Donors

Your annual contributions to West Michigan Symphony help to sustain a vital community resource. Just over 60% of contributions to WMS come from individual patrons, with the remainder generated from corporate and foundation support. We extend our deepest appreciation to you for helping make WMS a cultural touchstone in our community.

The listings below represent total pledges and gifts by each patron household from Sept 1, 2023 through Nov 19, 2024. This includes our Annual Fund, other special initiatives and events. In particular, we wish to express our gratitude to Mike and Kay Olthoff for their support of our November-December Matching Challenge campaign.

We have given careful attention to ensure a complete and accurate list. Please notify us
of any inaccuracies by calling 231.726.3231.

$10,000 and up
Anonymous (3)
Dr Mark D & Kristina M Clark
Susan Cloutier Crain
Jan & Laura Deur
Pat & Julie Donahue
Nelson & Elizabeth Huldin
Wendy M Kersman
Daniel & Sheryl Kuznar
Clara Lang
Steve & Deb Olsen
Mike & Kay Olthoff
Brad & Kathleen Playford
Jill Sanders
Jocelyn Shaw & Doug Hannink
Jack & Becky Slimko
Peter M Turner

$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
George W & Lori Lynn Cannon III
Deborah DeVoursney
William & Mary Lou Eyke
James & Susan Geisler
Robert & Clara Harrell
Greg & Debi Hillebrand
Stephen & Debra Jackson
Kate Kesteloot Scarbrough
Rich & Nancy Klassen
Ryan & Emily Leestma
Chris McGuigan & Gary Neal
Patrick & Sheila Miller
Mike Muskovin
Joanna Norris
Frank & Emma Peterson
Sawyer Family Fund of CFFMC
Tom Schaub & Mary Price
Dr Michael & Marijean Smith
Roger & Rebecca Tuuk
Hazel Whittaker

$2,500-$4,999
Cindy Ackerman
Melisa Baker
Allen & Sandy Beck
Amy Bensinger
Joanne Bensinger
Jane Blyth
Pete & Sherry Brown
in memory of Marilyn Andersen
Claudia Bryant
Andy & Beth Buelow
Valerie Church-McHugh & Fred McHugh
Darlene Collet
Mary Douville
Kevin & Annette Even
Larry & Lynette Fife
Bob & Heather Garretson
David F Gerdes & Carolyn Smith-Gerdes
Brad & Janice Hilleary
Bruce & Donna Hood
Hon Kathy L Hoogstra & Dr Robert Hoogstra
Amy & William Hosford
Ed Hunt & Nancy McCarthy
in memory of Donna Little
Paul & Karen Jackson
Patricia Johnson
Rob & Julie Johnson
Ratan & Vicky Khatri
Bonnie Olson Memorial Fund
Jason & Jamye Olthoff
Barbara Potuznik
Susan Rehrer
Laura Schultz
in memory of Jack Schultz
Sam Slaughter & Anne Lehker
Scott Speck
Dr F Remington & Ginny Sprague
Ryan & Kris Sterkenburg
Susan & Stephen Struck
Liz & Tom Trzaska
Brad & Erika Vanbergen
Michael & Patricia Wade
Karen & John Wells
JoLee Wennersten
Tom & Jane Witt
Jim & Linda Zolman

