A Commemorative History of the BCHS Celebrating 75 Years of the Benninghofen House Museum and 90 Years of the Historical Society
Richard Piland, Board Trustee (2014-2020, 2022-2024)
As early as 1901, a group of educators, doctors, lawyers, journalists and historians formed an organization and filed Articles of Incorporation with the Ohio Secretary of State for the first Butler County Historical Society. They elected officers, wrote a constitution and developed a detailed mission statement. The group held a few meetings during the summer and fall of 1901 and the historical society was officially incorporated by the state on November 26, 1901. There are very few records about the organization including when, if ever, it held additional meetings or what, if anything, it accomplished.
During the late 1920s a small group of people began meeting on an infrequent basis to discuss the history of Butler County. Even though this group functioned much like a club, it did form the nucleus of a future serious organization. An organizational meeting was held on April 18, 1930 to form a new county historical society and elect officers. The first officers were Hamilton High history teacher Charles A. Brennan, president; Miami University history professor Clarence E. Carter, vice-president; attorney George Cummins, secretary; Hamilton High history teacher Ella Mae Cope, assistant secretary; and Journal News weather forecaster-observer, Alvin B. Heath, treasurer. The group continued to meet on an informal basis over the next three years.
A postcard mailed by Henry J. Kessling, George Cummins and Michael O. Burns to dozens of people invited them to a meeting on January 12, 1934, to help organize a permanent county historical society. Fourteen people attended that first meeting which has been regarded as the official start of the Butler County Historical Society and the three postcard mailers have been considered to be the society’s founders. The society’s first officers elected on January 12, 1934, were Henry J. Kessling, president; George Cummins, vice-president; and Charles A. Brennan, secretary and treasurer. The organization’s first constitution was adopted on February 23 and by April 6 the society had received permission to hold meetings and store its growing collection of historical artifacts in the Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Monument on High Street.
Henry J. Kessling (1894-1955), was one of the society’s three founders. He was born in Hamilton and educated in the city’s parochial schools. Kessling operated an architectural firm out of his house on South Monument Avenue for more than 35 years. Henry; his wife Elsie; his sisters Helen and Josephine; and his brother Elmer were actively involved with the historical society from its start and all five were charter members of the organization. Henry served as the society’s president in 1934 and 1935 and as vice-president in 1941. After the Pauline Benninghofen bequest in 1948, Kessling served as the head of the house and grounds committee from 1949 to his death in 1955.
Attorney George Cummins, another founder, was born in Hamilton, graduated from Hamilton High and attended Dartmouth College, Miami University and the University of Cincinnati where he received a law degree in 1927. Cummins was the society’s second president and also its vice-president and secretary. He prepared the society’s 1948 application to be a non-profit corporation and drafted the society’s constitution. Cummins (1903-1980) was also active in the community, serving as president of the Butler County Bar Association, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, and the Butler County Park Board. He was a member of the Hamilton Civil Service Commission for 21 years. Cummins wrote the “Remember When” historical photographic column for the Journal News for 28 years, from 1951 to 1979. The column featured more than 9,000 images depicting the history of Hamilton and the surrounding area.
The third founder, Michael O. Burns (1867-1939), was also born in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame in 1886 and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati Law School in 1888. Burns was elected Hamilton City Solicitor and served as clerk of city council. He was a county prosecuting attorney and president of the Butler County Bar Association. Burns held high offices in the local Elks and Knights of Columbus lodges. He was elected the national president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in 1926 and drafted the legislation creating the “old age pension” bill for Ohio. Burns was elected to a six-year term as county Common Pleas Judge in 1937 but died before completing his term.
A fourth man played a major role in the early formation and success of the society. Charles A. Brennan (1879-1958), seen at the left, was a Hamilton High School history teacher who was born in Lockport, New York. He attended Valparaiso University in Indiana before graduating from Miami University. Brennan had a 42 year career as a teacher including 39 years at Hamilton High. In 1930, Brennan was president of the group that evolved into being the nucleus of the society. He was the society’s first secretary in 1934 and served as president from 1942 to 1945. After the society was incorporated, Brennan served as vice-chairman of the board of trustees from 1950 until his death in 1958.
During the August 3, 1934, meeting the society declared that 68 persons were “Charter Members” of the society. The total membership was actually 75 persons because the group had given the seven surviving veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic honorary life memberships. The list of charter members included prominent residents such as Mary M. Beckett, Charles Diefenbach, Cyrus J. Fitton, Dr. Lee Good, Fred Hammerle, Alta Harvey Heiser, Dr. Mark Millikin, John F. Nielan, Walter Rentschler, Frank B. Shuler and others.
