Rebekah Past Presidents

Our rich history of leadership we honor those who paved the way!

NAME SERVED DECEASED

Eliza Leaman, Dayton 1887 1915
Helen M.  Little, Cincinnati 1887-1888 1926
Jennie Canfield,  Akron 1888-1889 1917
Elizabeth Phillips,  Cincinnati 1889-1890 1926
Christie Moccabee,  Columbus 1890-1891 1932
S. Allie Shuler,  New Dover 1891-1892 1915
Frances A King, East Liverpool 1892-1893 1932
Lida A. Killen, Springfield 1893-1894 1927
Gertrude V. Hudson, Cleveland 1894-1895  
Margaret Merwin,  Garrettsville 1895-1896 1904
Anna Henry, Akron 1896-1897 1943
Georgia C. Glenn, Van Wert 1897-1898 1912
Mary F. Ingham, Worthington 1898-1899 1912
Kate March, Lebanon 1900-1901 1940
Hortense Spear 1901-1902 1911
Lodema B. Hamilton, Cincinnati 1902-1903 1925
Ethel Richey Wells, Columbus 1903-1904 1976  
Della Walton, Norwalk 1904-1905 1934
Maggie L. Whitaker, Dayton 1905-1906 1942
Lillie Hearing, Zanesville 1906-1907 1948
Nora B. Kagy, Findlay 1907-1908 1960
Minnie Bachtel, Canton 1908-1909 1938
E. Jeanette Moore, Newark 1909-1910 1945
Josie Kreider, Van Wert 1910-1911 1935
Eva Curl, Cardington 1911-1912 1951
Elizabeth U. Garver, Toledo 1912-1913 1943
Grace R. Wilking, Zanesville 1913-1914 1931
Gertrude Osborne, Ashtabula 1914-1915 1943
Jessie Perry, Alhambra, California 1915-1916 1942
Anne F. McBride, Cleveland 1916-1917 1951
Mattie L. Ander, Columbus 1917-1918 1941
M. Jeanette Moorhead, Ripley 1918-1919 1945
Julia A. Russel, Wooster 1919-1920 1926
Myrtle Conover, Dayton 1920-1921 1942
Josephine Short, Bellefontaine 1921-1922 1963
Hope A. Bell, Columbus 1922-1923 1967
Virginia Peele, Wilmington 1923-1924 1945
Clara Alexander Hardman 1924-1925 1945
Anna V. Camnitz, Cincinnati 1925-1926 1942
Lillie Martin, Akron 1926-1927 1960
Clara Rupert, Warren 1927-1928 1956
Maude Hills, Dayton 1928-1929 1959
Otillie Kunkel, Lakewood 1929-1930 1946
Jennie Herman, Toledo 1930-1931 1949
Cora Whitney, Akron 1931-1932 1946
Nettie F. McBane, East Liverpool 1932-1933 1949
Edna Canter, Lancaster 1933-1934 1975
Annie L. Kleepe, Cleveland 1934-1935 1950
Edna Hagans, Columbus 1935-1936 1978
Anna M. Bennett, Columbus 1936-1937 1953
Olga Cornell, Youngstown 1937-1938 1980
Minerva Goehler, Norwood 1938-1939 1943
Anna May Cleave, Akron 1939-1940 1967
Gladys H. Arno, Toledo 1940-1941 1971
Gladys M. Foster, Chagrin Falls 1941-1942  
L. Blanche Boyer, Canton 1942-1943 1974
Myrtle Fauble, Toledo 1943-1944 1958
Charlotte Scott Bernet, Cincinnati 1944-1945 1992
Mae Schott Bennett,  Columbus 1945-1946 1970
Cora Dunlap, Perrysburg 1946-1947 1980
Blanche Moorman, Columbus 1947-1948 1985
Naomi Schwartzmiller, Sandusky 1948-1949 2000
