PAST
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
RECIPIENTS
1965
Education - Clyde Eidens
Civic - Thomas A. McKeen
Athletics - Gene J. Masters
Industrial - Paul H. Taylor
Business - Lawrence A. Grant
Religion - The Rev. John Larsen
Arts-Literature - Marion KIingel
Town Beautification - Hazel
Link
Government - Raymond P. Griffin
Citizen of Year - Norman G. Courey,
M.D.
1966
Business - William Sharon
Athletics - Ronald McDole
Civic - Mary Lou Kohlhagen
Industrial - Rob Roy McLeod
Arts-Literary - John Hulbert Jr.
Education - Veronica E. Connor
Citizen of Year - Raymond P. Griffin
Religion - The Rev. Thomas Mitchell
Town Beautification -
Marian Johnson
Outstanding Young Man -
Robert Ryan
1967
Civic - Harold Doerr
Arts - Elizabeth Beach
Athletics - Rodney Alt
Business - Walter Kelly
Government - Elsie Stamler
Horticulture - Clarence Davis
Senior Citizen - Roswell Pfohl
Religion-Layman - John Prast
Citizen of Year - William Pinkow
Industrial - Thomas A. McKeen
Religion - The Rev. Richard Graeber
Professional - Edward Rayhill, M.D.
Organization – Grand lsland Fire Co.
Education - William and Marion Pinkow
Outstanding Young Man -
Gerald K. Youngs
1968
Organization - FISH
Education - Reva Kohn
Business - Harry Simpson
Industry - Clare H. Fraser
Civic - Deanne Long, D.C.
Citizen of Year - Earl W. Harrison
Senior Citizen - George H. Alt Jr.
Professional
- Frank Costanzo, D.D.S.
1969
Business - Ilona Lang
Government - Gladys Smith
Professional - Richard 0. Robinson
Senior Citizen - George Ubel, M.D.
Citizen of Year - Samuel Long, D.C.
Outstanding Young Man -
Carlton Brett
Community Service -
Richard K. Lovelee
Organization
- Nike Missile Base & Personnel
1970
No
Awards Given
1971
Arts - Kay Long
Education - Ruth Lyman Baker
Government - F. Donald Hawley
Senior Citizen - John Mesmer Sr.
Citizen of Year - Robert Campbell
Professional - Robert H. Miller, M.D.
Religion - The Rev. Robert Vandermey
Youth - Vietnam Casualties &
Fatalities
Outstanding
Young Man - James Kennedy
1972
Civic - Joseph Masters
Business - David Wylie
Professional - Richard J. Couch
Education - Veronica E. Connor
Citizen of Year - William S. Sharon
Senior Citizen - Ted and Marion
Klingel
Organization
- Lions Club of Grand Island
1973
Senior Citizen - Louis Jerge
Business - Richard J. Carrel
Education - Dr. John Fontana
Civic - Lawrence E. Runions Jr.
Organization - Grand Island Help
Center
Organization - Grand Island
Historical Society
1974
Business - Vera Reiner
Service - Norman MrkalI
Education - Thomas Tierney
Government - Elmer Kaegebein
Senior Citizen - George Burgstahler
Organization - Mary Star Of the Sea
Knights of Columbus
1975
Government - Ruth Horner
Athletics - Master Jimmy Arias
Education - Catherine DiVizio
Business - Daniel Linenfelser Sr.
Professional - Francis B. Pritchard
Senior Citizen - Herman C. Miller
Religion - Monsignor Richard A. Graeber
Young Man of Year -
Arthur “Skip” Mazenauer
Service
Organization - Neighbors Foundation
1976
Civic - Edwin L. Pfohl
Education - Ethel Yuhas
Industrial - Richard Williams
Senior Citizen - Cyril J. Diebold
Young Woman of Year -
Kathy Rayhill
Community Service -
Harlan E. Den Beste
Bicentennial
Couple - Robert and Jean Bennett
1977
Civic - Arthur Wade
Business - Karl Buehrig
Religion - Beryl Kinney
Education - June Glassman
Athletics - The Bessel Family
Young Man of Year -
Martin Prast
Senior Citizen - Dorothy Waltman
Organization
- Grand Island Jaycees
1978
Civic - Marilyn Couch
Music - Louis A. Schriver
Government - Sybil Kennedy
Professional - Harold P. Roberts
Business - Anthony B. Buscaglia
Industry - Moore Business Forms
Performing Arts - Kenvin Moreau
Banking-Finance - Andrea Moreau
Education - Dr. Rolland Van Hattum
Religion - The Rev. John R. Scarafia Jr.
