We Remember...
January 2024
Mary Adler, Kansas City, MO
Darcy Austin, Damariscotta, ME
Donald Ayers, Easton, MD
Alice Bertino, Spring Hill, FL
Ola Bibb, Columbus, OH
Joseph Blackman, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Bray, Boone, IA
Charles Brooks, East Durham, NY
Muhammad Chaudry, Bronx, NY
Betty Cooper, Toledo, OH
Dolores Cronk, Columbia, NJ
Constance DeVico, Scotch Plains, NJ
John Green, East Saint Louis, IL
Laurence Gutlerner, Amherst, MA
Patricia Hollis, Frankfort, IL
Brenda Hoyle, Henderson, NC
John Hunter, Lincoln, CA
Anna Ice, Franklin, TN
Patricia Jablonowski, Milwaukee, WI
Susan Kathrens, Findlay, OH
Cecilia Larson, Carmel, IN
Marie McFarlin, Tulsa, OK
John Meeks, Grand Isle, VT
James Nixon, Norfolk, VA
Glenda Olesen, Omaha, NE
Elizabeth Oleson, Kalona, IA
John Pfiester, Cincinnati, OH
Ted Rinebarger, Monument, CO
Franklin Robbins, Stillwater, PA
Dwight Ryland, Thomasville, GA
John Saylor, Allentown, PA
Katherine Schooley, Deltona, FL
Caralyne Stone, San Antonio, TX
Margarette Swanger, Willoughby, OH
Billy Tatum, Cartersville, GA
Donald Toft, Sioux Falls, SD
Margaret Tormey, Pawtucket, RI
Marvin Trammel, Wayzata, MN
Andrea Treolo, Springfield, OH
Leonard Turner, Scottsdale, AZ
Jackie Vincent, Joanna, SC
Nita Waldrop, Birmingham, AL
Paul Washak, Chippewa Falls, WI
Ronald Zophy, Louisville, KY
* Names and last place of residence provided to YMCA Alumni by the YMCA Retirement Fund.
Our Partners
The mission of the YMCA Retirement Fund is to empower YMCA employees to achieve economic security, enabling them to focus on strengthening communities through their work for the YMCA.
The YMCA Retirement Fund was created more than a decade before Social Security, at a time when private pensions were rare.
More than 16,000 people are receiving a lifetime annuity from the Fund.
YMCA Retirement Fund
Photo: Michael B. Cefole is CEO of the YMCA Retirement Fund.
James Kirschner is Chief Strategy Officer of the YMCA Retirement Fund and serves as staff liaison to YMCA Alumni.
Emergency Assistance Fund
Y Professionals and YMCA Alumni supporting each other...
EAF has been here for us for more than a century. YMCA actives and YMCA Alumni have given generously each year. EAF is a partner of YMCA Alumni, offering a significant benefit for our members. Contact your Chapter Representative about EAF using the phone chart below.
To donate: Contribute online by clicking the "Donate Securely" button below. Or, mail a check to: Emergency Assistance Fund - Y USA, 101 N. Upper Wacker Drive. 16th Fl., Chicago, IL 60606 using the form accessed by the button below for "Mail-In" donations.
YMCA Alumni EAF Co-chairs:
Jim and Mikey Havlick
EAF Chapter Representatives
Contact them quickly by phone.
EAST
Central Atlantic:
Hank Vanzanten
(484-800-8075)
McBurney-Morse:
Steve Oswald
(718-836-1954)
New England:
Karen Leslie
(860-561-1970)
Weatherford:
Charles Cleveland
(336-917-0026)
Willis:
Fred Cooper
(352-307-4858)
CENTRAL
Chambers:
Keith Lands
(330-340-2798)
Greater Ozark:
Tim and Debra Phillips (515) 869-0314
Hoosier-Buell -- Indiana
Lou Drexler
(317-887-1930)
Hoosier-Buell -- Michigan
David Hines
(231-922-9165)
Messer-Brandenberg -- Illinois
Thomas Scott
(630-858-6708)
Messer-Brandenberg --Wisconsin
Jim Currie
(262-989-8018)
Mott:
Rich Schoffelman
(615-587-9705)
Upper Midwest:
Don Kerr
(612-968-8060)
WEST
Allen-Stone:
Jim Leigh
(253-219-0613)
Grand Canyon:
John Brooks
(520-625-8535)
Grand Canyon (Wiedensall):
Norma Hansen
(303-756-3438)
Lyon:
Paul Andresen
(714-603-7792)
Marston:
Bill Parkhurst
(858-674-4123)
McCoy:
Andy Vamis
(415 810-5824.)
Schreiner:
Chuck Dandridge
(817-845-1003)
World Fellowship of YMCA Retirees
WFYR, as it's known, is a group of YMCA Retirees in chapters across the globe. YMCA Alumni is a proud member of the organization. Current Chair is Kohei Yamada.
National YMCA Hall of Fame
Housed on the Springfield College campus in the Harold C. Smith Learning Commons.
A legacy of leadership
The National YMCA Hall of Fame provides a forum to recognize YMCA professionals and volunteers who exemplify a lifetime of commitment to the mission and cause of the YMCA. It honors individuals who have devoted their lives to strengthening community through their devotion and dedication of serving people and making a positive impact on individuals and to the movement.
We are extremely proud of the 12 active members of YMCA Alumni currently enshrined in the National YMCA Hall of Fame: Rizak Abushar, Bill Cameron, Jean Ann Durades, Bea Halk, Bob Hoffman, Pres Johnson, Bonnie Mairs, Harold Mezile, Peter Post, Jerry Prado-Shaw and Len Wilson.
Y's Mens Clubs International
"to acknowledge the duty that accompanies every right..."