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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY FALL/WINTER 2011 • V OL. XXXIII, NO. 2 IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE Memorandum is published by the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, 111 West Downer Place, Suite 312, Aurora, Illinois, The James and Katherine Navota The Lois A. Nelson Memorial Scholarship 60506-6106, (630) 896-7800. Endowment Fund provides income for the Fund was established by her family at the time www.CommunityFoundationFRV.org Community Foundation’s discretionary grant - of her passing. Scholarships from the fund are making program. James Navota is a graduate reserved for students graduating from East The Community Foundation is a of East Aurora High School. He graduated from Aurora or West Aurora High School. Lois A. non-profit, tax-exempt philanthropic Northern Illinois University with a degree in Nelson (1932-2011) was born on February 19, organization that administers individual business administration in 1964. He joined 1932 in Northbrook, Illinois. She was a gradu - Barber Greene Company in 1965 and served in ate of the East Aurora High School Class of charitable funds from which grants and scholarships are distributed to Katherine & many marketing and sales positions, leaving in Lois Nelson 1950. Mrs. Nelson served as a secretary at James Navota 1987 as director of sales, construction machin - Todd and Greenman Elementary Schools in benefit the citizens of the Greater ery. Following two years with the Old Second West Aurora School District 129. In addition, she was a parishioner Aurora Area, the Tri-Cities and National Bank, Mr. Navota joined Lyon Work Space Products holding of St. Rita of Cascia Church for fifty-three years. Mrs. Nelson was pre - Kendall County, Illinois. various positions in marketing and sales, retiring as vice-president of ceded in death by her husband of fifty-two years, Wayne Nelson. sales and marketing for Sycamore Systems in 2006. He served on They were parents of six children. According to her children, “Our Officers many industry boards and committees throughout his career. mother has always had a generous spirit, so in lieu of flowers, we ask Chairman Katherine Navota graduated from Marycrest College in 1964 and that donations be directed to the Community Foundation of Fox Neal Ormond III , came to East Aurora as a classroom teacher. She held several read - Valley in her name to fund scholarships for the continued education Sharon Stredde, President & CEO ing/language arts positions for the district and retired in 2006 after of students in need who have graduated from East and West Aurora Mark E. Truemper , Vic e-Chairman twelve years as principal of Rose E. Krug Elementary School. Mrs. High Schools. On any given day our mom and grandmother was Sharon Stredde, * Corporate Secretary Navota is active in several educational and philanthropic organiza - going to bridge, knitting club, PEO or to the opera. We are grateful Treasurer tions and currently serves on the board of directors and executive that she was able to continue her love of life until very recently. To William B. Skoglund , committee of the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. know her was to love her!” Directors † Thomas S. Alexander The Genevieve and Dale T. Berg The Robert J. and Mary Jayne Pooley Cristina S.T. Anderson Scholarship Endowment Fund was created Endowment Fund was created by the cou - Roger O. Anderson * by Genevieve Berg as a memorial to her hus - ple’s family and friends at the time of Mrs. band. Dale Berg (1923-2010) was born in Pooley’s passing. The fund provides scholar - Robert E. Brent Shabbona, Illinois and was a graduate of ships to students entering the field of nursing. Patricia Fabian Hinckley High School. After high school, he Robert J. Pooley, Sr. is a lifelong resident of Jane W. Harris took a job as a dairy tester. He enlisted in the Aurora. He attended St. Mary Grade School Hedy K. Lindgren United States Navy in November 1942 and and East Aurora High School. He was a gradu - Frank R. Miller Genevieve and served his country during WWII in the Pacific. Mary Jayne & ate of Iowa State University where he received Katherine Navota * Dale Berg During the war, he became proficient at a degree in general engineering. He returned to Robert Pooley Robert J. O’Connor * repairing aircraft radios. In 1948, he married Aurora and joined his father to form Leon B. Genevieve Olson, also of Shabbona. Mr. Berg received further train - Pooley and Son Builders (later Robert J. Pooley, Inc.), a company that Neal Ormond III * ing in radio electronics at Capital Engineering Institute in built single family homes in