Sutter Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lee and Alma Sutter, Hopedale, Illinois, demonstrated a strong sense of loving duty toward their church, community, and family. Lee was a farmer with a flair for carpentry and construction.
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Minnie Sutter Scholarship
When Minnie Sutter remembered her college years at Goshen, in the mid-30’s, she thought of the Depression--of hard times. She remembered having to postpone college for a year, cleaning houses in Valparaiso for three and a half dollars a week.
Johanna Sutter Scholarship
Johanna Sutter was born in Germany and as a child lived through World War II. Following the war, her family received assistance from Mennonite Central Committee.
Virgil and Marie Strahm Scholarship in Nursing
Virgil and Marie were raised near Berne, Indiana. For a couple years after graduation from high school, Marie was employed as a seamstress in a clothing factory and Virgil assisted with the operation of a dairy farm.
Clara Eby Steiner Scholarship
Lester Hostetler, a former Mennonite church minister at Bethel College (Kansas), has created an endowed trust fund for Goshen College as a tribute to his mother—in—law, Clara Eby Steiner. Lester’s gift to GC was prompted by the death of his wife, Charity, in the spring of 1987. He remembers how often she would identify herself as “the daughter Clara Eby Steiner.”
Raymond and Fannie Nafziger Sommer
They were generous supporters of the East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, Illinois, and other church institutions. The endowment of a scholarship at Goshen College is typical of their lifetime priorities of providing opportunities for others.
Paul and Florence Smucker Scholarship
Paul Smucker has fond memories of his first year as a student at the GC Academy. He drove a horse and buggy to school, stopping on the way to pick up two friends who also attended the academy.
Byron and Donnabelle Smoker Scholarship
Byron and Donnabelle (Smith) Smoker both grew up in the Goshen area -- Byron in New Paris and Donnabelle in Nappanee. Although they lived in different towns, they met while students at New Paris High School.
Bill Smoker Scholarship
Bill Smoker was an remarkable person. He was a gifted athlete as a youth, he was a charismatic and inspiring college student, and through his adult life he was a witness to God’s love for his children in trying circumstances.
Willard and Verna Smith American Studies Scholarship
Willard and Verna Smith have a deep and abiding faith in the church, its educational institutions, and the society of which they are a part. Their beliefs are evidenced by their lifelong membership in the Mennonite Church, their tenure on the Goshen College faculty from 1929 and 1931 to 1972, and their study and research in American (including Latin American) history and culture.