Three LCHS Seniors Selected as Lucille Flick Larson Scholarship Awardees

 

[May 10, 2024]    Two LCHS Seniors have been selected as scholarship recipients of the Lucille Flick Larson Scholarship Trust. They are Clayten Manley, Alison Turner and Jenna Bowman.

Mr. Arthur Larson established a scholarship trust in 1994 as a permanent memorial for his wife, Lucille Flick Larson. Mrs. Larson taught school for 38 years. She was a graduate of Lincoln Community High School, and she attended Lincoln College, Normal Teachers’ College, and the University of Michigan. Throughout her career she dedicated herself to excellence in education and provided a caring haven for her students. Heartland Bank and Trust Company is the trustee of the Lucille Flick Larson Scholarship Trust.

Awardees receive at least $1,250 per semester for up to eight semesters of their undergraduate career if they maintain a “B” average and continue studies toward a teaching degree. Only graduating seniors of Lincoln Community High School are eligible for selection.

Clayten D. Manley is the son of the late Dena Manley. He is attending the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana to major in English with a focus on teaching at the high school level.

Alison Turner is the daughter of Lynn and Amy Turner and is headed to Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville to study either early childhood education or elementary education.

Jenna Bowman will be a student at Illinois College this fall. The daughter of Donnie & Amanda Bowman will pursue a degree in Elementary Education.

Past and current Lucille Flick Larson Scholarship recipients include: Carrie Schreiber, Ryan Struebing, Emmary Searby, Adam Schweitzer, Kim Ayars, Leslie Moehring, Amy Rohrer, Brittany Charette, Danielle Peifer, Miranda Stone, Katie Courtwright, Andrew Frost, Ashley Marten, Kenzi Huelskoetter, Corinne O’Donoghue, Rachel Hahn, Nicole Tripplett, Kara Gehlbach, Christine Schick, Kathryn O’Donoghue, Abigail Feldman, Rachael Jones, Dena Boyd, Katelyn Anderson, Shelbie Gleason, Shelby Kottemann, Matthew Barker, Corey Jones, Maggie Cusey, Ashley Erb, Tiffany Strickler, Kathryn Hoefs, Abagail Crowell, Kathryn Nobbe, Maggie Hanger, Alexis Davis, Faith Turley, Addison Yeazle, Alexis Erb, Caroline Ahrends, Drake Rutledge, Tori Schilling, Ryen Stoltzenburg, Sophia Yeazle, Emma Grace Boyd and Gracelyn Keith.

[Martha Jo “Marty” Orris, MBA, AFIM®, CTFA
VP & Senior Wealth Advisor
Heartland Bank & Trust]