Scholarship Edition

Bob McKirnan,

homegrown and

bred, brings

significant

management

experience to

our Board. A graduate of

Memphis State, he worked in

sales, joining McKirnan Broth-

ers in 1979. He serves the

family business as President

and 3rd generation owner.

Bob and wife Marie have five

children and eight grandchil-

dren. He is past president of

the Ohio Wholesale Marketers

Assn, Mercer Co. Elks, and the

I.C. Parish Council & Finance

Committee. His membership

on the board will surely en-

hance our charitable work. We

welcome Bob enthusiastically.

From 2004

until 2019,

Dave Pax

devoted

himself to

our board,

providing exemplary vision,

insight and compassion. Dave

worked tirelessly to ensure

our fiscal health.

We extend sincere gratitude

for his stellar service and will

always cherish Dave’s

expertise and friendship.

Thank you, Mr. Dave Pax.

New Board Member Mercer County Civic Foundation

Serving Mercer County Since 1960 Summer 2020

Hats Off (and masks on) to the Class of 2020 !

Even though COVID-19 high-jacked many high school traditions this year, these seniors

deserve our greatest honor and congratulations. Yes, their celebrated moments looked

different, but the community support and pride exploded throughout the area.

Best wishes to each graduate.

Retiring from Board:

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Celina

Alyssa Adams: Evelyn Meyers/Univ. Women’s

Braydon Adams: Operation Freedom Support

Alex Borger: Eastview Park 3 on 3

Allison Brown: Phil Long Scholarship for Humanity

Logan Chaney: Loyal Order of Moose; Parker & Margaret Snyder Nursing Mem.

Kenzie Conn: Armcorp Construction; Operation Freedom Support

Riley Cox: Loyal Order of Moose; Paul Moorman

Ethan Dirksen: Loyal Order of Moose

Grace Gabes: John & Katie Hierholzer Culinary Arts; Operation Freedom Support; Chris Reichert Memorial; Bruce Strohl Memorial

Peyton Germann: Betty Dabbelt Memorial

Connor Glass: Mercer County Civic Foundation; I.W. Pogue

Chloe Grams: Loyal Order of Moose

Collin Harris: Jerry Andrew Memorial; Ken Esmonde Athletic Memorial

Elizabeth Harting: Class of 1959

Peyton Homan: Loyal Order of Moose

Jacob Klosterman: Chris Reichert Memorial

Ethan Ly: Jerry Andrew Memorial

Avery Metzcar: Abrams Memorial

Makenna Morgan: Loyal Order of Moose

Gaven Nash: Loyal Order of Moose

Kennedy Newell: Mercer County Civic Foundation

Brandon Noll: Chloe Esmonde Business Memorial

Andrew Puschel: Jeanette Gilmore Memorial; Jane Stachler Music Memorial

John Robinson: Jerry Andrew Memorial (Photo at Right)

Allison Smith: Bill & Patsy Dawson Memorial

Rebecca Stein: Paul & Helen Meyer Memorial

Graeme Stewart: Loyal Order of Moose; John Schulte Nursing Memorial

Madelyn Sudhoff: Dewey & Ruth Dawson Memorial; Bruce Strohl Memorial

Megan Tester: Mercer County Civic Foundation

Chase Wolford: John & Ruth Houts; Paul & Helen Meyer Memorial

Coldwater

Katie Alig: Coldwater Eagles

Will Broering: Coldwater Eagles

Bryson Buschur: Coldwater Eagles; Kathy Schenking Memorial

Blake Dippold: Desch-Sowar Family

Jake Hemmelgarn: Coldwater Eagles

Josh Hrycko: Coldwater Eagles

Erin Kaiser: Coldwater Eagles

Alicia Knapke: Paul Lefeld Family Memorial

Alex Mestemaker: Celina Insurance Group

Noah Miller: Coldwater Eagles

Rachel Miller: Coldwater Eagles; Parker & Margaret Snyder Nursing (Photo on Back)

Molly Post: Paul Lefeld Family Memorial (Photo at Right)

Diana Rose: Coldwater Eagles

Haley Schneider: Coldwater Eagles

Megan Schwieterman: Thomas Willhoff Family Memorial

Maya Stahl: Coldwater Eagles; Loyal Order of Moose

Ross Weigel: Coldwater Eagles; Smith/Turner Engineering Memorial

Audrey Zeigler: John & Ruth Houts

Ft. Recovery

Morgan Alt: Coldwater Eagles, John & Ruth Houts

Jay Brown: Fred Borger Memorial; Ken Esmonde II Tri Star Mem.; Randy Griesdorn Memorial

