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Fund
Descriptions
Bryan Area Foundation Funds
Academic Booster Club of Bryan
City Schools Fund
The
Academic Booster Club of the
Bryan City Schools began as a
result of a conversation between
former school board member
Orville Boucher and the
Superintendent Richard Ross.
Mr. Boucher felt that the school
system was lacking, in that it
had organizations supporting and
boosting athletics, music and
other areas, but nothing
specifically designed to support
academic areas.
From
this conversation a steering
committee was formed including
people from the school system
and the public. As a
result of their input the first
slate of officers was elected in
January 1992 and the
organization known as Academic
Booster Club of the Bryan City
Schools (know as ABC) was born.
The
founding principal of the
organization is to encourage and
support, both functionally and
financially, academic projects
and activities within normal
school programs as well as the
annual Young Authors Conference.
This is a day when students can
actively participate in
listening to and interacting
with an established notable
author. During this day
students have an opportunity to
learn about the life of an
author, stretch their own
creative skills and experience
the fun in reading and creating.
Other
projects of ABC are financially
supporting students as they
pursue summer academic programs
at universities, art schools,
writing schools, theater
programs and any other academic
program in which they may wish
to participate. With an
annual budget of nearly $20,000,
ABC is attempting to impact the
largest possible number of
student academic programs.
ABC also
contributes annually to a
graduating senior’s first year
at college. Through
participation in the Bryan Area
Foundation, ABC is building a
fund that will allow an annual
continuing grant toward a
student’s further education.
Catherine Markey Anderson
Library Fund
Marquard J. Anderson
Memorial Community Fund
Catherine (Markey) Anderson was
born March 10, 1921 in Bryan,
the daughter of Ruth (Edwards)
and John Clifton Markey.
She attended Pine Manor College,
Boston, Massachusetts and
graduated from the University of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
While in Arizona she met Mark
Anderson. At the time,
each was engaged to someone
else. They were married in
1945.
Marquard J. Anderson was born
April 15, 1920 the son of Anna
(Carlson) and Carl John Anderson
in Clariton, Pennsylvania.
Mark was a graduate of the
University of Pittsburg and
served in Europe as a captain in
the Army Air Corps during World
War II.
Mark joined the Aro Equipment
Corporation in 1945 as assistant
sales manager and held various
positions with the Company
founded by his father-in-law,
J.C. Markey. When Mr.
Markey became chairman of the
board in 1956, the board of
directors elected Mark president
of the corporation. He
became chairman of the board in
1968 and retired in 1983.
Noted for his knowledge in the
industrial world, Mr. Anderson
served as director of several
corporations.
A believer in the free
enterprise system, Mark was
among those instrumental in
bringing the first Junior
Achievement program to Bryan
High School in the early 1960’s.
He was a member of the board of
director of JA, served on the
board of the Bryan Area United
Way and was a member of the
Bryan Area Foundation.
Mark was a Paul Harris Fellow
of Rotary and a 32nd
Degree Mason.
Following in the footsteps of
her mother, Catherine was very
active in the Bryan Public
Library and served on the board
of directors. She was a
trustee of Defiance College.
When her children were younger,
Catherine was active in
scouting.
Mark and Catherine were very
supportive of education and lent
their knowledge and concerns to
several college boards.
Mark served on the board of
Northwest Technical College
before it became a community
college. Although private
about their philanthropic deeds,
the Anderson’s often helped
students to further their
careers through college.
“They insisted on excellence but
were not flashy or dazzling.”
Mark and Catherine were honored
by the Bryan Area Foundation as
“Good Citizens of the Year.”
They had two sons, Carl and John
and a daughter Ruth (Anderson)
Johnson who passed away in 1995.
Catherine died January 25, 1995
at the age of 74. Mark
died October 18, 1996 at the age
of 76.
Helen
Spangler Anderson Memorial
Community Fund
Helen
Spangler Anderson, the daughter
of Susanna (Hall) and Harvey
Fernando Rodgers, was born in
Evansport on January 6, 1895.
She died March 4, 1989, at her
residence, 520 Oakwood Avenue,
Bryan, at the age of 94
Beginning
in her high school years, she
lived in Bryan and was a 1914
Bryan High School graduate.
During her adult years, she
spent summers at Clear Lake,
Indiana, and winters in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
On June 20, 1916, she married
Arthur Garfield Spangler in
Bryan. He died in a
boating accident on Snow Lake,
Indiana, with three Bryan
friends, on August 30, 1945.
She married Carl J. Anderson on
October 19, 1950, in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, and they lived in
Bryan. Mr. Anderson died
March 29, 1964.
In 1981, she was Grand Marshall
of the Bryan Jubilee Parade
honoring the Spangler Candy
Company’s 75th
anniversary. The firm was
founded by her husband, Arthur
Spangler. She was active
in the First Presbyterian Church
of Bryan.
She had a daughter and
son-in-law, Betty and Dr. Neil
Levenson of Bryan; a son and
daughter-in-law, Theodore R. and
Doris Spangler of Bryan; five
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
George M. and Maxine Armbruster
Memorial Community Fund
George Armbruster was born in
Williams County on August 18,
1906. He was the son of
Dora (Maneval) and Martin John
Armbruster. Mr. Armbruster
was a farmer and a long time
member of the Wesley United
Methodist church and Bryan Moose
Lodge. Mr. Armbruster died
June 27, 1994.
Maxine Ewing was born November
11, 1909 in Kunkle the daughter
of Arthur and Leah (Traxler)
Ewing. She married George
Armbruster and they had three
sons, George Allan, Ronald
Martin, and Philip Rick.
After Maxine’s death on January
23, 1978, George remarried
Geneva Krill on November 18,
1979.
Maxine was a former employee of
Bryan Cameron Community Hospital
and the Aro Corporation.
She was a member of Wesley
United Methodist Church and
Bryan Senior Citizens Club.
In addition to farming, Mr.
Armbruster was an employee at
the Williams County Courthouse
and on their custodial staff.
Family and friends consider them
to be kind, quiet, friendly and
generous.
Howard L. and Laurena L. Arnos
Memorial Community Fund
Howard L. and Laurena L.
Arnos Memorial American Heart
Fund
Howard L. and Laurena L.
Arnos Memorial American
Cancer Fund
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Howard L. and Laurena L. Arnos
Fund was established by Laurena
L. Arnos (Dehnke).
Howard L. Arnos died February
17, 1989 and Laurena L. Arnos
died November 6, 2006.
They had been residents of
Williams County for their entire
lifetimes and had lived in Bryan
since 1937.
Mr. Arnos was a contractor and
built many homes in this area
and Mrs. Arnos was a homemaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnos were members
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Bryan.
Mrs. Arnos wanted the funds to
be used “for any needed
community projects.”
ARO Employees Foundation Donor
Advised Fund - No biography
available
ARO Employees Foundation
Scholarship Fund - No biography
available
Mark
V. Attenweiler Memorial
Community Fund
Mark V.
Attenweiler was born December
13, 1954 in Piqua, Ohio to John
and Margaret Attenweiler.
He started working for Uhlmans
Department Store in Piqua as a
stock boy while still in high
school. After graduating
from Lehman High School in 1973,
he was offered the position of
assistant manager at Uhlmans.
