Versailles scholarship recipients (front row left to right): Alyssa Meyer ($2,000), Lauren Jay ($1,000), Hailey Porter ($2,000), Payton Groff ($2,000), Alayna Rindler ($2,000), Abigail Peyton ($2,000). Middle row, left to right: Grant Beasley ($2,000), Taylor Bohman ($2,000), Tessa Stammen ($1,000), Lauren Bergman ($1,000), Abby Gilmore ($2,000), Mitchell Bey ($2,000). Top row, left to right: Jason Simons ($2,000), Keegan Gibson ($2,500 renewable), Lucas Stammen ($1,000), Zachary Ahrens ($2,000), Aaron Pleiman ($2,000), Joe Ruhenkamp ($1,000).
Photo by Lange Photographics
Ansonia scholarship recipients (left to right): Jean Young (Darke County Foundation trustee), Alliyah Hall ($2,000), Austin Obringer ($1,000), Denay Geesaman ($1,000), Marissa Shook ($2,000), Brayden Barnes ($2,500), Kinsey Hartzell ($2,500 renewable), Rebekah Prasuhn ($2,000), Madison Warner ($2,000), Emily Kelly ($2,000).
Photo by Daniel Stockton
Arcanum scholarship recipients (front row, left to right): Annalise Arnett ($2,000), Elanie Hollinger ($2,000), Claire Lemons ($2,000), Lauren Gower ($2,000), Mollie Ericksen ($2,000). Back row (left to right): Vahn Plessinger ($2,000), Ashton Paul ($1,000), Jacob Rice ($2,000), Charles Barry ($2,000), Jaxson Christ ($2,500 renewable), Garrett Garno ($2,000), Nate Kessler ($2,000), Carson Tegtmeyer ($1,000).
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Bradford scholarship recipients (left to right): Rebecca Sowers ($2,000), Brick Burgett ($1,000), Tasya Felver ($1,000), Logan Daugherty ($2,000), Molly Clark ($2,400), Landon Monnin ($2,000).
Photo by Don Selanders
Franklin-Monroe scholarship recipients (left to right): Sadie Bowser ($2,000), Abigail Krauss ($2,000), Stephanie Dong ($2,000), Layni Norris ($2,000).
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Greenville scholarship recipients (front row, left to right): Hannah Carroll ($2,000), Skylar Fletcher ($3,000 renewable), Lilly Lowe ($1,000), Alexis Slade ($1,000), Kelly Witwer ($2,000). Back Row (left to right): Alaina Baughn ($2,500 renewable), Samantha Frens ($2,000), Kylie Hamm ($3,000 renewable), Carson Pope ($2,000), Luke Francis Rammel ($2,000), Mason Shuttleworth ($2,000).
Photo by Dick Brown
Mississinawa Valley scholarship recipients (left to right): Nereida Velasco ($2,500 renewable), Sierra Grim ($2,000), Ben Hartzell ($2,000), Naomi Hathaway ($2,000), Jocelyn Hoggatt ($2,000), Xochitl Lozano-Licona ($2,000), and AJ Waymire ($2,000).
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Tri-Village scholarship recipients (left to right): Austin Rismiller ($1,000), Susan Laux (Darke County Foundation trustee), Mollie Mowbray ($1,000), Ashlynn Fleagle ($1,000), Austin Kosier ($2,000).
Photo by Daniel Stockton
DARKE COUNTY — The Darke County Foundation awarded $190,000 in scholarships to 73 area graduates from the class of 2023. Scholarship money comes from funds the Foundation establishes through donations from individuals, businesses and charitable organizations. Invested long-term, these funds generate a continuing source of income and maintain lasting legacies for years to come. Donors often honor family members or a special purpose by setting up funds with personalized names.
As a community foundation since 1987, the Darke County Foundation has awarded over $4.5 million in scholarships and community grants to local non-profit organizations. For information on starting a fund, call (937) 548-4673 or visit www.darkecountyfoundation.org.
The following funds at the Darke County Foundation provide scholarships for deserving students:
Velma & Merlin Applegate Fund, Pauline Winbigler Bales Fund, Tim Best/Ronnie Kreitzer Fund, Robert & Iris Bolen Fund, Harold & Betty Brewer Fund, William & Rosalyn Brinley Family Fund, Joyce Bruns Nursing Fund, Darke Co. Engineering/Science Fund, Darke County Foundation Endowment Fund, Brian & Regina Delk Fund, Wayne K. Detling Fund, Millie Kiger Dunaway Art Fund, Nils & Collette Eikenberry Fund, Mr. & Mrs. Howard (Eva) Fisher Fund, Kenneth & Virginia Maria Flory Fund, Kathleen Floyd Fund, John S. & Mary L. Fourman Fund, Alice & Wilbur (Bud) Frantom Fund, Kenneth J. Gibboney Fund, Richard Graeff Family Fund, Greenville National Bank Fund, Jeanie & Jeff Hawley Fund, Eleanor J. Hughes Fund, John & Miriam Knick Fund, Bob & Jan Lantz Miami Univ. Teacher Fund, Ami McClurkin Fund, Joseph R. Mills Fund, Fred Miltenberger Fund, Susan North Art Fund, Norton Family 4-H Fund, Oliver Fund for Versailles/Wittenberg, Gregory Olwine Arcanum Alumni Fund, James B. Phelan Fund, Pohl Transportation Fund, Road Less Traveled Fund, JC & Alice Schafer Fund, Schipfer Family Fund, Scholarship for Education Majors, Scholarship for Medical School, Lois E. Snyder Fund, Neil E. Stemley Fund, John E. & Ella M. Stevenson Fund, Edwin, Mac & Marguerite Stoltz Fund, Steven Stucke Fund, Jan & James Thomas Fund, J. Howard Trump Art Fund, Versailles Masonic Lodge Fund, Paul C. & Helen D. Warner Fund, Sarah Whittaker Fund, Lori Michelle Williams Fund, Matthew Wuebker Fund, Ryan Wulber Fund.
