Life Members and Patrons 1987 - 2018
Individuals who became Life Members have made a visionary commitment to preserve Minnesota’s military history and to educate the public about it. Patrons (organizations and businesses that contributed at least $500 in a single year) have likewise demonstrated their invaluable support for these goals.
We salute ALL of them here, including those now deceased:
John D. Abrahamson
Frank Adamich
John F. Adams
Jerald N. Albrecht
Alan & Ann M. Anderson
Arnold C. Anderson
Donald N. Anderson
Eugene R. Andreotti
Philip S. Andrews
Thomas G. Armstrong
Dean Ascheman
Robert B. Ballou
William Beery
Alice Bekke
Douglas P. Bekke
Harvey Bekke
Helen Bekke
Michael Belzer
Paul & Marilyn Bender
James G. Bennett
Steve W. Beranek
Bill and Rita Blaine
Robert L. Blevins
Calvin B. Blomquist
Patrick S. Boab
Glenn Boche
C. Dwayne Boerner
Robert L. Boone
Scott W. Boris
Darwin and Sue Bostic
Harold D. Bruns
James Buxton
David J. Byron
Hale D. Carr
W. H. Cheeseman
Tom Chial
Virgil Chirhart
Edward L. Ciminski
Gage N. Colby
Lynn Craine
Keith W. Davidson
Roger D. Delgehausen
Susan DeSimone
Kenneth B. Digre
Lyle C. Doerr
Jeanne T. Doheny
Terry J. Dorenbush
Raphael G. Eckman
Benita Egan
Felix & Ginnie Elicerio
Jack D. Elmquist
Carl & Eunice Erickson
Rick Erlandson
Janese Evans
Charles W. Extrand
Norma J. Extrand
John F. Falconer
Michael R. Farris
Jerome O. Faust
Marvin R. Fellman
Leonard T. Fielding
Joe Fitzharris
James B. Fleming
Ross Fortier
James S. Gabriel
Winnifred Galbraith
Dirk L. Gasterland
John R. Gazelka
Donald C. Grant
Merlyn W. Gritzmacher
Charles E. Gusek
Edward R. Gusek
Walter T. Gusek
Julian Halvorson
Harold Hammerbeck
John Handeland
Rodney Hannula
David L. Hanson
Douglas Hanson
Pamela Hanson
Wayne Hassell
Richard & Betty Hayes
Wayne & Joan Hayes
Ronald Hein
Paul & Kelly Henderson
Larry J. Herke
Ray T. Hermanson
Gary Hill
Edward & Audrey Hoeller
John & Audrey Hohncke
Joseph L. Horacek
Patricia Miller Horner
Todd Horness
Clayton Hovda
James A. Hovda
Paul Howard
Mike Huddleston
Robert G. Hystad
Lloyd J. Jackson
Tom & Barb James
James & Dorothea Johns
Anton J. Johnson
Craig Johnson
David A. Johnson
James Johnson
James E. Johnson
Jack and Judith Johnson
Kenneth C. Johnson
O. Guy Johnson
Douglas L. Julin
Timothy Kennedy
Neal Keppers
Edward R. Kiefer
Lawrence & Jan Kiefer
Richard C. Kloss
Gary Koch
Alan Koenig
John C. Kolb
Guy Konietzko
Axel Kornfuehrer
O. K. Korth, Jr.
William G. Kreger
Allen Kuebelbeck
Stu Kunde
Robert R. Kundel
David W. Larson
Kevin Larson
Lance Larson
Anita LeBlanc
Gary LeBlanc
Robert E. Leighton
Ken LeVasseur
Carl & Bonnie Lidberg
Geraldine Longfellow
James C. LoPesio
Duane G. Lorsung
Arthur A. Ludwig
David Lueck
James W. Lund
Gerald E. Lundberg
Mercedes V. Lundberg
William S. Lundberg, Jr.