For the next several years he
worked in Piqua.
On June
12, 1982 he married Jayne Doss,
also of Piqua. They had
one son, Jason, born in 1986.
Also in
1982, he was offered the
position of manager of the
Uhlmans store in Bryan (now know
as Pebbles). From his
first step into Bryan, Mark
loved the town. He became
a member of the Bryan Rotary
Club and served as a director of
the Bryan Chamber of Commerce
and President of the Bryan
Retail Merchants Association.
He also was a member of the
United Way Board. One of
his proudest accomplishments was
participating in the building of
the Imagination Station.
To him, it was just one example
of what the people of Bryan
could accomplish by working
together.
In 1991, Mark and Jayne opened
their own business, Special
Occasions, in downtown Bryan.
Jayne ran the new party and
gift store, while Mark continued
working at Uhlmans and offered
her physical and mental support.
Mark died suddenly on March 31,
1995 at the age of 40, of a
heart attack. At the time,
he was manager of the Uhlmans
store in Bryan and supervisor of
the Uhlmans stores in Napoleon,
Ohio and Rochester, Warsaw, and
Marion, Indiana. He and
Jayne were also still owners of
Special Occasions.
Mark will be remembered for his
congenial personality and sense
of humor. His energy and
enthusiasm for any project he
took on and his love for Bryan
and the community are qualities
that will always be remembered
by those who loved him. He
would be proud of having a
memorial fund within the Bryan
Area Foundation.
Edward
and Elma Auchard Fund
Edward
and Elma Auchard came to Bryan
in 1975. He was pastor of
First Presbyterian Church
1975-1988. They continued
to live in Bryan and established
the Edward and Elma Auchard Fund
with the Bryan Area Foundation
in 2005.
Edward
(born 1920) and Elma
Breckenridge (born 1921) were
natives of Kansas with roots
going back to pre-Civil War
“Bleeding Kansas.” They
were each reared in the Church
of the United Brethren in
Christ, which became EUB in 1946
and United Methodist in 1968.
Both were grammar school
students in one-room country
schools in Kansas.
Elma
Breckenridge attended Kansas
State University in Pittsburg,
Kansas and taught in one-room
schools prior to her marriage to
Edward D. Auchard, July 23,
1944.
Edward was
educated in Kansas State
University and York College in
Nebraska where he graduated
summa cum laude in 1941.
He attended Eden Theological
Seminary, (St. Louis), Bonebrake
– now United Theological
Seminary in Dayton (now
Trotwood, Ohio) for the Bachelor
of Theology degree in 1948 (now
Master of Ministry). He
received his Master of Theology
degree from Louisville
Presbyterian Theological
Seminary in 1952. He
served United Brethren Churches
as a student pastor while in
college and seminary and
Riverdale United Brethren Church
in California, 1941-1944.
In 1949
Edward and Elma transferred to
the Presbyterian Church (USA)
and he became pastor of Grace
Presbyterian Church in St.
Louis, 1949-1953. He
served as associate pastor of
historic First Presbyterian
Church in Pontiac, Michigan,
1953-1957. He was pastor
of the Orchard Lake Community
Church, Presbyterian, in
suburban Detroit, 1957-1975.
Edward represented the Detroit
Presbytery in General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
in 1959 and 1967. He was
moderator of the Detroit
Presbytery in 1967, the year of
the riots. He became
pastor in Bryan in 1975.
The
Auchards are the parents of one
daughter, Wilma Joanne, now Mrs.
William Mark Senefsky.
Today (2007) they have three
adult grand children and two
great-granddaughters. They
all reside in Southern
California.
The
Auchards have visited the Holy
Land in 1962, 1979 and 1981.
In 1962 they also visited Rome,
Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria,
Jordan and Israel. Edward
had a pulpit exchange with
Gwnfai Jones of St. Rollox
Church of Scotland, Glasgow,
Scotland in the summer of 1982.
They have traveled in Europe,
Mexico and Canada.
Since
retirement the Auchards have
visited Turkey, tracing the
journeys of the Apostle Paul in
Asia Minor. They have
visited areas of Presbyterian
missions in Thailand, Korea and
Japan. They have visited
the Church of Christ in China.
They have served with Wycliffe
Bible Translators’ Pastors
Beyond program, ministering to
missionaries in Kenya, Colombia,
Brazil, Suriname and Mexico.
He has preached in over 20
churches of eight denominations
in northwest Ohio and southern
Michigan.
Yasuko
Yamamoto (now Mrs. Kenzo
Kitajima) and her brother,
Hisashi, were exchange students
with the Auchards in 1961-1962
and 1967-1968. They have
maintained lifelong
relationships with the Yamamoto
and Kitajima families.
Since 1991
Edward has written a weekly
column for The Bryan Times.
Funds for
the Edward and Elma Auchard Fund
contribute to projects of the
Bryan Area Foundation, to the
First Presbyterian Church of
Bryan, to the Worldwide Ministry
of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
and the Audubon Society, both
the National Audubon Society and
the Black Swamp Chapter of the
Audubon Society.
Dale R. Bard Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Dale
Randolph Bard was born near
Bryan in 1885. He began
his working career at the Bryan
Hardware Sheet Metal Shop.
In 1906, he moved to Sacramento,
California to operate a large
metalworking shop, turning out a
variety of components for
oceangoing vessels.
He
returned to Bryan in 1908 and
was united in marriage to Otha
Young. In 1914 he founded
the corporation which would soon
become known as Bard
Manufacturing Company.
Dale
Bard’s inventiveness stood him
well, and he came up with many
patentable furnace components.
One of these, and oil-fired
package unit, became a vital
part of the company’s product
mix, and brought about marked
increase in sales.
The
growing company was passed into
the hand of Dale’s two sons,
Randolph and Lawrence, and his
two grandsons, Richard and
James.
Recognizing that good
engineering talent is essential
to the growth of any company,
the Bard family set up a
scholarship to aid students who
major in this field.
James and Joan Bard Donor
Advised Fund
Jim was
born in Bryan, Ohio to Randolph
and Naomi (Moore) Bard.
Joan was born in Tampa, Florida
to Vincent and Eva Fette.
They have two children: Michelle
(Russell) Geary of Granite Bay,
California and Pamela (William)
Steel of Bryan, Ohio.
They have five grandchildren.
Jim and Joan are members of
Wesley United Methodist Church.
Jim earned
a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering from
Indiana Tech in 1960. Joan
helped put him through college
while working at the Magnavox
Corporation. Upon
graduation from Indiana Tech,
Jim joined the family business,
a third generation manufacturer
of heating and air conditioning
products. Bard
Manufacturing Company has grown
to be the largest U.S.
manufacturer of wall-mounted
HVAC products.
In 2001,
Jim and his brother Richard were
recognized for their company’s
achievements and received the
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of
the Year Award. Jim retired in
2003, but remains on the Board
of Directors. The company
is presently managed by the
fourth generation of family
members. In 2004, the
Air-Conditioning and
Refrigeration Institute
presented Jim with a Lifetime
Achievement Award for his career
dedication to the industry,
crediting him with strengthening
the HVAC industry through his
dedication of time and
resources. Jim has been
involved in many ARI leadership
positions. He served as a
director-at-large on ARI’s Board
of Directors from 1977 to 2003.
