Contributions reported today boost the Goodfellows tally to $298,635.67. Donations go toward one-time emergency aid, including rent and utility assistance, for struggling Omaha-area residents. The charity also distributes holiday meal vouchers and coats, gloves and clothing for schoolchildren.
$5,000
In memory of our parents, Cecil and Laila Walker, and Tom Wolfe; Edward and Lida Robinson
$3,000
Anonymous
$2,000
In memory of Diane; William and Beverly Donaldson
$1,500
Judy Bahensky Vogel
$1,000
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In honor of Leon and Joan Timmerman; in memory of Joan, Bud, Jim and Gloria — Mike Sacketti; in memory of Clayton and Marie Carlson — Patty Carlson; Mammel Family Foundation; Kathleen Jeffers; Michael and Amy Anderson; anonymous (2)
$750
Kennard Thompson
$712
In honor of our daughter Heidi’s 2nd kidney transplant, 7/12/23 — Maxine and Armel MacDonald
$600
Larry and Patricia Swartzbaugh
$520
In memory of my wife, Christine Stavneak — Raymond Stavneak
$500
In honor of our grandchildren and 1st great-grandson — Carmen and Marcia Klein; in memory of J.K. Lueders from his family; John and Kitty Ransom; James and Marysue Wendt; Laurie Stiles; Larry and Ann Anderson; Malay Dalal; Dean and Holly White; anonymous
$450
In loving memory of family and friends — Daniel and Connie Turek
$400
Anonymous
$375
In memory of Homer, Dixie, Sarah Jane, Doodly, Popcorn, Pete, Suzie, Jack, Joseph, Agatha, Emily, Spud, Max, Puma, Fauno, Gilligan, Smoky, Steven, Frisky, Hanna Oceana, Peppermint, Mary Ann, Wanda, Lady, Rose, Winnie, Cooper, Greta, Dallas, Uncle Charlie, Uncle Ray, Uncle Doug and Pop
$350
Anonymous
$340
Gerald and Kathryn Graeve
$336
Remembering our dad, Howard Silber — Izzy and Curly
$333
In memory of Karl Liewer, Donald Liewer, Patty Zuniga and Koji Kuraya — Steve and Keiko Liewer
$319
L. Marie Bauer
$303
In memory of Larry C., Doug J. and John W., biking buds gone too soon — Johann and Kathy Onnen
$300
In loving memory of John T and Marian Grant, and their sons John, Joe, and Tim — Martha Bruckner; in loving memory of Robert Bruckner — Martha Bruckner; in memory of Harold and Catherine Mefford, Robert (Bob) Mefford, and Adolph and Loraine Kohout — Don Mefford; Patricia Snyder; anonymous
$250
In memory of Martha Nethers — Carl Nethers; in memory of Nita Styles and Charlie Gerhard — Jane Gerhard; Bill and Mary Jane Smith; Bonnie and Michael Valasek; Patricia Lonergan; anonymous (2)
$212
For the love of Henry Eldon Homann
$200
In loving memory of our youngest son, Matthew — Mary and Gary Grimes; in memory of Kamilla and George Belek and Evelyn and Irvin Holtz — Karen and Jerry Belek; in memory of Esther and David Rice and Barbara and Stanley Malashock — Jody and Neal Malashock; in memory of Fern Brandt and Catherine Mefford — Jack and Sherril Mefford; in memory of Elverta Smith; Robert and Lorraine Jeffus; John and Corlis Lovstad; Bob and Mary Bestenlehner; Jane and Michael Freyer; Cynthia and Kevin Adams; Richard Steffensmeier; anonymous
$175
Anonymous
$150
In memory of our parents, Louise and Frank VanKat and Arlene Stengel — Ken and Suzanne VanKat; anonymous
$138
In loving memory of Larry G. Jensen and his parents, Gene and Virginia Jensen and in loving memory of Patricia J. (PJ) Schmollinger and Barbara A. Scamperino. They are remembered always and loved forever — Jackie, Kurt, Wendy, Cory, Kristen, Rylan and Regan
$136
Linda Wells
$125
Laurie and Raymond Stuart
$123
To honor my parents Butch and Rosemary — Jon Devries
$120
In memory of Don Baldwin Sr. — David and Janet Baldwin
$115
In honor of Louis — Judy Berns
$107
In memory of Teri Jo — Richard and Linda Kirby
$104.11
In celebration of Etta Rose
$101
William and Elizabeth Novak
$100
In memory of absent friends; in memory of Andrew and Chapin, grandsons — Raymond and Nancy Zaraya; in memory of Howard Munshaw — Mary and Michael Munshaw; in loving memory of my parents, Kennetha and Margaret Houchin; in memory of Chris and other loved ones — Dianne Desjardins; for family — M S Howell; in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Graves and Mr. E.L. Grafft and Mr. Greg Grafft — Gwendolyn and Raymond Graves; Mary and Darrel Lahmann; Diana McDanal; V T Ramakrishnan; Karen Campbell; Bill and Donna Ahern; Barbara Maytes; Arlene Shreve; anonymous (3)
$93
Anonymous
$90
In loving memory of our brother Larry Campbell — Bill and Connie Ray
$85
In memory of Bob Crabtree — Anna Crabtree
$80
In loving memory of my husband, Patrick McCahill — Sidney Steele McCahill
$75
Jean and Ron Andrews
$68
In memory of my dad, Joseph W. Brennan, former World-Herald editor/reporter — Rose Sullivan
$50
For our children — Tom and Maylene Haslett; Omaha Area Chapter Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.; in the spirit of the season; in memory of August F. Bock; in memory of Judy Lloyd — Karen and Evert Peacock; in memory of my wife, Marilyn — Harold Mueller; in memory of Bob Ostdiek — Robert and Janet Ostdiek; Carl and Sharon Clark; L. W. and J. Wenzl; Jeannette Young; B. and M. Young; Marietta Hoskins; Betty and Chad Mihm; Nancy and Daniel Pawlowski; Dean and Maria Jacobsen; Jamie Tarkowski; anonymous
$35
In memory of Rosemarie Sojka — James Sojka; Betty and Joseph Bass
$33
In memory of Paula Kay Newhouse — Mark Newhouse
$31
In honor of Adrieene and Ashley — Jim and Linda
$30
In honor of Ann Davey — Joan Scalzo; in honor of Marikay Schwaller — Joan Scalzo
$25
Rosalie Downing; Marcine De Maranville; John Addy; Virginia and James Williams
$23

