Edelweiss Award
Frankenmuth Women’s Club
50+ Years of Service to the Frankenmuth Community
Frankenmuth Women’s Club 2025 Edelweiss Award
Please help the Frankenmuth Women’s Club identify and recognize the outstanding efforts of a woman who has made a significant or ongoing contribution to the Frankenmuth
community. She should be distinguished by her contributions within the areas of education, civic development and/or social improvement. Previously submitted nominations may be updated, rather than entirely resubmitted, by contacting a committee member for a copy of the original form. Posthumous recognition will also be considered.
The recipient will be announced in May and formally recognized at the Frankenmuth
Women’s Club Meeting on May 7, 2025. At the meeting a donation of $1000.00 will be presented to the Frankenmuth Community Foundation in the recipient’s honor, designated to the cause of her choice. A plaque commemorating the Edelweiss Award Winner will be on display at the Wickson Memorial Library.
We encourage members of the Frankenmuth community to submit nominations by
February 15, 2025 mailed to Ruth Wallace, 444 Craemer Dr., Frankenmuth, MI 48734.Additional nomination forms may be found at The Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce, The Wickson Memorial Library and The Women’s Club website, www.frankenmuthwc.org.
If you have any questions, please contact Ruth Wallace, Chairman, 704-408-1505.
Past Edelweiss Award Winners
Irene Zeilinger (2000)
Judith Zehnder-Keller (2001)
Norene Kern (2002)
Ruth Kroepel (2003)
Joan Kuhne (2004)
Pat Arvilla (2005)
Elva Kehrberg (2006)
Sharill McNally (2007)
Lynn Zuellig (2008)
Sally VanNess (2009)
Mary McEwen (2010)
Laurajeanne Kehn (2011)
Karen Zehnder (2012)
Mary Ellen Simon (2013)
Linda Howard (2014)
Ruth Abraham Baker (2015)
Gretna Van Fleet (2016)
Susan Piesko (2017)
Nancy Birdsall (2018)
Norma Roenicke (2019)
Marie Creger (2021)
Mary Frank (2022)
Vickie Schmitzer (2023)
MaryAnn Ackerman (2024)