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Updated: July 29, 2025 @ 11:36 am
QUINCY, Ill. — The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri awarded $91,400 in scholarships and recognition awards to 30 area students and one local educator pursuing higher education and excellence in the classroom.
The scholarships, most of which are from permanently endowed funds, will support recipients as they attend accredited post-secondary institutions during the 2025-26 academic year. Each scholarship is guided by the unique legacy or interests of the donor who established it.
“Each of these scholarships tells a story, but the common thread is an investment into the future,” said Catherine Meckes, CEO of the Community Foundation. “Whether the scholarship fund was established to honor a loved one, encourage local young people, or celebrate a milestone, each award carries forth that story. Our donors believe in education, and they believe in the young people of our communities. We’re proud to help their legacies live on through these awards.”
This year’s scholarships and their respective recipients include:
• Abby Chamberlain, a graduate of Pikeland CUSD #10 High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Chamberlain will attend John Wood Community College and will study ag business management.
• Anna Venvertloh, a graduate of Quincy High School, received the Quincy High School Class of 1957 Scholarship. Venvertloh will attend the University of Notre Dame and study in the fields of science and math.
• Aubrey Trowbridge, a graduate of Quincy High School, received the F. Lee & Joan Kammerlohr Family Scholarship. Trowbridge will attend Illinois State University to study education.
• Augustine Mahsman received her forth-year renewal from the Alton A. Vannice FFA Leadership Fund.
• Austin Garnett, a student of Quincy University, received the Amelia E. Bauner, Frances A. Hall, and Walter J. Hall Scholarship. Garnett will continue to study education.
• Benjamin Kaylor, a graduate of Canton High School, received the Ben C. & Etta Plank Memorial Scholarship. Kaylor will attend State Technical College of Missouri and will study agriculture.
• Braxton Forshey, a graduate of Pikeland CUSD #10 High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Forshey will attend Illinois State University to study Agriculture Education.
• Brayden Hill, a graduate of Hannibal High School, received the Hannibal High School Class of 1955 Scholarship. Braydon Hill is a graduate of Hannibal High School. Hill will attend Missouri Science and Technology to study geophysics and geological engineering.
• Carter Jones, a graduate of Pleasant Hill CUSD #3 High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Jones will attend Lake Land College to study agriculture technology.
• Dennis Hedges, a graduate of Highland High School, received the Ben C. and Etta M. Plank Scholarship. Hedges will attend the Moberly Area Community College and study agriculture.
• Dorothy Renae Billups, a graduate of Palmyra High School, received the Teresa Lynn Thompson Memorial Scholarship. Billups will attend Columbia College to study business management.
• Emmalee Drebes received her third-year renewal from the Alton A. Vannice FFA Leadership Fund.
• Flint Kirk, a graduate of Griggsville-Perry High School, received the Robert L. Adams Memorial Education Scholarship. Kirk will attend Ozark Technical College to study electrical distribution systems.
• Grace Fessenden received her second-year renewal from the Alton A. Vannice FFA Leadership Fund.
• Hannah Hodges, a graduate of Western CUSD #12 High School, received the Dorothy J. Motley Memorial Scholarship. Hodges will attend Black Hills State University.
• Kayla Maguire received a second-year renewal award from the F. Lee & Joan Kammerlohr Family Scholarship Fund. Maguire attends Quincy University and studies education.
• Keyarri Holder, a graduate of Quincy Senior High School, received the Becky Swisher Crowe Memorial Scholarship Fund. Holder will attend Drake University and will study acting and K-6 Education.
• Lane Lipcaman, a graduate of Griggsville-Perry High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Lipcaman will attend Iowa State University to study agriculture.
• Logan Fencik, a graduate of Griggsville-Perry High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Fencik will attend Iowa State University to study agronomy.
• Lydia Fisher received a second-year scholarship from the F. Lee & Joan Kammerlohr Family Scholarship Fund.
• Lynton Bock, a graduate of Palmyra High School, received the Alton A. Vannice FF Leadership Scholarship. Bock will attend the University of Missouri to study agriculture education and agriculture business.
• Macy Behrens, a graduate of Hannibal High School, received the Clifford H. Ahrens Scholarship Fund. Behrens will attend the University of Missouri-Columbia to study law.
• Madison Burse, a graduate of Pleasant Hill High School, received the Virginia Kaye Leinweber Leeds Scholarship Fund. Burse will attend Culver-Stockton College to study nursing.
• Mallory Blessing, a graduate of Canton High School, received the Tom and Judy Zenge Fund Student Award. Blessing will attend the University of Northern Iowa to study early childhood education.
• Mariah Dunham, a graduate of Pikeland CUSD #10 High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Dunham will attend John Wood Community College to study agriculture.
• Miles Lorton, a graduate of Calhoun District #40 High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Lorton is a graduate of Calhoun District 40 High School and attends Lincoln Land Community College to study agricultural business.
• Olivia Brodbeck, a graduate of Brussels CUSD #42 High School, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Brodbeck will attend Western Illinois University to study precision agriculture and agronomy.
• Taylor Richie received a renewal from the F. Lee & Joan Kammerlohr Family Scholarship Fund.
• Wyatt Lipcaman, a graduate of Griggsville-Perry, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship. Lipcaman attends Iowa State University to study agronomy.
• Wyatt McClintock, a graduate of Pikeland CUSD #10 High School and current student of John Wood Community College studying agriculture science, received the Delford M. & Portia K. Richter Agriculture Scholarship.
For a list of scholarships and detailed application information, visit the Community Foundation’s official website at www.mycommunityfoundation.org/scholarships.
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