Olga Obieglo Konsela's Wedding Dress

Does anyone know anything about Grandma Olga's wedding dress?

June 25th Letter From Planning Team

June 25, 2012

Dear Cousins,

By this time you have all received and read the June 1^st letter and felt the energy that is building for the Konsela Cousins Gathering on 8/18/12.   We are pleased with the positive response we’ve received and look forward to hearing from cousins we haven’t yet heard from.    More and more we are convinced this will be a memorable gathering whose pictures and mementos will hold a prominent place in the scrap books, picture boxes and CDs of cousins and their descendents. 

It's countdown time

Let's all keep the faith for good weather and a wonderful showing of all our cousins on August 18th.  Let's all count down the days until we will have loud chatter of excitement on that day that will shake Arcadia like a tornado!!

June 1 Letter to Cousins

 June 1, 2012
Dear Cousins and Siblings,

This letter is from four of us, all your cousins and siblings:  Barb Pasala, Gene Pogreba, Marge Nicolai and Mary Jane Konsela.  We will tell you how the idea of a “Cousins Gathering” originated.  We four had the opportunity to meet in Chicago last summer in August, 2011, and had lots of fun talking with each other about how our lives moved from one thing to another over the years.  As we talked I saw us look intently

Preparing Decorations

Jim Keltner awes Mary Jane Konsela and Al Konsela with his 3D design.

Diane Konsela, Al's wife, enjoys tracing decorations from a template.

Donald Konsela cuts out paper doll decorations.

Donald Konsela displays his finished product to his sister, Ruth Forster, and cousin Mary Jane Konsela.

Bev Thoma Keltner's husband, Jim, views his handiwork.

Ruth Konsela Forster works hard.

Al Konsela showing his logo cutout.

A few Konsela cousins met at Al and Diane's house on Saturday and began preparing decorations for the Konsela Cousin Gathering.  It was like a mini reunion and what great fun we had!  We can't wait for "the real" Konsela Cousin Gathering on Saturday, August 18th in Arcadia.  If you are interested in volunteering, check out the Volunteer Tab on the Home page.

Links You May Find Interesting

In the left hand column you will find links of interest.  The Winona Newspaper Project was discovered by Bill Thoma.  He located a copy of Robert Konsela's Auction on the site.  I discovered

Mystery Photo

Could this be Robert and Olga (Obieglo) Konsela?

This is a photo, taken with a digital camera, of a professional photograph.  The original photo is not mine.

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