Young Man of Year -
Donald Martineck
Organization
- Rotary Club -Norm Jansen
1979
Business - Paul Williams
Civic - Thomas C. Zarbo
Education - David Meyers
Retail - Robert and Lynn Smith
Government - Dorothy Rowswell
Young Man of Year - John
A. Gentz
Professional - Dr. Willard D. Ruth
Religion - The Rev. Donald Hughes
Organization - GI Fire Company
Paramedics
Community
Service - Joyce Dannels, Barbara Davis
1980
Education - Peter Sloan
Man of Year - Harry Simpson
Senior Citizen - Frank Winters
Government - Betty Magnuson
Civic - Gary Roesch, Fire Chief
Religion - The Rev. Judith Burrows
Young Man of Year -
Keith Manson
Professional - Dr. Thomas P. Sheehan
Organization
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
1981
Business - Paul Verciqlio
Professional - Dr. Parviz Taefi
Government - George E. Sullivan
Young Man of Year -
Jimmy Arias
Education - Marilyn (Lyn) Laman
Senior Citizen - William J. Fenlon Sr.
Citizen of Year - Lawrence Runions Jr.
Banking-Finance - Richard C. Robinson
Organization
- Grand Island Home Bureau I
1982
Civic - Gail J. Lazenby
Recreation - Roy Hawkes
Education - Henry Fessard
Business - Ronald F. Witmore
Government - Harold E. (Bud) Long
Community Service -
Robert G. Swan
Athletics - Clive and Ruth Roughsedge
Religion - The Rev. Harold E. Tyson Jr.
Civic Organization -
Buffalo Launch Club
Senior
Citizen - Arlington and Eva DeGlopper
1983
Civic - Florence Plewinski
Business - Michael A. Gast
Professional – John Trianda
Senior Citizen - Mary Blum
Recreation - James (Mike) Niland
Organization - Grand Island Fire
Company
Business Development -
Grand Island Plaza
Industrial Development
-Foreign Trade Zone -
Youth Recognition - GI
High School Madrigal Singers
Community Service -
Hubert M. & Catherine E. Sharpe
Education
- Margaret Figler Industrial Development Foreign Trade Zone
- - Robert C. Bonsack, Theodore S.J. Davi, 1984 Civic - GI Library Board of Trustees-
Fay Rech Industrial - Dunlop Tire & Rubber
Corp. Business - Charles R. Wood -
Fantasy Island Professional - Grand Island Manor
Nursing Home Education - George J. Wenner Senior
Citizen - Joan Gillen Hein 1985 Education - Shirley Luther Government - Rita DeGlopper Industry - Emerson Industrial Controls Civic - GI Bridge Citizen Advisory
Committee Religion - Whitehaven Road Baptist
Church Community Service -
Patricia Kostenbauder Senior
Citizen - Abram and Viola Milner 1986 Judicial - Eric L. Reimann Business - George J. Smith Education - Agnes Becker Government - James H. Pax Religion - Deacon John Polizzi Civic Organization -
Golden Age Club Senior Citizen - Adrian Pollock Professional
- Roger E. Kaiser 1987 Recreation - Linda Deeter Sportsman - Hollis E. Boss Civic - Richard W. Crawford Education - William Maggio Senior Citizen - Wanda Nixson Business - Philip K. Buchanan Government - LaVerne C. Luther Professional - Edward W. Kinney Community Service - Nina
Cascio Outstanding
Young Person - James Dunlop 1988 Civic - Peter McMahon Retail - David Schmidt Education - Charles Rader Business - Robert Weaver Government - Lois Kaiser Senior Citizen - Marge Esack Athletics - Anne Marie Wozniak Community Service - John
McCarthy Outstanding Young Person -
Michele Gast Special Award -
Bertha Hillman - 102 Yrs. Old 1989 Business - John Gast Jr. Civic - Michael C. Cavanagh Athletics - Clifford M. Scott Community Service - Fay
Rech Service To Youth - Paul F. Klock Special Award - Betty J. Trianda Senior Citizen - Jacob Wohlfehrt Education - Elizabeth G. Reimann Outstanding Young Person -
James J. Eichel Economic Development -
Richard F. Morris Organization - Grand
Island Builders Association 1990 Civic - Barbi Lare Business - Michael Smith Sportsman - Michael Endres Education - E. James Patmos Senior Citizen - Joan Raab Professional - G. Granson Geis Community Service -
Floyd Doring Organization - GI Citizens Against
Pipeline Special Award - Grand Islanders
Serving In The Persian Gulf 1991 Educator - Dianne Tiede Senior Citizen - Neil Huff Civic - Henry G. Kammerer Government - John Phillips Business - Nicholas M. Pelosi Athletics - Robert McDonnell Religion - The Rev. Steven F. Turner Community Service -
