Foundation’s Mission: Ag Outreach & Education
Looking back on the 2019 year, it was another significant year for the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture! Thanks to the generosity of so many donors the Foundation was successful in funding worthwhile agricultural initiatives like Ag in the Classroom, scholarships, farm field trips, ag literacy, and community outreach programs.
- Board of Directors
- Ag in the Classroom
- Farm Field Trips
- Ag Literacy
- Pollinator Garden
DeKalb County Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture 2019 Donors
Named Endowment
($50,000+)
Allan & Ruth Aves
In Memory of Arden & Dorothy Baie
Tom & Joan Fenstermaker
Bob & Norma Wildenradt & Family
Legacy Gift
($10,000-$49,999)
Allan & Ruth Aves
Babson Farms
Ken & Glennie Barshinger
In Memory of Joe Barshinger
Ed & Vicki Eggers
In Memory of Wilder & Martha Fay
GRAINGER
Darwin & Melody Hall
In Memory of Albert O. Johnson
KishHealth System
Terry & Sherrie Martin
In Memory of Orville A. Olson
In Memory of Charles H. Orr
The Schelkopf Family
Robert & Jo Ann Skabo
Jim & Sue Walter
Growing Acres
($1,000-$9,999)
A & P Grain Systems
America’s Farmers Grow Communities Monsanto Fund
In Memory of Eddie Arndt
Babson Farms
Christina Bagwell
Bayer Crop Science
In Memory of Ralph & Irene Boesche
CHS – Rochelle
ComEd
Compeer Financial
Ed & Juli Cowan
Bill & Julenne Davey
Dayton & Old Elm Farms
DeKalb County COUNTRY Financial
DeRaedt Seed
Doug & Nancy Dashner
Steve & Vickie Drendel
Vernon & Shirley Drendel
Enbridge Energy
Landon & Colleen Faivre
Vince & Jerilyn Faivre
In Memory of Roy Fenstermaker, Sr.
First National Bank
First State Bank
Joyce Gardner
Jack & Marcia Goodrich
In Memory of Lisa Boltz Hanson
Heartland Bank & Trust Co.
Robert & Ann Hutcheson
In Memory of Gordon & Janette Jones
Lewis & Hilary Josephs
KishHealth System
In Memory of Roger Klein
Ronald G. Klein
William, Bonnie & Robert Mullins
In Memory of Dorothy & James Nolan, Jr.
Lyle & Marty Paul
Elvin & Betty Plapp
In Memory of Richard E. Pitstick
Roy & Janet Plote
In Memory of Joe & Elsie Quinn
Marjorie Rasmussen
Paul & Connie Rasmussen
In Memory of Robert Schweitzer
Paul & Mary Schweitzer
In Memory of Kenneth Stoddard
In Memory of Bob Twombly
In Memory of Beverly & Archie Tuntland
Mark Tuttle
David & Peggy Vaughan
In Memory of Tom Warren
In Memory of Bob & Helen Willrett
M. Nadine Zimmerman
The Giving Field
($200-$900 Annually)
Jerry & Sue Bemis
Boehne Farms
Boehne Farms Trucking
Mark & Rhodora Collins
Adele deWerff Stevens
Ben Drake & Megan Carrier
Scott & Tara Drake
Dan & Jennifer Hoffman
Yvonne Johnson
Tracy & Beth Jones
Dan & Maylan Kenney
Ray & Carol Larson
Greg & Marci Millburg
Bob & Mary Pritchard
Carol Quinn
Trent & Elizabeth Sanderson
Roger Steimel
Jim & Marcia Stoddard
Jamie & Kristen Walter
Hank & Jan Wassmann
Jim & Mariam Wassmann
Cultivating Paths
(General Fund)
Richard & Candy Anderson
Charlie & Marti Brown
Carl F. Dumoulin
Steve & Pat Faivre
Dawn Felix
Norm & Marion Gilbert
Fredrick High
James K. & Loretta M. Hipple
Family Fund
Gary & Mary Leonard
Jerry Olson
Lyle & Marty Paul
Berni Schelkopf
L. Dale & Linda Swedberg
Frank Willis
Dean Winterton
M. Nadine Zimmerman
Scholarship Fund
In Memory of Floyd & Marge Drendel
Bob & Ann Gilmore
Pitstick & Associates, Ltd.
Elsie Sanford
Robert & Jo Ann Skabo
Tom & Joan Fenstermaker
Ag in the Classroom Fund
E & A Adams Farm
Noel Arndt
Barry, Kris & Kelly Aves
Bayer Crop Science
Brian Bend
Don & Marcy Billington
Bud’s Popcorn, Maple Park
Carole Cronin
Culver’s of Sycamore
Frederick & Allison Daley
DeKalb County COUNTRY Financial
DeKalb County Lamb & Wool Producers
R. Ellen Engstrom
Jack & Marcia Goodrich
In Memory of David Gray
Mike & Becky Hardt
Susan Leslie
Roy & Joyce McConkey
Robert F. & Mary Lou Miller
Mullins Farms
In Memory of Budd & Mary Phelps
Pipestone Bethany
Dr. Deborah Schelkopf
Doug & Kathy Stice
Gerald & Joan Stoffregen
Waterman Lions Club
Frank Willis
In Memory of David & Nancy Wirsing
DeKalb County SWCD Fund
Barry & Kris Aves
Carole Cronin
In Memory of Floyd & Marge Drendel
Daniel & Karen Hamingson
Norm & Barb Larson
Jim & Lois Latimer
Janet Miller
Jim & Judy Myers
Frank Willis
DeKalb Ag Scholarship Fund
In Memory of John Buckley
CHS Elburn
DeKalb Ag Alumni Association
Deanna Glass
James C. Green
Gail P. Johnson
Gary & Bonnie Koerner
Ann L. Koski
Mark & Renee Lawson
Louis & Martha Lostroh Family
Bruce & Kathy Maunder
David C. Mezger
Larry Nolan
Douglas & Lynn Roberts
Family Foundation
Dan & Kate Rozzen
Floyd & Janice Schroeder
Scott & Kathryn Schroeder
Mark Tuttle
Joe Barshinger Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Babson Farms
Sharlyn & Jeff Larson
Memorial Fund
Joe Barshinger Memorial
Kevin Engstrom Memorial
Donald P. Johnson Memorial
Pat Johnson Memorial
Garnet Jordal Memorial
James Leonard Smith Memorial
James “Jim” Montgomery Memorial
Edward Ollman Memorial
Shirley Valentine Memorial
Charles L. “Chuck” Weeden Memorial