Hall of Honor Nomination 

PCHS’s Sara Swartsel Hall of Honor Program – started in 2011 – aims to honor a deceased resident of Preble County who contributed greatly to the county, state, or nation. This program is made possible through PCHS’s cosponsor the Register-Herald.

If you or someone you know is interested in nominating a person for our hall of honor, please fill out our application.  Please note: failure to complete all components of the application will not result in a nomination. To be considered for the 2024 Hall of Honor program, applications must be submitted via email to brittany@preblecountyhistoricalsociety.com or mailed to PCHS Attn: Brittany Corwin, 7693 Swartsel Road, Eaton, OH 45320 by May 1, 2024. Thank you!

2024 Hall of Honor Application Below for Print

Hall of Honor Inductees

2011 INDUCTEES

1. Sara Swartsel (1913-2002) 

2. Helen J. Felton (1918-2011) & M. Heber Felton (1912-2001) 

3. Governor Andrew L. Harris (1835-1915)

4. Seth S. Schlotterbeck (1898-1985)

2012 INDUCTEES

5. Nathaniel Benjamin (1795-1885)

6. Harvey Hiestand (1872-1944)

7. Thomas McQuiston (1839-1909)

8. Clarence "Sparky" Oldfather (1913-2000) & Harold Sell (1911-2003)

9. Richard Tuggle (1920-1976)

2013 INDUCTEES

10. Ione Sell Hiestand (1933-2012)

11. Lucile Petry Leone (1902-1999)

12. Marian M. Mitchell (1920-2010) & James W. Mitchell (1916-2012)

13. Cyrena Van Gordon (1893-1964)

2014 INDUCTEES

14. Silas Dooley, Sr. (1786-1877) 

15. Martha A. Rizert Dye (1930-1999) 

16. Dorothy Kiracofe (1926-2005) 

17. Jo Ann Lange (1927-2010) & William E. Lange (1925-2012)

18. Alfred Horatio Upham, PhD (1877-1945)

2015 INDUCTEES

19. William Bruce (1762-1830)

20. Timothy H. Miller (1938-1993)

21. Sarah Elizabeth Daughtery Reynolds (1845-1923)

22. Cornelius Van Ausdal (1783-1870)

23. Chester "Chet" Wagner (1908-1970) & Mary Palmer Wagner (1913-1985)

2016 INDUCTEES

24. Irene Hardy (1841-1922)

25. Larry A. Hart (1941-1991)

26. Billy J. "Bill" Sewert (1923-2003)

2017 INDUCTEES

27. Colonel Charles M. Hendricks, M.D. (1877-1953)

28. Clarence Irvin Kesler (1882-1975)

29. James Edward Quinn (1920-1997)

2018 INDUCTEES

30. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)

31. Mary Gould Brooke (1858-1946) & Edith Gould (1855-1946)

32. Phyllis Ashman Campbell "Mama Jazz" (1922-2011)

33. Alfa Lloyd Hayes (1880-1962)

34. Susan Haines Kendall (1952-2005)

2019 INDUCTEES

35. Paul E. Fitzwater (1914-2007) & Ruth Phelps Fitzwater (1916-2004)

36. Kenneth J. Garber (1923-2016) 

37. William R. Goodheart, Jr. (1902-1960)

2020 INDUCTEES

38. Diana Akers (1947-2017)

39. Laura A. Hawes (1854-1923)

40. Paul Edwin Ray (1938-2012)

2021 INDUCTEES

41. Gregory "Greg" Alan Arnett (1956-2020)

42. William Morton Hildebolt (1943-2020)

43. Horace "Junior" Kramer (1923-2018)

2022 INDUCTEES

44. Audrey Gilbert (1927-2020)

45. William D. "Bill" Ross (1930-2020)

46. Myron Edgar "Scottie" Scott (1907-1998)

2023 INDUCTEES

2024 INDUCTEES

50. Charles Floyd "Scooter" Hildebolt, D.D.S., PhD (1944-2024)

51. Harry Raymond McPherson (1891-1979)

52. Gabriel "Old Gabe" Smith (1803 - unknown)