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KANSAS PAST
DEPARTMENT PRESIDENTS

​Winifred Calihan.jpeg

1921-1922​

Winifred Calihan  

Garden City, KS

1923-1924 National Vice President  

1923​​ Rose Cravens.jpeg

1922-1923​​
Rose Cravens

Salina, KS  

1924​​ Mrs. George Norris.jpeg

1923-1924​​
Mrs. George Norris
Arkansas City, KS

1925​​ Grace Tinney.jpeg

1924-1925​​
Grace Tinney
Norton, KS

1926​​ Mrs. E. K. Lawrence.jpeg

1925-1926​​
Mrs. E. K. Lawrence
Hiawatha, KS

1927​​ Mrs. E.A. Palmer.jpeg

1926-1927​​
Mrs. E.A. Palmer
Kingman, KS

1928 Mrs. H.W. Brewer.jpeg

1927-1928
Mrs. H.W. Brewer
Manhattan, KS  

1929 Mrs. J.O. Wycoff.jpeg

1928-1929​
Mrs. J.O. Wycoff
Garnett, KS

1930​​​ Nellie Cook.jpeg

1929-1930​​​
Nellie Cook
Independence, KS

1931​​​ Mrs. Ruth Nickell.jpeg

1930-1931​​​
Mrs. Ruth Nickell
Topeka, KS

1932​​​ Mrs. Myron C. Miller.jpeg

1931-1932​​​

Mrs. Myron C. Miller
Anthony, KS
1934-1935 National Vice President  

1933​ Mrs. Joe E. Gaitskill.jpeg

1932-1933​
Mrs. Joe E. Gaitskill
Girard, KS

1934​​ Mrs. E.R. Soelter.jpeg

1933-1934​​

Mrs. E.R. Soelter
Wamego, KS

1935​​ Mrs. Ernest C. Harris.jpeg

1934-1935

Mrs. Ernest C. Harris
Fort Scott, KS

1936​​ Mrs. Fern Tucker LeVerque.jpeg

1935-1936​​

Mrs. Fern Tucker LeVerque
Liberal, KS

1937​​ Mrs. Earl J. Damron.jpeg

1936-1937​​
Mrs. Earl J. Damron
Leavenworth, KS

1938​ Mrs. Benjamin H. Crawford.jpeg

1937-1938​
Mrs. Benjamin H. Crawford
Council Grove, KS

1939​ Mrs. Marshall C. Peterson.jpeg

1938-1939​
Mrs. Marshall C. Peterson
Kansas City, KS

1940​​ Mrs. Willard Morss.jpeg

1939-1940​​

Mrs. Willard

Morss Howard, KS
1945-1946 National Vice President

1941​ Mrs. E.M. Stonebraker.jpeg

1940-1941​

Mrs. E.M. Stonebraker
Leavenworth, KS

1942​ Mrs. Lenore W. Pugh.jpeg

1941-1942​
Mrs. Lenore W. Pugh
Hays, KS

1943​ Mrs. Joe E. Waugh.jpeg

1942-1943​
Mrs. Joe E. Waugh
Wellington, KS

1944​​ Mrs. Hobard Hoyt.jpeg

1943-1944​​
Mrs. Hobard Hoyt
Lyons, KS

1945​ Mrs. George Vossloh.jpeg

1944-1945​
Mrs. George Vossloh
Abilene, KS

1946​ Mrs. Albert C. Hancock.jpeg

1945-1946​

Mrs. Albert C. Hancock
St. Francis, KS

1947​​ Mrs. Lloyd C. Mayswinkle.jpeg

1946-1947​​

Mrs. Lloyd C. Mayswinkle
Quindaro, KS

1948​​ Mrs. J. Fred Breene.jpeg

1947-1948​​

Mrs. J. Fred Breene
Arkansas City, KS

1949​ Mrs. O.L. Koger.jpeg

1948-1949​

Mrs. O.L. Koger

Topeka, KS
1953-1954 National Vice President
1962-1963 National President

1950​ Mrs. Harold Goble.jpeg

1949-1950​
Mrs. Harold Goble
Riley, KS

1951​ Mrs. Dan Miller.jpeg

1950-1951​
Mrs. Dan Miller
El Dorado, KS

1952​ Mrs. T.E. Foster.jpeg

1951-1952​
Mrs. T.E. Foster
Hutchinson, KS

1953​ Mrs. Robert Hemphill.jpeg

1952-1953​
Mrs. Robert Hemphill
Norton, KS

1954​ Mrs. Jack Fordham.jpeg

