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Thanks to Our Donors!

The Annual Fund of the Ryerson Library Foundation is a critical component in meeting our mission of enhancing programs, services and other unfunded opportunities of the Grand Rapids Public Library. All donors are considered Foundation members and are entitled to the privileges associated with membership.

Gifts reported here were received during our first fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007.

Thank you for your generosity and commitment to our Library.

Endowment Fund

Helen E. Conger Collection Fund
Helen E. Conger Trust

Titche Family Fund
Titche Family Foundation

Vander Veen Fund
Milton & Carol Ehlert
Schuler Books & Music
Marion C. Vander Veen

Audio Book Collection Support Fund
Doornink Foundation
Barbara Scheid
Warner Norcross & Judd

Ladies Literary Club Fund
Ladies Literary Club

Unrestricted
Barbara Amberg
Marian Black
Blodgett Foundation
Bruce & Shirley Boundy
Stephen & Eleanor Bryant
Gregory & Mary Carnevale
Chamberlin Family
Kenneth & Marti Childs
Joyce Collins
Margaret Cook
Steven & Christine Crandall
Tim & Anne Cusack
Joe & Shirley Daniels
Frederick R. & Katherine Deane
Richard & Susan DeVries
Nancy L. Douglas
Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation
Michael & Lynette Ellis
J.E. Fehsenfeld Family Foundation
William & Cecile Fehsenfeld
Gene Fortune
Twink Frey & Jim McKay
Gainey Corporation
Jeffrey & Georgia Gietzen
Geoffrey & Susan Gillis
Robert Goodrich
George & Susan Heartwell
Robert & Barbara Herr
Dirk & Victoria Hoffius
Richard & Susan Ilka
Win & Kyle Irwin
Thomas & Barbara Jackoboice
Virginia Glew Jaeger
Michael & Susan Jandernoa
Courtney & Ora Jones
M. Brooks & Margie Kindel
Peter & Evonne Kok
Joseph LeCuyer
Susan K. Ledy
Mark & Marcie Lewis
Don & Nancy Lubbers
Estate of Alberta Massingill
George & Katy McAleenan
Richard & Judy Morrison
Juan & Mary Olivarez
Catherine Page
Sheila Pantlind
Mark & Judy Peterman
Robert & Tina Raz
Charles & Stella Royce
Sharon Rydzewski
Grace L. Schouten Trust
Schuler Books & Music
Stella Shields
Brent & Diane Slay
Greg & Audrey Sundstrom
William & Chris Syverson
Kenneth Tableman
Eileen Talamantez
Lewis & Norma VanKuiken
Gary & Rita VanderVen
Werner & Marianne Veit
Martheen Wanty
Marcia A. Warner
John & Marnie Wert
Richard & Barbara Young

Annual Fund

Collector’s Circle ($5,000+)
Frank & Virginia Fehsenfeld Foundation
William & Beatrice Idema

Booklover ($2,500+)
Stephen & Eleanor Bryant
Thomas & Debra Dilley

Benefactor ($1,200+)
Doris Griffith
Thomas & Barbara Jackoboice
Helen Rossano
Marilyn Titche
Werner & Marianne Veit

Advocate (500+)
Gaylen & Susan Byker
Gil & Pat Davis
William & Cecile Fehsenfeld
Thomas & Mickie Fox
Charles & Bette Fuller
Dirk & Victoria Hoffius
J.C. & Laurie Huizenga
John R. Hunting
Margaret Jack
John & Sarah Jackoboice
William Kowalewski
James & Natalie Kuras
Harvey Lemmen
Hank & Liesel Meijer
Jim & Marie Preston
Barbara Robinson
Charles & Stella Royce
David & donna Shaw
Irene Steffensen
Marion C. VanderVeen
John & Marnie Wert

Sponsor ($250+)
Barbara Amberg
Laurie Beard
John & Pat Bergstrom
Marvin & Martina Boshoven
Charles & Mary Jo Burpee
Edward & Christine Cole
John & Sydney Edlund
Richard & Carla Grant Jr.
Sally Hillman
Stephen M. Hoyle
John & Nancy Kennedy III
Elena Kourdina
Susan & Brad Laffrey Fund
Daniel & Mary Lee Lynch
Judson & Lynn Lynch
James & Debbie Marosi
Michael & Sheila McGuire
John & Lynn O.Donnell
Jeffrey & Patricia Power
Virginia Randall
Barbara Robinson
David & Mary Stickney
Thomas & Peggy Tepper
Robert & Colleen Tobin
Stephen & Jane Wert
John & Kathleen Woudstra