Laura Milner, Springfield 1949-1950 1957
Grace A. Hahn, Dayton 1950-1951 1968
Hattie Reep, Lakewood 1951-1952 1972
Jeanette Straley, East Liverpool 1952-1953 1977
Susie Bailey Dobbs, Akron 1953-1954 1987
Amande J. Droke Teater, Cols 1954-1955 1982
Louise Swope, Hamilton 1955-1956 1977
Clara Hurst Braun, Toledo 1956-1957 1975
Louise Merritt, Perrysburg 1957-1958 1981
Winifred Dunlap, Columbus 1958-1959 1995
Anna R. Chase, Cincinnati 1959-1960 1976
Elizabeth Gray, Clarington 1960-1961 1981
Rhema Lease, Findlay 1961-1962 1975
Jennie Bell Elliott. Alliance 1962-1963 1969
Juanita Dillion, Lebanon 1963-1964 1995
Marygladys Bowen, Columbus 1964-1965 1997
Opal Murray, Findlay 1965-1966 1982
Neva Webb, London 1966-1967 1968
Dorothy Mullen, Cincinnati 1967-1968 2000
Lillian Hannen, Smithfield 1968-1969 2000
Geraldine Sandrock, Cleveland 1969-1970 2000
Dorothy Hiteshue, Monroe 1970-1971 1985
Blanche Leedle Hoppes, Springfield 1971-1972 2011
Helen Conner, Wilmington 1972-1973 2008
Clarice Forsch Patton, Findlay 1973-1974 2011
Wilda Powers, Girard 1974-1975 1987
Mary Bigerton, Canal Winchester 1975-1976 1999
Josephine Osborne, Conneaut 1976-1977 2006
Ellen Lytle, Columbus 1977-1978 2002
Frances Hiner, 1978-1979 2008
Gladys McDougal, Marion 1979-1980 1999
Lora Dean, Springfield 1980-1981 1984
Ruth Buehner, Eaton 1981-1982 2010
Audrey Bennett, Columbus 1982-1983 1996
Augusta Goebbel, Port Clinton 1983-1984 2001
Leah Sprague, Perrysburg 1984-1985 1997
Catherine Dix 1985-1986 2017
Florence Miner, Bowling Green 1986-1987 2012
Dorothy Hormann, Wapakoneta 1987-1988 2001
Fleta Edgington 1988-1989 2014
A.Virginia Kincaid, Columbus 1989-1990 1998
Helen Daly Myers, Findlay 1990-1991 2008
Margaret McMichael, 1991-1992 2010
Sally Dennis 1992-1993 2017
Emza Spencer, Columbus 1993-1994 2006
Bonnie Cole 1994-1995  
Frances Ingraham 1994-1995  
Barbara Cozzens, Belpre 1995-1996 2001
Virginia Smith, Wilmington 1996-1997 2022
Donna Hart, Toledo 1997-1998 2002
Jean Snider, Belpre 1998-1999 2011
Dixie Owen 1999-2000  
Alice Lee 2000-2001  
Janet Hanes 2001-2002  
Ruth Ann Capper 2002-2003  
Julia Ogden 2003-2004  
Diana Kurzawa 2004-2005  
Janet Kiracofe 2005-2006  
Lorraine Saunders 2006-2007  
Zelma Lira, Springfield 2007-2008 2023
Sue Butterfield, Galena 2008-2009 2020
Paula Lewis, Lottridge 2009-2010 2018
Marilyn Kaffenbarger 2010-2011  
Sherry Shepherd, Eaton 2011-2012 2013
Nancy Liming 2012-2013  
Rachel Ott 2013-2014  
Kathy Henderson 2014-2015  
Sandy VanFosson 2015-2016  
Donna Faiola Ashby 2016-2017  
Leannee Neff 2017-2018  
Doris Brooker 2018-2019  
Linda Beasley 2019-2021  
Debbie Carrocce 2021-2022  
Charles VanFosson 2022-2023  
Dixie Owen 2023-2024