He was elected as a
vice-president on ARI’s Board in
1987, chaired the Unitary Small
Equipment Product Section in
1988 and chaired the
Certification Programs and
Policy Committee.
In 2006,
Jim received an Honorary
Doctorate Degree from Indiana
Tech and established the James
R. Bard Scholarship to support
Tech students with financial
need.
In the
community, Jim was involved as
President of Rotary, a Paul
Harris Fellow, a member of both
the United Way and Junior
Achievement Boards, and as
trustee and President of the
Bryan Area Foundation.
Before the
grandchildren were born, 4 in
one year, triplets plus 1, Joan
was involved in the community as
a leader in Brownies, Girl
Scouts, President of Civic
League, President of the
Hospital Auxiliary and President
of Newlyn Quest Federated Club.
The James
and Joan Bard Fund has been
established in the Bryan Area
Foundation to aid children with
disabilities.
Randolph O. Bard Scholarship
Fund
Bard Manufacturing Company was
incorporated in 1914 under the
name of Bryan Plumbing and
Heating Company, originally a
residential-commercial plumbing
and heating contractor.
Randolph O. Bard, born in 1910,
is the son of the Founder, Dale
R. Bard (1885-194
In 1926, the company began to
manufacture wheelbarrows, and in
1931 the first oil furnace was
patented. In 1935, the
company was relocated from
uptown Bryan to its present
location on Evansport Road.
1n 1943, the company’s name was
changed to the present name of
Bard Manufacturing company.
While in high school, Randolph
Bard worked during summers in
the company, learning the
business. Upon graduation
from Bryan High School he
immediately went to work for his
father, helping him to manage
the business. Not having
any further education than High
school, his business experience
was self-taught while on the
job.
Randolph Bard wore many hats
throughout his career…Purchasing
Agent, Advertising Manager,
Sales Manager, Assistant
Secretary-Treasurer, President,
and Chairman of the Board,
retiring in 1981 after 54 years.
He is a charter member of the
Bryan Rotary which was organized
April 17, 1941. He has
held offices in the community
including past president of the
Board of Public Affairs
(1942-43)Bard Manufacturing
Company has steadily grown, and
is now one of the foremost
leaders in the heating and air
conditioning industry. It
is because Randolph O. Bard’s
creativeness and business sense,
that a scholarship has been
named in his honor.
Randolph and Naomi Bard Fund
Randolph
O. Bard was born in Bryan, Ohio
March 2, 1910 to Dale Randolph
Bard and Otha (Young) Bard.
Randolph graduated from Bryan
High School in 1927. Due
to his father’s failing health,
he immediately went to work for
his father in the Bryan Plumbing
and Heating Company, later known
as Bard Manufacturing Company, a
manufacturer of heating and air
conditioning products. Not
having any further education,
his business experience was
self-taught while on the job.
Naomi
(Moore) Bard was born in West
Unity, Ohio October 14, 1912 to
Clarence and Myrtle (Gaskill)
Moore. She graduated from
Bryan High School in 1930 and
attended Toledo Business School
to practice as a court
stenographer.
Randolph
and Naomi were united in
marriage in Bryan, Ohio on June
16, 1932. They raised
three children, Richard, Jim,
and Kathryn Martinez.
Naomi was involved mostly with
raising her family and seeing
that the children received an
advanced education.
One of
Randolph’s main objectives was
to see that the company his
father founded successfully
continued into the future for
the next family generation.
After 54 years, having held many
positions within the company
from Purchasing Agent and Sales
Manager to President and finally
Chairman of the Board, Randolph
retired in 1981. In 2002,
he was awarded the highest
distinguished manufacturing
award ever given by the Modular
Building Institute, recognizing
his leadership as a manufacturer
of quality and innovative air
conditioning and heating
products to the modular building
industry.
Randolph
was a charter member of the
Bryan Rotary Club (Paul Harris
Fellow) and Bryan Area
Foundation. He was also
past president of the Bryan
Board of Public Affairs
(1942-43).
Randolph
and Naomi both passed away in
2003.
The Bard
family has established a fund in
the Bryan Area Foundation in
their honor to be used for the
betterment and future of the
Bryan community.
Beattie – Cooper Memorial
Community Fund
Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Beattie, Jr. have
established the Beattie – Cooper
Memorial Fund in the Bryan Area
Foundation. This fund is
in the memory of Rev. and Mrs.
John L. Beattie, Sr. and Mr. and
Mrs. Orion E. Cooper along with
other members of the Beattie –
Cooper families.
Freeman L. and Ora I. Bechtol
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Freeman L.
Bechtol was born on October 7,
1878 and Ora I. (Fried) Bechtol
was born on February 5, 1878,
both in Williams County, Ohio.
Freeman and Ora were united in
marriage on August 12, 1899.
Following their marriage, the
Bechtol’s spent their lives in
or near Montpelier, Ohio.
In his
early years, Mr. Bechtol was a
farmer. He later became an
automobile salesman and then ran
the general store at Ainger,
Ohio for many years. He
later owned and operated a
gasoline service station in
Montpelier. Mrs. Bechtol
was a homemaker. The
memorial gift was made in their
memory by their daughter,
Dorothy B. Ness, a resident of
the Bryan area.
F.I.
and Mary Bell Community Memorial
Fund
Mary C.
Bell was born in Mt. Sterling,
Ohio, on December 17, 1902.
She died in Bryan at the age of
97 on September 25, 2000.
Mary
attended Miami University and
graduated from Ohio State
University. While in
college, she was a member of
Delta Delta Delta sorority at
Ohio State University.
Upon graduation, she came to
Bryan in 1927 and taught home
economics at Bryan High School.
She later taught kindergarten in
Bryan for many years.
She was a
member of the Wesley United
Methodist Church in Bryan.
She was a Taine Club member,
active in the International
Friendship Club, and a member of
the Williams County Retired
Teachers Association.
Mary
married Francis I. Bell in June,
1928, and he preceded her in
death in 1974. Mary and
her husband spent five years in
India involved in the
International Farm Program. They
spent winters in Mexico after
retirement. They had two
sons, James Bell of Michigan
City, Indiana, and Dr. David
Bell of Cincinnati, six
grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
The
Benedict Family Community Fund
Bruce and
Joan Benedict, along with their
children, Gregory, Andrea, Lori
and Scott and their families,
have established the Benedict
Family Fund as their way of
giving something back to the
community. Bruce and Joan
have always tried to instill in
their family a strong sense of
responsibility to other people,
and felt that a gift to the
Foundation was one way of
helping others, and was a
fitting tribute to their family.
Bruce,
Joan and Greg, moved to Bryan in
1957 upon completion of Bruce’s
military service as an Air Force
pilot. He joined his
uncle’s firm, Fisher Automatic
Service and eventually purchased
it. Andrea, Lori and Scott
were born in Bryan and all,
including Greg graduated from
Bryan High School. Greg
received his bachelor’s degree
from the University of Colorado
and his doctorate of law from
the University of New Mexico.
The other three followed in
their parents’ path and
graduated from Michigan State
University.
