The Kewanee Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations of Kewanee residents for Kewanee Citizen of the Year. Last year, Dianne Packee was honored as Citizen of the Year. Now, you can nominate a Kewanee resident to be honored by filling out a nomination form from the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce website. Find the nomination PDF link here. Fill out the nomination and submit it to the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce before February 28th. The Kewanee Citizen of the Year will be announced in March.
Previous Outstanding Citizens
1976 Gust “Brick” Lundberg
1977 Dr. Fred Stewart
1978 Dr. Harold Swain
1979 Florence Norman
1980 W.H. Harper
1981 Robert Glidden
1982 Robert Eastman
1983 Robert Strawser
1984 James Golby
1985 Jack Bystry
1986 Alan Anderson
1987 Dr. Glenn Case
1988 Delbert Skoglund
1989 Robert Petersen
1990 Phil Good
1991 Robert J. Hansen
1992 Greg Moss
1993 Flora Alvarado
1994 Bucky & Eileen Hill, Brent & Jo Huffman, Henry & Fran Pickett
1995 Glen Andris
1996 Robert Breedlove
1997 Paul Donovan
1998 Duane Swedman
1999 Ted Vlahos
2000 Dr. Charles Warthen
2001 John Spets
2002 Robert & Marcella Richards
2003 Dale Swanson
2004 Brock Tumbleson
2005 Virginia Nelson
2006 Mark Petersen
2007 Betty Novak
2008 Louis Little
2009 Robert Neirynck
2010 Doug Hilgendorf
2011 John “Pickles” Sovanski
2012 Margaret Gustafson
2013 Father Jerry Rafalko
2014 Ted Canellos
2015 Larry Lock
2016 Dr. Dennis Gerleman
2017 Marshall Jones
2018 Jerry Salisbury
2019 Everett Whitcher
2020 Etta LaFlora
2021 Essential Workers
2022 Dianne Packee