Society dues were $1.00 per year and meetings were held either in the Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Monument, the Hamilton YMCA or at a member’s home. By November 1934, the Second National Bank gave permission to the society to create ongoing public displays of historical materials and artifacts in a street level window on High Street. Substantial donations of Native American relics, history books, Civil War artifacts, and magazines dating to as early as 1867 had been received before the end of 1934.
Between 1934 and 1948 the society diligently worked to acquire materials for its collection including historical letters, paintings, important artifacts, old business records, furniture, reference books, clothing, Native American relics and a wide variety of other items. One of the most prized additions to the collection was the “Old Neptune” horse-drawn steam fire engine that the City of Hamilton had purchased in 1885. The city donated it to the society in 1941. The society had asked the city for the donation as early as February 1934.
In 1937, the society voted to provide a protective fence around the John Cleves Symmes, Jr. grave marker and “Hollow Earth” monument in Ludlow Park. The stone monument stood as it was originally erected in 1829, except for a concrete base added after the 1913 Great Miami River flood. The monument’s stone was frequently damaged, defaced or scarred. The city gave the society permission to erect the fence in 1945. The newly installed fence and society representatives George Cummins (left) and Charles Brennan are seen after the dedication ceremony in 1946.
In January 1948, the society learned that a clause in the will of Pauline Benninghofen (1863-1947), seen at the right, had bequeathed her 14-room house on North 2nd Street to the society for use as a museum. The house, built prior in 1862, was considered one of Hamilton’s most beautiful old homes. The Benninghofen family had lived continuously in the house since Pauline’s father, industrialist John W. Benninghofen, bought it in 1874. Pauline, at age 84, was the sole surviving member of the family. During 1948, much effort went into determining how the society could make the best use of the home and what it needed to do to satisfy the legal requirements to gain ownership of the property. The primary legal obligation was for the society to become a proper non-profit corporation. The society’s initial application for incorporation was denied by the Ohio Secretary of State because the first Butler County Historical Society which had been formed in 1901 still held rights to that name.
Attorney George Cummins submitted proof that the first historical society had been abandoned for more than 30 years and that all of its incorporators were deceased. On December 22, 1948, the State of Ohio recognized the BCHS as an Ohio Non-Profit Corporation. The persons who acted as its incorporators were Mary M. Beckett, Paul Benninghofen, Cyrus J. Fitton, H. Lee Good, Alta Harvey Heiser, and Frank Shuler.
On July 30, 1949, the society received the deed to the property from Paul Benninghofen, the executor of Pauline’s estate. At that time, the society had a total membership of 140 persons. Seven members were elected to serve as the society’s first Board of Trustees on November 11, 1949. The members of that first board were Gordon Augspurger, Clifford J. Baldridge, Charles Brennan, Alice B. Clark, Elsie Kessling. Carl W. Schulze, and William E. Smith.
Butler County Commissioners began allocating funds for the society’s operating expenses in 1950 when they granted $5,000 for the organization’s activities. Over the years, county commissioners would provide as much as $27,000 annually for historical society operations. After a county-wide tax was voted down in 1989, the commission cut the society’s funding and eliminated it completely by the late 1990s. Prior to 1950 and after the late 1990s, the society was entirely funded by dues, cash donations, gifts and corporate contributions. On rare occasions, the society would sell selected items during public auctions.
In August 1950, Hazel Philips was hired to work one day per week as the temporary part-time curator of the society. Catherine Brown, a retired Hamilton school teacher, became curator in October 1951 and served until 1957. Brown was followed by Helen Schaeffer [left photo] from 1957 to 1964. Pearl Kessling [center photo], was the society’s curator for 18 years, from 1964 to 1981. Helen Miller [right photo] became curator in 1981 and served 14 years until 1995. Marjorie Brown was curator from 1995 to 2003. Carol Gabriel (2005-2007) and Mike Riesenberg (2007-2010) served a combined five years before Kathy Creighton headed the museum from 2010 to 2024.
The society’s membership fluctuated between 150 and 270 during the 1950s, between 180 and 360 in the 1960s and 225 to 290 in the 1970s. Several people were awarded with honorary memberships over the years and nearly 100 persons purchased life memberships. During the 1990s, there were a dozen companies with corporate memberships.
