Farming in these families’ blood

The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben and the Nebraska Fair Managers Association have announced the recipients of the 2009 Pioneer Farm Family Awards.

To qualify, members of the same family must have owned a parcel of land consecutively for at least 100 years.

Since its inception 53 years ago, the award has been presented to more than 7,000 families. Each honoree receives a plaque and a gatepost marker.

The awards are presented during the 2009 county fair in which the land is situated. Here are the 2009 recipients, listed by county:

Adams: David Kimle of Kenesaw

Antelope: Elba McGee Lau of Lincoln; J.C. and Donna Carpenter of Neligh

Boone: Teri Richards of Primrose

Box Butte: Jean Daugherty and Lyle Fodnes, both of Hemingford

Boyd: Five K Farm, Marita Placek, Joe Kerbel, Judy Engelhaupt, Jeanie Wilson and Lou Kerbel, all of Lynch; Thomas Quinton Schrunk of Palmer

Buffalo: Evelyn Vohland and R&M Acres Inc., both Gibbon; Jeannette Dealey and Donald Dealey, both Holdrege

Burt: Margaret Kennedy of Craig; Charles Myers of Lyons; James Cornish Farms Inc. and Frances Tranmer, both of Tekamah

Butler: Dean and Lynelle Kriz of Brainard; Donna Allen of David City; Alvin Semin of Ulysses

Cass: Robert Farmer and William Farmer, both of Ashland; Flora Belle Wehrbein of Plattsmouth; Margie Nielsen of Elmwood; Delbert and Diana Puls of Murray; Larry Pollard and Nolma Pollard Trust, both of Nehawka

Cedar: Darlene Kramer and Shirley Haase, both of Omaha; Norman Vogle and Wayne Vogle, both of Coleridge; Marguerite Stage of Laurel

Chase: Charles and Betty Johnson Trust of Lincoln

Cherry: Dorothy Airth of Dewinton, Alberta, Canada

Clay: Sandra Kay Samuelson of Harvard

Cuming: Larry and Jan Ulrich and Leslie Smith, all of West Point; Irma Milligan of Wisner

Custer: Norman and Judy Robertson of Tekamah, Conroy Land Co. of Oconto

Dawes: Dorothy Hallsted-Waldron of Chadron; Warren and Frances Connell and family of Whitney

Deuel: Clinton and Donna Bailey of Big Springs

Dixon: Harold Grosvenor of Ponca; Harlan Ruwe and Opal Carlson, both of Wayne; C. Jean Patten and Thomas Patten, both of Reno, Nev.; Rodney Koch of Omaha

Dodge: Charles and Betty Wagner and Cindy Wagner, all of Fremont

Fillmore: Helen Albro First Trust, Carol Sieber Trustee, of Geneva

Franklin: Raymond Ackerman Trust of Kearney

Frontier: Verl and Monika Juriens of Eustis

Gage: Robert Hiatt of Huntsville, Ala.; Donald and Glennys Ziegler, Kirk and Kathleen Ziegler, and Dorothy and Lloyd Lane, all of Beatrice; Herbert Vlasak and Ellen Vlasak, both of Wilber; Renetta Webb and Lois Webb of Crystal Lake, Ill.

Garden: David Dymak of Lewellen; Martin Hisel of Ashby

Hall: Paul and Carroll Rauert, Gene Boltz, Douglas Schultz, and James and Rose Sassen, all of Grand Island; David Crosser of Marquette; Dennis Bonsuck and Wilbert and Joyce Schultz, all of Wood River

Hamilton: Joe Strotman, Stephen and Doris Vetter, and Justin and Tammy Ott, all of Aurora

Hayes: Garald and Beverly Unger of Hayes Center

Hitchcock: Pauline Hagemann of Culbertson

Holt: Arthur and Dolores Pacha and Helen Martens, all of Atkinson; Robert Storjohann of O’Neill; Lois Schaff of Stuart

Howard: Melvin and Eilene Tekolste, Trustees Tekolste Living Trust, of Beatrice; Alvin and Ellen Spilinek of Elba; Evelyn Dvorak, Louis and Evelyn Kosmicki, and Marlin Jorgensen, all of St. Paul; Lawrence Elva Dvorak of Camas, Wash.

Jefferson: Donald Brandt of Plymouth; Walter and Janet Hoeting of Hemet, Calif.