Harlie Dues: Mary Allice Bruns Memorial

Josh Gonzalez: Terry Bidlack Memorial

Olivia Homan: Joe Meiring Memorial (Photo on Back)

Ally Kaiser: Virginia Baker Franke Memorial; Mercer County Retired Teachers; Evelyn Meyers/UWC (Photo at Right)

Kendra Lennartz: Joe Meiring Memorial; Staugler & Cooper

Morgan Litmer: Joe Meiring Memorial

Marion Local

Abby Bergman: Dan Hollinger

Seth Bohman: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial (Photo on Back)

Holly Buening: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Lindsey Homan: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Sophia Homan: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Spencer Homan: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Derrek Kemper: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Alex Klosterman: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Kelsey Koening: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Natalie Kramer: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Cody Kunkler: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Madisyn Mescher: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Kyle Muhlenkamp: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Hannah Schmitz: John & Ruth Houts

Nathan Ungruhn: Ben Homan Memorial

Parkway

Rachel Barrett: Davis-McNutt

Carley Boeckman: Carl & Ella Dietrich Memorial

Emma Gause: Fern Moorman; Operation Freedom Support

Lily Hipply: Parkway Retired Teachers

Grace Rogers: John & Ruth Houts (Photo on Back)

St. Henry

Tracey Balster: Coldwater Eagles

Jacob Barga: Coldwater Eagles

Blake Beyke: Coldwater Eagles

Alyssa Buschur: Coldwater Eagles; Marilyn Werling Memorial (Photo at Right)

Jackson Heath: Coldwater Eagles (Photo on Back)

Zach Heitkamp: Operation Freedom Support

Andrew Lange: Operation Freedom Support

Jessica Langenkamp: Paul Lefeld Family Memorial

Sara Meier: Beth Kaiser Memorial

Jared Schwieterman: Joe Werling Memorial

Steffany Stammen: Mary Allice Bruns

Hannah Steinbrunner: John & Ruth Houts

Regan Wendel: Coldwater Eagles

Other

Nathan Knatz: (Wapak) Lefeld Industrial & Welding

Alex Rodriguez: (St. Marys) Loyal Order of Moose

Patrick Wells (New Bremen): Celina Insurance Group

Jenna Brinkman: (Waynesfield-Goshen) Celina Insurance Group

Izaak Frantom: (Troy Christian) Droesch Mueller Memorial

Rebecca Phares: (Purdue-Ft. Wayne) University Women Jr./Sr. in College

The graduating seniors received over $200,000 from our Foundation this year, the largest sum ever disbursed through our scholarship program. They have shown strength and determination in these difficult times.

Henry David Thoreau once said, “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” That is our wish for the 2020 graduates.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Celina

Alyssa Adams: Evelyn Meyers/Univ. Women’s

Braydon Adams: Operation Freedom Support

Alex Borger: Eastview Park 3 on 3

Allison Brown: Phil Long Scholarship for Humanity

Logan Chaney: Loyal Order of Moose; Parker & Margaret Snyder Nursing Mem.

Kenzie Conn: Armcorp Construction; Operation Freedom Support

Riley Cox: Loyal Order of Moose; Paul Moorman

Ethan Dirksen: Loyal Order of Moose

Grace Gabes: John & Katie Hierholzer Culinary Arts; Operation Freedom Support; Chris Reichert Memorial; Bruce Strohl Memorial

Peyton Germann: Betty Dabbelt Memorial

Connor Glass: Mercer County Civic Foundation; I.W. Pogue

Chloe Grams: Loyal Order of Moose

Collin Harris: Jerry Andrew Memorial; Ken Esmonde Athletic Memorial

Elizabeth Harting: Class of 1959

Peyton Homan: Loyal Order of Moose

Jacob Klosterman: Chris Reichert Memorial

Ethan Ly: Jerry Andrew Memorial

Avery Metzcar: Abrams Memorial

Makenna Morgan: Loyal Order of Moose

Gaven Nash: Loyal Order of Moose

Kennedy Newell: Mercer County Civic Foundation

Brandon Noll: Chloe Esmonde Business Memorial

Andrew Puschel: Jeanette Gilmore Memorial; Jane Stachler Music Memorial

John Robinson: Jerry Andrew Memorial (Photo at Right)

