Your planned gift will play a pivotal role in supporting future generations of leaders, ensuring that Western continues to offer a personalized academic experience that transforms lives and communities—now and for generations to come.
Members of the Heritage Society have demonstrated their lasting commitment to Western Colorado University Foundation by including the Foundation in their estate plans or through a planned gift.
If you have named Western Colorado University Foundation in your bequests, IRA charitable rollovers (Qualified Charitable Distributions), established a charitable gift annuities or charitable remainder trust, or named Western as a beneficiary (of your IRA, life insurance policy or other financial accounts), we invite you to join the Heritage Society. As a member, you’ll enjoy special events and recognition, and we would be honored to express our gratitude for your generosity.
Membership in the Heritage Society is honorary, with no obligations. If you qualify for membership, simply call or email Ella Fahrlander, Associate Vice President of Development, at (970) 943-2224 or efahrlander@western.edu, so we can welcome you into our community and thank you for your enduring support.
Heritage Society List 2024
Judith Lee Acre*
Joan Adair
Leona E. Antholz*
Mary Kay Arbuthnot*
Anne Ashe*
Robert Barr*
Roberta Barr*
James Bartlett, Jr.*
Jane Bartlett*
Robert L. Beitler
Avalon Benell
Robert Benell
Elsie A. Bennett*
Ruth Berg*
Rick Daniel Bettger*
Edmund L. Bevens*
Milton Binford
J. Howard Blackburn*
Robert Bonney
John Brach
Janie Braswell
Nancy Spann Braswell*
Barbara A. Breeding*
Jerry Bowen
Cherie Burggraf
Tom Burggraf
Glenn Calkins
Leila Calkins
Gerald Caplan*
Martha A. Carr*
Lorena Casebier*
Gary W. Christopher*
Hugh R. Christenson*
Janet S. Christenson
Ralph “Butch” Clark, III
Harold A. Conroe*
Charlotte Cotner
Douglas Cotner*
Gary R. Counterman*
James H. Cox*
Margaret Darr Crager*
Karen Crens
Jeanette M. Dalton*
George Davidson*
Marguerite Davidson*
Peter Dea
Cathy Carpenter Dea
A. Joseph DeGrazio
Tony Delmas*
Donald S. Eastman*
Mary E. Erickson*
Jeane D. Fair*
Michalina Ferrell*
Robert D. Foster*
David Geiman
Jeanne Geiman
Agnes D. Giles*
Cecil Giles*
Paul Gillis
William H. Gould*
Mariah Green*
Skip Greene
Carol Greenlee
Jim Greenlee*
William Greer
August Grosland*
Loretto Grosland*
Robert C. Haas*
Delia Fay Haefeli
Evelyn Haley*
Mary Alice Hansen*
John Hasche
Larry Heesch
Constantina Herzberg
Peter Herzberg
Kevin Hettler
Kenneth E. Heuer
Ann Hunt Hieronymus*
Eric Hoart
Tracy Hoart
Clarence T. Hurst*
Jean Race Johnson*
Henry “Hank” Kaufmann
May Dye Kearney*
Curtis Kennedy
Linda Kennedy
John Kincaid*
Bruce A. Kolisek
Alice Downing Lain*
Robert Little*
Patti Burritt Locke
Robert W. Lowe, Jr.
Jim Mahaffey
Dianne “Dee” Mahaffey
Mary E. McDaniel Marquardt
Richard E. Marquardt
Robin Sue Martin*
Mitchell W. Mateik*
John McCarthy
David R. McEntire
Sarah McEntire
Nancy Menan*
Keith Milheim*
Wayne Milheim*
Barbara J. Minard*
Christopher M. Minard*
Richard Montrose
Cynthia Myers*
Marvin Newby*
Herbert Louis Niles*
Larry Nisbet
Reva Sapp O’Connor*
Roy Payte*
Dennis Pearson
Harry Peterson
Sylvia Peterson
Debby Phelps
David Pierce
Linda Pierce
Maxine Pierce
Marjorie Porter*
Ralph E. Porter*
Fletcher Y. Rainer, III*
Sandy Read*
Edwyl Redding*
Lois T. Reed*
Fred A. Reichle*
Olivia L. Reichle*
Ethel M. Rice
Rachel W. Rice*
James R. Richards*
Freda T. Roof*
Joseph A. Ruggerio*
Mary A. Scherer*
Stephen T. Semegen
Gerald Shear
Alma L. Sheff*
George R. Sheff*
Deborah Shoop
Kirkton Shoop
Anne Shrake
Tom Shrake
Bill Smith
Burton Smith*
Elnora Smith*
Janet Smith
Marion A. Stoerker*
Mollie G. Stoerker*
David Stremme
Jan Stremme
Dan Thornton*
Jesse Thornton*
John Thyfault
Joanie Todd
Richard Todd
Melanie Torpey
Eric Vanden Brink
Duane Vandenbusche
C. E. Veirs*
John P. Vloyantes*
Malte vonMatthiessen
Pam vonMatthiessen
Sharon Williams
Wendall Williams
Elva Lea Wise*
Hazel Wright*
Mary F. Wright*
Paul W. Wright*
Mickey Zahradka*
Nona Zahradka*
George Zavislan*
Selma Zavislan*
Ann Zugelder*
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