2024 Whitley County Historical Society Sponsors

Rudy & Heidi Wilfong

Smith & Sons Funeral Home

Tina Houser - The LT Group

Todd Reid - State Farm Insurance

Russ & Lois Gilliom

Charlotte Blair

Esther Smith

Galen Eberhart

2024 "Hester Adams" Level Supporter

Jim & Kathy Heuer
Jane Mitchell
Jane Niemeier
Leslie Richards
Shirley Taulbee
Marianne Hughes

We would like to thank all who have supported and continue to support the Whitley County Historical Society and Museum.

Jon Myers
Thomas Schmitt
Bob & Dani Tippmann
Mark & Janice Waterfall
Peg Augerbright
Jim & Julie Augerbright

1997 Jim Nelson & Ruth Kirk
1998 Jan Hammer, Dani Tippmann, & Jeanette Brown
1999 Jim Nelson & Clark Waterfall
2000 Jeanette Brown
2001 Kay Craig
2002 Susan Richey
2003 Jane Studebaker & John Harris
2004 Gerald Runkle
2005 Chuck Jones
2006 Jennifer Zartman Romano
2008 Tonya Brown
2009 Marie Hockemeyer
2010 Chuck Mathieu
2011 Chuck Jones
2012 Jeanette Brown
2013 John Whiteleather Jr.
2014 Dr. John & Tam Vogel
2015 Aaron Mathieu & Bev Henley
2017 Beverly Henley
2019 Aaron Mathieu
2023 Pam Koch, Aaron Mathieu

President's Award Winners

Jim & Inez Waugh Service Award Winners

1994 Marjorie Keiser
1995 Robert J. Cassell
1996 Clark "Doc" Waterfall
1997 Tom Kirk
1999 Anna Rhoades
2000 Ralph Conet & Bev Henley
2001 Inez Waugh & Alan White
2003 Donald Gradeless
2004 Pat Reed
2005 Mike Hayes
2006 Bob Willey
2007 Barbara Jones
2008 Greg & Jan Anthes
2009 Jack Thompson
2010 Tonya Sanderson
2011 Anna Rhoades
2012 Pat Reed
2013 Bev Henley
2014 Dick & Pam Koch & Gloria Smith
2015 Gason Feist
2023 Joan Plew

Research & Education Center Building Donors

BRONZE

William & Elaine Anderson
Benjamin Beerwert
Jeweler's Bench
George Coverstone
Rhonda, Scott & Ali Darley
Rider Electric
Blanche Evard
Kenneth Felger
Shirley Ann Gates
Dale Grigsby
R. Fern Heintzelman
Milfred Herrold
Dave Hindbaugh
Linda Hollenbaugh
David & Jann Johnson
Jim & Mary Johnston
Phil & Jean Leininger
Benjamin D. Linvill

SILVER

James & Ann Blain
Bob Cassell
Culligan Water Conditioning
Geraldine Coverstone
Lois Jeanne Fahl
David & Isabel Harter
M. Phillip Hathaway
Phyllis J. Manago
Dr. John Meier
James & Jennie Oberholtzer
Emil Scharnowske
Dorotha Sheets
Arthur Trier
Rowena Weeks
John & Judy Whitleather
Richard Zollinger

GOLD

Linda Lee Smith Duxbury
Ronald & Phyllis Egolf
Ball Furniture
Harriet B. Gates
Killian Auto Salvage
Aimee Linvill
Ready Mix
Georgia Reeg

Chief Little Turtle Annex Building Donors

PLATINUM

David & Barb Bilger
JoEllen McConnell Copp
George & Patricia Deeter
Cleon Fleck
I. S. Hartman
Columbia City Veterinary Hospital
Margo Langohr
Mary Peabody
Franklin Schultz
Harmon Murbach

Greg & Ruth Woodham
Ron & Pat Reed
Churubusco Rotary
Keith & Beverly Henley
Jeanette Brown
Dr. Russ & Lois Gilliom
Little Turtle Archaeological Society
Whitley County Government
Community Foundation of Whitley County
Margie More
Blake Stough
Ester Bower
Dave & Barb Bilger
Joseph Wayne Reese Family

BRONZE

Beatrice Linville
Fern Lundblad
Wearly Monuments
Harold More
Thomson's Motor Sales
Catherine Norris
Dale & Marjorie Pence
Jeanie Phillips
C & J Plating
Harry Portman
Eugene & Dora Pressler
Orizon Real Estate
Ken & Anena Rolofson
Paul & P. J. Shoda
L. Jack & Nancy Stough
Bill & Anne Travelbee
Harlan White

2024 "Thomas R. Marshall" Level Supporter

2024 "Shinzo Ohki" Level Supporter

2024 "Ralph Gates" Level Supporter

Schrader Real Estate & Auction

Mike & Jo Ellen Rush - "In Memory of Shinzo Ohki"

Robert Kellogg

Janel Rogers

Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Thomas R. Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award

Chuck Jones
Jeanette Brown
Beverly Henley
Anna Rhoades
Charlotte Blair

Russ Gilliom
Bill Overdeer
Dani Tippmann
Clay Geiger
Ron Myer

Dennis Warnick