The society published its first newsletter in January 1959. Earl R. Hogan, Butler County Recorder, was honored as the society’s first “Historian of the Year” in 1960. The Benninghofen House qualified for inclusion in the National Registry of Historic Places in 1973. The society established its first booth and display at the Butler County Fair in 1984. In August 1985, the society voted to create its speaker’s bureau.
In 1967, the estate of long-time society member Emma L. Ritchie (1882-1962) awarded a grant of $70,000 (equivalent to about $658,000 in 2024) to build the historical society’s auditorium building. An additional $5,000 was donated for the project by the Hamilton Community Foundation. Emma, seen at the left, lived near the Benninghofen House and was a frequent donor of many highly prized artifacts to the society’s collection.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Emma L. Ritchie Memorial Auditorium was held on September 9, 1967. More than 300 people attended the dedication of the completed structure on May 19, 1968. The new building, built adjacent to and directly behind the Benninghofen House, provided much needed space for meetings and exhibits. During the dedication ceremony, a portrait of Mrs. Ritchie painted by Georgianna Harr was unveiled and given a prominent position in the building.
Olive Randall (1915-2010), seen at the left with her husband Herbert, made a gift of more than $400,000 (equivalent to about $558,500 today) to fund the building of a research library and archive storage facility for the society. A groundbreaking ceremony for the 3,000 square-foot addition was held on February 26, 2011, and the completed Olive S. and Herbert T. Randall Research Center was dedicated on April 28, 2012. The center was built behind the Benninghofen House and adjacent to the Emma Ritchie Memorial Auditorium. A new main entrance connected the house museum, auditorium and research center such that the entire complex was under one roof and ADA accessible. The new addition greatly expanded the society’s research facilities and a new state-of-the-art fire suppression system provided a safe, secure environment for archived materials. The photo at the right features Greg Young, BCHS president, and Kathy Creighton, executive director and curator, during the groundbreaking ceremony.
In 2018, the society began to operate the Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Monument on behalf of the Butler County Board of Commissioners. The BCHS serves as the curator of the displays and exhibits within the monument and works to conserve and manage the historical materials held in the monument’s collection. The monument’s curator is a staff member of the historical society.
The society signed a financial agreement in 2008 with the Heritage Hall and McCloskey Museum Board to enable that self-supporting organization which had been formed in 2002 to meet the requirements of a non-profit 501c) corporation. In 2022, Heritage Hall and the McCloskey Museum were brought under the operation and governance of the historical society. Heritage Hall and the newly renamed McCloskey Wonder Works Museum develops a wide variety of programs, activities and exhibits supervised by a curator who is a staff member of the BCHS.
From 1934 to 1949, the BCHS operated with four officers and several committees charged to accomplish a variety of objectives. When the society was incorporated in 1949 the new Board of Trustees essentially divided the work of the organization into two components. The general society held monthly meetings, accepted donations, provided programs and exhibits, and worked to develop the membership. Board of Trustee meetings were mostly business sessions devoted to preparing and operating the house museum and establishing working relationships with government, commercial and community organizations.
The general society and the board of trustees continued holding separate meetings from 1949 to 1997. Beginning in 1998, the society ceased electing officers and made all BCHS activities and business the responsibility of the board of trustees and the society’s executive director.
Over the years, from 1934 to 1997, several persons were elected to serve as officers of the general society for multiple terms. James A. Hoerner served as society president for nine years from 1982 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993. He was also a member of the board of trustees for another five years. The longest serving society vice-president was David Watson who held the office for six years during 1959 through 1964. He also was a trustee for an additional two years.
Bertha Fromm was the society’s secretary for the ten years from 1936 to 1945. Otto Kersteiner followed Fromm and served as secretary for ten years, from 1946 to 1947 and 1950 to 1957. Kersteiner also was elected to the board of trustees for six years. Camilia B. Schallip, seen in the photo at the right, was the society’s secretary for 13 years from 1959 to 1971. Schallip also served as a trustee for seven years. Carole Reynolds was the historical society’s secretary for the longest period of time. She served 24 years from 1974 to 1997.
Three persons have held the society’s treasurer position for long periods of time. Elsie Kessling, the wife of founder Henry J. Kessling, was treasurer for 14 years from 1935 to 1948. She is seen in the photo at the far left. Fred Hammerle, held the position for 10 years from 1949 to 1958 and sat on the board of trustees another two years. He is pictured in the photo to the left. The longest serving treasurer was Charles Stinger, pictured in the lower left photo. He held the position for a total of 26 years from 1969 to 1993 and again in 1997. He also was a board trustee in 1963, 1964, 1994 and 1995.
