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Transforming through Generosity

Recognizing those in our giving circles and their commitment to the WesleyLife mission.

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The Legacy Circle

The Legacy Circle includes those who have named WesleyLife and/or one of our communities or services in their wills or through other estate gifts. We are grateful that these generous individuals have chosen to impact vulnerable older adults and veterans beyond their lifetimes.

If you have included WesleyLife in your will or estate plans and your name is not listed here, please contact us so we may thank and recognize you. We are honored to do so.

Learn more about ways to include WesleyLife Foundation in your will.

  • Anonymous (5)
  • Shirley* and Duane* Acker
  • Anne Bokhoven
  • Bill and Helen Brantley
  • Tom Carpenter
  • Cathie Conley
  • Kenton and Christine Coons
  • Richard and Ruth Davitt
  • Gladys M. Ferguson
  • Marla and Ronald Franklin
  • Howard Frazier
  • Elizabeth Frink
  • Jim and Evelyn Gore
  • Marylin A. Gorham
  • Barbara and Dale Henning
  • Dwight and Patricia Hicks
  • Roger and Sharon Hogle
  • Betty Jean Hotchkin
  • William and Barbara Keck
  • Gary Kloppenburg
  • Anne Koth
  • Rob and Glenda Kretzinger
  • Mary Langdon
  • Sarah Langdon
  • Everett Laning
  • Rebecca Lodge
  • Lavone Mann
  • Charlotte Maples
  • John and Jan Mechem
  • Elodie Morrison
  • Lois Priest
  • Beverly Radcliffe
  • Melvin L. and Jacquelyn S.* Rambo
  • Eleanor Smith
  • Katherine Sopasakis
  • Ramona and Jerry* Sorensen
  • Larry* and Ann Spencer
  • William Tomlinson
  • Rich and Kim Willis
  • John and Anna* Woolson

Donors of Distinction

WesleyLife recognizes living donors and organizations with a lifetime giving total of $100,000 or more through 2023 as Donors of Distinction. By achieving this level of giving, these donors have demonstrated trust in and commitment to the mission, vision, and values of WesleyLife.

  • Anonymous (4)
  • Andringa Family Foundation
  • Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company
  • Baker Group
  • Suzie Glazer Burt
  • City of Des Moines
  • Clinton County Development Association
  • Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
  • Kenton and Chris Coons
  • The Coons Foundation
  • Corteva
  • Kay and Mark* DeCook
  • Delta Dental of Iowa
  • DeWitt Bank & Trust
  • DeWitt Community Hospital Foundation
  • Roy and Averyle Ehrle
  • Ernest & Florence Sargent Family Foundation
  • Jane and Joseph* Evanovich
  • First Central State Bank
  • Ron and Marla Franklin
  • Gabus Family Foundation
  • Geisler Penquite Foundation
  • Marylin A. Gorham
  • Sandy and Bruce* Heerema
  • Barbara and Dale Henning
  • Steven and Karen Herwig
  • Roger and Sharon Hogle
  • William D. Homrighausen
  • Fred and Becky Hunt
  • Hy-Vee
  • Invest DSM
  • Iowa Annual Conference of the UMC
  • Iowa Mutual now Encova Insurance
  • Kemin Industries
  • Tom and Linda Koehn
  • Kresge Foundation
  • Rob and Glenda Kretzinger
  • Steve and Cathy Lacy
  • Mary Langdon
  • Marion County Bank
  • Marion County Community Foundation
  • Maytag Corporation Foundation
  • Meals on Wheels of America
  • MidAmerican Energy Company
  • DJ Newlin
  • Pella Community Foundation
  • Pella Corporation
  • Pella Regional Health Center
  • Polk County Board of Supervisors
  • Stan and Gayle Poortinga
  • Prairie Meadows Race Track & Casino
  • Precision Inc.
  • Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc.
  • Riley Family Foundation
  • Ruan Family Foundation
  • Smith Family Foundation
  • State of Iowa
  • Wayne and Nancy Stuedemann
  • Alan and Myrna J. Tubbs
  • James R.* and Dottie* Tyler
  • United Way
  • Unity Point Health
  • Lois and Bob* Vermeer
  • Vermeer Charitable Foundation
  • W.T. and Edna M. Dahl Trust
  • Washington County Riverboat Foundation
  • Wellmark Foundation
  • William A. Steele Foundation, Inc.
  • Craig Witte and Ann Abplanalp
  • Mark and Marsha Witte

 

Annual Giving Circles

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals and organizations for their 2023 contributions to WesleyLife. The donor levels include all gifts and pledges made from January 1 through December 31, 2023.

