McMINNVILLE
Distinguished Service Awards
As of May 11, 2023
In 1955, the McMinnville Jaycees Chapter was only one year old. The members were intrigued with a program promoted by the U.S. Jaycees recognizing service to the community.
In the spring of 1956, the first McMinnville Distinguished Service Award Banquet was held in recognition of the last line of the Jaycee Creed: “That service to humanity is the best work of life”
In 2013, a group of community leaders took over the organization of the banquet.
In 2021 The McMinnville City Club took over the event so that it may continue in the spirit of volunteerism in our community.
OUTSTANING EDUCATOR
Bill Moss 1974
Ron Wilkinson 1975
Carolyn Rice 1976
Debra Johansen 1977
Donald Hicks 1978
Veneta Volpp 1979
Charles Bierderman 1980
Anne Towsley 1981
Lorna Miller/Mary Ringer 1982
Allison Perrin Autencio 1983
Barry Lilly 1984
Kathy Cerwinske 1985
Lan Carpenter 1986
Jeff Autencio 1987
Rick Carpenter 1988
Jim Ray 1989
Sheila Lenker 1990
Ursula Dye 1991
Marilyn Salter 1992
Andrea Payne 1993
Shane Kimura 1994
Boyd Keyser 1995
H.D. Weddel 1996
Steve Tillery 1997
Mark Lukehart 1998
Jody Gerritsen Villasenor 1999
Tony Vicknair 2000
Kathy Baird 2001
Diane Massey 2002
Judy Catt 2003
Beth Downs 2004
Dixie Seibel 2005
Kathleen Fraser 2006
Jeff Templeton 2007
Veronica Chase 2008
Jennifer Sipprell 2009
Kerrie Savage 2010
Cory Ekland 2011
Angela Newport 2012
Dave Larson 2013
Reid Kimura 2014
Eric Svec 2015
Kelly Carlso1 2016
Suzanne Sayles 2017
Molly Bousquest 2018
Jerod Harney1 2019
Emily Wilcox 2021
Kendra Butler 2022
OUTSTANDING FARMERS
Ron Pittman 1974
Randy Coleman 1975
Dave Cruickschank 1976
Gordon Dromgoole1977
John Rossner 1978
John Kirsch 1979
Don Christensen 1980
Phil Olson 1981
Lee Schrepel 1982
John Nyberg 1983
John Scharf 1984
John Stuller 1985
Dan Bunsen 1986
Dave Kaur 1987
Mark Hurst 1988
Eugene Carson 1989
Mark Schrepel 1980
Tim Pfeifer 1991
Scott Bernards 1992
Clark Ellingson 1993
Gary Johnson 1994
Jerry Grauer 1995
Jennifer Redmond-Noble 1996
Lester Sitton 1997
Helle Ruddenklau 1998
Lucien Gunderman 1999
Helle Ruddenklau 1998
Lucien Gunderman 1999
Robert May 2000
Bruce McKee 2001
Bruce Ruddenklau 2002
Zach Christensen 2003
Ryan Jones 2004
Pieper Sweeney 2005
Ben VanDyke 2006
Casey Aschim 2097
Katie & Casey Kulla 2008
Jamie Bansen, Robert Kircher 2009
Joel Slegers 2010
Brian Wilson 2011
Andre & Sheila Jaillet 2012
Aren Hinely 2013
Barbara Boyer 2014
Sarah Lynch & Matthew Willis 2015
Jared & Christine Anderson 2016
Eric & Jose Fitzgerald 2017
Crystal & Brad Fuerst 2018
Even Pull Farm 2019
Gratefull Gardens 2021
Bernards Farm 2022
JUNIOR CITIZEN
James Craig 19655
Glen Macy 1956
Joe Dancer 1967
Alan Jones 1958
Mike Hamilton 1959
Wayne Roberts 1960
Earle Hunter 1961
Ken Twedt 1962
Robert Sterling 1963
Drannan Hamby 1964
Kurt Rossman 1965
Roger Wood 1966
Lyn Swanson 1967
Don Blensly 1968
Dave Haugeberg 1969
Frank Maynard 1970
Gordon Hall 1971
Mike Hafner 1972
Skip Huwaldt 1973
Denis Walker 1974
Hunt Compton 1975
Gary Rueter 1976
Cathryn Haugeberg 1977
