Memorials and Tributes
Supporting Your CommunityMemorials
Giving a gift to the Community Foundation in memory of a loved one is a way to support your community and pay respect to the life of a special person. This list is updated quarterly and reflects gifts made in the past twelve months.
Last updated January 20, 2021.
David Adams
C. Bennett Ainsworth
Mike Allerding
Raymond Armock
Marvin L. Avery
Gary L. Baas
E. Paul Babcock
Earl H. Babcock
Maleena Bagalay
Evelyn Bailey
Lindsey Ann Bakale
Glen Baker
Mary Barrett
Carrie Baumgarner
Corrine Behm
Richard H. Behm
Tim Behm
Delores Benes
Carolyn Bennett
Bernard Bennink
Howard Bennink
Barbara Berwald-McCarthy
Larry Bethke
Ruth Beukema Trust
Jean Beukema Wagner
Judy Bielema
Sandy Bigelow
Jack & Deanne Billups
Maurice Boon
Aaron Bouchard
Jake Bouman
Alma Bouwman
Mackenzie Boyd
Barbara A. Boyer
Norma Brazda
Janet M. Briegel
Janet R. Briegel
Michael Brigham
Isla Brink
Henry Bromelkamp
Ernest Bush
Greg Bush
Jack and Libby Bush
Kaye Bush
Thomas Carroll
Lisa Casler
Dorothy Ellis Cassis
Patricia Chittenden
Classmates of the Class of 1966 That are no longer with us-God Bless
Chuck Clayton
Charles Clayton
Marie Coffin
Sam Cogle
Mark Conran
Bob Constant
Mary Jo Correll
Merlin Coty
Kenneth and Carol Councilor
Timothy Craddock
Liz Crandall
Yvonne Creason
Rick Creque
Mrs. Darrell Crose
Bruce Cumberworth
Jim and Jamie Cuncan
Marianne Czechowskyj
Paul Dahlman
Marie Davidek
Jude DeCan
Pat DeGeus
Josh DeGram
Josh DeGram
Pamela DeKleine
Catherine Demilio
Jim Denson
Robert W. DeSmith
Francelia deYcaza
Kay Doss
Patti Driza
Colleen Duga
Ray Dull
Jim and Jamie Duncan
Linda Duram
Fred Dye
Nancy A. Dykehouse
Edmund and Clara Hyzy
William and Helen Eidson
Glenn Engel
Robert J. Erskin
Family members who have gone ahead
Adrian “Tom” & Helen Foreman
Joan Fraker
Frank Donny Elaine Mae Carol Nancy Helen Dan Szot-Nelson
Courtney Frazine
Art and June Freyling
Chezney Fullins
Joel Fynewever
Cindy Gerlach
Thomas Geyer
GHHS Class of 1965
Fran Glover
Carl Goosen
Iva Graham
Stephanie Grebinski
Shirley Groenink
Lillian Hackney
Tom C. Hammond
H. Ray Hampton
Carl Hansen
Jim Hardy
Harold Hartger
Kent and Freida Hastings
Herbert Hatfield
Hal M. Heckel
Beverly Hehl
Donald Herrington
Janine Hipwell
Marcia Hodges Baynes
George Homoly
Brian Hooyenga
Gary Hooyenga
Caroline “Mac” Howe
Helen Husid
Larry Ingalls
Mike Irish
John Jerovsek
John Jesser
Robert G. Johnson
Grandma Jonas
Scott M. Jones
Walter Keast
Ann Keena
Mikel Allen Kelley
Russell Kent
Charles Kieft
Bob and Katie Kimball
Kenneth & Lois King
Dean Kleist
Robert Klukos
Merlin D. Knispel
Robert A. Koch
James and Katherine Lambers
Ausma I. Lanka
Genevieve Lawrence
Caesy LeMieux
Eugene Lemieux
Ed & Bernice Lesar
Stacy LGsky
Leo and Bernadine Lietzke
Norm LeMieux
Connie Lindquist
Gerald Lindquist
Shelley Jo K. Locey
Jeffrey Longstreet
John Lutz
Dorthy E. Mabel
Donald Mac Dougall
John M. MacKeigan
Blair Mandryk
Beaulah Mann
Marilyn Manting
Josephine Markiewicz
Nadine Marksteiner
Deanna Martin
Ed and Florence Mastenbrook
Almon and Jean McCall
Charles & Ruby McDonald
Mary McGinnis
Carol A. Meekhof
Garry L. Mesler
Ben Meyer
Eleanor J. Meyer
Georgia Meyer
Virginia Meyer
Willis & Virginia Meyer
Edna Meyle
Rob Michmerhuizen
Bill Miller
Gwen Moeggonborg
Deb Moody
Vincent D. Morford
Joan Mountford
