Yearly Archives: 2007

The 2007 Dingler Reunion is this weekend, so we hope to see everyone in Little Rock. We’re hitting the road tomorrow, so I thought I’d post some photos from 2006 to get everyone in a reunion mood. Visit the 2006 Reunion Photo Gallery to see all the photos. If you see question marks in the photo comments, that means we didn’t have a name for the person in the photo. If you see someone I couldn’t identify, let me know.

I apologize for the brief newsletter. Surgery for prostate cancer and the subsequent rehab have limited my extracurricular activities this spring. I am doing just fine now, though, and look forward to seeing everyone in July.

The Dingler family reunions are now in their 28th year. There have been many changes since Martha, Margaret, Edith and I first met in 1979, not the least of which has been the advance in technology. When I published the Dingler book in 1983, I typed the proofs on a small Olivetti typewriter. Today I am in the slow process of transferring that data (as well as much later research) into my laptop, with the eventual aim of linking it [...]

We were saddened to hear of the death of Bill Dingler of North Carolina back in December. Bill was an integral part of these reunions from the very beginning. He is responsible for most of the North Carolina research for the Dingler book, as well as locating the wonderful pictures we used from that branch of the family. Our sympathies go out to Paula and the rest of the family. Obituaries can be found at these links: Mooresville Tribune Statesville [...]

A total of 59 attended the 2006 reunion in Huntsville, AL. This was our first time in this city, and while numbers were down somewhat, everyone certainly seemed to enjoy the gathering. Huntsville itself is a very pleasant city and the Hampton Inn facilities were excellent.