ESCANABA — Escanaba High School announces that over $435,000 in memorial scholarships were awarded on May 22 through the generosity of our local community. They include:

Robert J. & Elva M. Hirn Class A: Michael Kaven

Robert J. & Elva M. Hirn Class B: Kyra Beck, Brianna O’Driscoll

Robert J. & Elva M. Hirn Class C: Christer Carne, Georgia Lehto

Anna C. Norton Class Class A: Paxton Johnson, Abigail Knudsen, Charles Tackman, Kaitlyn Lord

Anna C. Norton Class B: Benjamin Stier, Renee Perrault, Tyler Retlich, Meghan Farrell, Alicia Picord, Brittney Chaillier

Jonathon Barron Attendance Award Class A: Jacob Beckon

Jonathon Barron Attendance Award Class B: Sierra Brown

Magda and Peder Klemmestsen, & Margit Rose: Taylor Myers, Rylie Francis

Francis R. and Nancy L. Taylor: Karly VanDrese

Al Taylor Family: Gabriel Smith

Clarence Joseph and Della Lemerand: Tyler McDonald, Rachel Bessonen, Lexi Chaillier

Leon E. Kinasiewicz, MD Escanaba Rotary: Gabriel Smith

Louis J. Kintziger: Jacob Beckon

Oliver Felton Scholarship: Emma Zuidema

Arthur V. and Elin C Aronson: Isabella Wessel

Abrahamson Family (Gary Sr., Patricia, Gary Jr., Vicki and Jeffery): Lucius Padaoan

Arne and Violet Maki: Shelby Sundstrom, Nathan Rousseau, Courtney Boyle, Gage Gorenchan

Carl and Ruth Wickman, Ruth & Robert Addison: Zayne Pepin, Gavin LaMarche

Charles H. Gessner Family: Abigail Knudsen

Maria, George, and Stanley St. Louis: Hunter Anderson, Cassidy Magnuson, Brayden Huffman, Trever Mitchell, Emlyn Verbrigghe

Dr. Thomas and Dr. Edna McInerney: Garrett LaMarche

Dr. E. James Gordon: Nicholas Miller, Haillie McDonough, Kristin King, Grace Jackson

B.A. Coplan: Austin Willette

Georgia Gibbs Owens Teaching: Brendan Bennett, Zachary Rose

Irwin L. and Marge K. Gibbs/Georgia Gibbs: Kelly Mae Casey, Taylor Henderson

Naomi Taylor: Trinity Williams

Willard and Joyce Bero: Morgan Boosamra

Gary Abrahamson Sr. Athletic Award: Meghan Farrell, Christer Carne

Peter R. Morey, Lt Colonel: Madeline Dix

Thomas and Beatrice McDermott: Alyssa Groeneveld

Daniel Stein: Jared Nash

Frank B. and Mamie A. Louis: Trevor Couillard, Eloise Fletcher, Kathryn Wilson

Sherry A. Berndt: Sara Beauchamp

Class of 1963: Lane DeDominicis

Coplan Family Music: Brendan Bennett

Holy Name Scholarship: Courtney Grandahl

Jody A. Bisdee: Abigail Knudsen

Jack and Mary Molin/Class of ’44: Courtney Boyle

Catherine Bonifas: Sierra Brown, Kelsey DeMarse, Ezekiel Schultz

George Ruwitch: Isabella Wessel

Olive C. LaFave: Riley Mayville

Robert A. and Ruth Owen: Tristen Fix

Bradley D. Johnson: Paxton Johnson, Christer Carne

Forrest and Mary Henslee: Heather Bergstrom

Robert A and Olga A. Bosk: Brianna Sliva, Rory Wagner

Anne C. O’Donnell: Ann Marie Pilon

GFWC/Eva Flemstrom: Rylie Francis

Laura M. Hivala: Riley Mayville

Class of 1959: Kylee Johnson

William H. Pucklewartz: Tyler McDonald

Don McKie: Lindsey Thompson

Anna M. Kolich: Taylor Myers, Renee Perrault

Arlene S. Smith: Evan Schoff

Matt Smith Sr: Rachel Bessonen, Nicolas Ramos

A. J. Young: Gabriel Smith

H.W. Reade: Craig Kamin

Dale A. Mroczkowski: Benjamin Willis

Edward Sackerson: Renee Perrault, Kaitlyn Lord, Rylie Francis, Shelby Sundstrom, Emma Zuidema

