All Blees Family Reunion

We have not had an all-family reunion since Gerry and Pat Blees hosted at their house in the 1990s.

The descendants of John Blees and Victoria Prosser will gather

• Saturday, August 9, 2025
•  11 am -6 pm
• Casey Lake Park
  2101 17th Ave E; North St Paul, MN 55109
  (plenty of parking, indoor seating for 120, outdoor picnic area, playground)

What we’ll do:

Get to know/reacquaint with lots of cousins

Eat together: Potluck picnic at 12:30 pm
Bring shareable food and some beverages (our park permit includes permission for alcohol)

Share old photos (we will have plastic page protectors to keep sticky fingers off)

Revel in family lore

Group photo at 3:00 pm

BIG Family Tree. If you want your information pre-printed on the tree – send Karrie an email (familyhistory AT blees DOT com)

Victoria and John Blees family, Saint Paul, Minnesota, circa 1900¹Blees Family Portrait, undated [probably about 1900], St. Paul MN. Original owned by Colleen Blees Kritzeck. Photographic copy made by Karrie Blees, August 1997.

Want to Help?

Set up
Clean up
Purchase supplies (plates, cups, napkins, flatware, ice)
Help wrangle people for group photos

Contact Mary Blees Gustafson (marygjmc AT gmail DOT com) to help

SOURCES

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  Blees Family Portrait, undated [probably about 1900], St. Paul MN. Original owned by Colleen Blees Kritzeck. Photographic copy made by Karrie Blees, August 1997.