a story that she wrote in regard to a scandal with soap opera lawyers and a troubled downtown law firm.  She has been covering news about law firms in Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Business Journal for a little over a year.  Mandy is the first child of Roland and Carol Bronstad.  See the previous item for the remainder of the Grimland ancestral line for Mandy.

 

    NORWAY TRIP.  Janelle Grimland from the Norse Community near Clifton, Texas was in the group of about 24 who toured Norway in June.  The trip included a long ship ride along the northern coast of Norway and was organized primarily under activities of the Bosque County Chapter of the Norwegian Society of Texas.  Janelle is the wife of the late Clarence Allen (Allen) Grimland.  Allen was the third child of Oscar and Palma Grimland.  Oscar was the third child of Jorgen (J.K., Little Yern) and Annie Grimland.  Jorgen awas the fifth child of Kittel Grimland and the sixth child of his wife Liv.

 

    BOSQUE MEMORIAL MUSEUM.  The Bosque Memorial Museum in Clifton, Texas has a new website.  It is www.bosquemuseum.org .  It is an outstanding museum for a small town, and you might consider going to it as part of attending the Grimland family reunion.

 

    SOUTH TEXAS FLOOD.  A number of people have inquired about the effects on us of the heavy rains and flood in our area (now called the Flood of 2002).  It was the second 500-year flood within about four years in San Antonio.  Our house and of our daughters are in good locations in regard to rising water, so safety was not a concern except if travel was required.  We received 21 inches of rain with 36 inches being received near us.  When the water was ten feet deep in the spillway, it was within 17 inches of going over the top of Medina Dam, which probably would have caused the dam to fail.

 

    Ruell Solberg, Jr.