Paul Benninghofen, seen in the photo at the lower right, first served as president of the society for three years from 1951 to 1953 before being elected chairman of the board of trustees in 1956. He served as board chairman 19 years, from 1956 to 1974. Benninghofen was the grandson of industrialist John W. Benninghofen who had purchased the house in 1874 and nephew of Pauline Benninghofen who donated the property to the society in 1949.
Three other persons were long-time officers of the board of trustees. Charles A. Brennan was the society’s first secretary in 1934 and 1935 and served as president from 1942 to 1945 before he was elected board vice-chairman from 1950 to 1957. William K. Baldridge held the vice-chairman office for 7 years, from 1958 to 1964 and was a trustee in 1957 and 1967 to 1969. In more recent years, Sara Butler has served as vice-chairman for nine years, from 2014 to 2017 and 2020 to 2024. Esther Benzing was the board secretary 8 years from 1952 to 1959 and served as a trustee an additional 8 years in 1950, 1951 and 1960 to 1965. She is pictured in the left photo.
Since the board of trustees was created in 1950 more than 110 persons have served as a BCHS trustee. Six of those persons have been board members for ten years or longer. Long-time trustees have been Tim Gillespie, 16 years and vice-chairman for 2 years; Joseph Auraden, 12 years; Gordon Augspurger, 10 years; Russell Roll, 10 years and society president and vice-president for 5 years; Frances Arent, 10 years; and Morris G. Taylor, 10 years.
Butler County Historical Society Charter Members
During 2024, the Butler County Historical Society celebrates its 90th anniversary as an organization and 75th year of owning the Benninghofen House Museum. Over the years, thousands of people have supported the goals, mission and work of the society either as members, donors, officers, volunteers, staff or friends. The following list acknowledges the persons who were named as the 68 charter members of the society on August 3, 1934.
Lillian Becker
Matilda Becker
Mary M. Beckett
Tom Boli
Charles A. Brennan
Walter H. Bruning
John Burer Jr.
M. O. Burns
Ella Mae Cope
George C. Cummins
Charles Diefenbach
John Egbert
Cyrus J. Fitton
Harry Flenner
Mrs. Harry Flenner
Mrs. Louis H. Frechtling
Bertha Fromm
Joseph A. Fromm
H. Lee Good,
Henry Grevey
Caroline Hammerle
Fred Hammerle
Walter S. Harlan
Alta Harvey Heiser
T. E. Hughes
Mary Hughes
Elmore Keller
Otto Kersteiner
Elmer Kessling
Helen K. Kessling
Henry J. Kessling
Josephine M. Kessling
Elsie Kessling
George Kindred
Stanley Kinzer
Mrs. William Klopp
William B. Lamb
Clayton A. Leiter
James Line
George Manrod
Mrs. Phil Mayer
John Mengelkamp
Elmer E. Miller
Mrs. Elmer E. Miller
L. A. Miller
Brandon R. Millikin
Dr. Mark Millikin
Sol Mintz
Ralph W. Mock
Carl Mueller
John F. Nielan
Mrs. John F. Nielan
Margaret Phillips
Diomede Pohlkamp
Walter Rentschler
Lawrence Ribar
C. Lowell Sager
Peter Seybold
W. C. Shepherd
Frank B. Shuler
W. H. Snyder
Christine Van Gordon
H. N. Ward
Mrs. Jack Warren
Clara Webster
Marc Welliver
Harry Wonnell
George Zettler
Butler County Historical Society Officers, 1934-1997
For the 64 year period between 1934 and 1997, the general society had 72 persons who served as officers. There were 24 presidents, 32 vice-presidents, 9 secretaries, and 7 treasurers. The persons who served in these executive positions and the years they served are in the following listing.