Escanaba Ed Association Teaching: Jessica Koish

Escanaba Lions Club: Heather Bourdeau, Joseph Jacobson

Escanaba Rotary: Kyra Beck, Renee Perrault

James F. Almonroeder: Evan Schoff

Louis Diedrich Education: Ezekiel Strand

Melvin H. Karkkainen: Paxton Johnson

Rona Rae Berhow: Alyssa Groeneveld

Stack and Catherine Smith and Trophy: Paxton Johnson, Christer Carne

Carl A. Nordberg: Austin Willette

Escanaba Educational Trust: Sara VanNortwick

Herbert and Irene Kirstin: Alexia Frossard

George Grab Technical: Jacob Anderson, Jacob LaFave

John Wesley Hansen: Nathan Rousseau

Lawrence and Nina Fleming: Cassidy Magnuson

Red Cross: Evan Schoff

Tim Kobasic and Family: Katrina Mulhern, Michael Kaven

JoAnne Taylor Olson: Nathan Rousseau

Grace Huston-Beauchamp: Fiona Lindberg

Mechanical Industry (MIF): Kalvin Mayville

Dick Schram: Allyson Heiden

Elmer, Phoebe, and Wayne Dagenais: Erin Timler

Conrad and Eleanore Beck Music: Kyra Beck

Danny Derkos: Austin Willette

Jeanee and Joel Bennetts: Alicia Picord

Kim Ann Milkiewicz: Sarah Peippo

Edward Edick: Christopher Sliva

Joan Hesse Ferrari: Michael Kaven

John A. Calouette: Kalvin Mayville

Joseph and Mary Sayklly, Josephine and Margaret: Kalvin Mayville

Baybank: Kyra Beck

Christie L. Salo: Georgia Lehto

Cook Derouin/Derouin’s Auto Collision: Taylor Frossard

David Nordin Music: Rachel Bessonen

Escanaba Little League / Esc Heartbreakers: Lexi Chaillier

Escanaba Education Association Technical Proficiency: Charles Tackman

Esther Fernstrom: Gabriel Smith

Peter Adamini: Emlyn Verbrigghe

Robert “Bob” Dunstone: Kathryn Wilson

Robert & Joshua Bintner: Garrett LaMarche

Russell Jaeger: Kalvin Mayville

Sally Stack Fontaine: Kathryn Wilson

Spotlights Fine Arts Award: Kyra Beck, Jacob Beckon

Cunningham Family: Cassidy Magnuson

Sam M. Cohodas: Brianna O’Driscoll

Stephen Courier: Kalvin Mayville

Delta Kappa Gamma Beta Sigma: Taylor Myers

Susan C. and Thomas D. Dufour: Brendan Bennett

William J. VanEffen: Benjamin Stier

Class of 1966: Dylan Bourdeau

Harv Neubauer: Gabriel Smith

Robert L. Haslow: Christer Carne

Stephen Baltic: Christer Carne

Gregg Johnson: Madeline Dix

Ken and Patricia Gartland Award: Morgan Boosamra

Mary St. Pierre: Kyra Beck

North Woods Place: Kaitlyn Lord

Pfotenhauer/Gessner Award & Trophy: Lexi Chaillier, Craig Kamin

Robert Micensky: Kyra Beck

Stephen M. Milkiewicz: Brianna O’Driscoll

Venetia Byers: Kalvin Mayville

Dean Derouin: Brendan Bennett

Henry Wylie: Kaitlyn Lord

Jim Lindstrom: Benjamin Stier

John & Barbara Koontz: Nathan Rousseau

Gene Timmer: Jared Nash

John & Irene Chernick: Lucius Padaoan

Community Foundation: Britney Chaillier

Ken Peterson: Paxton Johnson

Lori McCotter: Tyler Retlich

Steve Freidhoff: Georgia Lehto

American Legion Citizenship: Renee Perrault, Michael Kaven

Principal Award: Gabriel Smith

STEM Escanaba AAUW Mathematics: Kaitlyn Lord

STEM Escanaba AAUW Science: Kyra Beck

Other accepted awards by graduates not mentioned during program:

National Merit Scholarship Corporation: Kyra Beck

Northern Michigan University Waldo & Wildcat Achievement: Taylor Myers

St. Norbert Trustee Distinguished & Music: Gabriel Smith

Central Michigan University Academic Excellence: Morgan Boosamra

National Assoc. of Secondary Schools National Semi-Finalist: Michael Kaven

Title VI Indian Education Parent Committee: Bryton Feathers, Jenna Pease, Riley Mayville