Bruce is a
founding member of the Bryan
Area Foundation. He served
as president of the Foundation
and achieved his goal of
reaching $1,000,000 in assets
during his tenure. He has
served as member of the
executive committee of the
Shawnee Council of the Boy
Scouts of America. He is
an elder in the First
Presbyterian Church, past
president of the Williams County
Kidney Foundation; member and
past president of Orchard Hills
Country Club and Bryan Rotary
Club.
Joan’s
activities include former member
and past president of Northwest
Ohio Community Action Commission
and of Northwestern Ohio Family
Planning, member and past
president of Bryan Community
Hospital Auxiliary and Bryan
Civic League.
Greg Benedict Memorial
Education Fund
Gregory B.
Benedict was born in San
Antonio, Texas, on June 16,
1955. He moved to Bryan
with his mother, Joan (Baker),
and father, Bruce Benedict, in
January of 1957.
Greg
graduated from Bryan High School
in 1973. He then attended
the University Of Colorado
School Of Business. While
there, he worked as a member of
the Lake Eldora National Ski
Patrol. Following his
graduation in 1978, he went to
work for John’s Automatic
Vending in Adrian, Michigan.
On
November 25, 1978, he married
Rita Willefski at St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church in Bryan.
After leaving his position with
John’s Vending, he attended the
University of Toledo for one
year followed by the University
of New Mexico where he earned
his juris doctorate. Greg
went into private practice as an
attorney in Raton, New Mexico.
He and Rita returned to Bryan in
1988.
Upon his
arrival in Bryan, Greg became an
employee of Fisher Automatic
Service, Inc. He was
serving as president and
chairman of the board at Fisher
at the time of his death.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Bryan
where he served as a deacon, an
elder, and treasurer of the
church. He was the
treasurer of the Bryan Rotary
Club and chairman of the Bryan
Area Foundation Scholarship
Committee.
Greg
served as a member of the board
of the Black Swamp Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America. He
was active with the County
Watershed Program and with the
CATO Institute, located at
Dartmouth University in Ithaca,
New York.
Greg was
an avid fisherman. If Greg
wasn’t telling a story about a
recent fishing trip, he was busy
planning the next one. He
finished fourth in the 2001
Professional Amateur Walleye
Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie,
Michigan. Greg will be
remembered fondly by many
friends for the fun adventures
that were had while on fishing
trips.
While Greg
enjoyed a great fishing trip and
freely gave service to his
church and community, he was
first and foremost a family man.
Greg was a loving son, faithful
husband and devoted father.
He and Rita had three children,
Elizabeth, Zoë and Erin.
If asked, Greg would say that
his family was the most
important thing in his life, and
he demonstrated it every day.
This fund
was made possible by numerous
friends and family members who
wanted to see a lasting tribute
to Greg’s life. Although
his life was tragically cut
short by an automobile accident
on October 23, 2001, this fund
in Greg’s honor will continue to
enhance the quality of life for
people in the Bryan area
forever.
Dana J. Bennett Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Dana J.
Bennett was born in Bryan, Ohio,
August 26, 1951 to Carolyn (Leinard)
and Dallas Jacques. A 1969
Bryan High School graduate, she
participated in band, A Capella,
Senior Girls’ Ensemble, GAA and
Y-Teens. She attended
Tennessee Temple University,
Northwest State Community
College and Defiance College. On
June 12, 1971, she married Curt
Bennett of Bryan, and they had
one daughter, Lynsey, born in
1983.
From 1971
to 1999, she was employed at
Citizens National Bank/Ohio
Citizens/National City Bank in a
variety of banking positions
from teller, new accounts, loan
secretary, manager of the
Pioneer branch office, and
manager of the Bryan
office/assistant vice-president.
Mrs. Bennett was an active
participant in numerous
community organizations.
She had been a member of the
YWCA finance committee, member
and president of the Business
Professional Women’s Club and
the first woman in Williams
County to hold membership in the
Lions Club.
Interested
in the advancement, leadership
and development of young people,
Dana served as president,
vice-president, treasurer, and
fund drive chairman of the local
Junior Achievement. She
served as trustee and treasurer
of the United Way of Williams
County, a member of Business
Networking International and a
member of New Hope Community
Church
At the
January 1999 Bryan Chamber of
Commerce Banquet, she received
the Athena Award for advancing
the role of women in the
business world as well as the
community. Mrs. Bennett
had been an active member of the
chamber board and the first
woman to hold the office of
president of the Bryan Chamber
of Commerce (1994).
Dana died
November 7, 1999, after a
two-year battle with cancer.
Mrs. Bennett gave much time as
an adult to the Bryan community
and felt that memorials to the
foundation would be a means for
her to continue to give to her
community after she was gone.
Dorothy Bentley Memorial
Community Fund
Dorothy
Bentley was born in Bryan on
February 13, 1898 and died at
age 94 on February 1, 1993.
She resided at 420 West Bryan
Street in Bryan nearly all her
life. She lived with her
parents for many years and never
married.
Miss
Bentley worked at the General
Telephone Company as a telephone
operator for 35 years. She
did not have any brothers or
sisters or any other close
relatives surviving her.
Dr. Jeffrey Berus
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr.
Jeffrey Joseph Berus was born in
Whittier, California, on August
2, 1958. He grew up in
Akron, Ohio, where he was an
Eagle Scout. Jeff
graduated in 1976 from Green
High School and received his
B.S. in food science and
nutrition from Ohio State
University in 1981. In
1982, he married Barbara J.
Brown in Botkins, Ohio.
Dr. Berus received his medical
doctorate in 1985 from the
Medical College of Ohio and
served his residency until 1991.
He was an orthopedic surgeon,
replacing knees and joints and
repairing fractures. His
favorite work was surgery on
hands.
While at MCO, the chief resident
asked him to consider working in
Bryan, and he drove out for a
look “just to be nice” his wife
said. She was teaching
home economics at Springfield
Middle School, and he was the
team doctor for the high school
football players. They
planned to stay close to Toledo,
but on that visit to Bryan, Dr.
Berus fell in love with the
Williams County area.
At the age of 40, Dr. Berus
died on September 16, 1998, from
complications from a brain
tumor. Dr. Berus and his
wife were half finished building
their dream home in a wooded
area northwest of Bryan.
The Berus family donated the
funding for a pergola in Garver
Park next to the hospital in
Bryan. Their sons Ryan,
Matthew, and Nicholas would
often play in Garver Park while
Dr. Berus was in surgery.
Dr. Berus was president of the
William County Medical Society
for five years, president of the
Bryan Swim Team, chairman of the
United Way professional division
and co-chairman of the Partners
in Progress of the YWCA
professional division. He
was a member of the Bryan Rotary
Club and St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church.
With his wife and sons, he
water skied near their cabin in
Michigan, snow skied in Boyne,
Michigan, and in the west, and
he rode a bicycle-built-for-four
around Bryan. He coached
one of his son’s baseball teams,
and he loved racquetball.
He and his wife along with
several friends once sailed
around the West Indies for 10
days.
In a letter on his home
computer that he had asked his
best friend to show his family
when he died, he told his sons
they should never be content
with average.
“That’s
too easy. Make yourself
special in some way.”
