Kendallville Rotary Club
History & Membership

Club History:


The first meeting of the Kendallville Rotary Club was held on Friday, March 15, 1918, at the Gawthrop Inn, 115 N. Main St., Kendallville.


For over a hundred years, the Kendallville Rotary Club has brought business and professional leaders together to serve the community. And it has promoted the purpose of Rotary International: providing humanitarian services, encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations and advancing goodwill and peace around the world.

The founding of the Kendallville Rotary Club in the late winter of 1918 was largely due to the efforts of state Sen. Clarence J. Munton of Kendallville. He was the superintendent of the Fort Wayne & Northwestern Railway Co., which operated the interurban railroad line from Fort Wayne to Kendallville.

President Munton said it was not the idea to push any particular movement as a club, “but for each member to practice Rotarism as an individual, casting his influence for those things that mean the upliftment of the community.”

Club Membership, 2022-2023

Matt Rickey

President

Jenna Anderson

President-Elect/Secretary

Kristen Johnson

Treasurer


Eric Blackman


Lisa Charles

Jerry Davis

Brian DeCamp

Larry Doyle

Al Ensley

Scott Frick

Dr. Terry Gaff

SuzAnne Handshoe

Michael Herron

Tim Hess

David Hockley

Terry Housholder

Dave Hunter

Al Huth

Chris Jansen

Dr. Doug Jansen

Dr. Jerry Jansen

Dr. Tom Jansen

Randy Kline

Tyler Knox

Fred Kreigh

Denise Landers

Diana McCreery

Heidi Ramer

Dr. Alan Roush

RJ Ruse

Jeremy Spidel

Andy Strack

Jennifer Streich

Adam Taulbee

Julia Tipton

Casey Weimer

Dave Wilson

Donna Wolfe