Susan M. Snyder Outstanding Young Citizen -
Christopher K. Aronica Special - Luigi
D’Orazio 1992 Business - Bonnie P. Sciuk Professional - Russell A. Certo Religion - The Rev. Earle King Educator - Susan Fleming-Brusino Organization - G I Fire Company
Paramedics Senior Citizens - Albert &
Catherine Glassman Community Service -
Timothy & Jacqueline Mordaunt Special -
Marion Klingel 1993 Business - John Simon Education - James Szafran Recreation - Larry Playfair Athletics - Stacey Schroeder Government - James R. Sharpe Religion - Msgr. Richard Cahill Service To Youth - Paul and Chris Sipson Community Service - Barb
and Don Anderson Economic Development -
Richard W. Crawford Sr. Special - Don
Burns 1994 Civic - Millie May Education - James Mazza Government - Kevin Kinney Professional - Dr. Paul Fields Recreation - Raymond Billica Service To Youth - Lee Cohen Business - Kelly’s Country Store Business Person - Shirley J. Martin Community Service -
Richard Byron Special - Nancy
J. Samrany 1995 Civic - Robert J. Piatek Education - Joan A. Droit Senior Citizen - Nell Roberts Service To Youth - Cal Kern Sports Person - Gloria Brown Government - Mary S. Cooke Business - Norman R. Machelor Professional - Thomas J. Morrisey Recreation- William “Kester” Bleich Volunteer Service -
Raymond Pauley Community Service -
Joseph and Frances Fusco Business - Fujisawa USA, Inc. - Frank
Harmon, Director
of Operations 1996 Civic - Steve Morgan Retail - Louis Macro Educator - Nora Klein Professional - Fran Jensen Senior Citizen - Ellen Mayo Industry - Life Technologies, Inc. Performing Arts - Douglas Wendt Business Person - Paul E. McCarthy Business of the Year -
Jackson Music Community Service -
Andrew P. Piacente Government
- Legislator - Chuck Swanick Special - Hugh
A. Monfuletho 1997 Civic - Renee Gietz Arts - Lincoln Nutting Educator - Susan Canavan Senior Citizen - Mabel Leibinger Community Service - Jack
Hugill Business Person - Michael Samland Law Enforcement - Michael Hiliker Service to Youth Person - John
Hillery Economic Development -
Rodney Reisdorf Outstanding Young Person -
Daniel Stedman Special - Tim
Gibney 1998 Civic - Lenore Tetkowski Education - Carolyn Fabiano Business - Grand Island Record Senior Citizen - Maryan Traun Government - Norman Mrkall Community Service - John
Lexo Business Person - James Giumento Special - Transportation Department
Grand Island School District Special
Recognition - Marion Klingel 1999 Civic - Sally A. Goris Sport - Gene J. Masters Education - Allan C. Ripley Business Person - Betty
L. Harris Industry - Moore North America Business - Martin’s Fantasy Island Service to Youth - Joseph Fusco Jr. Law Enforcement - Fred C. Vincent Special Recognition - Francis
B. Pritchard 2000 Art - Chie Doring Education - Jane Stanley Senior - Eleanor DeGowin Service to Youth - David W. Jayme Business Manager - Michele Harris Community Service -
Maisie Dommell Business
Persons -Betty & Leo
Hopkins 2001 Civic - Ruth L. Blickley 2002 Civic - John
Harbison Jr. Education - Deborah Croft Beis Community Service -
Grand Island Sesquicentennial Committee Business - Holiday Inn Grand Island
Resort & Conference Center Business Persons - Christine & Gene
Ryshkus 2003 Education - Bobbie Frisoni Civic - David N. Johnson M.D. Senior Citizen - Dorothy Blakelock Business Persons - Paul & Tammy Irving 2004 Business – Grand Lady
Cruises, Inc. Business
Persons – Rockwood Brothers Collision, Inc. Civic – Milt Sutter Community
Service – Ted Bates Service
to Youth – Sherry Schimley Organization – Rotary Club of
Grand Island
Dr. Samuel D. Long
Business - IsleChem LLC
Education - Peggy Koppmann
Business Person - Michael Hachee
Service to Youth - Dennis
Walsh, Vaughn R. Keller
Community Service - Ladies Auxiliary of the
Charles N. DeGlopper VFW Post 9249
Special Recognition - Eric Reimann
Service to Youth - Karen Lynn Conboy
Grand Island Garden Center & Gift Shop
Business - Fuccillo Automotive Group
Organization - Charles N. DeGlopper Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9249