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Harry & Viola Worland Endowment Fund

Established 2007

Harry & Vi Worland
Harry & Vi Worland

The Harry & Viola Worland Fund was created at the time of Mr. Worland’s passing.

Harry Worland (1917-2007) was born in Windsor, Illinois.  He was a 1934 graduate of Mattoon High School.

Mr. Worland served in the United States Army from 1941-1945 during World War II and was stationed in the South Pacific, Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines.

An avid bowler, he and his wife Vi enjoyed the Friday Nite Elks Club and Mixed League.

Viola Worland (1913-2011) was a lifelong resident of Aurora.

She retired from Northern Illinois Gas Company, now NICOR, after thirty-seven years of service.

She and Harry Worland were married in 1956 at a private ceremony presided over by Dr. Harold Teed, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Aurora.

Mrs. Worland was an avid golfer, playing in many tournaments at Phillips Park and surrounding area courses.

She was a fifty year member of the Alamo Chapter #693 Order of the Eastern Star.

This fund, created in 2007, became an endowment in 2013 through the funding of an unrestricted bequest from Mr. and Mrs. Worland’s estate.

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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

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YEP Member

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Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member

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