1953-1954​
Mrs. Jack Fordham
Wichita, KS

1955​ Mrs. Carl Telford.jpeg

1954-1955​
Mrs. Carl Telford
Winfield, KS

1956​ Mrs. Fred Cady.jpeg

1955-1956​
Mrs. Fred Cady
Osborne, KS

1957​ Mrs. Mary Plank.jpeg

1956-1957​
Mrs. Mary Plank
Baldwin, KS

1958​ Mrs. J.S. Pritchard.jpeg

1957-1958​
Mrs. J.S. Pritchard
Topeka, KS

1959​ Mrs. T.J. Whetstone.jpeg

1958-1959​
Mrs. T.J. Whetstone
Hutchinson, KS

1960​ Mrs. Henry Hayden.jpeg

1959-1960​
Mrs. Henry Hayden

Sedgwick, KS
1965-1966 National Vice President

1961​ Mrs. George Batten.jpeg

1960-1961

​ Mrs. George Batten

Manhattan, KS
1968-1969 National Chaplain

1962​ Mrs. Hollis Dunham.jpeg

1961-1962​
Mrs. Hollis Dunham
Erie, KS

1963​ Mrs. Orla McCabe.jpeg

1962-1963​
Mrs. Orla McCabe
Norton, KS

1964​ Mrs. R.S. Lucero.jpeg

1963-1964​
Mrs. R.S. Lucero
Quindaro, KS  

1965​ Mrs. Arthur Horner.jpeg

1964-1965​
Mrs. Arthur Horner
Leavenworth, KS

1966​ Mrs. Verlon Martin.jpeg

1965-1966​
Mrs. Verlon Martin
Larned, KS  

1967​ Mrs. Agnes Riechers.jpeg

1966-1967​
Mrs. Agnes Riechers
Clay Center, KS

1968​ Mrs. Dora Seymour.jpeg

1967-1968​
Mrs. Dora Seymour

Bird City, KS
1974-1975 National Vice President
1980-1981 National President

1969​​ Mrs. Bernice Wright.jpeg

1968-1969​​
Mrs. Bernice Wright
Independence, KS

1970​ Mrs. William Adams.jpeg

1969-1970​
Mrs. William Adams
Overland Park, KS

1971​ Opal Gaines.jpeg

1970-1971​
Opal Gaines

Wichita, KS
1982-1983 
National Vice President  

1972​​ Mrs. Virginia Lane.jpeg

1971-1972​​
Mrs. Virginia Lane
Hoisington, KS

1973​​ Val Jean Depew.jpeg

1972-1973​​
Val Jean Depew
Greenleaf, KS

1974​ Mrs. Wayne Ozias.jpeg

1973-1974​
Mrs. Wayne Ozias
Argentine, KS

1975​ Mrs. Vera Boyce.jpeg

1974-1975​
Mrs. Vera Boyce
Howard, KS

1976​​ Geraldine Hobble.jpeg

1975-1976​​
Geraldine Hobble
Wichita, KS

1977​ Mary Shahan.jpeg

1976-1977​
Mary Shahan
Bird City, KS

1978​ Elsie Hemphill.jpeg

1977-1978​
Elsie Hemphill
Lawrence, KS

1979​ Rebekah Wasson.jpeg

1978-1979​
Rebekah Wasson
Topeka, KS

1980​​ Nellie Birk.jpeg

1979-1980​​
Nellie Birk
Gridley, KS

1981​ Yetta Irwin.jpeg

1980-1981​
Yetta Irwin
McPherson, KS

1982​ Darlene Slechta.jpeg

1981-1982​
Darlene Slechta
Ellsworth, KS

1983​ Leita Broockerd.jpeg

1982-1983​
Leita Broockerd
Overland Park, KS

1984​​ Marguerite Rice.jpeg

1983-1984​​
Marguerite Rice
Topeka, KS

1985​ Elaine Smith.jpeg

1984-1985​
Elaine Smith Paola, KS
1991-1992 National Vice President  

1986​ Dorothy Malone.jpeg

1985-1986​
Dorothy Malone
Winfield, KS

1987 Carolyn Bailey.jpeg

1986-1987
Carolyn Bailey
Hoisington, KS

1988​​ Opal Naumann.jpeg

1987-1988​​
Opal Naumann
Clifton, KS

1989​​ Betty Jones.jpeg

1988-1989​​
Betty Jones

Liberal, KS
1996-1997 National Chaplain

