The KGC Tribute fund was established in 2018 as a way to honor individuals, members, or clubs. Thank you cards are mailed to donors, and acknowledgements are sent to the honoree or family members when addresses are provided. Tribute funds are used exclusively for landscaping the Council House grounds as determined by the Landscape and Tribute Fund Committees. Any amount may be given (via check or DONATE button on website) in honor or in memory of any person or organization. It is a wonderful way to honor and show respect and to keep the grounds beautiful.
A list of all donations are maintained by the Tribute Fund Committee and kept in a binder in the Council House Library and on the KGC Website. The Names of honorees for whom donations total $200 or more are listed on a sign in Memory Lane gardens. New names will be added every few years.
Contributions Have Been Made in Honor of:
2026
Jean Schmitt: by Karen Schmitt
Betty Mason: by Kerry Mohney, Debra DeMink & Richard Cooper, and Martha & Donald Martin
Norma Stancati: by Landscapers Garden Club, Kalamazoo Garden Club and Lakeshore Flower Arrangers Guild
2025
Michael C. LaDuke & Pfizer Benevity Donation
Beth Shirley: by Carol Beckius
Shirley Weiss: by Avril Blair
Lenore Wilson: by Burke View Garden Club
2024
Bunny LaDuke: by Petal Pushers Garden Club
Linda Derfiny: by Petal Pushers Garden Club
Petal Pushers Garden Club
2023
Lynn Dinvald: Kalamazoo Garden Club and by Marcia Wielenga
Carole Kellogg: by the following individual donations: Bill & Lorie Reed, Tom & Lynn Belco, Amy Nelson, Jack Kellogg, Carol Vogeler, Friday Night Supper Club at Lake Doster, Delores Wentzel, Randy & Sallie Truitt, Joel McGill, Byron Nordhus, Marilee Drouhard
Louise Adams: by the following individual donations: Chula Vista Garden Club, Thomas Hagadone & Pamela Miller
Mary Jane Kreidler: by Marcia Wielenga and by Burke View Garden Club
Anna Mae Miller: by Chula Vista Garden Club
Norma Stancati honorarium in memory of Lynn Dinvald: by Chula Vista Garden Club
Chula Vista Garden Club
2022
Anne Lauer: by Carl Lauer
Jeanette Meyer: by Deb Harvey
Bunny LaDuke: by Deb Harvey
Zigrida “Zig” VandeGiesen: by John Olson and by Paula Termuhlen
Michigan Garden Clubs
Rae Haas: by Kathy Kienle
Nancy Small Memorial Fund
Dick Kik: by Landscapers Garden Club
2021
Petal Pushers Garden Club
Pat Ira by Kalamazoo Garden Club
Westwood Garden Club
Pat Ira: General Donation
Carl and Joann Wespinter by Petal Pushers Garden Club
2020
Lynn Morris by Carol Beckius
Lloy Haw, Former President of Kalamazoo Garden Council, by Nancy Shirah: Memory Lane Tree
Petal Pushers Garden Club: Memory Lane Tree
Lynn Morris: by Greg Morris-Memory Lane Tree
Donna Schumann: by Kalamazoo Garden Club
The Landscapers Garden Club
Murray Cooper by Chula Vista Garden Club-Memory Lane Tree
Western Hills Garden Club: Memory Lane Tree
Gardenettes Garden Club: Memory Lane Tree
2019
Karen Gentile: by MGC District III, Burkeview Garden Club and Anonymous Donor
Ruthann Bryer: Former President of Kalamazoo Garden Council : by Lauren Smith (daughter) and by Landscapers Garden Club
Delores Miller: by Bill Miller Family, by Burke View Garden Club and by Peter & Connie Livingston
Sharon Yantis: by Joanne Simon
Petal Pushers Garden Club
Jean Schmitt: by Richard Schmitt
2018
Arleigh Smyrnois by Petal Pushers
Zola Eidson, Former President of Kalamazoo Garden Council: by Carol Beckius and honored as a former member by the Gardenettes Garden Club
Denise Clegg by Western Hills Garden Club
Anna Mae Miller by Chula Vista Garden Club
Caroline Gray, Former President of Kalamazoo Garden Club and Michigan Garden Clubs by Chula Vista Garden Club
Sheree Riggleman by Western Hills Garden Club
Bunny LaDuke by Grow and Show Garden Club
Westwood Garden Club: Celebrating 60 years
Petal Pushers Garden Club
Landscapers Garden Club: Celebrating 40 years
