Bethany St. Joseph Corporation
2501 Shelby Road, La Crosse, WI 54601
608-788-5700 www.bsjcorp.com
Inspiring Life, Hope and Healing

Iverson Freking Ecumenical Recognition Award

This prestigious award has recognized Seven Rivers Region
faith filled people of action for twenty-one years.

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Named in honor of the late Carl Iverson and the late Bishop Frederick Freking.

Carl H. Iverson

Bishop Frederick W. Freking

The Award reflects unselfish dedication to foster and promote ecumenical endeavors based on mutual respect of all faiths, highlighted by cooperation, communication and service to others.

Through their leadership and with the involvement of many others, Bethany St. Joseph Corporation was established in 1976 as a cooperative ecumenical effort sponsored by the Christian Communities of the greater La Crosse area.

The Iverson Freking Ecumenical Recognition Award was created by Bethany St. Joseph Corporation to acknowledge and recognize the dedication of people to ecumenical activities and community building. The award is based on the following:

Spiritual example
Respect for the faith of others
Participation in a spiritual congregation, and
Commitment to community

To date, 51 awards over 22 years have been awarded to deserving community members. The annual honors banquet is held in January and the next banquet is scheduled for January 21, 2009 in La Crosse, WI, at the Radisson Center.

Ecumenism means:

Working towards the acceptance of and an openness to people of all faiths and accepting their faith as value, using as a base that we are all one in the Spirit of God.

Honorees

1987 Bishop Stefan Guttormsson Arlene Zei	1988 Rev. Bernard McGarty Judith Bouffleur Daniel Vinge	1989 Rev. Allan Townsend Helen Scarseth Sr. Pauline Wittry	1990 Fr. William Grevatch June Kjome
1991 Dr. Antonio Molina Tom Thibodeau	1992 Rev. Armin Heidmann Mary Kisken Lindy Saline	1993 Sr. Joyce Bantle Rev. Ted Dewald Gayda Hollnagel	1994 Rev. Jarvie Mattes Sheila Kahlert
1995 Ernest Hanson Mary Patros	1996 Sr. Leclare Beres Chaplain Jim Johnson	1997 Dave Skogen Jean Bassett (with Tom Rand & Larry Green)	1998 Harvey Witzenburg Carole Plante
1999 Dorothy Wetterlin Rev. Rachel Thorson Mithelman	2000 Jerry Arndt	2000 Rita McGaughey	2001 Larry White Dee & Lyle Peacock
2002 Rev. Duane Baardseth Bernadine & Howard Voss	2003 Dr. Bill Medland Randy Eddy, S	2004 Jan & Duane Moore Sr. Arita Dopkins	2005 George & Marita Smith Pat Stephens
2006 Sr. Celesta Day	2006 Dirk Gasterland	2006 Roger Bjorge	2007 Richard Swantz Phyllis Branson Rabbi Saul Prombaum
2008 Sheila Garrity Bishop April Larson Sr. Marlene Weisenbeck

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