Fair Awards

FAIR PERSON OF THE YEAR & FRIENDS OF THE FAIR

Each year we honor individuals for their interest in the Freeborn County Fair

Fair Person of the Year

1999 Erna Berthelsen 2001 Leonard Hage 2002 Marville & Lauretta Toenges, Don Nolander, Janet Steene, Don Drescher 2003 Glenn Ruble, Phil Callahan, Phil Jensen 2004 Lowell Ross, Rhodette Groe 2005 Marion Drescher, Kim Gooden 2006 Gene Thompson, Janelle Vanengelberg 2007 Bill Megan, Gene Loge, Kyle Olson, LaVerne Martin 2008 Bob Benson, Paul Anderson, Don Rippentrop 2009 Karen Jacobs, Jan Reed, Ruth Vermedahl 2010 AG STAR, Larry Irvine, Marty Little, Deb Steinfeldt, Jerry Hickman 2011 Nordean Krueger, Elton Kvenold, Norm Fredin 2012 Clarence & Karnie Schwierjohann 2013 Dan & Sue Steele, Norman Bangert 2014 Dennis Brue, Mike Thompson, Scott Thompson 2015 Gordon Toenges, Daryl Mattson, Bob Hage 2016 Tracy Ball, Shelly Peterson, Mike Woitas, Larry Irvine 2017 Roger Lonning, Tom Hovde 2018 Steve & Jane Haukoos 2019 Travis Wayne Friend of the Fair

2014 John Larson, Karol Hansen, Jim Munyer, Donna Stolaas, Sue Zimmerman 2015 John Kluever, Glenn Mathiason, Dan Belshan, Jim Nelson, Christopher Shoff, Mike Lee 2016 Greg Jensen, Beau Jensen, Jim Manges, O.C. Johnson, Ed Rygh, Lowell Gabriel, Maynard Erickson, Hugh O’Byrne, Garnys Nelson, Eunice Bakken 2017 Diane Johns 2018 Kristine Christensen, Ron Woitas, Mike Levison 2019 Jerry & Gerry Vogt, Susie Peterson 2021 Casa Zamora

OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZENS

2000 Joy Roelofs, Donald Chryst 2001 Gladys Weyrum, Dick Webber 2002 Thelma Guenther, Stan Sevaldson 2003 Louise Yost, Theresa Jackson 2004 Geraldine Horswell, Paul Overgaard 2005 Charlene Becker, Otto Becker 2006 Roberta Ernston, Louise Henderson 2007 Evelyth Tiede, Roger Lonning 2008 Jean Pestorious, Bruce Owens 2009 Marion Drescher, Paul Scrabeck 2010 Dorothy Simonsen, Richard Polley 2011 Patricia “Pat” Johannesen, Darryl Meyer 2012 Viola Krosgaard, Charles “Chuck” Van Wey 2013 Arthur Ludtke, Jr. 2014 Bernice “Perk” Monsen 2015 Clifford Rask 2016 Terrill “Terry” Perkins 2017 Karen Callahan, Alan Arends 2018 Imogene “Jeanie” Opdahl, Dave Mullenbach 2019 Judy Popp-Anderson, Paul Anderson 2021 Rose Olmsted, Glen Parsons

FREEBORN COUNTY CENTURY FARMS

2015 Donald Chapek, Jerry & Lois Epland, Kiven Lukes, Delores Steele 2016 Leslie Christensen, Alan Bakken, John Penkava 2017 Lyn & Lynn Sorensen, Allan Brown, Richard & Arlene Cherney, Burton & Dorothy Kittelson, Roland Brewer 2018 Mark & Karol Foster, Berg/Hanson Family Farm 2019 Funfar/Hajek Farm, Krikava Family Farm, Braaten Farms, Ronald and Julie Stadheim Family Farm 2020 Arlo & Julie Wallin Farm, D&P Farms, The Madson Farm – Jacobs Family 2021 Knudson – Meyer Farm 2022 Calvin S. Lyle Family Fair