2010 Women of the Year Luncheon

For the past 64 years, The Junior League of Stark County has honored women whose outstanding volunteer services to our community have been significant, unique, and lasting.

The League presents two awards each year. The Community Award recognizes a woman whose volunteer contributions have touched many areas of the greater Stark County community; the President’s Award recognizes a woman whose volunteer contributions have focused in a specific area: education, health and welfare, or cultural.

We are pleased to announce our 2010 award recipients for Woman of Year, Patricia Fuller (Community Award) and Patricia Miller (President’s Award.) A celebration for their service to Stark County took place on Wednesday, April 13 at 11:30 a.m., in the Barrette Center at Walsh University, located at 2020 East Maple Street in North Canton.

Patricia Fuller is being honored with the Community Award for her deep and lasting commitment to the American Heart Association, her leadership in the initiation, development, and continuation of the Service League for Community Health and Education, in addition to her extremely active role in the Stark County Medical Society Auxiliary. Patricia also teaches in the Community Education Department at Stark State College.

Patricia Miller is being honored with the President’s Award for her long and passionate commitment to Habitat for Humanity of Stark and Carroll Counties and its mission of making an impact on people’s lives by ending poverty housing. She has served in a variety of roles as a board member, fund raiser, event chairman, mentor, negotiator, and advocate.

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Women of the Year Past Recipients

Community Award Recipients

1947 - Nell Harris*
1948 - Laura Frank*
1949 - Eleanor Schmid*
1950 - Mary Belden*
1951 - Lela Fawcett*
1952 - Eva Sparrowgrove*
1953 - Alyce Jones*
1954 - Etna Walker*
1955 - Mary Amerman*
1956 - Susan Miller*
1957 - Katherine Moore*
1958 - Leto Wade*
1959 - Sara Schneider*
1960 - Mildred Urbach*
1961 - Mary Timken*
1962 - Lola McFadden*
1963 - Georgia Snyder*
1964 - Emma Hooper*
1965 - Virginia Herbst*
1966 - Bebe Lavin*
1967 - Barbara Schreiber*
1968 - Grace Noon*
1969 - Lillian Goodman*
1970 - Kathryn Fries*
1971 - Jane Schirack
1972 - Luella Buker *
1973 - Norma Marcere*
1974 - Kay Powell*
1975 - Dorothy Sayre*
1976 - Norma Queen*
1977 - Betty Frerichs*
1978 - Jane Cable
1979 - Virginia Fellows*
1980 - Edie Batton*
1981 - Joyce Niffenegger
1982 - Deloris Cope*
1983 - Ann Seanor
1984 - Nancy McPeek
1985 - Karen Belden
1986 - Sue Parr*
1987 - Audrea Wynn
1988 - Sheila Markley Black
1989 - Mary Margaret Rose
1990 - Vicki Conley
1991 - Sally Efremoff
1992 - Nancy Pryce
1993 - Helenmarie Kilduff*
1994 - Jeanne Cullen
1995 - Gretchen Graham
1996 - Carole H. Savastano
1997 - Jean Gaetano Stanley *
1998 - Candy Wallace
1999 - Polly Hartung
2000 - Nandita Dash
2001 - Carolyn Howes
2002 - Donna Leibensperger
2003 - Hortense B. Bobbitt
2004 - Marian Manns
2005 - Nancy Hoover
2006 - Kay Flood
2007 - Linda DeHoff
2008 - Vicki Haines
2009 - Darlene Violet
2010 - Pat Fuller

President's Award Recipients

1973 - Jane Mahoney
1974 - Rachel Renkert*
1975 - Dr. Margaret Shipley*
1976 - Lillian Friedman*
1977 - Phyllis Milligan
1978 - Rhyllis Guist
1979 - Katie Strine*
1980 - Miletsa Stergios
1981 - Marie Hoover*
1982 - Ruth Wilkof*
1983 - Paula Wise
1984 - Jean Ann Smith*
1985 - Jodine Duerr*
1986 - Beverly Konovsky
1987 - Hester Jane Johnston
1988 - Patricia Whelan*
1989 - Joy Timken
1990 - Mary Christenson
1991 - Martha Lottman
1992 - Freda Case*
1993 - Pat Gramoy
1994 - Viola Geckler
1995 - Marilyn Shortridge *
1996 - Blanche Motts*
1997 - Jane Ruff*
1998 - Helen Syrios
1999 - Katherine Pelanda
2000 - Hildegard Greenlee
2001 - Lucie Rush
2002 - Patty DiSimone
2003 - Cyndi Morrow
2004 - Marilynn Williamson
2005 - Lynne Dragomier
2006 - Paralee Compton
2007 - Estelle Blau
2008 - Doris Hershey
2009 - Lisa Hicklin
2010 - Pat Miller

*= decesased