Reunion Minutes

The 115th Annual Reunion of the Jacob & Elizabeth (Flohr) May-Campbell 

Family met on Saturday July 27th  2024 at the home of Jessica and Franklin Wesselmann, 1839 Crestview Dr. New Ulm, MN

There were 15 people in attendance. 

Jennifer May with Merritt and Delilah

Monica Gonzalez Medina

Bill May

Donna & Doug Thorn

Doug Thorn II

Jessica, Franklin, Alvin, August, and Alice Wesselmann

Kristy Goodrich and Tracy Wethered

Lunch was provided by Jessica and Franklin Wesselmann. There were hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken wings, mac and cheese, pasta salad, Caesar salad, fruit, and veggies. 

The annual meeting was called to order at 2:10pm. 

Oldest in attendance was Donna Thorn (68)

The youngest was Delilah May  

Deaths Sharon (Shari) Hendricks (61)

Traveled the furthest, Douglas Thorn II, Chesapeake, Virginia   

The 116th reunion will be held July 26th, 2025, and hosted by Doug II & Sarah Thorn in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The 117th Reunion will be held on July 25th 2026 in Newton Falls, Ohio. Hosted by the Reunion Officers in honor of Aunt Lou's 100th Birthday

The rotation of officers is Douglas Thorn II, who is now President; Louise May, Vice-President; Jennifer May, Treasurer; and Jessica Wesselmann, Secretary.

Finances

The bank account stands at $1,568.07. Part of these funds will be used to host the reunion in Ohio in 2026. 

The meeting was adjourned at 3:05pm

Discussion

Spend the money in the bank account on next 2 reunions. Moving forward, everyone will chip in to reimburse the host, but there is no need to keep funds in excess of reimbursement. 

The fun continued with playing in the yard, where there was a blow-up water slide, a small pool, a trampoline, and a swing set. The weather was 90 degrees and Sunny. 

Alvin- Age 8: I really like that my Uncle Doug came to visit.

Alice- Age 3: I had so much fun playing on the water slide. I liked to eat the food.

Doug Thorn- Watching the kids play on the waterslide. Excited for next year!

Monica Gonzalez Medina- My favorite part is feeling like I am a part of the family and that everyone accepts me and Bella(dog). I love that everyone brings things to share and enjoys each other's company.

Donna Thorn- It was great to be in New Ulm. It is one of my favorite places. It was great to see everyone

Franklin Wesselmann- I enjoyed Watching all of the kids play and have fun. It was a great day to play in the water.

Jennifer May—I loved all of the kids playing together. It reminds me of when we were all kids in the 90s coming to reunions. It was great to travel and see a new place. Next year should be great, too, going to Chesapeake. Road tripping with two kids is always an adventure. It's nice to keep the family tradition going strong. 

Tracy Wethered- I've never been to Minnesota, so it was great to see a new place. It is sweet seeing the kids play and have fun.

Kristy Goodrich- I really enjoyed the time chatting with people. We stayed in an apartment in downtown New Ulm. It was relaxing, entertaining, and heartwarming.

 Respectfully submitted by Kristy Goodrich

The 114th Annual Reunion of the Jacob & Elizabeth (Flohr) May-Campbell 

Family met on Saturday July 29th  2023 at Highland Park, Westerville Ohio, hosted by Barbara and Mark Obenchain.  

There were 30 people in attendance. 

Barbara & Mark Obenchain and Jonathan

Jennifer May with Merritt and Delilah

Monica Gonzalez Medina

Ken May

Patti & Ashley Miller with Jake

Bill May

Donna & Doug Thorn

Doug Thorn II

Jessica and Franklin Wesselmann with Alvin, August and Alice

Pat May

James & MiCha Campbell

Gwen Leathley

Ron Butler

Don & Mary May

Garrett May

Dave & Linda Stanford

Lunch was a combination of catered and home-made and included KFC fried chicken, baked chicken, chicken nuggets, pulled pork, macaroni & cheese, beans, corn on the cob, green bean salad, cole slaw, potato salad, carrots, celery, olives, strawberries, watermelon ,pineapple, chips and cookies.

The annual meeting was called to order. 

Oldest in attendance was Gwen Leathley

The youngest was Delilah May.  