$1,000-$2,499
Charles Alstrom
Susan & Frank Bednarek Fund
of the CFFMC
Herb & Anne Bevelhymer
Colin Billingsley
David & Sue Bird
Dave Bishop
Susan Blake
Nick Bolema
Ron & Ann Marie Brown
Janice Buck
Bob & Charlotte Chessman
Amy Conn Tenny
in memory Jeff Conn
Anne M Dake
in memory E Allan Dake
Eric & Merica Dobry
Marcia D'Oyly
Deb & Chris Drake
Robert & Cathleen Dubault
Joel & Linda Engel
Charles & Patti Fisher
Brian & Gwen Fosse
Charles & Lynn Freeman
Evelyn Geile
Tilio Giacobassi Family
Brennen & Rachel Gorman
Mary Anne Gorman
Mark & Jennifer Gross
Mary Gust
in honor Liz and Tom Trzaska
Carl & Sylvia Hansen
Bill Haug & Jane Curtis
Gwen & Jeff Hazekamp
Roberda Hilleary
Larry & Lari Hines
Cornelia Holley
Richard & Holly Hughes
Pat Hunt
Wilda James
Christian Jansen-Yee
Joel & Kathleen Jarvis
Charles & Vivian Johnson
Dick & Lynn Kamps
Heather Kettler
Pete & Mimi Kunz
Denise Kwiecien
Patricia Ladas
Mark & Karla Lange
Tim & Lynette Lipan
Mark Luttenton
Jim & Mary Malek
John & Jessie Martin
Cindy Mazurek
Don & Jean Medema
Mark & Bonnie Meengs
Stacy and Eric Mellema
Susan Meston
Richard & Katie Norton
KN Literary Arts
on behalf Amy Hosford
Thank you West Michigan Symphony,
for the work you do to transform lives
in meaningful ways!
Chris & Amy Olthoff
David & Beth Pickard
Terry & Joy Puffer
Robert Pyka
Gretchen & Randy Rhoades
Clyde & Beth Rinsema
David Roodvoets
David Ruck
Julia Rupp
John Saling & Diane Fischer
Robert N & Merle N Scolnik Advised Fund of the CFFMC
Josh & Amy Silvis
Dr Carlo V Spataro
Dr Alan Steinman
Kim Suarez
John & Mary Swanson
Drs David & Linda Taylor
Elinore Verplank (Norna)
Melody & JR Whitby
Ellie Williams
Dr Roy Winegar
& Ms Barbara Klingenmaier
Marguerite & Kenneth Winter
Jan Witt
Jon J & Cathy Workman
Jane J Wright

$500-$999
Anonymous (3)
Anonymous
in honor of Joanna and Fred Norris Merry Christmas, Joey!
Darlene Alt
Bruce & Paula Baker
Brian & Jill Boersema
Richard & Marilyn Brown
Gordon & Mary Buitendorp
Michael Cerminaro & Connie Verhagen
Jeff & Kelly Clark
Dr Donald & Nancy Crandall
Don & Kathy Dahlstrom
Mary Theodore Danigelis
Chris Dean
Eugene Fethke
Manley Ford
Mark Foreman
Chip & Leslie Furst
Nick Gereaux
Michelle Kantor Hanley
in memory of In Memory of
Mort and Maxine Kantor
Mike & Jamie Hekker
Kurt & Antoinette Hildwein
Susan Hoekenga
Reedel & Rosie Holmes
Jonathon & Wendy Hoogstra
Norma Jean Horan
Maureen & Don Huldin
Karen Kayes
Becky Kuznar
Brian Leibrandt
Shelley Essebaggers Lewis
Andy & Jill Maciejewski
Charles & Kay Cater Matthews
Dean Millar
Roger & Jane Missimer
Amanda Moblo
Perry & Deb Newson
Daniel & Dominga Partenio
Nick & Barb Pietrangelo
Roy & Britta Bujak Portenga
Mike & Char Ratchford
Bob & Bobbi Sabine
Duane & Susan Schecter
Allen & Mistelle Serio
John & Elaine Severson
Helen & Jay Smith
Mary Holmes Sorensen
Tracy Sprague
Eileen Stoffan
Tom & Nanci Stone
Clifford & Lucia Storr
Dr Ryan & Heather Terlouw
Judy Theune
George & Laura Thurlow
Don & Jane Tjarksen
Richard & Marge Tourre
Catherine & Chris Uganski
William & Susan Vander Zanden
Phillip & Loraine VanderPol
Bill & Shirley Walther
Sheryl Wescott
Judy Wilcox
Jonathan & Melissa Wilson
Rachael & Ian Wright

