Chamber Award Winners

Person of the Year

This award honors a business person in our community who embodies the ideals of our community through both good business practices and civic responsibility. These winners are nominated by community members and selected by the Chamber Board. Below is the record of all of our winners since 1963:

Year	Person of the Year
1963	John Schwab, Sr.
1964	John J. Peot
1965	Peter Colle
1966	Murcille McMahon
1967	Louis Sell
1968	Frank Kowalski
1969	Dr. Emmett Dewane
1970	Leonard Seidl
1971	Clem (Blah) Barbiaux
1972	George Lemens
1973	Francis Seidl
1974	Dr. Henry Majeski
1975	Ed Goetsch
1976	Elmer VanDrisse
1977	George Rueckl
1978	Harold Lemens
1979	Leo Seidl
1980	Cletus Seidl
1981	Marvin Bins
1982	Richard Cmeyla
1983	John Schwab, Jr.
1984	Irvin Vincent
1985	Walter Christoff
1986	Jim Miller
1987	Richard Stodola
1988	Hank Kollross
1989	Leo Salmon
1990	Richard Simonar
1991	Tom Rueckl
1992	Len Lemens
1993	Joe Wessely
1994	James Tlachac
1995	LeRoy Simonar
1996	John Rueckl
1997	Ray Liebl
1998	John Slatky
1999	Al Hoppe
2000	Fran Kahr
2001	Bob Heim
2002	Don Ledvina
2003	John Christofferson
2004	Gerald Cravillion
2005	Gary Salmon
2006	David Dax
2007	Ron Stahl
2008	Ted Stodola
2009	Dan Porath
2010	Glen Rueckl
2011	Jack Seidl
2012	Ron Renard
2013	Tim Treml
2014	John Fredericks
2015	Bill Gruhlke
2016	Susan Heim
2017	Thomas Seidl
2018	Jerry Simonar
2019	John & Sheila Nimmer
2020	No Awards This Year
2021	Mark Heim
2022	Lynie Vincent
2023	Kelly Froelich
2024	Debbie Liebeck
2025	Karen Mleziva
2026	… could it be you?

Community Service Award

This award honors a selfless person in our community who has dedicated significant time and effort making a difference in our community. These winners are nominated by community members and selected by the Chamber Board. Below is the record of all of our winners since 1968:

Year	Community Service Award
1963	N/A
1964	N/A
1965	N/A
1966	N/A
1967	N/A
1968	Richard Seidl
1969	N/A
1970	N/A
1971	Norman VanDrisse
1972	N/A
1973	Harold & Laura Peters
1974	John Gillis
1975	Anton Anderson
1976	Bert Theys
1977	Jonas Barbiaux
1978	Gerald Simonar
1979	Marvin Hoppe
1980	Jim Marcks
1981	Kay VanDrisse
1982	Luxemburg Fire & Rescue
1983	Elroy & Jean Hoppe
1984	Eldora Liebl
1985	Raymond Bredael
1986	Norbert Rueckl
1987	Tim Ryan
1988	Bernadine Mathu
1989	Allan Tlachac
1990	Esther Newmes
1991	Ted Stodola
1992	Harold Reckelberg
1993	Luxemburg Lions Club
1994	Dr. Henry Rahr
1995	Leon (Red) Gillis
1996	Dorothy Thiry
1997	Lynn Stahl
1998	Bill Reckelberg
1999	Fred & Pat Yagodinski
2000	Ed Tlachac
2001	Chuck & Shirley Froelich
2002	Tom Werner
2003	Roger & Doris Tekulve
2004	Luke Linzmeier
2005	John LeClair
2006	Ken Reckelberg
2007	Steve Okoniewski
2008	Don Rueckl
2009	Dave & Sandy Ehren
2010	Marge Buresh
2011	Lyle Jandrin
2012	Ron & Jan Zehren
2013	Arletta Bertrand
2014	Darlene Boeder
2015	Lew DuChateau
2016	Dan Stahl
2017	Jean Dax
2018	Kathy Anderson
2019	Todd & Brenda Burdick
2020	No Awards This Year
2021	Glenn Schlender
2022	Fran & George Stahl
2023	Dan Opicka
2024	Jenny Salentine
2025	Renee Ebert
2026	… could it be you?

Spartan Spirit Award

This award honors a hardworking person in our L-C School community who has gone above and beyond to serve our students within the school and in the community. These winners were selected by a committee within the school district. Below is the record of all of our winners since 2017:

Year	Spartan Spirit Award
2017	Dawn Hanson
2018	Cyndi Dart
2019	Ron LeCloux
2020	No Awards This Year
2021	Don Fameree
2022	Jolene Hussong
2023	Mary Lacrosse
2024	Fran Charles
2025	Tim Fameree
2026	TBD