West Aurora High School Class of 1956 Endowment Fund
Established 2010
West Aurora High School
The West Aurora High School Class of 1956 Endowment Fund was created to provide scholarships to graduates of West Aurora High School and to support special projects at the school in the name of the Class of 1956.
This fund also was created as a meaningful way to honor the lives of the members of the Class of 1956 who have passed away.
Following are the names and photos of those members whose lives are being honored through this fund.
Nina (Anderson) Klimpke
Thomas Anderson
Rita (Bauer) Cole
Marlene (Benson) Grencer
Jean (Beutien) Nelson
Eric Birmingham
Pat Bishop
Henry Brown
Don Bushnell
Joe Butuso
Beverly (Chase) Collman
Joseph Coddington
Floyd Crook
Jane (Curry) Stevens
Lonnie Danielak
Robert Dano
Roger Decker
Joyce (Du Mont) Van Etten
Donna (Erklin) Corrigan
Foster, Ronald
Nancy (Flynn) Guebert
Alexander Forsyth
Carole (Gerbin) Kruse
Susan (Gosselin) Preihs
Robert Gronquist
Kenneth Haggerty
Thomas Hankes
Russ Hanna
Delmar Head
Donald Helfers
Ronald Hill
William Johnson
Robert Kettley
Richard Koffarnus
Shirley (Kott) Schlitz
Joseph Lagerloef
Marsha (Landis) Toner
Burton Lisberg
Sharon (Lux) Jordan
David Madden
Nancy (Mamanos) Klingel
Norma Jean (Matheney) Essenpries
James Mayr
Rosemary (Miller) Dominguez
Patricia (Milton) Sanderson
Sandra Mitchell
Richard Oeser
Allan Olson
Donald Pearson
William Peterson
Donald Podschweit
John Price
Betty (Ries) Miller
Jim Robertson
Malinda (Rodgers) Sloan
Mary (Schulz) Slaber
Ronald Schumacher
Michael Scott
John A. Shaw
Leon Simon
Charles Smith
David Spray
John Stahl
Merry (Tavenner) Franklin
Gwen (Thomas) Larkin
Roger Thompson
Patricia (Tooley) Campbell
Jurlan Westphall
Benjamin Whitson
Martha “Jean” Wollenweber
Janet (Young) Marzuki
Donna (Zikmund) Devine
Doug Zolper
Give your gift of time and see what it means to the people you impact. Helping others is what life is all about.
Neal Ormond
Donor & Fund Advisor
Education is important to us. We support causes that touch our lives and align with our values. We believe in paying it forward. We are here for a short time,, and it is the next generation that will take on what we leave behind.
Michelle Emanuel
Donor and Past Scholarship Recipient
YEP was a great experience to have in high school. I became a more confident person, someone with a lot more perspective. Coming from a small school, YEP allowed me to branch out into my community, meet students from other schools, and learn about their backgrounds. I made some great friends and still keep in touch with them today.
Abby Vagnoni
YEP Alumni
I am incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Zari Foundation Scholarship and the Community Foundation in supporting my education. I am majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology. In my spare time, I volunteer on campus, in the community and I’m also the principal violist in the symphony orchestra. I hope to make an impact on the next chapter of space exploration by eventually working at a groundbreaking aerospace company such as SpaceX or NASA.
Taytum Newell
Albert M. Zari Scholarship Recipient
Being a part of the Community Foundation scholarship committee is the highlight of my year. For many, a scholarship from the CFFRV is the reason they are able to continue reaching for their dreams and changing the future of our world. I hope each recipients knows just how inspirational they are to those of us who are lucky enough to read their stories.
Jessica Breugelmans
Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member
Grant funds from the Community Foundation helped provide updated technology. These upgrades were transformative. By creating new time saving processes, it turned us into a more efficient organization.
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry
Grantee
YEP has made me realize the importance of being involved in my community, and how to make a difference. There are a lot of problems in the world but if we can do everything that we can to help the world will become a better place. YEP has helped me realize this and encouraged me to help more people in the future.