Annual Award Recipients

  Every February, at the Society's Annual Meeting, we recognize outstanding members of the community with the Dorothy Larson and David Humphreys Service awards. Below is a list of past recipients. Because our Annual Meetings recap the previous year, the newest award recipients are listed as such (i.e. - the 2003 awards were handed out in February 2004, etc).

Beginning in 2006, we began recognizing recipients of the Dr. John I. Howe Award at our Thanksgiving Receptions.

An asterisk (*) indicates the individual is deceased.

2007 David Humphreys Award Recipients - Jeremiah "Jerry" Vartelas (left) and Edward Brickett Jr.

Dorothy Larson Award  

For his or her many contributions to the community which in the spirit of the award's namesake coincides with the mission of the Derby Historical Society, which is to preserve, protect, and honor our cultural and traditional values.

1998  Florence Hoinski*

1999  Charles Rotteck, Jr.*

2000  Edward Cotter, Jr.

2001  Randal Ritter

2002  Jeanette LaMacchia*

2003  Helen I. Brady

2004 Mary Mycek

2005 Dorothy DeBisschop & Karen Bauer

2006 Marian K. O'Keefe

2007 Venture Crew 1762

 

1999 Award Recipients - left to right Margaret Gibbs, Charlotte McLean, and the late Charles Rotteck Jr.

David Humphreys Service Award 

Awarded to members in recognition of his or her many years of service in contributing time, talent, and resources in helping fulfill the mission of the Derby Historical Society.

1999 

Margaret Gibbs & Charlotte McLean

2000 

Arthur Tidmarsh & Lois Young

2001 

David Carver, and Mr. & Mrs. G. Bush Clark

2002  

Lawrence Howe & Wanda Sedor

2003   

Lorraine O’Callaghan, Roy Scott*, & Eve Turaj

2004

Margaret Els* & Ann Mester* (both posthumously)

2005

The Kosciuszko Historical Society

2006

Joy Donini

2007

Edward Brickett Jr. & Jeremiah Vartelas

 

2002 Award Recipients (clockwise from top right) Randy Ritter, the late William Coffey, David Carver, Mr. & Mrs. G. Bush Clark

Dr. John I. Howe Award  
The Dr. John I. Howe Award is awarded to a businessman or woman, individual, group, firm, corporation, or industry whose presence has consistently benefited one or more communities in the Valley region in the spirit of its namesake. This benefit is either through activism, perseverance, and/or philanthropy to the extent that the Derby Historical Society recognizes that they will be remembered in an historical context by future generations.
2001  William Coffey*
2002  Charles Seccombe
2004 John Walsh  

2006 William C. Bassett & John A. Frey

2007 The Descendants of Adolph Rapp

2004 Award Recipients. (Left to Right) John Walsh, Mary Mycek, Joseph Mester (widower of Ann Mester) and Henry Els (widower of Margaret Els)

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