Contributor (100+)
Rob & Kieu Thu Le Alt Jr.
Daniel & Barbara Bauer
Donald & Sally Beaudoin
Marcie Beck
Ronald & Patricia Beechem
William & Jill Beute
Helen Bisbee
Thomas & Sandra Blackwell
Conrad & Molly Bradshaw
Kevin Briggs & Carol Karr
George & Willa Brown
Dwight Burch
Dirk & Lisa Buth
Jonathan Childs
Ken & Marti Childs
James U. Collins
Peter & Carol Cordes
David & Jan Cornelius
Steven & Christine Crandall
Tim & Anne Cusack
Jolene DeLuca
Richard & Susan DeVries
John & Marilyn Dooge
Gary & Suzanne Eberle
Marla J. Ehlers
Mark & Jennifer Ellis
Joyce Elzinga
Roger & Carol Faber
John & Mary Fix
Donald & Marlene Freeman
Emery Freeman
Charles & Mary Frydrych
Wayne & Margo Gagnon
Dan & Lou Ann Gaydou
Robert Goodrich
Florence Goodyear
Meg Hackett
Michael & Pat Haines
David Haughey
Doris Heartwell
Lynn Heemstra
Richard Heindrichs
Jill Henemyer
John & Gwen Hibbard
Dirk & Victoria Hoffius
Jack & Rebecca Hoffman
Norbert & Dolores Hruby
Bob & Paulette Israels
Margaret Jack
James Kenney
David & Jennifer Khorey
Jeff & Kate Koeze
Norbert & Rebecca Kugele
Paul Kutsche
Frederick & Karen Lawrence
Donald & Arlene LeClair
Mark & Marcie Lewis
David Lindhout
Thomas & Anne Logan
John & Susie Logie
Elias & Ruth Lumpkins
Hugh & Georgia Makens
Jeanne Marshall
Joseph & Marilyn Martin
Edith McCargar
J. David & Roxie McGee
Shawn & Kristi Merritt
Carl & Ruth Meyering
William Moss
Patrick & Christin Muldoon
Jack & Stephanie Neal
Catherine Neis & Jay Fowler
Les & Barb Neuman
Marie Ogaeko
Ruth O.Keefe
Nancy L. Owens
Steve & Molly Parker
Steven Pestka
Mark & Judy Peterman
Neal & Kathleen Plantinga Jr.
Mary Cornelia Porter
Herbert & Katherine Ranta
Mary Redman
Barbara Robinson
Dorothy Jane Rothfuss
Charles & Stella Royce
Vernis Schad
Mark & Gayle Schaub
Carol Schmeiser
Kimberly Scott & Mark Derwent
William & Mary Seeger
Stella Shields
Howard & Dorie Stovall
Charles Strikwerda
Rosalynn Stuart
Jerome & Judith Subar
Michael Szczytko
John & Dorothy Terhune
Howard & Jaunita Thompson
Diana Thorman
John & Cheryl Tully
Diane Turnwall
Nyla Umphrey
Lewis & Norma Van Kuiken
Frederick & Carol Van Oeveren
Geraldine Van Herp
Phillip & Jean Van Huffel
Mrs. Robert VanderVeen
Robin Velte
Richard & Christine Vettese
Linda Vos
Richard Wagner
Caroline Waltz
Marcia A. Warner
Richard Weiderman
James & Sue Williams
Douglas & Francesca Wiseman
Mary Louise Wolf
Willard and Joan Wolfe
Gloria Yff
Michael & Mary Yoak
John Zaagman

Supporter ($25+)
Judith A. Anderson
Ray & Alice Andrews
Peter & Glenna Armstrong
Phyllis Ball
Martha Beadle
Charles & Marcia Bertsch
Ruth Bitting
Walter & Susan Blanksma
M. Maurice Blish
Robert & Jean Blossfeld
Gregory & Jacqueline Bockheim
Joan H. Bogdan
Edward & Kathryn Bolt
Vern & Norma Boss
Jim & Judith Botts
Gretchen Brink
Teresa Buist
Donna Burns
Jane V. Buter
Rachel Calderon & Walter Foote
Eleanor Cameron
Gregory & Mary Carnevale
H. Jay & Sarabeth Carr
Jim & Betts Casey
Michael Chielens & Janice Earl
Margaret E. Christenson
Thomas & Judith Coby
Tim Conroy & Debbie Heiman
Bob & Ann Cooper
Steve Cosh
D.L. & Patricia Coulter
Linda Creaser

