Cedar Valley United Way has been improving lives in our community and making this a better place for all of us to live and work for the past 100 years; join us in improving our community for the next 100 years. Learn a little bit about our rich history right here in the Cedar Valley.
HISTORY OF CAMPAIGN CHAIRS
|
1923 |
|
1945 |
W.A. DeWees |
1967 |
Robert Schreiner |
1989 |
Don Page |
|
Dave Rodger |
|
1924 |
C.D. Allen |
1946 |
Roger Mueller |
1968 |
Paul Vandeventer |
1990 |
Craig Shirey |
2010 |
Ben & Pat Allen |
|
1925 |
Jake Levingston |
1947 |
W.W. Gibson |
1969 |
George Griebenow |
1991 |
Donna Nelson |
2011 |
Dave Braton and |
|
1926 |
C.W. Chapman |
1948 |
J.V. Rowe |
1970 |
Jack Warren |
1992 |
Sharon Juon |
|
Ron Steele |
|
1927 |
C.F. Alstadt |
1949 |
Gordon Meeter |
1971 |
William Burger |
1993 |
Eldon Miller |
2012 |
Jack & Holly Dusenbery |
|
1928 |
R.W. Garrison |
1950 |
Glenn Beers |
1972 |
Charles Dykeman |
1994 |
Tom McDermott |
2013 |
Geof Grimes and |
|
1929 |
C.A. Morris |
1951 |
Robert Penne |
1973 |
Richard Geske |
1995 |
Jeff Eaton |
|
Josef Vich |
|
1930 |
A.A. Sohner |
1952 |
R. Thode |
1974 |
Russell Candee |
1996 |
Bernie McKinley |
2014 |
Bob Justis and |
|
1931 |
Floyd Goodrich |
1953 |
A.N. Caines |
1975 |
A. Greg Gutgsell |
1997 |
Jim Lawrence |
|
Nancy Newhoff |
|
1932 |
George E. Pike |
1954 |
Carl Bluedorn |
1976 |
David Greene |
1998 |
John Rathjen |
2015 |
Pam Delagardelle and |
|
1933 |
W.H. Beverstock |
1955 |
Harley Waldon |
1977 |
Jack Seeber |
1999 |
Jean Trainor |
|
Tony DiCecco |
|
1934 |
B.F. Butler |
1956 |
E.E. Bailey |
1978 |
Scott Fetner |
2000 |
Robert Koob |
2016 |
Don & Michelle Temeyer |
|
1935 |
Harry M. Reed |
1957 |
Willaim Steeley |
1979 |
Bernie McKinley |
2001 |
Tim Bandow |
2017 |
Jeff Olson, Tony Thompson |
|
1936 |
Jack M. Logan |
1958 |
John Connell |
1980 |
Don L. Hoth |
2002 |
Vilas “Sid” Morris |
|
and Dan Trelka |
|
1937 |
Horace VanMetre |
1959 |
Louis Walker |
1981 |
Geof Grimes |
2003 |
None |
2018 |
Gary & Becky Bertch |
|
1938 |
Charles Kittrel |
1960 |
J. Peter Olesen |
1982 |
Gordon Tjelmeland |
2004 |
Ian & Christy Leonard |
2019 |
Steve Carignan and |
|
1939 |
Wayne Raymond |
1961 |
Richard Jenkins |
1983 |
Jerry DenHerder |
2005 |
Dave Deaver |
|
Angela Weekley |
|
1940 |
Gus W. Thode |
1962 |
Wallace Butler |
1984 |
Wallace Sulentic |
2006 |
Dee Vandeventer |
2020 |
Bryan Earnest and |
|
1941 |
Bruce F. Gates |
1963 |
Robert Titus |
1985 |
Greg Stibal |
2007 |
Kathy Lee |
|
Amy Wienands |
|
1942 |
Lowell P. Swinger |
1964 |
Lowell Walker |
1986 |
Thomas C. Watt |
2008 |