BCHS President
BCHS Vice-President
Henry J. Kessling
George Cummins
Otto Kersteiner
Charles A. Brennan
Elmer Kessling
Andy S. Anderson
Paul Benninghofen
Edward McDaniel
Russell Roll
Frank Schwab
Morris G. Taylor
James R. Line
William K. Baldridge
William A. Moore
Kenneth Snyder
Voris Taulbee
John C. Slade
Russell E. Huston
Richard Jackson
Elsie Bates
James A. Hoerner
Verlon Ballinger
John A. Stewart
Jean Bartels
1934-1935
1936-1938, 1946
1939-1941
1942-1945
1947-1948
1949-1950
1951-1953
1954-1955
1956-1958
1959-1961
1962
1963-1964
1965-1966
1967-1968
1969-1970
1971
1972-1973
1974-1978
1979
1980-1981
1982-1986, 1990-1993
1987-1989
1994-1996
1997
George Cummins
William B. Lamb
Otto Kersteiner
John Randolph
Henry J. Kessling
Elmer Kessling
Ernest J. Heiser
William E. Lakeman
Edward McDaniel
Russell Roll
William K. Baldridge
Frank Schwab
David Watson
William A. Moore
Kenneth Snyder
Voris Taulbee
Susan Vaaler
Herbert Webb
Stan Perrin
Elsie Bates
Stanley Jordan
James A. Hoerner
Richard Jackson
Harold Burdsall
Shirley Baker
Verlon Ballinger
John E. Smith
Anne Jantzen
John E. Smith
John A. Stewart
Jean Bartels
Charles Menke
1934
1935
1936-1938
1939-1940
1941
1942-1946
1947
1948-1950
1951-1953
1954-1955
1956
1957-1958
1959-1964
1965-1966
1967-1968
1969-1970
1971-1973
1974-1976
1977
1978-1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985-1986
1987
1988-1990
1991-1992, 1994
1993
1995-1996
1997
BCHS Secretary
BCHS Treasurer
Charles A. Brennan
Bertha Fromm
Otto Kersteiner
Ernest J. Heiser
Mrs. Frank Elliott
Mary Alice Hilvert
Camilia Schallip
Janet Wilkinson
Carole Reynolds
1934-1935
1936-1945
1946-1947, 1950-1957
1948
1949
1958
1959-1971
1972-1973
1974-1997
Charles A. Brennan
Elsie Kessling
Fred Hammerle
Edward McDaniel
Daniel L. Dilyard
Charles Stinger
John Wenger
1934
1935-1948
1949-1958
1959-1964
1965-1968
1969-1993, 1997
1994-1996
Butler County Historical Society Board of Trustees Officers, 1950-2024
During the 75 years since the creation of the society’s Board of Trustees in 1950, 72 people have served as board officers. There have been 17 chairmen, 31 vice-chairmen, 11 secretaries, and 13 treasurers. During several years, one person served as secretary or treasurer for both the general society and the board of trustees. The following list identifies the board officers and the years they served.
Board of Trustees Chairman
Board of Trustees Vice-Chairman
C. J. Baldridge
Paul Benninghofen
Richard Jackson
James A. Hoerner
Harold Burdsall
George Schneidler
Janet Metcalf
George Hofstadler
George Bitner
Neil Sohngen
Tom Stander
Steve Mayhugh
Jim Schwartz
Greg Young
Curtis W. Ellison
Jack Whalen
Brian Smith
1950-1955
1956-1974
1975-1977
1978-1979
1980
1981-1984, 1990-1992
1985-1988, 1993-1995
1989
1996-2000
2001-2003
2004-2006
2007
2008-2009
2010-2012, 2021-2024
2013-2015
2016-2017
2018-2020
Charles A. Brennan
William K. Baldridge
Morris G. Taylor
James R. Line
William A. Moore
Kenneth Snyder
Thomas Rentschler
Thomas Cleary
Stanley Jordan
Herbert Webb
Elsie Bates
Shirley Baker
Harold Burdsall
Dale Schneider
Edward Bauer
George Hofstadler
John E. Smith
950-1957
1958-1964
1965, 1971-1972
1966-1969
1970
1973
1974-1975
1976-1977
1978-1979
1980-1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986-1987
1988
1989-1990, 1993
Board of Trustees Secretary
Don Dunkelberger
1991-1992
Otto Kersteiner
Esther Benzing
Camilia Schallip
Janet Wilkinson
Carole Reynolds
Laurie Kile
Steven D. Compton
Patty Fawns
Linda Keller
Richard O. Jones
Chris Carroll
1950-1951
1952-1959
1960-1972
1973
1974-2000
2001-2003
2004-2007
2008-2012, 2019-2020
2013-2014
2015-2018
2021-2024
Hjalmar Persson
Tim Gillespie
Charles Stinger
Jean Bartels
Carole Ballinger
Tom Stander
Steve Mayhugh
Jim Schwartz
Greg Young
Larry Fiehrer
Craig Keller
Sara Butler
Jack Armstrong
1994
1995, 2001
1996
1997
1998-2000
2002-2003
2004-2006
2007
2008-2009, 2018
2010-2012
2013
2014-2017, 2020-2024
2019
Board of Trustees Secretary
Fred Hammerle
Edward McDaniel
Daniel L. Dilyard
Charles Stinger
John Wenger
William Welsh
Steve Schnabl
Dave Loeffler
Ben Jones
Jack Whalen
Bill Groth
Greg Young
Ted Hunter
2001-2003
2006-2008
2009-2013
2014-2015
2016-2018
2019-2020
2021-2024
Life Members of the Butler County Historical Society
(H = Honorary Member; GAR = Grand Army of the Republic veteran)
144 persons and one organization hold life memberships in the society. Several of these people were given honorary memberships in appreciation of their support and work in promoting county history. Seven men in the list were made honorary life members in 1934 because they were members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and the only local living survivors of the Civil War.
