Former State Presidents
We honor our former state presidents whose visions
were translated into reality which helped form the
Federated Garden Clubs of Nebraska as we know and
enjoy it today.
2019-2021 Julie Lester
2017-2019 Alice Hemsath
2015-2017 Charlotte Swanson
2013-2015 Donna Rouch
2011-2013 Linda Shaw
2009-2011 Mr. Delroy L. Hemsath, Kearney
2007-2009 Mrs. Blaine (Dorsie) Farrar, Curtis
2005-2007 Joan Spurgin, Paxton
2003-2005 Mrs. Max (Evelyn) Boyd, Nebraska City
2001-2003 Mrs. Arnold (Marge) Block, Gothenburg
1999-2001 Mrs. Roland (Sandy) Spangler, Curtis
1997-1999 Mrs. Henry (Darlene) Schick, North Platte
1995-1997 Rebecca Ford, Omaha
1993-1994 Barbara Cizek, Elkhorn
1991-1993 Mrs. Gail Wesch,Maywood
1989-1990 Mrs. Robert (Alta) Keating, Palisade
1987-1988 Mrs. Clayton (Jeanette) Hanson, Grand Island
1985-1986 Mrs. Earl (Ellen) Lincoln, Scotia
1983-1985 Mrs. Katherine S. Slaughter, Omaha
1981-1983 Mrs. Richard (Pat) Hancock, Tekamah
1979-1981 Mrs. Richard (Fran) Prince, Omaha
1977-1978 Mrs. Waldo (Lola) Goedecker, Hayes Center
1975-1976 Mrs. Elwood Kealy, Omaha
1973-1974 Mrs. Gilbert (Edna) Trautman, Big Springs
1971-1972 Mrs. Ted (Ruth) Lindquist, Wahoo
1969-1970 Mrs. Harry (LaVerne) Greathouse, Dix
1967-1968 Mrs. Charles (Katherine) Smith
1965-1966 Mrs. Michael F. Edwards
1963-1964 Mrs. Stella Taylor, Norfolk
1960-1962 Mrs. Harry C. Saum, Dalton
1959-1960 Mrs. E. S. Sutton, Benkelman
1957-1958 Mrs. Leon High, Lexington
1955-1956 Mrs. Roy Flebbe, Omaha
1953-1954 Mrs. Ray G. Goodell, Hastings
1951-1952 Mrs. Edgar Irving, Omaha
1949-1950 Mrs. Rex Leberman, Scottsbluff
1945-1949 Mrs. William Parkinson, Omaha
1941-1945 Mrs. W. A. Cole, Hastings
1937-1941 Mrs. Fred Grouseman, Omaha
1934-1937 Dr. C. C. Wiggins, Omaha