Mark M. Mueller
My Dad
Chance A. Nash
Howard and Ava Nash
Ruth Nash
Wally Nash
Elaine J. Nelson
Vicki Nelson
Tom & Renatta O’meara
Mike O’Neill
Rita O’Neill
Alyssa Olafson
Old CHS in Coopersville
Eloise Orton
Herm Ott
Janice Palma
Mary Ellen Parker
Dale Peck
Millie Pfeiffer
Phil Haye’s Father
Joe & Grace Ponshair
Adam Provencal
John N. Quiring
Dick Race
Americo Rea
Dave Reames
Anne and Arnie Redeker
Blanche Reis
Richard A. Rhem
Nathaniel Robbins
Claude Roberts
Norah Lane Roelofs
Ken “Stormy” Ross
Doug Rossman
Eugene A. Rothi
Marlene Rotz
Anne Rowan
Charles Ruiter
Rudy Sabo
Michael H. Sahlberg
Robert Sanders
Dan Saunders
Shannon Schamback
Marian Schneider
Howard Scholten
Dorothy J. Scholtz
Robert Schuelke
Carroll Schumaker
Louis and Genevieve Scott
Lewis Secory
Don Sheffield
Agape Shibley
Melvin Simpson
Leonard Sleutel
Pete Smith
Tom Smith
Barbara Jo (. Smoes
Emily Stammis
Raymond Statema
James Stephens
Leonard Steutel
Patsy Stille
Brian and Marisol R. Stork
Marty Strang
Linda Strevy
Robert N. Swart
Adam Tabor
Bob Taylor
Robert TerAvest
Kirsten Terborg
Paul R. Tomandl
Edward ì. Tompkins
Raymond J. Umlor
Gerrit and Elizabeth van Westrienen
Fred VanBemmelen
Dawn VanderMeer
Dolores A. VanDongen
Phyllis VanDyken
Lee M. VanHaaften
Donna Vargo
Jay Veldman
Rebecca VerBerkmoes
Duane Verplan
Gary Verplank
Gary & Victoria Verplank
Dale Vink
George Vollmer
Inez Vollmer
Judith N. Waanders
Thomas Wagasky
James Warner
LeeAnn Weaver
Jean Weirts
Harold & Gertrude, Albert, Jack Werner
Steve ‘Rocky’ White
“Dotty” Wickland
Merlin Willey Jr.
Irene Wittingen
David D. Wood
Richard Worpel
Phil Yedinak
Glenn Yoas
Michael F. Young
Robert J. Zitta
Bob and Helen Zylstra
Tributes
Giving a gift to the Community Foundation as a tribute to a special person in a generous and thoughtful gift. This list is updated quarterly and reflects gifts made in the past twelve months.
Last updated January 20, 2021.
4th Grade STEAM Jeffers Elementary
MaryKay Alguire
Soup For All
Philip Alt
Timothy Amen
Ann Anderson
Donald R. Anderson
Adalynn Andry
Armock Family
James Azzar
Tamara R. Bailey
Steve Bandstra
Paige A. Bender
Steve D. Bennink
Bruce R. Bishop
Jessica Blaedow
Susan J. Blauvelt
Bob and Jean Wenzel Children and Grandchildren
Derek Bockheim
T. Arnold Boezaart
Rod & Linda Bolton
Mackenzie Boyd
Aidan Bristow
Aidan & Mallory Bristow
Mallory Bristow
James W. Brown
Kaiden & Caleb Brugger
John G. Bryson
Arianna Buist
Dixie Bulson
Ron A. Bultje
Bre & Brad Burns
Patrick & Tina Bursley
Jean Bylsma
Daneen A. Caro
Carson Sprague-Class of 2017
Jay Casemier
Andy Cawthon
Chris & Lee Childress
Class of ‘1961’
Kelly Ann Cleary
Tyler J. Conklin
Coopersville High School Class of ‘73
Morgan Copeland
Rick Crow
Todd & Kate Crum
Jane F. Curtis
Jason & Kim Czajkowski
Marianne Czechowskyj
Justin & Alyssa Dahlhoff
David Bylsma & Sarah Greene
Barbara DeWitt
Gramma & Grampa Johnson and Grace J D. Droste
Dean and Rob Enell
Loren & Rylee Epplett
Erickson Ruby Rasmussen Family
Mary Jane Evink
Wallace K. Ewing
Quincy Ferris
Michelle Ferski
Constance Fink
Kenneth R. Formsma
Jane and Michael Fritz
Harold Gazan
Meaghan & Morgan Gies
Ed Gies
Edward A. Grafton
Barbara Grashoff
Cam and Ellie Guilford
Konlee Gundy
Valerie A. Guttowsky
Alicia Hager
Hugh J. Hales II
Arlene Hammond
Kimberly Hammond
Harbor Foam Inc.
