Donor + Grant
Partnerships
Memorial, Honor
and
Estate Gifts
As of June 30, 2022
We recognize the following people in whose honor or memory gifts to Grand Rapids Community Foundation were made.
GiftsInMemory Of
- Roberta Alexander
- Barbara Anderson
- A. Arnold
- David Balas
- A.J. Birkbeck
- Glen V. Borre
- Emily L. Campbell
- Paul Clark
- Patricia DeLano
- Richard DeLano
- Beverly A. Drake
- John Edison
- Patricia H. Edison
- Lucille Goldberg Finn
- Otis N. French
- Edward J. Frey Jr.
- Chet Hall
- Richard and Eleanor Hemenway
- Robert W. Hendrickson
- Janet M. Janei
- Edgar Hare Johnson
- Virginia Kiel
- Matthew Kutsche
- Mary B. Lindsay
- John H. Logie
- Andy Lubbers
- Kevin Martens
- Bernadine Martin
- Ray McCahill
- James E. McCarty
- James C. Norman
- Rex O’Connor
- William B. Ogden
- Esther Roth Padnos
- John H. Pimm
- Betty Jane Pletcher and Forrest A. Pletcher
- Roberto Saenz
- David P. Schroeder
- Peter M. Sears
- Mary L. Smith
- Parker Spindle
- Paul Sterenberg
- H. Monroe Taliaferro Jr.
- Stu Van Dyke
- Marianne Veit
- Katherine and Olivia Veldink
- Bill Waring
- Sallie S. Warner
- Kevin Yon
- Carolyn Zank
GiftsInHonor Of
- Sam Carbaugh
- Holly Cole
- Customers and staff at nearby Columbia Sportwear Stores
- Paul Cook and Andy Brookhouse
- Grand Rapids Community Foundation staff
- Ionia Community Library staff
- Janis Lunquist
- Barbara P. Marcus
- Charles F. Pletcher
- Alan R. Ryan and Margaret Ryan
- Linda Samuelson
- Eugene Sueing
- Erika VanDyke
- Lynn Warshaw and Vicki Esch
- Rachael Wingo and Stacy Snider wedding
EstateGifts
Each year, people we know and love pass away, but our memories and their legacies remain with us. Grand Rapids Community Foundation remembers the following people who made gifts through their estate plans to benefit the community.
- Ms. Melinda M. Bendall
- Janet E. Berg
- Rita Didrichsons
- Keeler Foundation/Miner S. and Mary Ann Keeler
- Dr. Sandra Last
- Eileen Shedleski
- Robert C. Smith
- James R. Van Vulpen