MELVIN JONES FELLOWS
Melvin Jones was the founder of Lions International. The Melvin Jones award is given to persons who contribute $1,000 or more to the Lions Clubs International Foundation. The Board of Directors of the Fargo Lions Club has chosen to honor selected members with a Melvin Jones Award to recognize outstanding service by club members.
Listed here are the Melvin Jones Fellows of the Fargo Lions Club:
Robert Ames Susan Anderson Theodore Appel Michael Benson William R Braseth Patrick Brown David J Butler Paul G Conmy Joseph W Dobbs Edith Falk Calvin K Fercho Trent Freier Bruce W Furness Michael Gallagher Brian A Grave Jennifer Grimm Adam Emily C Gunderson Jayne A Gust Gary W Hanson Mark Jensen Waldemar C Johnson Neil Jordheim Paula Klein Connie Koehmstedt David M Kramer Kate M Lea Kathy M Littlefield Ron Martin Luci Melby Robert Muscha Karna L Nelson Mel Olson Milton M Ota Jane Pettinger Gary Renier Mona Rindy Dave Rogness Lori Scheel Raymond E Shelton Ila Shelton M Blake Strehlow Paula R Swanson Lyle E Swor David Todd Katherine A K Tweed Frederick L Walsh Mark R Western Gus H WielandPAST PRESIDENTS OF THE FARGO LIONS CLUB
(listed by the year of their election to office)
1921 E T Conmy 1922 Paul A Raupagh 1923 Dr R W Pote 1924 T W Blair 1925 John Wooledge 1926 A T Severs 1927 Hugo Stern 1928 Mat Camitsch 1929 Fred M Hector 1930 Arthur W Cupler 1931 F L Whitney 1932 L H Redelfs 1933 Dr B K Kilbourne 1934 E E Simonson 1935 C H Kimball 1936 J A Cull 1937 Dr A McPhail 1938 H W Piers 1939 Otto Haakenstad 1940 Dr H L Walster 1941 J J Nilles 1942 Jay Simpson 1943 Merril Moore 1944 Harold Weber 1945 Clarence Olson 1946 J H Maurer 1947 M D Anderson 1948 Alvin Aas 1949 Ave Fossum 1950 Mel Toussaint 1951 Pete Crarey 1952 Ray E Lavelle 1953 J H Roel 1954 Walter Monson 1955 Fred S Hultz 1956 Les W Wands 1957 Arthur C Johnson 1958 Frederick G Walsh 1959 Stanley G Taylor 1960 Carl A Rorvig 1961 Milton H Jones 1962 James H Otis 1963 Lester Stern 1964 Harry Shanight 1965 Bill Pratt 1966 James Gentz 1966 Bill Seifert 1967 Horace Johnson 1968 Jack Lester 1969 Frank Mirgain 1970 Lyle Swor 1971 Glenn Melvey 1972 Robert Rust 1973 George Booth 1974 Robert Gramm 1975 Armond Erickson 1976 Michael Herbst 1977 Levi Parmer 1978 Don Mathison 1979 Ed Kolpack 1980 Harding Morken 1981 Bob McKeon 1982 Bruce Furness 1983 Ted Appel 1984 David Kramer 1985 Harley Sprenger 1986 David Butler 1987 Neil Jordheim 1988 Lloyd Jackson 1989 John Dobbs 1990 Robert Littlefield 1991 Mike Benson 1992 Mark Jensen 1993 Robert Brostrom 1994 Gary W Hanson 1995 David Rogness 1996 Jane Pettinger (5 mos) 1997 Mona Tedford Sharpe (7 mos) 1998 Jan Mayer North 1999 Katherine Tweed 2000 Andy Knoll 2001 LaDonne Vik 2002 Jane Pettinger 2003 Edi Falk 2004 Joe Dobbs 2005 Robert Littlefield 2006 Mel Olson 2007 Tod Dahle 2008 Mona Rindy 2009 Paula Klein 2010 Michael Gallahger 2011 Robert Ames 2012 Mark Western 2013 Patrick Brown 2014 Connie Koehmstedt 2015 Chad Quamme 2016 Paula Swanson Western 2017 Blake Strehlow 2018 Sue Anderson 2019 Jennifer Adam 2020 Joe Dobbs 2021 Joe Dobbs 2022 Kate Lea 2023 Kate Lea 2024 Jane Pettinger
LION OF THE YEAR
IN 1981 LION BOB McKEON INTRODUCED THE "FARGO LIONS LION OF THE YEAR". THIS HONOR IS BESTOWED ON A FARGO LION THAT HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN GIVING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR CLUB. HERE IS A LIST OF THOSE RECIPIENTS.
Ray Shelton Jim Mullenbach Lyle Swor Lloyd Jackson Mike Benson Dean Thies Robert Littlefield Mark Jensen Wayne Perlenfein Neil Jordheim Jane Pettinger Blake Strehlow Mona Tedford Sharpe Jeff Hooey Tim Selnow Howard Geotze Katherine Tweed Andy Knoll Lawrence Johnson Mike Benson Dave Kramer Larry Odegaard Dave Rogness Dick Schaefer Patrick Brown Sue Anderson
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