Tim Hurley and |
2021 |
Stacey Bentley and |
|
1943 |
A.E. Randall |
1965 |
Earnest Wheeler |
1987 |
Constantine Curris |
|
Kathy McCoy |
|
Robert L. Smith. Jr. |
|
1944 |
Mack Fish |
1966 |
Harry Blindman |
1988 |
Larry Reed |
2009 |
Jim Mudd Sr. and |
2022 |
Funded Partners |
100 YEARS: 1923-2022
HISTORY OF BOARD CHAIRS
|
1923 |
S.A. Cohagen |
1943 |
F. Gwynn Weston |
1963 |
Earl Underbrink |
1983 |
Willis Fry |
2003 |
Jean Trainor |
|
1924 |
Jake Levingston |
1944 |
B.F. Butler |
1964 |
Don Lippold |
1984 |
Gordon Tjelmeland |
2004 |
Bryan Earnest |
|
1925 |
John W. Gwynn |
1945 |
W.P. Hogan |
1965 |
T.E. Davidson |
1985 |
Jerry DenHerder |
2005 |
Bryan Earnest |
|
1926 |
Frank Collard |
1946 |
W.P. Hogan |
1966 |
Craig Mosier |
1986 |
Mary Ann Burk |
2006 |
Steve Sesterhenn |
|
1927 |
Wade Nelson |
1947 |
Wayne Garvin |
1967 |
Craig Mosier |
1987 |
Greg Stibal |
2007 |
Steve Sesterhenn |
|
1928 |
Wade Nelson |
1948 |
Wirt Hoxie |
1968 |
Lowell Walker |
1988 |
Thomas C. Watt |
2008 |
Ken Nelson |
|
1929 |
A.A. Sohner |
1949 |
Wirt Hoxie |
1969 |
Lowell Walker |
1989 |
Bob Justis |
2009 |
Ken Nelson |
|
1930 |
A.A. Sohner |
1950 |
John W. Gwynn |
1970 |
Robert Schreiner |
1990 |
Peg McGarvey |
2010 |
Kane Fairman |
|
1931 |
K.L. Bragdon |
1951 |
E.E. Bailey |
1971 |
Paul Vandeventer |
1991 |
Don Page |
2011 |
Kane Fairman |
|
1932 |
K.L. Bragdon |
1952 |
Walter Obele |
1972 |
Paul Vandeventer |
1992 |
Donna Nelson |
2012 |
Vicki Grimes |
|
1933 |
Floyd Goodrich |
1953 |
Jack Wiegand |
1973 |
Bill Jenner |
1993 |
Donna Nelson |
2013 |
Vicki Grimes |
|
1934 |
Floyd Goodrich |
1954 |
Craig Mosier |
1974 |
Charles Dykeman |
1994 |
Gene Enderlein |
2014 |
Sharon Juon |
|
1935 |
Harry Northey |
1955 |
Craig Mosier |
1975 |
Peg Anderson |
1995 |
Thomas C. Watt |
2015 |
Josef Vich |
|
1936 |
W.A. DeWees |
1956 |
Craig Mosier |
1976 |
Don L. Hoth |
1996 |
J. Lee Bedore |
2016 |
Rose Middleton |
|
1937 |
W.A. DeWees |
1957 |
Bailey Barnes |
1977 |
Roy Justis |
1997 |
Ray Burfeind |
2017 |
Jim McKernan |
|
1938 |
Ray S. Paul |
1958 |
Horace VanMetre |
1978 |
Ross Christensen |
1998 |
Hugh Field |
2018 |
Nick Cleveland |
|
1939 |
Ray S. Paul |
1959 |
Burton Field |
1979 |
David Greene |
1999 |
Hugh Field |
2019 |
Wayne Frost |
|
1940 |
Earl C. Glasson |
1960 |
George Newman |
1980 |
Jack Seeber |
2000 |
Dave Deaver |
2020 |
Dr. John Berry |
|
1941 |
Earl C. Glasson |
1961 |
Dr. Russell Gerard |
1981 |
Frank Dowie |
2001 |
Dave Deaver |
2021 |
David Harris |
|
1942 |
Ronald G. Reed |
1962 |
A.N. Caines |
1982 |
Geof Grimes |
2002 |
Jean Trainor |
2022 |
Jill Mejia |