Raymond H. Lunde
Richard F. Mallan
E. L. Masoner
Bill Mattson
Paul A. Melchert
Bernie Melter
Robert Mendenhall
Paul V. Meyer
Tim Meininger
Frank Messina
Gerald A. Miller
Richard J. Miller
Susan K. Miller
Tom and Jean Miller
Stewart C. Mills Jr.
Stewart C. Mills III
Ray Monjeau
A. Paul Monteen
Mark A. Muesing
Shawn Murphy
Kimberle Nagle
Richard C. Nash
Ryan & Bobbi Jo Nash
Anthony R. Nathe
Mark Nauman
Ken Neihart
Kelly J. Nelson
Thomas E. Nesbitt
David G. Newhall
Gregory Oakland
Patricia O’Connell
John B. O’Leary
Valentine O’Malley
John L. O’Neill, Jr.
Gustav R. Oberg
Gary and Karen Oftelie
Daniel Ojeda, Jr.
Glenn S. Oliver
Stephen Osman
Andrew Ostapenko
Nicholas & Joan Ostapenko
Terry Palmer
David W. Pearson
Clifford Peet
Ferdinand Peters
LeRoy P. Poganski
Richard Pomrenke
Lawrence Pruden
Bob Reeve
Donald M. Ritchie
John & Janet Roe
Tom Rohland
Robert G. Rupp
William A. Russell
Mary Saboe
Peter J. Sajevic
John J. Salchert
Eugene & Phyllis Sammon
Sidney K. Schmuckler
Cristen Schnabel
Eugene R. J. Schnabel
Jen Schnabel
Roman Schroeder
Chester J. Schultz
Kenneth L. Schumann
John M. Schuster
DeWayne Schwanke
James L. Sieberlich
William J. Senn
Larry Shellito
James Sieben
Kenneth Simurdiak
Kenneth J. Slipka
Dale W. Smith
Harry R. Smith
Leland P. Smith
Don Solwold
Robert A. Stangl
James Starr
Kenneth J. Streiff
Jacob J. Strouse
Darol Studer
Jeffrey A. Thielen
Dale J. Thompson
Edmund C. Tiemann
Christopher Tong
Michelle Tray
Jon L. Trost
Ugro, Gail
Wm. & Helen Vadnais
Daniel Vandeberg
John W. Vessey, Jr.
Francis J. Vojta
James Volstad
Richard Vosika
Edward Waldon
Robert G. Walker
Eldon & Jeanette Warburton
Clinton W. Weber
Allen J. Welters
LeRoy W. Wentland
Robert J. Wienhold
Mark Wiens
Thomas D. Wilharber
Dale Wippler
Kenneth O. Wofford
Roger L. Woods
James H. Youngquist
Ken Zieska
Grand Voiture 40 & 8
Post 102, Anoka
Post 1776, Apple Valley
Post 550, Bloomington
Post 550 Auxiliary, Bloomington
Post 255, Brainerd
Post 600, Champlin
Post 323, Clearwater
Post 334, Coon Rapids
Post 334 Auxiliary, Coon Rapids
Post 334 SAL, Coon Rapids
Post 20, Crookston
Post 474, Crystal
Post 177, Dawson
Post 15, Detroit Lakes
Post 617, Eagle Lake
Post 157, East Grand Forks
Post 381, Eden Valley
Post 303, Fridley
Post 523, Golden Valley
Post 478, Hardwick
Post 424, Inver Grove Heights
Post 443, Ironton
Post 11, Mankato
Post 131, Maple Lake
Post 101, Melrose
Post 359, Milan
Post 59, Montevideo
Post 260, Monticello
Post 627, Nisswa
Post 395, Onamia
Post 172, Osseo
Post 49, Pequot Lakes
Post 49 Auxiliary, Pequot Lakes
Post 613, Pine River
Post 216, Princeton
Post 292, Richmond
Voiture #327, Rochester
Post 251, Robbinsdale
Post 542, Roseville
Post 643, Savage
Post 2, Shakopee
Post 190, St. Charles
Post 622, St. Francis
Post 98, St. Paul Park
Post 37, St. Peter
Post 117, Thief River Falls
Post 239, Virginia
Post 150, Waconia
Post 428, Waite Park
Post 428 Auxiliary, Waite Park
Post 134, Walker
Post 71, West Duluth
Post 168, White Bear Lake
Post 560, Zimmerman
Post 936, Alexandria
Post 1647 Auxiliary, Baxter
Post 1403, Benson
Post 6316, Blaine
Post 1647, Brainerd
