2019 - 2020
Honor, Memorial + Estate Gifts
We recognize the following people in whose honor or memory gifts to Grand Rapids Community Foundation were made.
Gifts in Honor of
Ken Betz and Pat Brewer
Emily Bridson
Andy Brookhouse
Kim Dabbs
Nancy L. Douglas
Lindsey Gallas,
teacher at East Kentwood High School
Franca and Christina Gerardi
Grand Rapids Community Foundation Staff
Mira Krishnan and Teri Jourdan
Brandy Lovelady-Mitchell
Don and Nancy Lubbers
Richard Lyman
Nathan McLean
Charles F. Pletcher
Lucy Quigg
Dietrich K. Roth
Bill Rowe
Erika VanDyke
Anneliese Waalkes
Rick Walker
Luke Wilcox,
teacher at East Kentwood High School
Chad and Ellie Zagel
Gifts in Memory of
Dorothy Apol
Dave Balas
Margaret S. Bradshaw
Karl Braunschneider
Fredrick G. Briscoe
Jack C. Clifford
Nancy Cok
William Durr
Edna Edd
John Fellows
Joyce B. French
Jim Galer
Myrtle Gardner
Bernice Greco
Velvie Green
Leonard Gross
Jamie Hale
Andrew and Mandy Heidenriech
Richard and Elenanor Hemenway
Ruth Jones-Hairston
Gisela Kah
Gary Karasinski
Matthew Kutsche
Andy Lubbers
Paul Margolies
Thomas McAllister
Ray McCahill
Mary Meade-Fuger
Dr. J. Christopher Norman
Carl Paganelli
Betty Jane Pletcher and Forrest A. Pletcher
Forrest Arthur Pletcher
Nate Rodriguez
Dietrich K. Roth
Tom Rutledge
Muriel Silbar
Merriam Streelman
Robert and Merriam Streelman
Robert Swanson
Linda Thomas
Daniel L. Tinkham
Ed Vander Velde
Helen Vereecken
Rebecca Ver Hoef
Stanley Victor
Phil Wood
Kevin Yon
Anne G. Zimmerman
Each year, people we know and love pass away, but their legacies remain with us. Grand Rapids Community Foundation remembers the following people who made gifts through their estate plans to benefit the community.
Estate Gifts
Molly Bradshaw
Fredrick “Fritz” Briscoe
Max and Lois Doering
Kenneth and Christina Gilchrist
Hoyt and Mary Ann Kremer
James and Mary Jane Lamse
Charles and Stella Royce
Dorothy N. Schowalter
Doris Ann Slack