1990​ Jan Cook.jpeg

1989-1990​
Jan Cook
Leavenworth, KS

1991​ Almeta Kelly.jpeg

1990-1991​
Almeta Kelly
Sylvan Grove, KS

1992​​​ Elinor Morgan.jpeg

1991-1992​​​
Elinor Morgan
Dwight, KS

1993​ Darlene McCartney.jpeg

1992-1993​
Darlene McCartney
Wellington, KS

1994​ Edna McAlister.jpeg

1993-1994​
Edna McAlister
Emporia, KS

1995​ Marceline Schafer.jpeg

1994-1995​
Marceline Schafer
Norton, KS

1996​​ Lois Icenogle.jpeg

1995-1996​​
Lois Icenogle Topeka, KS
2000-2001 National Vice President

1997​ Imogene Hummell.jpeg

1996-1997​
Imogene Hummell
Geneseo, KS

1998​ Ann Lutjen.jpeg

1997-1998​
Ann Lutjen
Merriam, KS

1999​ Berniece Hogan.jpeg

1998-1999​
Berniece Hogan
Greenleaf, KS

2000​​ Judy Nielsen.jpeg

1999-2000​​
Judy Nielsen
Herrington, KS

2001​ Bonnie Boyer.jpeg

2000-2001​
Bonnie Boyer
Overland Park, KS

2002​ Beulah Taylor.jpeg

2001-2002​
Beulah Taylor
Topeka, KS

2003​ Laura Christensen.jpeg

2002-2003​
Laura Christensen
Concordia, KS

2004​​ Ruth Dirreen.jpeg

2003-2004​​
Ruth Dirreen
Hutchinson, KS

2005​ Beulah Shafer.jpeg

2004-2005
Beulah Shafer
Winfield, KS

2006​ Norma Swanson.jpeg

2005-2006​
Norma Swanson Gardner, KS
2009-2010 National Vice President  

2007​ Gwen Trost.jpeg

2006-2007​
Gwen Trost
Concordia, KS

2008​ LaVeta Miller.jpeg

2007-2008​
LaVeta Miller
Larned, KS

2009​ Myrna Rogers.jpeg

2008-2009​
Myrna Rogers
Augusta, KS

2010​ Sharon Spiker.jpeg

2009-2010​
Sharon Spiker
Topeka, KS

2011​Trish Ward.jpeg

2010-2011​
Trish Ward

Louisburg, KS
2017-2018 National Vice President

2012​​​ Ida Meyeres.jpeg

2011-2012​​​
Ida Meyeres
Ness City, KS

2013​ Cherie Thomas.jpeg

2012-2013​
Cherie Thomas
Leavenworth, KS

2014​​ Karon Cook.jpeg

2013-2014​​
Karon Cook
Wamego, KS

2015​​​ Tonia Ison.jpeg

2014-2015​​​
Tonia Ison
Topeka, KS

2016​​ Jeanne Haas.jpeg

2015-2016​​
Jeanne Haas
New Strawn, KS

2017​ Claudia Satterlee.jpeg

2016-2017​
Claudia Satterlee
Winfield, KS

2018​​​​​ Melissa Burton.jpeg

2017-2018​​​​​
Melissa Burton
Rose Hill, KS

2019​​​ Karen Hasting.jpeg

2018-2019​​​

Karen Hasting

El Dorado, KS

2020,2021 Paula Sellens.jpeg

2019-2020; 2020-2021​​​

Paula Sellens

Dodge City, KS

2021 Annette Scheaffer.jpg

2021

Annette Scheaffer

Augusta, Ks

2022,2023 Marcia Cottrel.jpg

2021-2023

Marcia Cottrell

​Lyndon, KS

2024 Cheryl Eastep.jpg

2023-2024

Cheryl Eastep

Pittsbrug, Ks

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2024-2025

Tracy Kinnick

Rose Hill, KS

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2025-2026

Anndi Bownes

Blue Mound, KS

In the Spirit of "SERVICE, NOT SELF"​​​​​​​
thank you for serving active duty military, military reserves, veterans, and their families!!

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