David Joseph Betts
Memorial Scholarship Fund
David
Joseph Betts was born December
10, 1986 at Toledo Hospital but
spent 19 of his 20 years growing
up in Bryan, Ohio. David
loved God, his family, his
friends and life. He
always had lots of energy and
loved to play and compete.
David was
both an outstanding student and
an outstanding athlete at Bryan
High School; he was active in
National Honor Society and
lettered in cross country,
basketball and baseball.
He received all-league honors,
district honors and numerous
Coaches’ Awards. He was
also a great musician and was
first chair trombone all four
years at BHS in the Symphonic
Band and Symphony Orchestra and
he also participated in Jazz
Band. He taught himself to
play the guitar and enjoyed
playing during any down time.
He continued with this love of
music at the university level,
playing in the Jazz Band at
Bluffton University.
However,
David’s greatest attribute was
being a great person. He
had a personality that touched
the hearts and minds of everyone
he met, and he had a truly
engaging smile. He had
tremendous empathy skills and
always seemed to know how others
were feeling and what they
needed to feel better.
David was a happy person who
wanted to share that happiness
with others.
His family
is proud to have known and loved
him for 20 years, 2 months and
22 days. He left this
world on March 2, 2007 traveling
with the Bluffton University
Baseball Team on their annual
spring trip to Florida.
Though he lost his life in
Atlanta when the bus crashed, he
died doing what he loved best:
playing baseball, surrounded by
his teammates who were also his
friends; it was one of the
happiest times of his life.
The year before he had not
qualified for the trip, but this
year he had worked his way up to
being the second baseman.
David
loved anything connected to
baseball and was training to
become a certified umpire prior
to the accident. He was
still unsure of his ultimate
career goals but was thinking of
teaching, athletic training, a
medical profession, or possibly
umpiring. He enjoyed being
around people and helping
others.
Dr. Glen and Ivah Biddle
Memorial Community Fund
Dr. Glen
W. Biddle was born in Wauseon,
Ohio on August 19, 1889, to Sam
and Ella (Kessler) Biddle.
On October 7, 1915 he was
married to Ivah Bard.
A
graduate of Toronto University,
Dr. Biddle practiced veterinary
medicine in Wauseon for a time
and then moved to Bryan.
He soon became recognized as an
outstanding practitioner by
fellow members of his
profession. On one
occasion he was offered the post
of state veterinarian at
Columbus, but declined the
honor.
His
vocation helped him pursue a
lifelong interest in horses.
With two other Bryan associates,
Henry L. Taylor and George
Mellott, he organized the
Williams County Horse Breeders’
Association. He helped
stage the annual county horse
shows, and served as association
secretary. Biddle was
widely known among saddle and
racing horse breeders in the
area.
When local
interest in horses began to
decline after 1940, he had to
join in disbanding the
association, whose funds were
turned over to the Bryan
Recreation Park Fund.
In his
private life he was a member of
the Masonic Blue Lodge and the
Loyal Order of the Moose in
Bryan. Dr. Biddle died in
1958.
Black Swamp Audobon
Sanctuary Fund
The Black
Swamp Audobon Society, a chapter
of the National Audobon Society,
consists of members of five
counties of northwest Ohio
(Williams, Defiance, Henry,
Paulding and Putnam).
The
chapter has developed its own
wildlife sanctuary bordering the
Maumee River near Antwerp.
It consists of over 70 acres
including a floodplain woodlot,
a grassland prairie, a butterfly
garden and a wetland habitat.
Future projects include
constructing a large pond, a
shelter house and parking area.
Chapter
meetings are held monthly during
nine months of the year.
Numerous field trips are
scheduled throughout the year.
The chapter is also involved in
two Christmas Bird Counts, a
nationwide National Audobon
Society activity, which is the
primary source of determining
national bird populations.
Dean B. and Carol
A. Blaser Community Fund
Dean and
Carol Blaser were both born and
raised in Akron, Ohio.
They have three grown daughters
and six grandchildren.
Dean attended Akron University
and taught school in the Akron
system for a number of years
before moving to Cincinnati,
Ohio and working in the toy
business for Kenner Products.
They moved to Bryan in 1972 and
bought a small business in 1974
that grew and developed into
Potter Inc. Both Carol and
Dean have been active in various
civic organizations and Wesley
United Methodist Church.
They were involved in many youth
activities while raising their
children. Dean and Carol
feel they have been richly
blessed in many ways from living
and working in Bryan. They
have chosen to use an
unrestricted fund for their
gifts, which allows the
Foundation to address a wide
variety of needs in the Bryan
area.
Ryan John Boomer
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ryan was
born in Bryan, Ohio on February
11, 1979 to Dr. John and Joan
(Krutch) Boomer. He was
the younger brother of Amy and
Brandon. Ryan graduated
from Bryan High School in 1997
with numerous academic and
athletic honors, including the
Jack Greene Memorial Golf Award.
While attending Ohio
University’s School of Business
in the fall of 1997, Ryan died
suddenly on November 19, 1997 of
a rare heart condition.
Ryan
enjoyed all sports, but he had a
special interest in golf.
He was a member of the 1995 and
1996 B.H.S. golf team, which
finished second both years in
the State Golf Tournament.
We will
remember Ryan’s desire and
drive, always trying his best
each day to excel in whatever he
was doing. His contagious
smile, kind eyes, and magnetic
personality enabled him to touch
so many lives in his short time
here with us. He showed us
the importance of living life to
the fullest and to make each day
count. His compassion and
ever present concern for others,
especially young children and
older adults, will be thought of
often. But mostly, Ryan
will be remembered as an
extraordinary young man, an
example of a good, honest and
moral person, who we strive to
emulate.
Ryan’s
memorial scholarship through the
Bryan Area Foundation was
established in 1998 with
generous contributions of
friends and his family.
The joy and laughter Ryan shared
with us will be in our hearts
forever.
Laura Lee “Lolly” Benner
Booth Memorial Fund
Laura Lee Benner Booth, known as
“Lolly,” was born to Harvey
Franklin and Bertha Winegardner
Benner on May 2, 1921, in
Toledo, Ohio. Her parents
moved to Bryan, Ohio, where she
spent most of her early years.
She graduated from Bryan High
School and later attended the
University of Toledo.
While in high school, she acted
in many of the high school
plays.
At the University of Toledo, she
met Charles H. Booth, Jr.,
during a chance encounter in the
school’s student union building
in 1939. After three years
of courtship, which involved her
future husband commuting 256
miles between Toledo and
Pittsburgh, the couple was
married in 1942.
After moving several times
during Mr. Booth’s tour of duty
as a pilot with the Air Force,
the couple returned to New
Kensington, Pennsylvania, in
1945, where they established
their home and raised seven
children. Mrs. Booth was
an active golfer for many years
and belonged to Hill Crest
Country Club of Lower Burrell,
Pennsylvania, and the PGA West
of LaQuinta, California.
She also belonged to the
Pittsburgh Athletic Association
and the Duquesne Club of
Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Booth was survived by her
husband Charles H. Booth, Jr.,
two sons, Charles H. Booth III,
Harvey F. Booth, five daughters,
Laura Lee Montevere, Susan
Jennette Cochran, Mary Kathryn
Friday, Elizabeth Ann Rotzler
and Barbara Jean Weil, 20
grandchildren and seven great-granchildren.