Allison Smith: Bill & Patsy Dawson Memorial

Rebecca Stein: Paul & Helen Meyer Memorial

Graeme Stewart: Loyal Order of Moose; John Schulte Nursing Memorial

Madelyn Sudhoff: Dewey & Ruth Dawson Memorial; Bruce Strohl Memorial

Megan Tester: Mercer County Civic Foundation

Chase Wolford: John & Ruth Houts; Paul & Helen Meyer Memorial

Coldwater

Katie Alig: Coldwater Eagles

Will Broering: Coldwater Eagles

Bryson Buschur: Coldwater Eagles; Kathy Schenking Memorial

Blake Dippold: Desch-Sowar Family

Jake Hemmelgarn: Coldwater Eagles

Josh Hrycko: Coldwater Eagles

Erin Kaiser: Coldwater Eagles

Alicia Knapke: Paul Lefeld Family Memorial

Alex Mestemaker: Celina Insurance Group

Noah Miller: Coldwater Eagles

Rachel Miller: Coldwater Eagles; Parker & Margaret Snyder Nursing (Photo on Back)

Molly Post: Paul Lefeld Family Memorial (Photo at Right)

Diana Rose: Coldwater Eagles

Haley Schneider: Coldwater Eagles

Megan Schwieterman: Thomas Willhoff Family Memorial

Maya Stahl: Coldwater Eagles; Loyal Order of Moose

Ross Weigel: Coldwater Eagles; Smith/Turner Engineering Memorial

Audrey Zeigler: John & Ruth Houts

Ft. Recovery

Morgan Alt: Coldwater Eagles, John & Ruth Houts

Jay Brown: Fred Borger Memorial; Ken Esmonde II Tri Star Mem.; Randy Griesdorn Memorial

Harlie Dues: Mary Allice Bruns Memorial

Josh Gonzalez: Terry Bidlack Memorial

Olivia Homan: Joe Meiring Memorial (Photo on Back)

Ally Kaiser: Virginia Baker Franke Memorial; Mercer County Retired Teachers; Evelyn Meyers/UWC (Photo at Right)

Kendra Lennartz: Joe Meiring Memorial; Staugler & Cooper

Morgan Litmer: Joe Meiring Memorial

Marion Local

Abby Bergman: Dan Hollinger

Seth Bohman: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial (Photo on Back)

Holly Buening: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Lindsey Homan: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Sophia Homan: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Spencer Homan: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Derrek Kemper: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Alex Klosterman: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Kelsey Koening: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Natalie Kramer: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Cody Kunkler: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Madisyn Mescher: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Kyle Muhlenkamp: Urban & Irene Zahn Memorial

Hannah Schmitz: John & Ruth Houts

Nathan Ungruhn: Ben Homan Memorial

Parkway

Rachel Barrett: Davis-McNutt

Carley Boeckman: Carl & Ella Dietrich Memorial

Emma Gause: Fern Moorman; Operation Freedom Support

Lily Hipply: Parkway Retired Teachers

Grace Rogers: John & Ruth Houts (Photo on Back)

St. Henry

Tracey Balster: Coldwater Eagles

Jacob Barga: Coldwater Eagles

Blake Beyke: Coldwater Eagles

Alyssa Buschur: Coldwater Eagles; Marilyn Werling Memorial (Photo at Right)

Jackson Heath: Coldwater Eagles (Photo on Back)

Zach Heitkamp: Operation Freedom Support

Andrew Lange: Operation Freedom Support

Jessica Langenkamp: Paul Lefeld Family Memorial

Sara Meier: Beth Kaiser Memorial

Jared Schwieterman: Joe Werling Memorial

Steffany Stammen: Mary Allice Bruns

Hannah Steinbrunner: John & Ruth Houts

Regan Wendel: Coldwater Eagles

Other

Nathan Knatz: (Wapak) Lefeld Industrial & Welding

Alex Rodriguez: (St. Marys) Loyal Order of Moose

Patrick Wells (New Bremen): Celina Insurance Group

Jenna Brinkman: (Waynesfield-Goshen) Celina Insurance Group

Izaak Frantom: (Troy Christian) Droesch Mueller Memorial

Rebecca Phares: (Purdue-Ft. Wayne) University Women Jr./Sr. in College

The graduating seniors received over $200,000 from our Foundation this year, the largest sum ever disbursed through our scholarship program. They have shown strength and determination in these difficult times.

Henry David Thoreau once said, “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” That is our wish for the 2020 graduates.

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