Five Logan County high school seniors selected as Iva Mae Blaum scholarship recipients

 

[April 26, 2023]    Five Logan County Seniors have been selected as new scholarship recipients from the Iva Mae Blaum Trust. They are Clay Aylesworth, Bailey Jolynn Billington, Evan Lee Cooper, Shelbi Lund and Tyler Sasse. They will begin their nursing or agriculture studies in the fall.

Clay Aylesworth is the son of Richard and Deborah Aylesworth of Mt. Pulaski. Clay will be attending Lincoln Land Community College studying Crop Science and Agronomy.

Bailey Jolynn Billington is the daughter of Jeremy and Jackie Billington, of Lincoln. Bailey will be attending Heartland Community studying Agriculture Business.

Evan Lee Cooper is the son of Scott and Tanya Cooper of Mt. Pulaski. Evan will be attending Illinois College studying Agribusiness Management.

Shelbi Lund is the daughter Lyndi Lund of Lincoln. Shelbi will be attending Heartland Community College studying Nursing.

Tyler Sasse is the son of Allen and Heather Sasse of Beason. Tyler will be attending the University of Illinois in the fall and will be studying Agronomy.

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, if the student completes at least 12 credit hours per semester and 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, Ruthie Ruhl and Cole Kindred have received scholarships for agriculture.

Emma O’Donoghue, Grace Skelton, Lauren Turner, Claire Hill, Brooke Kitner, Brooke Montcalm, Ashley Schmidt, Madison Orebaugh, Maura Gowin, Zadie Laubenstein and Alaina Taylor 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.

[Sue Sheley]