Lolly enjoyed her home, children
and pets along with world
traveling. She enjoyed
flying, not only with her
husband in his plane, but also
on the Concorde.
Vincent Bordner Memorial
Community Fund
Vincent Bordner was a prudent
grain farmer. He carefully
took care of his land only as
one would who intended to leave
it in as good a condition as it
was when he started.
Vincent and his wife never had
any children which left a gap I
their lives. Unfortunately
she had a relatively short life.
Vincent was a longtime member of
the Williams County Planning
Commission. His regular
attendance and keen, clear
thinking helped make this
organization a real asset to
this county.
He was proud of the great stand
of timber on his land, and he
took pride in managing it so
that it was carefully and timely
harvested. The harvesting
was done without waste and with
an eye to the future.
The Redbone Coon Hounds were a
part of Vincent’s lifelong joy
of hunting. People who
like dogs will understand what a
real part of life these dogs
were to him. Vincent
Bordner died in 1996.
Robert A. Boucher
Memorial Community Fund
Bob
Boucher was born in Toledo, Ohio
on May 26, 1923. He was
the son of Charles and Alta
Boucher. He attended Bryan
High School and was a veteran of
the United States Army having
been honorably discharged on
December 26, 1945.
Bob was a
resident of Bryan all of his
adult life and was a retiree of
the ARO Corporation. Upon
his death on July 12, 1990 he
was survived by several brothers
and sisters. His will left
one-half of his estate to the
Bryan Area Foundation.
This was Bob’s way of expressing
his gratitude to the community
in which he had lived all of his
life.
Fred I. Bowman and
Jeanne E. Meyer Memorial
Community Fund
Fred I.
Bowman was born in Cassopolis,
Michigan on July 31, 1888.
He served his country in World
War I before coming to Bryan in
1925 to work for the Bryan
Washing Machine Company.
In 1929,
Fred purchased the business and
built a new facility at 938 West
High Street under the Delite
manufacturing name. Delite
washing machines were
manufactured in Bryan until 1940
when production was dropped.
He operated the business as a
washing machine repair service
until his retirement in 1956.
His son-in-law Charles Meyer
took over the business and Speed
Queen Appliances were added
under the name of Charley’s
Appliances.
Fred was
a charter member of the Bryan
Rotary Club and served as a
Bryan City Councilman for six
years. He also served as
president of the council.
After the
death or his first wife Gertrude
in 1950, he married Treva and
they spent their retirement
years in Sun City, Arizona.
He died at the age of 93 in
Arizona. He was preceded
in death by his daughter Jeanne
E. Meyer in 1970.
The Fred
I. Bowman trust was established
with a portion of the income to
be used for community charitable
purposes by the Bryan Area
Foundation as a memorial for his
only child Jeanne E. Meyer.
Jeanne
was born in 1916 in Elkhart,
Indiana. She lived nearly
all her life in Bryan and was
united in marriage to Charles
Meyer on January 7, 1940.
One daughter, Linda, was born to
their marriage.
She was a
member of the First Presbyterian
Church in Bryan. She was
employed as a secretary of
Delite Manufacturing and also
worked for Everhart’s Restaurant
in Bryan.
She died
October 22, 1970 at the age of
53.
Boy Scouts Endowment
Fund
The Black Swamp Area Council Boy
Scouts of America serves 13
counties in Northwest Ohio.
The council serves over 9000
youth every year and maintains
two camp properties: Camp
Lakota in Defiance, Ohio and
Camp Berry in Findlay, Ohio.
It is the mission of the Boy
Scouts of America to prepare
young people to make ethical and
moral choices over their
lifetimes by instilling in them
the values of the scout oath and
law.
Brown Cemetery Memorial
Fund
A special fund has been
established for the benefit of
Brown Cemetery, located at Ohio
34 and County Road 12. The
purpose of the fund is to
maintain Brown Cemetery at its
highest possible level to honor
and respect the lives of those
who have completed their lives
among us.
Brown Cemetery, located in
Center Township, depends on the
Center Township budget
allocation for general
maintenance. That
arrangement will not be changed.
To make it possible to provide
additional maintenance, which
otherwise could not be provided,
the Center Township trustees
will receive a check each year
from the Bryan Area Foundation
to provide additional
maintenance, thus enhancing the
beauty of the cemetery. The
degree of additional maintenance
which can be accomplished each
year will depend on the amount
in the special fund. Only
income from the fund will be
used. The fund itself will
be permanent.
The initial amount of $25,000
has been provided by Victor and
Helen Harman Schieber. It
is anticipated that others who
are interested in Brown Cemetery
will add to the initial amount
through memorials, bequests, or
any method chosen by the donor.
Dr. George G. and Julie
A. Brown Community Fund
Julie came to live in Bryan as a
nine-year old when her parents,
F.A. and Kathleen Stockwell, and
family relocated in 1952 to work
for Aro Corporation. Her
first memory was dinner at
Brownies Drive-in with “frosties”
served in cups with brownies on
them. George was the son
of its owners, G. Grant and
Kathryn Brown, and helped at the
restaurant from the time he was
twelve. George and Julie
were 1960 and 1961 graduates of
Bryan High School and began
dating during George’s senior
year. Both served their
school as president of Student
council.
Throughout their college years
at The Ohio State University,
they lived next door to one
another in the Delta Tau Delta
and Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity
houses. Julie earned her
B.A. degree in international
studies in 1965 and worked for
the Defense Department in
Columbus while George earned his
B.S. and D.D.S. degrees in 1967
and 1969. George Grant
Brown II and Julie Ann Stockwell
were married in Bryan, Ohio on
June 19, 1966. They spent
two years in the U.S. Army
stationed at Ft. Jackson, South
Carolina, in a clinic preparing
soldiers for duty in Vietnam.
Their first child Laurie was
born there in 1970.
George and Julie always knew
their hearts were in Bryan and
returned in 1971. Their
son Scott was born in 1972.
George joined the Bryan Dental
Group and quickly became
involved in the community.
He was a founding officer of
Bryan Jaycees and served as
president of Bryan Community
Pre-School. As a Chamber
of Commerce director, he helped
establish Bryan Development
Corporation, becoming its first
chairman in 1976. In 1974
he began a weekly commute to OSU
for a two-year orthodontia
residency. During this
time, he coordinated the
drafting of a renovation plan
for Bryan by the OSU School of
Architecture. Bryan
Development Corporation
continues to implement those
guidelines.
Dr. Brown joined the Defiance
orthodontic practice of Dr.
Jerold Behringer and built a
second office in Bryan.
George served on the school
board for eight years while
Julie helped lead Literary
Forum, Williams County
Panhellenic, and Bryan Civic
League. Both Julie and
George are members of Wesley
United Methodist Church where
they have taught Sunday school
and serve on leadership boards.
They especially enjoyed
activities shared with their
children including leadership in
Bryan Baseball, Bryan Swim Team,
Bryan Music Boosters, coaching
Little League and basketball.
Julie served on the first YWCA
board beginning in 1984 and was
president for two terms.
