Iva Mae Blaum Scholarship winners
announced
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[May 20, 2022]
Four Logan County Seniors have been selected as
new scholarship recipients from the Iva Mae Blaum Trust. They are
Maura Gowin, Zadie Laubenstein, Alaina Taylor and Cole Kindred. They
will begin their nursing or agriculture studies in the fall.
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Maura Gowin is the daughter of Michael and
Suzanne Gowin. Maura will be a student at Lincoln Christian
University and St. Francis Medical College of Nursing. Maura would
like to become an Emergency Room Nurse and maybe one day work as a
Nurse Practitioner.
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Zadie Laubenstein is the daughter of Brian Laubenstein and
Amber Geggie. Zadie will be attending Millikin University and will
be studying Nursing. Zadie would like to become an Oncology Nurse
then continue her studies to become a Nurse Practitioner.
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Alaina Taylor is the daughter of Tia Taylor and Chris Coyne.
Alaina will be attending the Southern Illinois University –
Edwardsville and will be studying Nursing. Once she graduates,
Alaina would like to work as an Emergency Room Nurse and eventually
work as a Nurse Practitioner or CRNA.
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Cole Kindred is the son of Denis and Sherri Kindred. Cole
will be attending Rend Lake College to study Agriculture
Engineering/Technology. Once he graduates, Cole would like to design
new equipment for agricultural uses.
The scholarship, given in memory of Arthur B. Blaum and Iva Mae
Blaum, is earmarked for Logan County students who are majoring in
nursing or agriculture. It may be renewed up to eight undergraduate
semesters, as long as the student maintains a B cumulative grade
point average and remains committed to his or her initial field of
study.
Iva Mae Blaum was a graduate of Deaconess Hospital of Lincoln and
retired from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in 1985 after 46
years of service as a surgery supervisor and director of nursing.
Her husband was a lifelong farmer in the New Holland area.
Mrs. Blaum passed away in August 2015 and the first scholarship was
presented in 2016. Since then, Kameron Aylesworth, Lukas Aylesworth,
Cierra Crowell, Jacob Kirgan, Maggie Anderson, Molly Schempp,
Madison Thomas, Madeline Cook and Ruthie Ruhl have received
scholarships for agriculture.
Emma O’Donoghue, Grace Skelton, Lauren Turner, Claire Hill, Brooke
Kitner, Brooke Montcalm, Ashley Schmidt and Madison Orebaugh have
received scholarships for nursing.
Per the terms of Mrs. Blaum’s will, the trust should continue to
award scholarships until 2035.
Heartland Bank and Trust Company is the trustee of the Iva Mae Blaum
Trust.
[Susan D. Sheley] |