Burton Store & Afton reunion

George Kennington "tending store" at the Burton Store Branch at Freedom. There he met Ada Kimball, his first wife, standing to the left.

Back row l-r: Dorothy, Forrest, Art, Gordon, Craig, Gene. Seated l-r: Gwen, Cliss, Carol. Audine, Helen, Colleen.

Children of George, Ada, and Martha with their spouses gather in Afton during the 1990's at a Reunion.

A Fine Spring Day

Standing left to right : Molly K. Lowe, Jen L. Gardner, Ida K. Jensen, Martha W. Kennington. Seated: Mary C. Lowe.

At family get together - two sisters, a sister in law, and two nieces - perhaps somewhere on the west side of the valley? My guess on the date is sometime around 1918 when Jen became a Gardner and Mary Call became a Lowe. Martha would have been married about 5 years.

I have a cute story on Jen. When she was elderly and in the care facility in Afton, we visited. She was questioning why she was still there, why she couldn't pass on. I patted her hand and said, "Well Jen, it's probably your genes." She gave me a look and said, "Jeans? Jeans? I can still fit in my Jeans!"
Jen was quite the character. Von told me about her sitting on her porch shooting the coyotes off the hill behind her house as an old woman. That's spunk!

Brigham City Reunion

Thanks for the great reunion! The setting was beautiful; Peach Days were fun. We enjoyed getting together with cousins and Gene, Colleen, and Dorothy - missed those who couldn't make it and hope to see them next time. Little kids keep growing up!

Mike and I tallied up a rough estimate on the way home and believe there were about 75 folks there.

The next reunion is in Star Valley in 2012.

We're building a contact file with name, phone number, email and physical addresses for all cousins. If you'd like to put your name in (and any part of the information) please email me at kkhamblin@gmail.com. It'll be kept confidential and only dispersed to family.

Thanks again for all the effort getting us together.