20 Years Of Heart of Gold Award Winners

Here is a list of all 104 Heart of Gold Award recipients announced by the Dearborn Community Foundation over the past 20 years.

(Dearborn County, Ind.) - More than 100 Dearborn Countians have won the Heart of Gold Award since the Dearborn Community Foundation introduced the honor 20 years ago.

Listed below are all 104 winners over the past two decades.

You can read more about the 2018 Heart of Gold recipients here.

 

1999

Betty McLaughlin

N.B. “Smiley” Lovelace Jr.

Harold Gray

 

2000

Preston Conaway

Elaine Kroger

Robert Weaver

 

2001

Kenneth Jackson

Roseann Lampert

Loraine Rumsey

 

2002

Michael Klump

Larry Miller

Suzanne Ullrich

 

2003

Shannon Craig

Marian Morin

Luther Rice

Mark Tanner

Gregory Wissinger

 

2004

Vivian Cotton

Tom DeVille

Ed Opp

 

2005

Evelyn Click

Donald Frantz

Jackie Jarrett

Robert Jerger

Suzzi Romines

Dale Wendelman

 

2006

Delores Gentile

David Hizer

Judy Hizer

J.R. Holdcraft

Georgia Hummel

Mary Jane Johnson

Dorothy Liebecke

Robert Lowe

Sherri Mealor

Jill Rhodes

Dr. Keith Rhodes

Maria Sassman

Jan Tyler

Bonita Wiesman

 

2007

Cassie Blankenhorn

Michael Davis

Nelson Elliott

Karen Ernst

Terry Jackson

Dennis Lewis

Albert Miller

Shelby Rose

Frank Schuck

Randy Tyler

 

2008

The Rev. Arnold Cutter

George Feustel

Beatrice Caseltine Henson

Brenda Osman

Patty Taggart

 

 

2009

Sally Bertram

Jason M. Boyd

Debbie Busching

Mark Hill

Harley Robinson

Marcia Rupel

Jo Sloan

Dan Toon

 

2010

Sally Bender

Nancy Gerber

Greg Townsend

Kim Weber

 

2011

Paula Bruner

Deron Denton

Anne Iannopollo

Thelma Stutz

Pat Theele

 

2012

Allen “Mooch” Callaway

Sara Cornelius Chipman

Patricia Hartwell

Cheryl Schuman

Steve Stenger

 

2013

Marita Cizek

Jennifer Littiken

Rachel Reynolds

Amanda Sampson

Jim Waldon

 

 

2014

Marion Van Cleave

Paul P.G. Gentrup

Janet Baer

Lenny Grossman

Judy Mosier

 

2015

Donnie Bryant

Celeste Calvitto

Rosie Kippler

Connie Knue

 

2016

Lara Komon

Roberta Schuster

Andrea Shuter

Carolyn Stroup

 

2017

Liz Day

Ruth Ann Little

Dan Riley

Julie Saylor

 

2018

Andrea Ewan

John Herbert

Linda Maxwell

Kristen Strzynski

Kevin Wang

 

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