Post 1647 Auxiliary, Brainerd
Post 3915, Brooklyn Park
Post 494, Crystal
Post 1676, Detroit Lakes
Post 3817, East Grand Forks
Post 1816, Garrison
Post 1210, Hastings
Post 425, Hopkins
Post 3839, Jenkins
Post 8729, Lake City
Post 6583 Auxiliary, Lino Lakes
Post 7050, Melrose
Post 1223 Auxiliary, Moorhead
Post 8731, Monticello
Post 7266, New Auburn
Post 7902, Osakis
Post 3723, Owatonna
Post 6208, Prior Lake
Post 9073, Randall
Post 1215, Rochester
Post 7555, Roseville
Post 6845, St. Paul
Post 8261, Sherburn
Post 6204, Silver Bay
Post 4582, Starbuck
Post 323, Stillwater
Post 5462, Waconia
Post 3922, Wadena
Post 1642, Waseca
Post 1639, Willmar
8th Air Force Historical Society
125th Field Artillery Association
135th Infantry Commemorative Volunteers
151st Field Artillery Association
187th Regt. Combat Team
215th Coast Artillery Association
47th Inf. Div. JAG
Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
American National Bank, Little Falls
Benton Telecommunications Foundation
Commander's Task Force, State of Minnesota
Corporate Commission, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Coulee State Bank
Crow Wing Power Community Trust
Donahue Harley-Davidson
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 1, Minneapolis
Disabled American Veterans, Department of Minnesota
Eagles Aerie #3063, Alexandria
Eagles Aerie #287, Brainerd
Eagles Aerie #4120, Shakopee
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Elk River
Ft. Snelling Flower & Garden Club
Grand Casino Mille Lacs
Grand [Masonic] Lodge of Minnesota
Heritage Arms Society
IBM
Jaycees, Blaine
Jaycees, Starbuck
Jewish War Veterans Foundation
Katherine B. Andersen Fund, St. Paul Foundation
Last Man Club
Lions Club, Brainerd
Lions Club, Garrison
Lions Club, Grey Eagle
Lions Club, Little Falls
Lions Club, Melrose
Lions Club, Osseo
Lions Club, St. Cloud
Lions Club, Underwood Area
Mille Lacs Band AmVets
Mills Fleet Farm, Brainerd
Minnesota Masonic Charities
Minnesota National Guard Association
Minnesota National Guard Enlisted Association
Minnesota Power Foundation
Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans
Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association
Mississippi Valley Cattlemen's Association
Prairie Island Tribal Council
St. Croix Valley Civil War Roundtable
St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little Falls
Turner Public Television
Twin Cities Civil War Roundtable
U. S. West Communications
United Defense, L. P.
Vietnam Veterans of American Chapter 235, Alexandria MN
Zumbro Valley Arms Collectors Association
Thanks to all our donors—past, present, and future. WE SALUTE YOU!
The Donor Roll Call on this web page acknowledges those who became Life Members or Patrons of the Military Historical Society of Minnesota or the Minnesota Military Museum from January 1, 1987 through December 31, 2018. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of our records. If you notice an omission or error, please accept our apologies and contact Sandy Erickson: e-mail serickson@mnmilitarymuseum.org or phone 320-616-6050.