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Weather Committee
Pioneer Days “Weather Committee” Each year the Kalida Lions Club and the Kalida Firefighters hope for good weather during Pioneer Days. They look for help from their deceased fellow members now known as the “Weather Committee,” listed here with the year of each member’s death.
Lions Club Members
John Moening…………..1968
Alva (Bud) Wells………..1973
Ben Bockrath……………1976
Bob McCollum…………..1978
Ed Holtkamp Sr…………1981
Paul Vorst……………….1984
Charles Landwehr………1984
Bert Alstaetter………….1984
DeWayne Schoeff……..1986
Jim Moening…………….1986
Romie Nartker………….1987
Leon Kuhlman………….1989
Max Dauer………………1990
Charles Roy…………….1990
Alvin Recker……………1990
Albert Warnement……..1992
C.D. Krouse…………….1992
Eugene Osterhage…….1993
Joe Buss…………………1994
Frank Knueve…………..1995
Tony Rampe…………….1996
Bob Gerding…………….1997
Alphonse Jerwers………1997
Wid Stechschulte……….1998
Arnold Vorst……………..1998
Adolph Maag…………….2000
Bob Horstman…………..2001
Tom Miller………………..2001
Walter Schroeder……….2003
Albinus Miller…………….2006
Leonard Kahle…………..2008
Virgil Unverferth…………2010
Gary Stechschulte………2010
Donald Gerdeman………2012
Thomas Erhart…………..2013
Thomas (Bud) Shirey…..2013
Harry Siefker …………….2013
Dale Nienberg …………..2014
Norm Knott……………….2014
John G. Phillips…………2016
Harold (Herk) Selhorst….2017
Norman (Tim) VonderEmbse…….2017
Don Rampe…………….2017
Jim (Krack) Unverferth……………2018
Bob Winkle……………….2018
Duane “Skeet” Schreiber……………….2019
Al Knueven……………….2020
Alvin Horstman…………..2020
Thomas Recker…………..2022
Joe F. Langhals Jr.…………..2022
Lawrence Buss.…………..2022
Firefighters Members
Paul Utendorf…………..1962
Romie Schumacker……1968
Clyde (Pete) Felkey…..1970
Carl Plescher…………..1978
Wilbur Remlinger………1978
Paul Nartker…………….1986
Melitus Schnipke……….1991
Art Beckman…………….1998
Earl Sarka……………….1998
Paul Lammers…………..2000
Charles Berheide……….2005
Tom Fortman……………2007
Tom Reynolds…………..2009
Bill Schnipke…………….2012
Allan Dowler…………….2013
Donald Holtkamp……….2014
Norman (Normie) Kahle…2015
Jim Williams…………..2018
Bob (Bo) Unverferth……………2019
Stan Winkle……………………2021
Bill Felkey………………………2021
Ronald VonderEmbse…….2022
Urban Unverferth…………..1958 Paul Erhart………………….1979 Dick Williams………………..1982 Hubert Dickman…………….1987 Robert VonderEmbse………1987 Clete Nartker………………..1989 George Basinger……………1989 Richard Kahle……………….1990 Paul Heitmeyer……………..1992 Donald(Jiggs)Unverferth…..1992 Clete Fortman……………….1995 Paul Kahle……………………2002 Richard Unverferth………..2004 Oscar Kerner…………………..2004 Paul Siebeneck………………2006 Ed Holtkamp…………………2021 Firefighters and Lions Club Members
Special Friends of Pioneer Days
Annie (Vorst) Ketcham……..2015
Marcus Landon………………….2017
Vince Koza…………………………2020
Ronnie Kahle Jr……………..2020
Oscar Velasquez…………………2021