Births were Delilah Sivan May 11/18/22.  

Traveled the furthest, Jessica & Franklin Wesselmann with Alvin, August, and Alice, from New Ulm, Minnesota.  

Graduation was Chase Larimer from Niles McKinley High School class of 2023.

The 115th reunion will be held July 27th, 2024 in New Ulm Minnesota, hosted by Jessica & Franklin Wesselmann.  

The 116th reunion will be held July 26th, 2025, and hosted by Doug II & Sarah Thorn in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The rotation of officers is Jessica Wesselmann, who is now President; Doug Thorn II, Vice-President; Jennifer May, Treasurer; and Kristy Goodrich, Secretary.

Finances

We collected $572.00. Barbara & Mark Obenchain were reimbursed $242.00, and James Campbell was reimbursed $200.00.  This leaves a balance of $130.00.

The meeting was adjourned.

The fun continued with many taking advantage of the Highlands Aquatic Pool conveniently next to our picnic pavilion.  Those not in the pool played card games and coin drop.  When the children were not swimming, there were bubbles and sidewalk chalk.

The day was a lot of fun, and many stayed long enough to eat the leftovers (still at the park) for dinner.

Respectfully submitted by Donna Thorn

113th Annual reunion of the May-Campbell family met on Saturday July 30, 2022 at Vernon and Millie Goodrich's home in Zebulon, NC. 

It was catered. The meeting was called to order by Millie Goodrich with a welcome to the 113th. The minutes of the 112th were read by Kristy Goodrich and approved by Ben May seconded by Donna Thorn. Next year reunion, the 114th, will be in Ohio. Last year discussed having it at a water park, still need a vote on that, negative of the water park brought up at last meeting was people left quickly. Jessica and Franklin Wesselman volunteered to host the 116th reunion in Minnesota for the year 2025. 

The offices are currently:

President = Barbara Oberchain

Vice President = Donna Thorn

Secretary = Kristy Goodrich

Treasurer = Jenn May

Births: Jake Paul Grayson Miller 5/5/22 to Patti and Ashley Miller

Deaths: zero

Marriages: Tracy and Kristy Goodrich, 2/5/22

Divorces: Josh and Stephanie Goodrich

Oldest in attendance: Donna Thorn at 66 years of wisdom

Youngest in attendance: Alice Wesselman at 18 months of wisdom

Traveled the farthest: Jess and Franklin Wesselman, New Ulm MN

Graduations: zero

Finances: need to check with Jenn May

The 112th Annual Reunion of the Jacob & Elizabeth (Flohr) May family met on Saturday July 24th, 2021 at the Haines Point Picnic Area, East Potomac Park in Washington, DC.

Hosted by Jennifer May, there were 23 people present, 2 via video chat, and 2 via phone.

Present:
Jennifer & Merritt May

Bill & Ben May

Donna & Doug Thorn

Jessica, Franklin, Alvin, August, & Alice Wesselmannn

Douglas & Sarah Thorn

Barbara, Mark, Nate, & Jonathan Obenchain

Millie, Vernon, Josh Goodrich

Kristy Goodrich & girlfriend Tracy

Video:

Terry & Louise May

Phone:

James Campbell

Gordon Campbell

Lunch was catered and included caesar salad, macaroni salad, chicken nuggets, chicken wings, fruit salad, cookies, iced tea, and water.

The meeting was called to order by Jennifer May with a Welcome to the 112th. The minutes of the 111th were read by Donna Thorn and approved.

Next years reunion will be hosted by Millie Rae & Vernon Goodrich in Zebulon, North Caroline. The following year will be hosted by Barbara & Mark Obenchain in Columbus, Ohio. The plan is also for the 115th reunion to be held in Ohio as originally planned that each reunion ending in a zero or 5 should be in Ohio. Jessica & Franklin Wesselmann showed interest in hosting in Minnesota. 

The rotation of officers is now Millie Rae- President, as she is hosting next year, Barbara Obenchain- Vice President, Kristy Goodrich- Secretary, Terry May-Treasurer.

