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2021-22 Executive Board

Amy Wells (President)

Roxanne Dirnberger (Vice-President)

Carrie Kutchie (Secretary)

Janene Donarski (Treasurer)

Our Background

Founded in 1931 by seven Sunday school girls, Women’s Service League (WSL) was originally a sorority named Tau Sigma, or truth seekers. The purpose of the group was service and aid to civic and charitable causes.

Annual community events like Operation Coats, the Great Estate Sale, and Charity Ball have become time-honored traditions for generations of residents. Newer efforts including beach clean ups and the Athena Scholarship program (which rewards graduating seniors who embody the heart of a volunteer) have supported WSL's growing commitment to philanthropic endeavors.

To date, countless organizations in Berrien County and beyond have benefitted from the tireless work of Women’s Service League as we have raised invaluable awareness and hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities in the great southwest.

If you're an adult female living in southwest Michigan and interested in joining a dynamic group of volunteers bent on improving Berrien County, look no further! We'd love to hear from you.

Last, but not least, a huge thank you to our presidents:

1932-1933 Mrs. Huge Vaske1933-1934 Mrs. Lou Frolich1934-1935 Mrs. John Williams1935-1936 Mrs. Walter Virkus1936-1937 Mrs. James Brookwalter1937-1938 Mrs. Stanley Jacobs1938-1939 Mrs. William Saltzmann1939-1940 Mrs. Edgar Radesky1940-1941 Mrs. Phillip Rakauski1941-1942 Mrs. Harold Ray1942-1943 Mrs. Millard Dean1943-1944 Mrs. Frank Braniff1944-1945 Mrs. Theo. Schultz1945-1946 Mrs. Charles Forburger1946-1947 Mrs. Joseph Fricke1947-1948 Mrs. D.S. Bloom1948-1949 Mrs. Charles Tibitts1949-1950 Mrs. Irving Gelder1950-1951 Mrs. Don C. Clark1951-1952 Mrs. Dorothy Rabe1952-1953 Mrs. Robert Van Antwerp1953-1954 Mrs. K. Henry Anderson1954-1955 Mrs. Eldon Smith1955-1956 Mrs. Chester Wold1956-1957 Mrs. Partrick Ryan1957-1958 Mrs. William Eckert1958-1959 Mrs. Paul Florin1959-1960 Mrs. William Klum

1960-1961 Mrs. Robert Rose1961-1962 Mrs. Marshall J. Feeley1962-1963 Mrs. Burwell C. Carmichael1963-1964 Mrs. Jack Bronfenbrenner1964-1965 Mrs. John Manning1965-1966 Mrs. Robert Garey1966-1967 Mrs. Clarence Shaw1967-1968 Mrs. Kent Hughes1968-1969 Mrs. J. Dean Owen1969-1970 Mrs. Edward Schalon1970-1971 Mrs. John Netedu1971-1972 Mrs. Gloria Pearson Pavlides1972-1973 Mrs. Julian Hughes1973-1974 Mrs. Charles Duncan1974-1975 Mrs. Charles Worthington1975-1976 Mrs. Henry Glesis1976-1977 Mrs. Robert Molhoek1977-1978 Mrs. John Pielemeier1978-1979 Mrs. Allen Westmaas1979-1980 Mrs. Robert Peirce1980-1981 Mrs. William Johnson1981-1982 Mrs. Richard Ward1982-1983 Mrs. Andrew Takacs1983-1984 Mrs. Alan McKee1984-1985 Mrs. Harvey Johnson1985-1986 Toni Dwan1986-1987 Mrs. Barry Davis1987-1988 Mrs. Thomas Eberly
1988-1989 Mrs. Michael Cook1989-1990 Mrs. Thomas Eberly1990-1991 Mrs. Roger Bittner1991-1992 Mrs. Peter Johnson1992-1993 Mrs. James (Pam) Clever1993-1994 Mrs. Hillard (Shari) Friedman1994-1995 Mrs. William (louise) Dillingham1995-1996 Mrs. Michael (Liz) Garey1996-1997 Mrs. Jeffery (Micki) Schmidt1997-1998 Mrs. Timothy (Shelley) Sunday1998-1999 Mrs. Charles (Robin) Ross1999-2000 Mrs. James (Pam) Cottier2000-2001 Mrs. William (Fran) Chickering2001-2002 Mrs. Lynne Christiano2002-2003 Mrs. Lynne Christiano2003-2004 Mrs. Lori Boekeloo2004-2005 Mrs. Kim Edinger2005-2006 Mrs. Carol Klukas2006-2007 Mrs. Kim LaSata2007-2008 Mrs. Wendy Edwards2008-2009 Mrs. Debbie Culby2009-2010 Mrs. Dawn Williams2010-2011 Mrs. Amy White2011-2012 Mrs. Sarah Stocker2012-2013 Mrs. Janet Sullivan2013-2014 Mrs. Nicole Coar2014-2015 Mrs. Karen Garlanger2015-2017 Mrs. Jackie Flanagan2017-2018 Mrs. Catherine Kirshenbaum2018-2020 Mrs. Mary LoPresti