She has chaired the Toledo
Symphony performances in Bryan
for many years.
When their children left for
OSU, George returned to his
interest in the Chamber of
Commerce serving as Christmas
decorating chairman and
president. He remains an
active member and past president
of Bryan Rotary. Service
to his national orthodontic
associations has taken George
and Julie too many parts of the
U.S. and Canada. They both
serve the OSU Alumni Association
in Columbus and Bryan on various
boards.
Dr. Brown’s practice, Behringer,
Brown, Herman and Eckhardt, has
offices in Bryan, Defiance and
Wauseon. Julie serves the
Bryan Area Foundation as
chairman of the grant making
committee, a position made more
special because her late
father-in-law, G. Grant, also
held it. In their home in
Norlick Place, they have hosted
hospital and Republican
fundraisers, school levy
meetings, rotary exchange
visitors, and a special Swedish
student. Visits from
Laurie, Scott, his wife Emily
and their son Brandon are always
a highlight. George and
Julie were taught that to whom
much is given, much is expected.
They plan to continue living up
to that family tradition knowing
that their fund will enhance the
quality of community life after
they are gone.
The G. Grant and Kathryn
Brown Memorial Community Fund
G. Grant
Brown was born October 11, 1910
to George A. Brown and Lottie
(Stough) Brown. His
birthplace was a farm one and
one-half miles south of Pioneer.
In June, 1919 the family moved
to Bryan. Grant graduated
from high school there in 1929.
For the
next 11 years he worked at the
Citizens National Bank, and then
left to enter the Army. He
served in the European Theater
of Operations in WW II, and was
discharged in December, 1945.
After his
return he opened Brownie’s
Drive-In restaurant at the
corner of Walnut and Butler
Streets. He sold the
business in April, 1975.
His
deep-rooted interest in Bryan
and area community affairs led
him into service on many boards,
committees and other groups all
marked by a common interest in
making Bryan and the county
outstanding places in which to
live. Grant’s service
includes four years on Bryan
City Council and 12 years on the
Williams County Board of
Commissioners.
In his 65
years’ membership in Wesley
United Methodist Church, he was
a lay leader, a member of the
board of trustees and Sunday
school teacher. In the
community, he has been a member
of the Masonic Lodge for more
that 50 years, was a member of
the Bryan Service Club during
that group’s existence, and was
an active member and past
president of the local Chamber
of Commerce and Rotary Club.
While on the Board of
Commissioners he was appointed
to the State of Ohio Executive
Board, serving as its president
in 1966.
After his
retirement in 1975, he devoted
his time to the development of
Norlick Place sub-division.
This became the first
sub-division in the county to
have blacktop streets with curbs
and gutters, its own water
system, sanitary sewers and
sanitary plant. It also
had its own storm sewers and
underground electrical wiring.
He was
married in 1937 to Kathryn Long
of Ottawa, Ohio. Of their
four children, George and David
live in Bryan. Beth
Roberts lives in Alexandria,
Virginia and Bettina Grandey
lives in Denver, Colorado.
Bryan Area Foundation
Community Fund
Gifts to
the unrestricted endowment fund
provide the most broad-based
support to our community.
Unrestricted Funds also provide
the most flexibility in grant
making. Tomorrow will
present our community with new
opportunities and challenges.
Unrestricted funds position the
advisory committee to meet those
new challenges and capitalize on
those new opportunities.
Gifts to the unrestricted
endowment fund may be made by
anyone in any amount.
Donors may establish an
unrestricted named fund with a
gift of $5,000. Named
funds may be built over time.
City of Bryan Senior
Center Building Endowment Fund
One man issued a challenge and
the community responded.
Charles Mallory established this
fund in 1999 by making a
challenge gift to the senior
citizens of Bryan. His
significant gift was contingent
upon the community raising
enough money to construct a
center specifically for the use
of senior citizens in Bryan.
His vision was realized in
2002. The Bryan Senior
Center serves as the focal point
for providing social interaction
between seniors, nutritious
meals, transportation to medical
appointments, health programs,
information about services,
referrals to other agencies for
senior citizens, and special
planned activities.
Bryan Area Business
Women Scholarship Fund
The Bryan
Area Business Women’s Club is
open to all employed women
interested in business and
community affairs. This
fund exists to support the
club’s many charitable
activities in and around Bryan
and for scholarship support to
area students. The Bryan
Business Women’s Club invites
anyone interested in supporting
the activities of area business
women to contribute to this
fund.
Bryan Lions Club Allied
Health Services Scholarship Fund
The Bryan
Lions Club is one of 38,000
clubs that make up the
International Association of
Lions Clubs. The local
club was chartered in February
1949, and now has about 85
members of which Russell Cayton,
Theodore Ihrig, Thomas Johnston,
Robert Kerr, George Kuehne and
Donald Reineke are the last of
our active Charter Members.
Today
there are 1,350,000 members in
more that 150 countries serving
in Lions clubs. They
engage in a wide variety of
humanitarian activities,
including several major emphasis
programs such as drug awareness,
diabetes education, sight
conservation, working with the
blind and deaf, citizenship
services ( scouting, boys
state), educational services
(scholarships), social services
(food collection via
“Porchlight”) and more.
The Lions motto is simply, “We
Serve”. The Bryan
Club serves with involvement in
many community activities, such
as United Fund Drives, American
Field Service Suppers, Music
Boosters, and Al Can and Glass
Collections. Several fund
raising events are held such as
Broom and Light Bulb Sales,
Birthday Calendar Sales, Food
Stand at Day in the Park, Pepsi
at the Parade, Be Thankful You
Can See Seals, and more.
The money collected from the
public are deposited in a fund
and returned in numerous ways
through purchases of eyeglasses,
grants for eye research, college
scholarships, Bryan Chemical
Drug Abuse Program, to help
purchase a Fitness II Vision
Tester to use with school
children in Williams County,
support Junior Achievement, the
YMCA building fund, and more.
The Lions
Constitution mandates that all
clubs diligently purse each of
the following six objects.
-To create and foster a spirit
of understanding among the
peoples of the world.
-To promote the principles of
good government and good
citizenship,
-To take an active interest in
civic, cultural, social and
moral welfare of the
community.
-To unite the clubs in the bonds
of friendship, good fellowship,
and mutual
understanding.
-To provide a forum for the open
discussion of all matters of
public interest,
provided,
however, that partisan politics
and sectarian religion shall not
be
debated
by club members.
-
To encourage service-minded
members to serve their community
without
personal
financial reward, and to
encourage efficiency and promote
high ethical
standards
in commerce, industry,
professions, public works and
private
endeavors.
Bryan Youth Activities
Fund
The Bryan
Youth Activities Fund was
established in 1994 with funds
remaining from the old Bryan
United Way. A new United
Way of Williams County replaced
all the United Way Funds of the
county.
The
income from this Fund is used to
support Bryan youth sports
activities. It was
anticipated that in the future
years, the United Way of
Williams County would
significantly reduce its support
for these sports programs and
one of the purposes of this Fund
is to make up some of the
anticipated reduced support.
The fund has also been a yearly
supporter of the Bryan City
School’s Safety program.