Future pledge installments are recognized in the year they were originally committed.

Visionary
$500,000+

  • Mary Langdon

Humanitarian
$250,000 - $499,999

  • Anonymous
  • Kenton and Christine Coons
  • Roger and Sharon Hogle
  • The Coons Foundation

Century
$100,000 - $249,999

  • E.G.* and Mary Jean* Faust
  • Barbara and Dale Henning
  • Steven and Karen Herwig
  • Hy-Vee
  • Invest DSM
  • Cora Wagner* Estate

Founders
$50,000 - $99,999

  • Anonymous (2)
  • Gladys Austin Bloodworth*
  • Ron and Marla Franklin
  • Gabus Family Foundation
  • Genesis Foundation

Keystone
$25,000 - $49,999

  • Beal Derkenne Construction
  • Bill and Helen Brantley
  • Corteva
  • Philip Dorweiler*
  • Arlene Hamilton
  • Bess B. LeGrand* Estate
  • Merchants Bonding Company Foundation
  • Kay Ward

Patrons
$10,000 - $24,999

  • Anonymous
  • American Heart Association
  • Richard and Bonny Bartelt
  • Marlene Chumley
  • Cathie Conley
  • Kari and Wes Cooling
  • Roy and Averyle Ehrle
  • First Interstate BancSystem Foundation
  • Geisler Penquite Foundation
  • Halcyon House Employee Division
  • Sheri Horner
  • Anne Koth
  • Sarah Langdon
  • Meals on Wheels America
  • John and Jan Nichols
  • Allison and Christopher Pendroy
  • Prairie Meadows Race Track & Casino
  • Norman and Eloise Rinderknecht
  • Karen Silverberg* Estate
  • Nellow C. Stewart* Estate
  • Todd and Michelle Tanner
  • The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
  • The Leuthold Family Foundation
  • Wellmark Advantage Health Plan, Inc.
  • Wesley Acres Resident Council

Sustainers
$5,000 - $9,999

  • Duane and Shirley* Acker
  • Paul and Nancy* Burrow
  • Chad and Lauren Rasmussen
  • Kay and Mark* DeCook
  • Nathaniel and Mary Doddridge
  • EMC Insurance Foundation
  • Jutta Hansen
  • Sandy Heerema
  • Nick and Dee Henderson
  • Molly Holck-Nolin and Karl W. Nolin
  • Deborah Hunt Repp
  • Amy and Steve Hutchins
  • Loral Kirke
  • Rob and Glenda Kretzinger
  • LDJ Manufacturing, Inc.
  • Glen and Laura Lewis
  • Chris and Dixie McCormick
  • Jan Miller Straub
  • Lana and Arlyn Nelsen
  • Pella Community Foundation
  • David and Jeanette Saurman
  • Scheels
  • Jack Schreiber
  • Brent and Esther VanderWaal
  • Lois Vermeer

Guardians
$2,500 - $4,999

  • Anonymous (2)
  • Bankers Trust
  • Margo and Don Blumenthal
  • Frances Boesel
  • Robert and Beverly Bole
  • Jeanine and Robert Carithers
  • Thomas Carlson
  • Corky Classen
  • Barbara Decker
  • Arlene and Fredrick DeVries
  • Shannon and Adam Draayer
  • Luella Berglund Fund
  • Lora Gladwin
  • Heritage House Resident Association
  • Alice Hesse
  • Horton-Robinson Construction
  • Jake's Lawn & Landscape LLC
  • Janet Linn
  • John Otto and Joanne C. Lorence
  • Lutheran Church of Hope
  • Robert and Rita Murray
  • Richard and Jane Nyswonger
  • Dennis and Sandra O'Brien
  • Ilean Olson
  • Peace Charlie Legacy Fund
  • Carlton Peterson
  • Nancy Ross
  • Ruan Family Foundation
  • James Rush
  • Schiller Family Foundation
  • Vivian Selecman
  • Travis and Janet Simpson
  • Wilbur and Rebecca Smith
  • Rosemarie Staebell
  • Lisa and Sam Van Maanen
  • Loren and Darlene Van Zanten
  • Howard Van Zee
  • Marvin and Kristy VanDerWiel
  • West Bancorporation Foundation, Inc.

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