the Aurora area for thirty years. He also Timothy J. Reuland Washington D.C. from which he graduated in 1948. Shortly there - was a member of the Illinois Realtors Association. Mary Jayne Pooley Thomas R. Russe after, the couple moved to Aurora. Mr. Berg’s first job out of school (1936-2011) was born in Hannibal, Missouri. At the age of nine, her Edward H. Schmitt, Jr. was with May Appliance in Aurora where he repaired radios, televi - family moved to Aurora. She was a graduate of Madonna High School William B. Skoglund * sions and appliances. Soon after, he took a job as a technical writer and St. Joseph School of Nursing, both in Aurora. Mrs. Pooley reen - Mark E. Truemper * with Halicrafters, a manufacturer of radio equipment. Eventually, he tered the workforce in 1982 as a nurse and addictions counselor. Donna J. Williams became an electrical contractor and ran a successful business, Berg Before her retirement in 2007, she worked for twenty-two years at Electric, in Batavia with his partner and brother Richard Berg. Mr. the Community Counseling Center in Aurora. In 1957, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle D. Witt * Berg was a dedicated member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Pooley were married at Holy Angels Church. They made their home * Executive Committee Aurora where he served as a deacon, trustee, usher and coordinator in Aurora, raising six children. † Past Chairmen of the Radio Ministries for fifty years. C A 1 The John and Gwen McKee Endowment The Edna M. Rollins Endowment Fund C 1 u h o 1 r m Fund a o provides income for the Community was created upon the receipt of a bequest n W r m a Foundation's discretionary grantmaking pro - from the estate of Edna Rollins. The net g e , e u s I gram. John McKee is a life-long resident of income of the fund is distributed on an annual t n l S l i D e i Aurora, Illinois and is a graduate of West basis to the East Aurora Educational n t r o y o v w Aurora High School. In 1958, he graduated Foundation Fund within the Community i i s F c n o cum laude from Beloit College with a degree in Foundation, Edna M. Rollins Elementary 6 e e u 0 r R 5 economics. He then was employed in the fam - School and St. John’s Episcopal Church. Edna n P 0 e d ily owned business, McKee Door Company, Rollins (1916-2010) was a lifelong Auroran. l 6 q a Gwen & John Edna Rollins a - u c t until it was sold in 1986. Mr. McKee has She was a 1933 graduate of East Aurora High 6 i McKee e e 1 o , s 0 served as director and president of the Aurora School. Three years later, she began a career with the school system n S t 6 e u Family YMCA, The Aurora Foundation (now the Community that lasted forty-three years. She served as the director of financial o d i t f e Foundation of the Fox River Valley) and the Kiwanis Club of Aurora. and administrative services and also as treasurer of the district. In t 3 He also has been a trustee of Aurora University and the Aurora 1989, the board of education voted to name an elementary school h 1 e 2 YWCA. In 1992, he received the Cosmopolitan Club's Distinguished after her. The Edna M. Rollins Elementary School became a source of F Service Award and, in 2005, he was named recipient of the Kiwanis great pride to her and she visited the school at every opportunity. A o x Club's Service to God and Fellowman Award. Gwen McKee was a believer in lifelong education, Miss Rollins received a bachelor’s R 1958 graduate of Beloit College and was employed for two years at degree from Aurora University in 1972. She also took additional i v IBM as a Systems Representative. She is a talented and prolific quil - courses at Northern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. e r ter, producing quilts for family, friends, and charitable causes. The A charter member of the Illinois Association of School Business V McKees are members of New England Congregational Church. Mr. Officials, she was the first woman to serve on its board of directors. a l l McKee has served as moderator and member of the church's major Miss Rollins also was named Woman of the Year by the Aurora e governing boards. Business Women’s Association and the YWCA Aurora. y MAKE A D IFFERENCE — E XACTLY AS YOU INTEND P A U e u r The above charitable funds were created recently within the Community Foundation. Grants from these funds will be directed . N S r m . o o P to charitable purposes designated by the donors. If you are seeking a meaningful way to provide ongoing support for a P r i n a t O A - , P N charitable organization or purpose close to your heart, please consider the benefits of creating your own named fund within the I S I D r l T o o l i A .

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