The Youth
Activities Advisory Board
includes two members of the
Bryan Area Foundation, one
officer of the Bryan Baseball
Association, one officer of the
Bryan Soccer Association and one
officer of the Bryan Girls
Softball Association.
The
Advisory Board meets at least
annually for the purpose of
providing the Trustees of the
Bryan Area Foundation with a
recommendation for disbursements
from the Fund.
John W. Burchfield
Memorial Scholarship Fund
John W. Burchfield had been a
resident of Bryan since 1974.
He died in an automobile
accident on December 23, 1985 in
Coatstown, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Burchfield served as
principal at the Bryan Junior
High School from 1974-80.
He was principal at Lincoln
Elementary School from 1980-84.
Born in Mifflintown,
Pennsylvania on February 10,
1934, he was a 1951 graduate of
Juniata High School, a 1961
graduate of Shippensburg State,
a 1966 graduate of the
University of Delaware and
attended Penn State from
1968-70. He was the
recipient of a Ford Fellowship
grant to implement innovative
teaching in a pilot school
project at Mt. Pleasant Junior
High School in Wilmington,
Delaware.
Before moving to Bryan, Mr.
Burchfield taught at Union Park
Elementary School in Orlando,
Florida, Marshalltown Elementary
in Wilmington, Delaware, Mt.
Pleasant Junior High in
Wilmington, Delaware,
Brandywine-Wallace Elementary in
Downington, Pennsylvania, and
Bluffton Elementary in Bluffton,
Ohio.
Mr. Burchfield was a member of
the Wesley United Methodist
Church, Bryan Kiwanis Club and
the Buckeye Association of
School Administrators. He
also served in the U.S. Navy for
four years.
He is survived by his wife
Katie; two stepchildren Todd
Augsburger and Starr Augsburger;
two daughters, Mrs. Dawn Hamman
and Mrs. Wendy Doherty; his
parents; Mrs. Cleo Hendrickson
and Mr. William Burchfield; a
brother Larry Burchfield and a
stepsister Mrs. Doll Ann
Bowersox; and four
grandchildren.
Roger O.
Burkholder Memorial Fund -No
Biography Listed
Gayle R. and Myona
Gwendola Calvin Memorial
Community Fund
Gwendola Calvin was born in
Waldron, Michigan, on September
16, 1916 to Estelle Woodward and
Bert Wheeler. She married
Gayle R. Calvin on October 30,
1937.
Mr. Calvin was born July 16,
1901 to Albina (Scott) and E.E.
Calvin in Metz, Indiana.
As a small child, his family
moved to Bryan, Ohio.
During his working years he was
a partner in Calvin & Gotshall,
a plumbing and heating business
in Bryan. He retired in
1954. Mr. Calvin served on
Bryan City Council for 2 ½
terms.
On retirement they spent their
winters in Clearwater, Florida.
Mrs. Calvin died on April 26,
1990. Mr. Calvin died in
his home at 234 N. Cherry St.,
Bryan at age 90.
Lawrence E. and Alice
Canter Memorial Community Fund
Lawrence E. Canter (Larry) was
born to Orlando and Gail Canter
in Bethel, Ohio. Raised in
Milford, Ohio, he was an
outstanding athlete in
basketball and baseball at
Withrow High School in
Cincinnati.
After attending Ohio Wesleyan
University, Larry eventually
owned and operated Canter’s; a
Furniture, Appliance, and
Flooring business in Sidney,
Ohio. While a resident of
Sidney, Larry was a member of
many organizations there.
He was a member and Trustee of
the First United Methodist
Church, co-founder of the Sidney
Chamber of Commerce, Director of
Wilson Memorial Hospital, member
of the local Masonic Lodge,
member of the Epicurean Club,
and President of Sidney Rotary
Club.
In 1965 Larry purchased Scott
Port-a-Fold in Archbold, Ohio
and moved to Bryan. While
in Bryan, Larry served on the
Finance Committee of Wesley
United Methodist Church and has
the distinction of being the
first person to “shoot his age”
at Orchard Hills Country Club
golf course.
Alice L. Canter was born to
Charles and Alice Grisier in
Wauseon, Ohio. She was
active in drama and literary
organizations as a student at
Wauseon High School. Alice
attended Ohio Wesleyan
University (where she met Larry
when they were both students)
and completed graduate courses
at Johns Hopkins University.
Alice was very active during the
26 years the Canters lived in
Sidney, Ohio. She served
on the Citizens’ City Council
Candidate Recruiting Committee,
and the Land Committee of the
Sidney City School System.
Alice co-founded the A to Z
Investment Club, and was a
member and officer of Charity
League, Book & Travel Club,
Shakespeare Club, and the Sidney
Girl Scout Council.
Since coming to Bryan, Alice has
volunteered for over 20 years
with the Hospital Auxiliary and
served on the Scholarship
Committee of the Bryan
Panhellenic Group.
Both Alice and Larry have
commented often that they
appreciate the richness of life
to be found in Bryan. They
admire both the opportunities
here and the people. Their
gift to the Bryan foundation is
an attempt to return something
to the community that has been
so welcoming to them.
Harvey D. and Helen
Carlin Memorial Community Fund
Helen (Gates) Carlin was born in
Williams County on a farm near
Stryker, Ohio on December 12,
1900, to Arthur P. and Lydia
Peugeot Gates. Her first
eight years of schooling were in
a one room school near her home.
She graduated in 1919 from
Stryker High School and attended
Bowling Green Normal College.
She taught 2nd
grade in the Stryker Public
School for 5 years.
Harvey D. Carlin was born on
February 28, 1903 in Williams
County, and remained a county
resident all his life.
He was united in marriage to
Helen G. Gates on February 21,
1925. Two children were
born to their marriage, Donna E.
(Carlin) Bever and Wayne E.
Carlin.
Harvey and Helen were in farming
all of their married life.
Their Williams County farm grew
from 100 to 1,500 acres.
They custom farmed and owned one
of the first mechanical corn
pickers and self-propelled
combines in the area.
Harvey operated his own sawmill,
and performed custom sawing in
the winter time and Helen
enjoyed cooking, crocheting and
working in her garden besides
helping with the farming.
Harvey was widely known and
respected for his advice and
expertise in farming. Many
of the areas young farmers came
to him for advice. Also he
was an early pioneer in the
practice of financial planning
in all phases of farm
operations. Because of his
astute judgment he was elected a
member of the board of directors
of the Farmers State Bank of
Stryker, Ohio, a post he served
for many years. For a
period of time he was the
president of the bank.
His favorite vacation pastime
was hunting in Pennsylvania and
Wyoming. Harvey and Helen
were active in the Pulaski
Methodist Church and the Lick
Creek Church of the Brethren.
Helen passed away on April 7,
1991 and Harvey passed away on
November 9, 1982. They
loved and served their community
all of their lives.
Wayne and Lucille Carlin
Community Fund
Wayne
Carlin was born on May 30, 1931
near Bryan, Ohio where he lived
and farmed all his life. On
September 10, 1951, he married
Lucille Clark of West Unity.
They have three children:
Douglas, Ronald and Barbara
Carlin Saul. They also
have several grandchildren.
Wayne is
very interested in the
betterment of the community and
has, therefore, served on
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