Timothy Duerfeldt 1978
Patti Compton 1979
Steve Macy 1980
Jeb Bladine/Don Dix 1981
Claudia Huwaldt 1982
Jann Tankersly 1983
Rick Lee 1984
Chris Browne 1985
Rick Olson 1986
Ken Van Cleave/Kim Morris 1987
Molly Peterson 1988
Walter Gowell 1989
Ben Frum 1990
Teresa Smith 1991
Doug & Jayne Hurl 1992
Tony Browne 1993
Scott Macy 1994
Carol Prause 1995
Harold Washington 1996
Greg Wildhaber 1997
Doug Beck 1998
Celia Williams 1999
Dale Collver 2000
David Faxon 2001
Nicole Obrist 2002
Andrea LaRue 2003
Erin Stephenson 2004
Brian Owen 2005
Nicole Obrist 2006
Dianne Haugeberg Shea 2007
Eric & June Wolff 2008
Rene’ Bittle 2009
Kristi Mackay 2010
Randee Taylor 2011
Brooke Anderson 2012
Kris Moshier 2013
Zack Geary 2014
Kyle Faulk 2015
Chelsey Nichol 2016
Jennifer Feero 2017
Heather Miller 2018
Remy Drabkin 2019
Janet Sasaki 2021
Deven Paolo 2022
WOMEN OF THE YEAR
Gretchen Davis 1973
Marilyn Craig 1974
Eleanor Macy 1975
Gertrude Taylor 1976
Meg Bladine 1977
Minnetta Coburn 1978
Helen Taylor 1979
Patsey Miller 1980
Roba Rathkey 1981
Marjorie Moore 1982
Rose Marie Caughran 1983
June Asbury 1984
Jean Dale 1985
Mary Henderson 1987
Lea New 1988
Cherie Walker 1989
Anita Rogers 1990
Marilyn Crouser 1991
Wynn Perry 1992
Marilyn Dell 1993
Carolyn Granger 1994
Mary Baker 1995
Rae Anderson 1996
Irene Baker 1997
Toni Chodrick 1998
Sue Buel 1999
Rosemari Davis 2000
Candy Gormley 2001
Kathleen Bernards 2002
Cathy Haugeberg 2003
Vivian Bull/Cassie Sollars 2004
Janis Branch 2005
Chris Browne 1006
Linda Schwichtenberg 2007
Barbara Brewer Nelson 2008
Lucy King 2009
Sherl Hill 2010
Kellie Menke 2011
Pam Watts/Kathy Cabe 2012
Consuelo Christianson 2013
Jody Christiansen 2014
Gloria Lutz 2015
Mary Martin 2016
Debbie Harmon Ferry 2017
Erin Stephenson 2018
Teresa Smith 2019
Ronni Lacroute 2021
Marianne Mills 2022
MAN OF THE YEAR
Ron Eborall 1957
Rev. S. James Osborne 1958
Rudy Windishar 1959
Eugene Marsh 1960
Milt McGuire 1961
Ralph & Frank Wortman 1962
Ivan Person 1963
Dr. Harry Dillin 1964
Paul Durham 1965
Roy Helser 1966
Rex Haynie 1967
Fern Ramsey 1968
Margaret Reavis 1969
Harper Jamison 1970
Gale Vinton 1971
Cliff & Virginia Elliott 1972
Dave Davison 1973
Dr. J.A. Jonasson 1974
Dr. Harold Elkinton 1975
Glen Macy 1979
Charles Colvin 1980
A.E. “Al” Hurl 1981
Ad Rutschman 1982
Walter Dyke 1983
Delford Smith 1984
Win Dolan 1985
Joe Dancer 1986
Norm Scott 1987
Dr. Charles Walker 1988
James Osborne 1989
Vincent Mekkers 1990
Fred Koch 1991
Dave Haugeberg 1992
Bill Wilson 1993
Ray Kauer 1994
Waldo Farnham 1995
Milt Robins 1996
Paul Barber 1997
Ed Gormley 1998
Dr. Crittenden Huston 1999
Dale Tomlinson 2000
Bernie Turner/George Beal 2001
John Day 2002
Jim Lockett 2003
Colin Armstrong 2004
Jeff Kizer/Ron Davison 2005
Dave Hansen 2006
Lee Vasquez 2007
Skip Huwaldt 2008
Steve Macy 2009
Francis Charbonnier 2010
Walt Gowell 2011
Jeb Bladine 2012
Ken Rogers 2013
Tom Tankersley 2014
Todd Caster 2015
Rocky Wade 2016
Doug Hurl 2017
Allen Larsen 2018
Harold Washington 2019
Stan Primozich 2021
Gene Zinda 2022
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