United Way NEXT memorial Wall
We remember and honor the United Way leaders who are no longer with us but whose impact lives on through the people they touched and the communities they served. These individuals were mentors, visionaries, and friends who helped shape the United Way movement and this community with heart and purpose 💙
If you’d like to make a contribution in someone’s memory, you can do so here.
We Received Contributions In Memory Of
Alan Cooper
3/11/1926 - 12/2/20214
Fripp Island, SC
Bill Sprenger
5/22/1924 – 3/23/2011
Cumberland, MD
Charles (Chuck) Heiden
4/25/1938 - 8/18/2020
Lakeland, FL
David Orrell
4/10/1925 - 8/8/2013
Birmingham, AL
Charles Gagen
12/02/1929 – 11/10/2008
Baltimore, MD
Dick Berg
12/21/1932 – 09/26/2011
Davidson, NC
Don Morgan
5/30/1928 - 3/23/2016
La Mesa, CA
Frank Cleaver
6/02/1920 - 11/06/2006
Houston, TX
Frank Watson
8/20/1918 – 11/02/2008
Yonkers, NY
Gloria Getz
9/16/1925 – 4/08/2012
Harrisburg, PA
Gordon Berg
1/14/1913 - 7/02/2005
Charlotte, NC
Harriet DiSanto
1/6/1925 - 8/21/2021
Deerfield Beach, FL
Helen Britt
7/14/1919 - 4/09/2010
Alexandria, VA
Henry Zimmer
2/19/1941 - 9/26/2009
Owensboro, KY
Irv Lauber
11/03/1941 - 10/07/2014
San Antonio, TX
Jim Colville
9/11/1942 – 3/1/2016
Wayzata, MN
Joseph Zapora
5/12/1930 - 4/15/2018
Summerfield, FL
Lee Hunt
8/18/1926 - 10/08/2009
Alexandria, VA
Marty Covitz
9/30/1932 - 8/19/2014
Parker, CO
Mary-Elizabeth Ford
1911 - 10/19/2009
Chapel Hill, NC
Richard L. Covey, Sr.
3/24/1926 - 1/29/2022
Jacksonville, FL
Rilla Yarbrough
04/10/2006
Mobile, AL
Robert M. Beggan
5/2/2018
Mount Vernon, VA
Robert X. Chandler
12/30/1927 - 1/1/2019
Boston, MA
Ronald Joseph Drago
10/10/1945 – 5/20/2018
Winston-Salem, NC
Stephen Beer
1/18/1921 – 7/08/2011
Pittsfield, MA
Vito G. Rigillo
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W. Wallace Lanahan
2/8/1917 – 7/14/2006
Baltimore, MD
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* Last Updated on July 1, 2025
Recognizing United Way Leaders
Alexis Alexander, Union County, NJ
Art Redding, Jr. Baltimore, MD
Bill Phillips, Lititz, PA
Bill Schwanekamp, Cincinnati, OH
Bud Biscardo, Alexandria, VA
Carole Watson, Goodyear, AZ
Charles "Chuck" Bartels, husband of Teresa Hall Bartels, Mundelein, IL
Dave Orrell, Birmingham, AL
David Kennedy, Milford, CT
Diane Swafford Collins Jarvis, Chattanooga, TN
Dick Fusco, United Way Worldwide
Dora Robinson, United Way of Pioneer Valley
Doreen Harden-Cato, Seattle, WA
Ed O'Brien, Chattanooga, TN
Jack Prater, Mequon, WI
Janet Jokisch, St. Louis, MO
Jim Greene, San Diego, CA
Jimmy Hill, Montgomery AL
Kathleen Coan, Tulsa, OK
Lauren A. Segal, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Priscilla Gould, Eugene, Oregon
Ralph DiSanto, