2026 Donations&Memorials

Friends of the Wildflower Garden

Memorials Received
2026

for Elizabeth Anderson from Heather Clark
for Hanna Semba from Nancy Berlin, Richard Semba
for Shirley Pyle from Joan Haldeman
for Knox Schack from Heather Maestas
for Mary Lou Thoreson from Louise Fawcett & Varick Olson, Gail Hasz, Mike & Lori Schaefer Family Fund, Curtis Stofferahn, Pam Thoreson.
for Diane Walker from Jean Martell
for Helen Wright King from Susan Kornhaber

 

In-Honor-Of Received

IHO Rosie Bloom-Oconnell from Heather Maestas
IHO Mary Bolla from Nancy Gibson and Ron Sternal
IHO Carolyn Brunelle from Chris Brunelle
IHO Jeffery Ducharme from Janet Anderson & Tim Sutton
IHO Bruce Jarvis from John Barber
IHO Jennifer Olson from Peggy Korsmo-Kennon
IHO Jim Proctor from Joy Davis
IHO Pam Weiner from Deborah Boehm.


Donations received in support of the Friends and the Wildflower Garden
January 2026 - October 2026

Many donors have made multiple donations during the year. Names are listed only once. A "CR" after the name indicates one of those donations was specifically noted for the Council Ring "Celebrate 175" campaign.

A to D

Adams, Mary CR
Alverson, Emily
Amber, Robert CR
Anderson, Janet CR
Anderson, Janet & Tim Sutton
Anderson, Kristin & Robert Reilly CR
Angerhofer, Cindy
Angerhofer, Cindy CR
Anonymous CR
Anonymous CR
Anonymous CR
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Apfelbacher, Nancy
Armstrong, Robert CR
Arneson, Tom CR
Arthur, Mary Kay CR
Baker, Zachary
Barber, John CR
Bartol, Candyce
Bartol, Colin
Battreall, Roger & Jayne Funk
Beane, Anne CR
Bebeau, Gary
Beitz, Toni
Bennett, Ryan CR
Benson, Steve
Berg, Amy CR
Berg, Margit & Tom CR
Berlin, Nancy
Bicek, Margaret
Bjork, David A CR
Boehm, Deborah CR
Bolla, Mary
Bolla, Mary and David Dayton CR
Borghorst, Dean
Boyle, Dana CR
Broaddus, Lynn CR
Brunelle, Christopher
Buringa, Perian CR
Butler, Annalise CR
Bystedt, Christi
Carrasquillo, Ivan CR
Cavanaugh, Michael
Charityvest Inc
Charlesworth-Seiler, Erika CR
Christianson, Kari
Clark, Heather
Cochineal Charitable Trust CR
Coenen, Scott CR
Connelly, Kathy
Crawford, Elizabeth
Czapiewski, Susan
Daly, Brenda
Daumann, Kirstin
Davis, Joy
Dean, Susan & Jeffrey CR
Delacy, Mary CR
Deshpande, Kedar
Divecha, Mia CR
Drake, Ginger CR

E to K

Eastman, Scott
Edidin, Rachel
Ehrler, James CR
Enga, Amy
Engberg, Linda CR
Erickson, Ian
Erickson, Nicolas
Fahlsing, Maxwell CR
Fawcett, Louise & Varick Olson
Fetch, Julie
Forney, Meg
Freedman, Gail CR
Fritschel, Linda CR
Furan, Jennifer
Futcher, J. S.
Gaetke, Dawn CR
George, Cary CR
Gershone, Jerrold
Gillette, Leslie CR
Godfrey, Otis & Ann CR
Gonsalves, Sara
Greiter, Gay
Griffin-Wiesner, John
Gross, Silvana CR
Gustafson, Denise CR
Haise, Susan CR
Haldeman, Joan
Hansen, Chris CR
Hansen, Melissa CR
Hanson, John
Harris, David
Haskell, Susan Levy CR
Hasz, Gail
Hathaway, Dan
Haugo, JoEllen CR
Hegg, Greg
Helgerson, Joseph
Hentges, Jeanmarie
Hildreth, Brandon CR
Hoch, Susan & Jim Haefemeyer
Hoch, Tom
Hoeft, Joelle CR
Hollingshead, Robyn CR
Hovey, Kari CR
Huebner, Marjorie CR
Husting, Kathy CR
Husting, Lauren
Jaffray, Molly CR
Jandl, Gail CR
Jarvis, Bruce and Alison CR
Johnson, Genevieve CR
Johnson, Pamela CR
Jones, Linda
Joygaard, Jeannine CR
Kelly, Julia
Kerr, Betsy CR
Keyes, Debra
Kin, Stephan CR
Kirsch, Zachary CR
Klein, Maria CR
Kohnen, Jane CR
Kornhaber, Susan
Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy
Kotvis, Stephen
Kucher, Nicholas CR
Kwan, Benjamin CR


L to R

Lambrecht, Collin CR
Lander, Eric CR
Lange, Sylvia
Larson-Kidd, Susan CR
Laux, Katharine CR
Layton, Pamela CR
Leone Family Gift Fund
Levine, Arielle CR
Levine, Sandra
Levine, Sandra & Carolyn Belle
Lindh, Ruth
Lipschultz, Ellen
Lipschultz, Martin
Lowery, Kate
Luckow, Anna CR
Lundoff, Catherine
Madonik, Alex CR
Maestas, Heather CR
Mahmood, Michele CR
Marshall, Marcia CR
McClellan, Carla
McCollor, Sylvia
McConaghay, Margaret
McGuire, Vanessa CR
McKuras, Julie
McQueen, Heather
Meehan, Katherine CR
Mendon Schutt Family Fund
Metzel, Caitlin
Metzger Mary CR
Michael H. Baker Family Foundation CR
Moeller, Ellen CR
Moir, Christine CR
Monson, Bruce
Monson, Lisa CR
Morrow, Anne CR
Mundahl, Cindy CR
Neal, Mary CR
Nedrud, David CR
Neslon, Ave & Cathy Polaski
Ness, Julie
Nessinger, Mary CR
Nevin, Susan & Donald
Nichols, Jeremy
Nicohols, Jeremy & Evelyn Turner CR
Nitchals, Marlys
Nyota, Inc CR
Okkema, Peter CR
Olson, Ashley
Olson, Jennifer
Osterling, Cynthia CR
Padilla, Mishima CR
Pawlcyn, Mary CR
Peck, Lauren CR
Peterson, Sara
Pierce, John
Plesofsky, Nora
Pratt, Carolyn & Jackson Thatcher Charitable Fund CR
Pundt, Steven
Quinn, John
Rask, Mark CR
Riedel, Claude
Rockwell, Win
Ross, Elizabeth CR
Rude, Ellis
Ruiz, Chris
Running Deer, Jennifer CR
Russo, Diane
Ryan, Amy

S to Z

Schaaf, Vernon
Schaefer, Barb
Schaefer, Mike and Lori Family Fund
Schaffenberger, John
Scherer-Luebke, Gretchen CR
Schur, Linda CR
Semba, Richard
SFC Fund, Nancy Gibson & Ron Sternal CR
Shannon, Jerald & Lee
Shreves, Catherine
Smithmier, Annemarie
Smudski, Karen
Sorboro, Sophia
Spinosa, Ron
Spirit River Fund, Betsy McNerney & Donald Bell CR
Steen, Suzy CR
Steman, Lyle
Stephan, Kim CR
Stevens, Marna CR
Stockert, Nancy
Stofferahn, Curtis
Stone, Carol
Storhoff, Wendy CR
Stranglis, Michelle
Streitz, Susan
Sullivan, Christi CR
Suttle, Nancy
Thaden, Andrea
Thiel, Peter & Maryellen Skan
Thoemke, Michelle
Thomas, Diane CR
Thompson, Joan & Drew Hamre CR
Thoreson Steffs Trust Company
Thoreson, Pam & Aleta Wegner
Thorsheim, Mary Jo Estate
Tielman, Michael
Towle, Howard
Tuff, Marilyn
Vermeer Family Charity - Kathryn & Kerry Vermeer CR
Vishneski, Jack & Kate CR
Vogel, Jennifer
Wall, Jared CR
Warde, Susan
Wass, Karen
Weber, Jason CR
Weiner, Pam CR
Weinhold, Crystal
Weinstock, Ellen
West, Paul
White, Sara
Wicklund, Jane
Wild Ones
Wilkins, Susan CR
Willardson, Angela
Windle, Holly
Wood, Mathew
Xiong, Nicollazzie CR
Zespy, Linda CR



Previous year donors - 2025.


Details on how to make a donation or a memorial and what The Friends do with the funds can be found on our Website Donations & Support Page


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