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name  Otis Sanctuary

location  Hastings, Michigan

OWNER  Michigan Audubon Society

RESIDENT MANAGER  Tom Funke

Tom Funke organized the reunion which was held July 4th and 5th, 2009.  The goal was to bring the family together to show off improvements and changes in the sanctuary, barn and general area, and, of course, to do a bit of fund raising.

The family turned it into a picnic with good food and a great deal of discussion about the Otis family and the history of the farm and descendants and a whole lot about who was related to whom and what ever happened to what’s his name and, in our family at least, how am I related to Amelia Earhart.  Everybody seemed to have a great time.