$100-$499
Anonymous (7)
Anonymous
in honor of Dr. Bruce & Esther Drukker Celebrating their 90th birthdays
Krista Abbott
Ross & Sandra Aden
James Alexander
Lionel & Contessa Alexander III
Lee Anderson
Michael Anderson
& Brooke Kieft-Anderson
Bernadette Arnold
Margo Atwell
Larry & Sandy Austin
Barbara Bakker
Esther Baldridge
Barbara Bates-Lalick
& Martin Lalick
Lisa Bayne
Gary & Carol Beatty
Sherry Albertie Becker
David Beckmann
Jeanne Kuharivicz Bleich
Aaron & Amy Bodbyl-Mast
Arthur & Marilyn Bolt
David & Karen Booth
Greg Borgman
Sarah Bowman
Dr Mary & Robert Boyer
Martha & Eddie Brown
Michael & Joanna Buboltz
Marie Bustin
Roger Buter
Curtis Chambers & Diana Wojton
Rudy & Pat Chmelar
Joanne Cochrane
E Jane Connell & Steven W Rosen
Diana Cornell
Bill & Carol Cross
Jessica Wolin & Frank Crownover
Carol Lynn Cubitt
David Culver
Andrew & Samantha Cutler
Bill & Joan Davis
in memory of Mary Eherenman
Agnes De Boer
Eugene & Beth Decker
Dean Denman & Gale Ford
In memory of Janie Denman
Larry DeVoogd
David & Dortha DeWitt
Eric Douville
Joyce Downing
Judy Draper
Karen Driver
Bruce & Esther Drukker
Dennis & Barbara Dryer
Amanda & Gregory Dykhouse
William & Donna Eckert
James Edmonson
Bethann Egan & Len Lieffers
Eileen McCormick & Lynne Nash
Jean Enright
Wallace & Jane Ewing
Jill Farkas
Cork Farkas & Kathy Mauck
Katy & Walt Felver
Jenny Feringa
Bobby Fisher
Carla Flanders
Dale & Bridget Fox
Carol & Pete Friar
Bruce Froelich & Margot Haynes
Tommy Fuerst
Marisol Garcia Linstrom
Chuck & Jeanne Gembis
Rick Gentile
Dana & Jeff Glamzi
Diane Goodman
Marjorie Gorajec
Marcia Grasman
LaDon Gustafson
Revs' Jerry & Susan Hagans
Virginia Hague
Jeff & Gail Hall
Kirk Hallman & Dawn Boston
Raymond Hamil
Lois Haverman
Judith Hayner
& Charlene Romanosky
Rhonda Hennessy
Patricia Hesling
Dan & Celeste Hibler
Molly McCarthy & Timothy Hicks
Vicky Hilliard
Carolyn Hillyer
Gwen Hoffman
Schierholz/Hogan Family Fund of CFFMC
Mary Anne & Thom Hornik
Marcia Hovey-Wright & Ernie Boone
Mary Ann Howe
John & Jane Humphrey
Nicholas Huryk
Katherine & Kenneth Jacobs
Dirk Jasperse
Jessica Jenkins
Jeffrey Lake Johnson
in memory of Jeffrey Johnson.
Ken Johnson
Robert E Johnson
Natalie Johnson & Dana Pink
in memory of Donna Little
Lamar & Diane Jordan
Linda Juarez & Chris Garzelloni
Brian Kadlec
John Karafa
Brett Karhoff
Loretta Kasprzyk
Francine Kieft
Louie & Earlaine Kiel
Sarah & Gregory Korose
Alyssa Kraker
Bruce & Mary Krueger
Meghann Kruse
Mike Kuznar
Joan La Mourie
Jeff & Jody Lewis
Pat Locke
Dale & Amanda Lowder
Deborah Margules
Mahmood & Barbel Masghati
Chris & Kayla May
Shirley McIntire
John & Cindy McKinnon
Paul & Winnie McNergney
Phil McPherson
Howard & Carole Meade Fund
JB & Lynn Meeuwenberg
Joan Menke-Schaenzer
Rich & Teresa Micheil
LaShelle Mikesell
Karen Miller
Deb Mogdis
Vern Molitor
Wendy Morden
Mark & Valerie Muilenburg
John & Barbara Mullally
Jil & Phil Nehra
Kathryn Neumann
Susan & Tyler Newton
in memory of Herb and Ellie Hoeker
Thanks for instilling in us appreciation for this kind of music.
Donielle Nichols
Eric & Karen Nisja
David Olsen
Garry & Charlotte Olson
Thomas & Linda Gay Olson
Henry & Mollie Osborn
Bill Papo
Richard A Pardini
Dr Richard & Nancy Peters
Stacy Phillips
John & Karen Pitcher
Sylvia Precious
Monica Lakatos & Steve Preston
C Bruce & Shirley Privacky
Ellen & Vic Prowant
Rev William Randall
David Redmond
Faye Redmond
in memory of Donna Louise Little
Joan Reeg
Cindy Ribesky
Bruce & Mari Rice
Dan & Sarah Rinsema Sybenga
Christine & Marv Robere
Dr Gary & Pennie Robertson
Bruce & Judy Rollston
Derek & Claire Root-Benson
Karl & Barbara Rowe
Kim Sakis
Penny Sander
Gregory Shaull
Gwynne & Steve Schoff
Susan (Sue) Schuiteman
Lennie Schwaiger
John Selmon
Euginnia Seyferth
Karen Shields
Craig & Cathy Simons
Colleen & Joseph Skendzel
Hayden Smith
Joanie Smith
Anbritt & Darlene Stengele
Michael & Cindy Stevens
James & Nancy Stier
George & Dottie Strabel
Julie Stuberg
Verne & Janet Sutherland
Marty & Heidi Sytsema
Loretta Temple
Rebecca Thomas
Judith Tierney
Scott Timmer
Charles & Susan Rogalla Tindall
Kathleen Torresen
Brandon & Monica Turnbull
Janice Ubels
Bruce Van Dop
John Van Walsum
David Vanderwall
Kay VanderWall
Nancy L Vanderwest
Ed DeJong & Diane VanWesep
Gerald Walter
Ann Marie Wasserman
Nate & Amanda Westbrook
Neil & Beverly Whitbeck
Jenny Wilkes
Brewster & Mary Ellen Willcox
Beverly Williams
Lynn Winter
Raimonds T Ziemelis