 

Supporters (continued)
Thomas & Marcille Dalgleish
Bruce & Bonnie David
Mary Davis
Jean Dean
Rick & Marlene DeBlasio
Jack & Betsy DeKorne
Harvey J. DeMaagd
Pete & Tuti DeMaagd
Gale & Diane Demarest
John DeRoo
Robert & Allison DeVilbiss
DeWitt Junior High School
Daniel & Kate Diedrich
David J. Diephouse
Nancy L. Douglas
Arline C. Dzwonkowski
Homer & Joan Earl
Milt & Carol Ehlert
Constance S. Ellis
Jean Feringa
Jon & Kayne Ferrier
Maurice & Sara Fetty
Norma Fick
Kaye & Nancy Fish
Frank & Alice Fishman
Betty Ford
Tony Foster & Linda Nemec Foster
Benedikt & Peggy Gaegauf
Shirley M. Gagnon Allen
Thomas N. Galle
Daniel Gallmeyer & Amy Moore
Anita Garber
Charles Gault
John & Patricia Gelderloos
William & Joanne Gerke
Betty Gibout
Anita Gilleo
Raymond & Liga Gonzalez
Gloria A. Gregory
Roberta Gross
Ronald & Patricia Grzybowski
Dr. James Gunn
Bob Hammond & Kay Griffith Hammond
Annual Fund continued
Garrett Hanson
Mary Hanson
George & Elaine Harper
Wes & Judith Harpold
Sheryl Harris
Suzanna Heidloff
William R. Hendricks
Karen Henry
Phil & Peggy Hertel
Donald & Jane Hesselschwerdt
Don & Carol Hillary
Tom & Sue Hoane
Ben & Phyllis Hoffman
Bruce E. Honholt
Gale Hood
Dorothy L. Ibershof
William F. & Janet Idema
Richard & Susan Ilka
Virginia Glew Jaeger
Robert & Rose Marie Jamo
Thomas & Patricia Jarvis III
Andy & Kay Jefchak
Mary Jean Jennings
DeMonte & Susan Johnson
D. Marie Jones
Cynthia Kadish
Blane & Lynn Kamp
Haig & Ann Kassouni
Carol Kelley
John Kershek
Lloyd & Maxine Kettner
Leonard & Josephine Kian
Ron & Robin Kobel
Christian & Paulette Komor
Carol Kountz
Daniel & Phyllis Kozak Sr.
Abraham & Sylvia Krissoff
Stuart & Ruth Kutsche
Dan & Jeanine LaVille
Marie Lindberg
David & Susan Lipner
Milo & Patricia Lipscomb
Valeria Long
Don & Nancy Lubbers
Gerald & Elizabeth Lykins
Anne Marks & James Gaertner
Omar & Wendy Marty
Richard & Noel McGarrity
John & Betty McLachlan
Daniel & Joan Mead
Donald & Alanna Meinke
Samuel & Marion Metcalf
Arthur Meyers
Donna Mileski
Michele Montague
Michelle Montesano
Terry & Debra Moore
Marian Morrow
Jennifer Nelson
Robert & Pamela Nichols
Marie Ogaeko
Thomas Overkleeft
Mary Jo Owczarzak
Catherine Page
William & Kathleen Palma
Scott & Sarah Pastoor
Leroy R. Patterson
Pamela Patton
Stephen Peterson
Jean D. Pipe
Mary Cornelia Porter
Lucille Read
Nancy Reahm
John & Florence Regenmorter
Marilyn Reilly
Beth Reimel
Pamela Reinhard
Sharon Rydzewski
Perrin & Alanna Rynders
Peter & Bernice Rynders
Stanley & Phyllis Saganski
James Sailors
Barbara Scheid
Kenneth & Yvonne Schilling
John Schmidt
Ken Schmidt
Evelyn Searl
Anne Shapiro
B. Miller & Leslie Siegel
Jean Silbar & Dan Voorhees
Barbara Sluiter
Mary Lou Smith
Willard & Carole Smith
Richard & Mary Stevens
John & Julie Stivers
Lee Strodtman
Greg & Audrey Sundstrom
Robert & Mary Swain
Henry & Jeane Swart Jr.
Kenneth Tableman
Steele & Mary Taylor
Marilyn TenBroek
Alida Terpstra
Dorothy Thurston
Daniel & Betsey Tinkham
Linda Truskoski
Ann Usakowski
Carolyn Van Allen
Tom & Sonia Van Bragt
Marian Van Dore
James & Jeanne Van Til
Ruth Van Stee
Miriam Vanderwal
Kathleen Villaire
Elgin & Jackie Vines
Clifford & Frances Voice
John & Annette Walen
Mark & Lisa Walkendorf
James & Janet Watkins
Richard Weiderman
Evelyn Welmers
Barbara Wepman
James & Mary Wieland
Richard S. Wilson
Cathy Winick
Jerome & Irene Wittkoski
Charlotte D. Woodall
Gabriel Works & John O.Connor
Gilbert & Barbara Wynn
Carol York
Sam & Margaret Zainea

