Sitting at her dining room table, JoLynn Yenne sifts through over a century of family history. Family portraits, wedding photos, school report cards and handwritten notes are piled up with adoration.

A third-generation member of the Siderius family, Yenne is passionate about remembering her family's legacy and sharing it amongst relatives and the local community.

This summer, like every third summer, the Siderius family reunion brought in 172 people, ages 7 weeks old to 94 years old, to the Flathead Valley. It’s a time to celebrate the homestead, perseverance and future of the family. And the journey that Gertrude and Evert Siderius, Yenne’s grandparents, took when they moved to Montana over 100 years ago.

Jolynn Yenne is the daughter of Henry Siderius, one of Gertrude and Evert’s sons

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