G. D. Angus
Jean F. Armstrong
Linda Artman
Sam Ashworth
Keith R. Baker
Glen Ballinger
Jean Issenmann Bartels
Leo Charles Bartels
Edward Bauer
Keith R. Becker
Mary Beckett
Bob Benninghofen
Joan Benninghofen
Esther Benzing
George Bittner
Jacquline Blount
Jim Blount
Catherine Brown (H)
Leroy E. Brown
Suzanne M. Brown
Harold Burdsall
Mary Helen Burdsall
Christine Carroll
Steve Compton
Casual T. Cox
Ed Creighton (H)
Kathy Creighton (H)
George C. Crout
Ronald Deering
George Dilyard (H – GAR)
Valerie Elliott
Curtis Ellison
Carla Fiehrer
Larry Fiehrer
Mary Fitton Fiore
Rebecca Fitton
Richard J. Fitton
Marion Flynn
William Foster
Scott Fowler
Douglas Fraker
Mary May Gerber
Walter Getz
Donna Gillespie
Tim Gillespie
Robert Grubbs
John Haid
Leslie Haid
Fred Hammerle (H)
Janie Hammerle (H)
Lillian Harris (H)
Mary Heck
Alta Harvey Heiser (H)
Carl Hesselbrock (H)
Mrs. Carl Hesselbrock (H)
Audrey Hochenberger
James Hoerner
Jim Hoon
Ellen Houston
George Huston (H – GAR)
Jacob Inman (H – GAR)
James Irwin
Pat Irwin
James Jackson (H – GAR)
Jon Jacques
Anne Jantzen
Carl Jantzen
Dean Kallander
Clarence Kennedy (H – GAR)
Pearl Kessling
Elmer Kessling
Helen Kessling
Josephine Kessling
Alma Jean King
Rose Mary King
Gus Kumler
Neil Ann Levine
Hampton H. Long (H – GAR)
Kenneth McDivett
Patrick Meehan
Tim Meehan
Charles Menke
Janet Menke
Tully Milders
Helen Miller (H)
William Moore
Anne Mueller
William Murstein
Robert J. Paxton
Peter Rapp
Clem Pater
Thelma Reichel
Cindy Rentschler
Peter Rentschler (H)
Barbara Rentschler (H)
Mark Rentschler
Thomas Rentschler
Laura Riley
Emma Ritchie
Douglas Ross
Sheldon Schalk
Camilia Schallip
William Schlosser
Arthur W. Schnacke
Betty Schnacke
Karl Schultheiss
Fred Shearer (H – GAR)
Eleanor Skyllingstad
Dale Skyllingstad
Malcolm Sloneker
Marlene Sloneker
Brian Smith
Julie Smith
Diane Sohmer
Martha Jane Spain
Jayden Stewart
Marian Stewart
Elizabeth Swank
Morris Taylor
Mrs. Morris Taylor
Harry Thomas
Rusty Thomas
James Tincher
Christine Turnbull
William Turnbull
Patricia Vaughn
Chad Ward
David Watson
Sara Waugh
Herbert Webb
Mrs. Herbert Webb
John Wenger
Jackie Wenger
Allison Whalen
Jack Whalen
Jon Whalen
Karen Whalen
Bill Wilks
William Wilks
Carroll Wilson
Burton Winterhalter
Eileen Winterhalter
Elizabeth Zahm
Joan Zellner
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