Johnson: Donna Knoche, Marie Wusk Thiesfeld, Carolyn Thiesfeld Bartels and David Thiesfeld, all of Beatrice; Steve and Glenda Knoche of Virginia; Loren and Valda Davidson of Lincoln

Kearney: Margaret Mitchell, Cletish Mitchell and Nancy Petersen, all of Kearney; Ronald Knaus of Hildreth; Doug Boisen of Minden; Shirley Harkness of Cozad

Keith: Harms Inc. and JoAnne Harms, both of Brule

Knox: Marian Schroeder, Roger Schroeder, Philip Schroeder, William Cook Jr. and Tamara Cook, all of Bloomfield; James and Rose Wagner of Winnetoon; Anna Anderson & Sons Inc. of Grand Island

Lancaster: Ardell and Fran Sieck of Crete; Todd Hornung, Cindy Hornung and Lori Block, all of Wahoo; John V. and MaryAnne Juricek of Denton

Madison: Robert and DeLoris Zessin of Madison

Merrick: Jerome and Bonita Paczosa of Silver Creek

Nemaha: Beverly Moody of Auburn; Clarke Oak Acres LLC of Brock; Arnold and Orva Gobber of Elk Creek; Francis Seid of Falls City

Nuckolls: Blaine Lyne Trust of York; Vernon Corman of Edgar; Craig Mazour, Len and Jolene Mazour and Dave Mazour, all of Lawrence

Otoe: Neal and Joyce Bentzinger of Cook; Virgil and Maxine Reuter and LeAnn Fossler L.E., all of Nebraska City; Wayne and Paula Wohlers of Syracuse

Pawnee: Jerald and Eileen Bausch of Burchard; Donald Albers and Julie Albers, both of Pawnee City

Perkins: Roger Tjaden of Madrid

Phelps: Greg Linder, James Linder and Robert and Jean Linder, all of Loomis; Lilie Ann Dahlgren and Milton Dahlgren, both of Minden; Freed Brothers Farms of Loomis

Pierce: Elaine Fulton Bosilevac of Omaha; Gerald and Hazel Kumm of Osmond; Michael and Kimberly Baumann of Pierce; Lehnert Family Trust, Eileen Lehnert, trustee, and Raymond and Meldene Wachholtz, all of Plainview; Margie Leiting of Randolph

Platte: Eugene Buggi of Denton; Rosmund Paprocki and John and Marjorie Nyffeler, all of Columbus; Joan Treadway of Osceola; Rod Hassebrook of Platte Center

Polk: Dion and Cindy Buhl of Osceola; Mildred Kumpf Liss of Shelby; Rea Mae Johnson of Stromsburg

Red Willow: William Ball, O’Dea Family LP and Andrew and Lori O’Dea, all of McCook

Richardson: Halcyon Peck Wilson and Raymond and Ruth Finck, all of Falls City; Richard Yoesel and Dale Yoesel, both of Rulo

Saline: Ron and Joyce Kahle of Dorchester; Harold Janda of Friend; Kathy Blankenship and Nancy Richards, both of Placerville, Calif.

Sarpy: Jahn Farms Inc., George Jahn and Delores Snodgrass, all of Gretna

Saunders: Bob and Lori Dauel of Malmo; and Amalie Swartz of Prague

Sherman: Thomas Kusek of Loup City

Sioux: Terrence Gillett of Harrison; Howell Farms LLC of Morrill; Thelma Nation of Crawford

Stanton: Robert Chilcoat Sr. of Stanton; Norman Hansen and Brenda Hansen-Styskal, both of Grant

Thomas: Tom and Rose Licking of Seneca

Thayer: Joy Harms of Davenport

Valley: William F. and Nancy Vogeler of North Loup; Robert and Wilma John and Thad and Roberta Meese, all of Ord

Wayne: Greve Farm Inc., Howard and Barbara Greve, H. Harley and Vickie Greve and LaVern and Mary Lundahl, all of Wakefield; Richard and Rita Gubbels of Randolph

Webster: Ron and Janie Hartman and Amy, Amber and Annette Hartman, all of Blue Hill; Harland and Mildred Siebrass of Blue Hill; Joseph and Frances Brockman and Caroline Brockman, all of Lawrence

Wheeler: Bumgardner Ranch and Louise Lane, both of Limon, Colo.

York: Stanley Lou Boehr of Henderson; Christiansen Family LLP and Larry and Julie Christiansen, all of Queen Creek, Ariz.; and Mildred Reetz of Benedict