2025 Memorials and Tributes
We are grateful to everyone who made a gift in 2025 in memory or in honor of someone special. Each tribute reflects a life that has touched the Emmaus Homes community.
Memorials
Alma M Held
Ben and Alma Held
Bob & Dorothy Anderson
The Reich Family
Caroline Merrigan
Marilyn and Joseph Merrigan
Catherine Kitty Knop
Paul Knop
Cheryl Tucker
Shannin Leach
Dawn Montgomery and Jonathan Curry
Heidi and Gary Perkins
Cynthia A. Anderson
Pledgeling Foundation
Donald & Marianne
Kathie and James Fears
Francis Debney
Donna Debney
Frank Pohl
Donald and Catherine Pohl
Fredia Moe Peters
Ralph and Dolores Grannemann
Jane and Kenneth Meyer
Roger and Charlene Penn
John and Leslie Penning
Peters Family Trust
Glenn and Ernie Ruester
Robert and Kathy Taylor
Gloria Schwenck
John Schwenck
Jackie Thiele
Matt Thiele
Matt Thiele
Matt Thiele
James Rogers
Anonymous
Janet Clever
Karen Decker
Lynette Petruska
Janet Emily Lee
Robert Jones
Jeffrey Dean Carder
Jeffrey Kies
Jenny Lee Stiers
Fredia and Rueben Peters
Jerome Moran
Barbara and John Moran
Steve and Barb Reuter
Jim Rinne
Fred and Shirley Wehrenberg
Joe Pfeffer
Mary Wagner
Joan Brafldley
Richard and Denise Gould
Joan Miller
Jeffrey Kies
Joann Hoch
Douglas and Julie Welch
JoAnne Brown
Sandy Boland
Dale and Shari Kirchner
Dave Wang and Adrienne Hooker
John & Mary Lu Lewis
Jim and Patti Barnes
John and Darlene Hormann
Richard and Denise Gould
John Iman
Jane Asa
Charles Criddle
Mary Beth Foerstel
Shelley Polk
David and Trudi Rychwalski
Kristin Sieve
John Patrick Brown
Ann and Larry Degroodt
Anonymous
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
John St. Vrain
James St. Vrain and Marlys St Vrain
Robert St. Vrain and Jeanette St Vrain
Robert St. Vrain and Jeanette St Vrain
Jordan Medley
Anonymous
Judith Shields
Jacquelyn and William Connor
Julie Tenkhoff
John Tenkhoff
Kathy Bierman
Lawrence and Kathleen Bierman
Kay Thiele
John and Belinda Thiele
Ken & Esther Witbrodt
Kimberly Witbrodt
Kimberly Witbrodt
Laura Tellman & Danny McNamee
Steve and Debbie Schaeffer
Lisa Andrus
Anonymous
Lois Kleinheider
Superior Metal Panels
Lucia Lena Lee
Anna Lee
Magdalen Sturm Meyer
Paul and Judith Meyer
Margaret Toolen
Virginia Brazill
Mary Louise Neulist
Graybar
Lighting Associates LLC
Jennie Rickert
Pat Smith
Mary Metzger
Bonnie Metzger and Richard Koch
Anonymous
Mary Swehla
Craig and Karen Eckert
Mr. & Mrs. George L Weaver
Donald Weaver
Pat Brown
Heidi Weiss
Renee Holtslaw
Anonymous
Retha Jensen
Bud and Lynette Barr
Kent and Debra Brooner
Chateau Camelot HOA
Steven Derr
Miriam Franco
Cynthia Green
Vincent and Gina Grier
Kim Kling
Anonymous
Roger and Linda Wolf
Rev. Harry & Theodora Ring
David and Carolyn Kniker
Rev. Lev Reynolds
Kim Fine
Richard Dunlap
Christine Fears
Robert G. Anderson
Ming Teng
Robert Smith
Andrew Riggle
Roberta Hessel
Bill and Kathy Palliser
Ruth Gannaway
Jeffrey Kies
Sharon Fenner
Anonymous
Kathe Wimberly
Shawn Hoag
Anonymous
Gary Yakel
Shirley Ann Sheldon
Arthur Downey
Arthur Downey
Strum Family
Miriam and Charles Mittler
Susan Schroeder
Karen Forrey
Susan Zimmermann
Gerald and Bonnie Bonczyk
Tereasa Mercurio
David and Sandra Seithel
Theresa Will
Martin and Irma Will
Valarie Weiss
Kay Hucke
Virginia Funke Behrens
Pamela Moore
In Honor of
All the Residents
Wayne and Pamela Ermeling
Andrew Alt
John Washington
Cindy Clark, CEO
Armin and Norma Klemme
Daniel Sierawski
David Sierawski
Edward Lybarger
Joe and Kara Hobbs
Adam Lybarger
Emily Wallach
Barb and Jerry Wallach
Evelyn Strack
Derrill and Mildred Ballenger
Bill and Dorothy Burchett
John and Juanita Tesluk
Gary Arthur
Anonymous
James and Ashley Milam
Mary Milam
Anonymous
JoAnne Brown
Anonymous
JoAnne Schneider
Bradley and Krescene Beck
Joyce Hanneken
Janice and Tom Sullivan
Katie Andrews
Julie Andrews
Jeana and DeLayne Havlovic
Lisa Andrus and sister Carrie
Joy Porter
Margaret A. Black
John Black
Mary Louise Neulist
Brandon Newhouse
Nicholas and Daniel Kaminsky
Shari Kaminsky
Our friends at the Fontana House
Rachel Lynn Sabina
Sheryl Shireman
Anonymous
Shelley Brandenburg
Jeffrey Kies