In Memory of:
Joseph Angelosanto
Lucille F. Brock
Margaret Cook
Frank C. Davidhazy
Myra Fitzsimons
Don R. Hammerlund
Betty Harte
Rollin C. Hennie
Judge Douglas Hillman
Ruth Hornbach
Margaret Potter Kirkpatrick
Ruth Kowalski
Frances B. Lydens
Mary Therese McCarthy
Edward McKeller
John T. Minor
Frances Sherwood
Richard F. Vander Veen
Virginia Schnell Walters
ZZ Lydens

To Honor:
Maize Jorgensen Brower
Nigel Robert Doyle

General Donations
Mary A. Alt
Lori Baker & David Koski
Daniel and Barbara Balbach
William R. Baldridge
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Sophia Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Buchholz
John & Debra Byl
Hazel Beckwith
Sandy Caswell
Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids
Margaret Christenson
Max & Carol Cline
James Collins
Tim Conroy & Debbie Heiman
Ben Cossar
Jean Dean
Franklin R DeLano
Marie Deyman
Thomas & Debra Dilley
Eaton Corporation
Joyce Elzinga
Patricia Empie
Fair Housing Center of Greater Grand Rapids
Jon & Kayne Ferrier
Marie Pulte Fisher
John & Mary Fix
Gene Fortune
Cheryl Franklin
Louis P Freybler
Friends of the Library - Madison Square
Friends of the Library - Main
Friends of the Library - Ottawa Hills
Friends of the Library - Seymour
Friends of the Library - Van Belkum
Friends of the Library - West Leonard
Friends of the Library - West Side
Friends of the Library - Yankee Clipper
Gottlieb Foundation
Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities
Grand Rapids Christian Schools
The Grand Rapids Press
The Grand Rapids Times
Gloria Gregory
Drs. Patricia & Robert Gussin
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood
Patricia Hazenberg
Katheryn Hearld
William Hill
Dirk & Victoria Hoffius
Clarence & Pati Hogeterp
David & Betsy Horning
Deborah Hoskins
Robert & Nora Koster
Sandra Last
Steven & Dawn Lewis
Daniel & Mary Lee Lynch
Chet & Elaine Maternowski
Edith McCargar
Kathleen McGooky
Michael's Arts and Crafts
Michigan Center for the Book
Kim Mitchell
Terry & Debra Moore
Stanley Nasby
National Society of Daughters
of Founders & Patriots of America
Gordon Olson
C. Barry & Susan Ott
Catherine Page
William & Kathleen Palma
Dorothy Parente
Carol Phelps
Pistons-Palace Foundation
Kirk & Sue Rich
Kim Roden
Mary Romence
Darrel & Carrie Rosen
Rotary of Grand Rapids
Stanley & Phyllis Saganski
Robert & Karen Schermer
Schuler Books & Music
Shakespeariana Club
Stella Shields
Eva Sitek
Slemons Foundation Inc.
Fred Slikkers
Darlene Snyder
St. Anthony of Padua Parish
Steelcase Foundation
George & Andrea Sugiyama
Tanglefoot Company
Bill & Sue Thoms
UPS Foundation
Kathy Vance
Marion C. Vander Veen
Ruth Van Stee
Richard & Christine Vettese
Linda Vos
Marcia A. Warner
Warner Norcross & Judd
Wege Foundation
Western Michigan Genealogical Society
Bill Whittington
Tom Wilson
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
WOOD TV 8
WZZM TV 13
John Zaagman