D.E.F. Donor Honor Roll – 2015-16 School Year
At the end of every school year, we recognize the donors who joined with us during the past 12 months to help educators and students in Durango School District 9-R.
Donors make our collaborative successes possible!
Thank you!
Gifts from Individuals and Families (Unrestricted)
Pat & Frank Amthor | J Patrick and Jan Murphy |
John & Cissy Anderson | J David Nulton |
Frank J Anesi, Attorney at Law | Dan & Mary Claire Patterson |
Dirk Bedarff | John & Pam Patton |
Cheryle Brandsma | Kim Martin & Steven Philips |
Kyle Campbell | David Rakita |
Clifford & Joyce Capp | Stephen A. Roderick |
Marya Corrigan | Brady & Greg Rowland |
Patrick Flores | Barbara Sammons & Mary Leigh Miles |
Grace Deltscheff | Angeline Schrater & Dick White |
Jim DeNier | Bill Schultz |
Ginny & Kirk Dignum | Matthew Sheldon |
James Edmanson Living Trust | Steven & Jane Short |
Dennis & Elaine Ehlers | Margie Sittner |
Robert Dawes & Carla Finlay | Mick Souder |
Ulys L. Gardella Revocable Trust | Mary Stengel |
Harry L. and Merlene E. Goff | Mary Kay Stewart |
Tracy Graybeal | Peter & Elizabeth T. Testa |
Gareth & Mary Hammond 2007 Trust | Jean Thweatt |
G. Michael Hogan | Robert & Laura Volger |
Olin & Maile Kane | David West |
Jerry & Carolyn Kendrick | Gretchen Wilson |
Steve Krest | Roger & Marjorie Wolf |
Lisa Leininger | Sandy Young & Larry Zauberis |
Joel M. Jones & Rochelle Mann | Ed & Patti Zink |
Barbara McLachlan |
Corporate and Foundation Donors (Restricted and unrestricted)
A Team (9-R Administrators) |
Amazon Smile |
Ballantine Family Fund |
Bank of Colorado |
ColoradoGives.org/Community First Foundation |
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado |
Durango Mall LLC |
Investment Centers of America |
Kinder Morgan Foundation |
La Plata County Energy Council |
Stoneage Tools |
Westmeath Foundation |
Special Events Donors
23rd Annual D.E.F. – Tom Hartney Memorial Golf Tournament
Please visit our Golf Tournament Page
Matlock Furniture Special Promotion
Courtesy of Walter and Blair Matlock (MatlockFurniture.com)
Wayne & Sabrina Alexander | Steve & Nancy Kitson |
Jack & Linda Allenbaugh | Annette Kolter |
Ryan M. Barthel | Kara Kunitz/Dos Las Cruces LLC |
Shelley Bartlett | Wardine Lee/Caver & Associates, Inc |
William & Kelsey Bengs | Nancy Macho |
Byrd Marshall | Eric Mack |
Joann D Cunningham | Garth & Lori Marteeny |
Rob Davis | Alex McLean |
Evelyn Dawson | Karen Midkiff |
David & Sarah Devitre | Robert Munoz |
Amy Eckhart | Matthew & Rebecca Ozvat |
William Faulkner | Robert & Georgia Patcheck |
Will Finn | Bob & Claudia Patterson |
Clifford George & Beverly Kelly Swift | Derek & Marianne Pennington |
Michael & Jill Gorman | Suzanna L. Pyle |
Tobia & Michael Green | Marie Salt |
Gayle & Jim Hawkins | Jack & Miriam Smith |
Elizabeth Helms | Shannon & Amos Soignier |
Thomas & Elizabeth Helms | Marcy Spaulding & Ed Waddell |
Erik Hovland and Linda Sanchez | Sharon Trigg |
Deborah Hunter | Nathan Willis |
David & Vickie Johnson | Julie Wolfe |
Susan Lenz Johnson |
Secret Garden Summer Series
Courtesy of Kirk Komick and the Rochester Hotel
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado |
Kirk & Ginny Dignum |
Salye Stein |
Julie Westendorff |
Donor-Designated or Restricted Program Gifts
Gretchen’s Classroom Projects Fund
honoring lifelong educator Gretchen Wilson
Colorado Education Association |
Durango Education Association |
Durango Education Foundation |
R Michael & Barbara Bell |
June & Wayne Dunn |
Dorothy M. Larson |
Jolleen A. Myers |
Lynn Mather |
Cynthia Ortman |
Michael Crane Memorial Arts Education chicago bears Jerseys custom Fund
Barbara Colbert | Elizabeth Skartvedt |
Kirk & Ginny Dignum | Stick & Stones Handmade LLC |
Robert & Jayne Griffith | Peter & Elizabeth T. Testa |
Olin & Maile Kane | Stacy & Kristen Toppin |
Doug & Cynthia Loebig | Gretchen Wilson |
Kim Martin & Steven Philips | Cynthia Ann Winckel |
Christine Monk | Holly Zink |
Gina Piccoli | Jerry & Karen Lee Zink |
Kevin D. Quine |
D.E.F. Student Academic Competition Travel Grants
Ed & Karla Dudley |
John Wolgamott |
English Language Learners
Marya Corrigan (restricted gift) |
Scholarships & Awards
Mary Ruth Bowman Boy’s Swimming Scholarship | Mrs. Frank Bowman Jr |
Frank O Bowman III | |
Herbert Bowman and Michelle Der Ohanesian | |
Robert C Bowman | |
Brinton Family Girl’s Swimming Scholarship | Marjorie and Scott Brinton & Family |
DLM Family Scholarship | David and Lynn Mitzlaff |
Tom and Ann Hartney Memorial Scholarship | The Hartney Family |
Robert S. and Christine Finnegan Heinich Scholarship | Robert and Christine Finnegan Heinich |
Newbold Family Scholarship | The Newbold Family |
Sachs Construction LLC Scholarship | Rob Sachs & Sachs Construction LLC |
Steve Duke Student Leadership Award | Jim Duke |
Louis S. Tamez Memorial Scholarship | The Tamez Family |
Zink Family Scholarship | The Zink Family |
Tributes & Memorials
Honoring the Class of 1956 | Eileen R Brown Revocable Trust |
Laurence & Judith Cummins | |
Honoring Casey Lynch | Gretchen Wilson |
Honoring Vonnie Wilkinson | Sherri Rochford Figgs |
In memory of Ida Kolb | Anne Putnam |
Dana Hoffman | |
Elaine Slade | |
Nelson Zink | |
Waterfall Ranch | |
In memory of Jeff Morrisey | Anne Putnam |
In memory of Lyle Short | Anne Putnam |
In memory of Merl Short | Al & Lois Franken |
Stephen P Sproul |