Births:

Merritt Colin May 12/2/20

Alice Jean Wesselmann 1/22/21

Enzo Puchetto Pohl 6/2018 (Gordon Campbell)

Deaths:

Paul Normal May 3/2/21

Marriages:

Kim May & William Crane 4/24/21

Divorces:

Kim May from Jim Larimer

Oldest in attendance:

Mark Obenchain- present

Louise May- video

Youngest in attendance:

Alice Wesselmann

Furthest Traveled:

Franklin & Jessica Wesselmann, New Ulm MN

Graduations:

Don Herman from Penn State, BA in Psychology

Finances:

Start with $1170

Park Rental- $180

Food- $194

My Heritage- $267

Total Collected: $340

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July 28th, 2018

Waddell Park

Niles, Ohio

Attendence: 24

New attendees or over 10 years since last attendence: 9

Celebrated Louise May's 92nd Birthday

Kristy Goodrich opened the meeting:

Asked for thoughts and prayers for-

Uncle Paul Norman May

James Campbell

Births:

Kaitlyn Whorten- Arya Rae Lynn Starr born 7/11/18

Joshua & Stephanie Goodrich- Howard Henry Goodrich born 5/3/18

Nate & Freta Mitchell- Peyton Mitchell born 12/24/16

Nate & Freta Mitchell- Savana Mitchell born 10/28/17

Chuck May- Mason Youger born 3/16

Chuck May- Aubrey Youger born 3/18

Deaths:

None recorded

Finances:

Beginning Balance- $1059.00

Expenses- $307.52

Donations- $205

Ending Balance- $1026.48

Motions:

Keep reunion of last Saturday of the month of July- Millie Goodrich motion, Terry May seconded, Ayes prevailed.

Keep 110th Campbell-May reunion at Waddell Park- Louise May motion, Kim May secondedm ayes prevailed.

Dusccion of food for 110th Campbell-May reunion:

Decisions- main course to be provided with all attendees bringing side dishes and desserts.

Officers:

Slate of Officers stay the same:

President- Tiffany Beal

Vice President- Kim May

Treasurer- Terry May

Secretary- Donna Thorn

Communications- Kristy Goodrich

Longest distance traveled- Vernon & Millie Goodrich, North Carolina

Shortest Distance traveled- Kim May

Eldest in attendance- Louise May 92

Youngest in attendance- Chase Larimer

Attendees:

Lamarr & Bonnie Sheldon- Warren, OH

Sue Hoy- Liberty, OH

Dave & Vickie Candel- Niles, OH

Chuck Candel- Beachwood, OH

Phil & Denise May- Berlin Center, OH

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100th Annual Reunion of the Family of Jacob & Elizabeth (Flohr) May

July 26th, 2009

Attendance: 52

The 100th annual reunion was held on Sunday, July 26th, 2009, at the Uniontown Community Park on Apollo Street in Uniontown, Ohio. May 100th Reunion T-shirts were distributed to those who placed orders. A reporter and photographer from the 'Canton Repository" were at the reunion. The reporter interviewed Terry May, Leslie Bowers, and a few others. The photographer took a group picture. A cornhole tournament was held and the winners were Terry May and Eric Bowers.

Mary May brought the ttwnety-two foot long descentent chart of Jacob May and Sophia Kimmel, of which Jacob and Elizabeth May are onebranch. The chart was given to H Milton Patton in the afternoon in thanks for his work updating the Jacob & Elizabeth May family three started by Raymond May around the 1910s.

Forty-two people attend the bonfire last night hosted by Zeke and Leslie Bowers.

The annual meeting was called to order at 6:15pm. Mnutes were read and approved as read.

Furthest Traveled:

Roy Reibel

Oldest:

Clara 97

Youngest:

Chase Larimer 4

Deaths:

Betty Campbell

Jean Sawks

Marriages:

Eric Raymond Bowers to Marian Corley Lucius, September 10th, 2005 in Greenville, NC

New Business:

Election of Officers

Terry May nominated Bill May as President, Bill May was not in attendance, so he was telephoned, and he accepted the nomination

Terry May nominated Kim Larimer for Vice President. The motion was seconded and carried.

Doug Thorn nominated Ben May for secretary; the motion was seconded and carried.

Millie Goodrich motioned to keep the May Reunion in Ohio; the motion was seconded and carried.

Terry May reported that the treasury contains $758

The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 pm

Respectfully submitted

Mary D May, secretary