Corporate, Arts Council
& Foundation Donors

$10,000 and up
BCS Financial Partners LLC
City of Muskegon
DTE Energy Foundation
Fremont Area Community Foundation
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation
Harbor Steel & Supply Corp
Hines Corporation
Howmet Aerospace
Leonel L. & Mary Loder Fund of the CFFMC
Michigan Arts & Culture Council
Smith Davis Morse Group
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
The Gerber Foundation
The Leonard
The Meijer Foundation
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Women's Division Chamber Of Commerce

$5,000-$9,999
Adelaide Pointe
Community Foundation for Muskegon County
Fifth Third Bank
Howmet Community Fund of the CFFMC
JSJ Foundation
Lorin Industries
Samuel L. Westerman Foundation
Shoreline Insurance Agency, Inc.
Trinity Health
Webb Chemical Service Corporation
White Lake Community Fund

$2,500-$4,999
Consumers Energy
Grand Valley State University
Hazekamp's Premier Foods
Hungerford
Lake MI Credit Union
Macatawa Bank
Muskegon Community College
Raymond James
RENK America
West Shore Bank

$1,000-$2,499
Billie Klont Greinke Memorial Fund
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Cofessco
I'move
Laketown Family Dental
Mary C Payne Fund of the CFFMC
Tyler Sales
West Michigan Dock & Market Corporation

$500-$999
Ann & Bud Eichmann Fund Of CFFMC
Choice One Bank
Wheeler, John L. Memorial Scholarship of the CFFMC