Mosers, McManigal among Chamber Hall of Fame honorees

Six business and community leaders from Jackson County have been named to join the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame, ac­cording to Chamber Ad­ministrative Assistant Beth McManigal.

Inductees for 2017 include Drs. Ernest and Roy Moser, founders of the Holton Community Hospital; the late Lenamaye Williams, for­mer Whiting city clerk and com­munity advocate; Mike McMani­gal, who is being honored for his work with the Banner Creek Sci­ence Center and the Purple Heart monument project; and Emily Jane Stoll and Margaret Utz, honored jointly for their volunteer work with the Jackson County Historical Society.

The inductees will be honored at the 2017 Hall of Fame banquet, set for this coming February. Details of the 2017 banquet are still being fi­nalized at this time, it was reported.

The Chamber’s Hall of Fame has honored more than 50 Jackson County individuals and organiza­tions for their contributions in the realms of inspiring leadership, longtime business excellence, en­trepreneu­rial spirit, community im­pact and influential volunteer work.

Inductees for 2017 will join Hall of Fame members honored in pre­vious years, including:

• 2006: John Chiles, Homer Clark (deceased), Bud Geis (de­ceased) and Frank Gil­liland.

• 2007: Jim Birkbeck, Scott Foster, Harold Ireland (deceased) and Vestina Nonken (deceased).

• 2008: Ron Anderson, Tom Davies (Volunteer of the Year, de­ceased), Ross (deceased) and Betty Moser, and Marlin White (de­ceased).

• 2009: Warren E. Bottenberg (deceased), Robert Brown, Carolyn Koger and the Jackson County Friends of Hospice (Volunteer of the Year).

• 2010: Neva Heiselman, Roger and Cindy Hower, Pat McClintock (deceased) and Dan Mehringer (Volunteer of the Year).

• 2011: Gary Bell, Dr. Joel Hutchins, Anna Wilhelm and Freda Galer (Volunteer of the Year).

• 2012: George Gantz (de­ceased), Francis Jensen (deceased), Judy Ol­son, Janet Zwonitzer and Joannie Dannenberg and Betty Flemming (Volunteers of the Year).

• 2013: J. Richard Lake, Wayne and Gladys (deceased) Ogilvie, Cathleen Reed and Gloria Stavro­poulos.

• 2014: Dr. Carlos Chavez (de­ceased), Roy Hale and Rich and Lynne Mulroy.

• 2015: Bill and Debra Brown, Mike Ford, Jim Potter (deceased) and Brad Stauffer.

• 2016: Harold (deceased) and Jan Hodge, Joe (deceased) and Dorothy Rogers, Paula Taylor and Dianna Wilson.

More information about induc­tees for 2017 and the annual Hall of Fame banquet will be printed in upcoming issues of The Holton Re­corder.