Scott Harestad
Austin and Abbey Hatch
Paul Hazekamp
Han He and Jie Liang He
Helping Pickleball Grow
Judy Hill
Fredrick Hipwell
Holly & Scott Hipwell
Mike Hipwell
Robert & Jack Hipwell
Shirley Hipwell
Steve Hipwell
Brenda Hoffman
Charyn Hoffman
Hunter and Bailey Hoffman
David & Judy Holmes
Evelyn Holtrop
Sandy K. Huber
In honor of those who served and died for our country
Kyle and Win Irwin
Lana Jacobson
your parents, Jean & Adolph
India P. Jensen
Joe and Kathleen Noll Family
Bari S. Johnson
Jeffrey D. Johnson
Sofia Juska
Ryan & Abby Karbon
Ruth Kaspar
Tom and Jane Kersjes
Edward Kinkema
David J. Klaassen
Betsy Kleist
Keith Konarska
Candy Kraker
Zachary Kurmas
Richard & Judy Lacks
Sam, Addison, Chelsea, Clara, and Imogen LaDronka
John LaDuke
Joe Laethem
Ted and Amy Larsen
JoAnn Larson
Kelly Larson
Ken Larson
Lucian and Hattie Leatherman
Dick & Jan Lebel
Gerald Lindquist
Christopher Lovett
Christopher and Denielle Lovett
James & Andrea MacUittie
Debra K. Mann
Susan Marquette
Maylin Liana Kaia Quick
Edna H. McCarthy
Sean McCaughan
Deborah McCormick
Robert A. McLaughlin
Cheryle McMahon
Avalyn M. Meyer
Eleanor J. Meyer
Gordon Meyer
Parker and Avery Meyers
Julianne Moe
Mom’s Club of Grand Haven
Thomas Monroe
Darell L. Moreland
Allie Morgan
Avery Morgan
Jude Morgan
Reese Morgan
Tracy Morgan
Travis Morgan
Justin Mosher
Donald Moss
Noah Mouradian
Andrew Nagel
Duane Nagel
Ayden Nash
Ruth Nash
Stephanie Nash
Barbara J. Nelson
Nelson and the Gnomes
Leslie Newman
Kevin & Patricia R. O’Neill
Molly O’Neill
Alyssa Olafson
Ted Parker
Vicki Parker
Cindy Parker Euscher
William Patrick
Sheldon Patterson
Anita Pellegrom
Hunter and Maddox Pfeiffer
Jack Porath
Porath-Van Allsburg Grandchildren
Lee Presley
Woody Presley
Lee Ann Proia
Leo Raap
Robert H. Rander
Grace Rauschert
James Reinking
Richard A. Rhem
Andrew & Bethann Rice
Gary Robertson
Allison Roon
Barbara Roth
Eugene A. Rothi
Tom and Anne Rumptz
Kirsten Runschke
Stacey Ruwe
Angela Schipper
Daniel Sedlock
Dean Shears
Mel & Bev Simpson
Luca and Lily Sisk
Mike & Cathy Smith
Daniel & Jennifer Snow
Tim and Tyler Sokoloski
Juan Sosa
Staff At Heartside Ministry
Scott Stanley
Raymond Statema
Julie Stephenson
Sterenberg Family
Daniel T. Streng
Phil & Sam Strong
Scott Struyk
Emma Sytsema
Lyla Sytsema
Madelyn Sytsema
Ann L. Tabor
Mary Tarchinski
Jacob and Alexis Tater
William and Jackson Tejchma
The Jacobson Family
The Staff at Loutit Library
Peter J. Theune
Jamie & Gina Thomas
Felix Thompson
G. Thompson
Dick & Marge Tourre
Bill Van De Vusse
Joel Vander Sloot
Roger C. VanderMolen
Jean VanDoorn
Lamar VanHaaften
Donna Vargo
Ron Veldman
Diane Veneklasen
Rob and Sophia Veneklasen
L. J. (Midge) Verplank
Monica Verplank
Jakie Vorholzer
Caryle R. Wagasky
Thomas Wagasky
Arlyn Walt
Kathryn Wang
Drew Warner
Abby White
G. Thomas Williams
Don W. Wisner
David D. Wood
Ian and Hannah Wood
Richard Worpel
Jo Ann Wortman
Glenn Yoas
All the dedicated people who worked hard
Martin J. Concrete, Inc.
The Class of 1977
Donor Impact Stories
Why I Give: The Reinecke Family
The Reinecke family has made a tradition of giving back. “Our grandmother, Frances Reinecke, gave back to the community in countless ways, but there was always one consistent theme,” said Jason Reinecke. “Frances had an enormous heart for children and families that were disadvantaged. Her compassion for others has instilled a sense of pride within our family but also the motivation to follow in her footsteps.”
Why We Give: Joyce & Andy Cawthon
Andy and Joyce Cawthon chose to open a named greatest needs fund because “there is great value in pooling resources with other people of a similar mind,” said Andy. “My individual giving might not have an impact on a pressing community need, and if I’m picking the beneficiary, how do I know if I’m picking the best thing? We trust the foundation to make that decision for us.” By making an unrestricted contribution to the foundation, the Cawthons can rest assured that today, tomorrow, and forever those resources will be invested wisely and with a focus on impact.
Why We Give: Ken and Mary Terpstra
For Ken and Mary Terpstra, teaching their children to give back to the community has been something they’ve always strived to do.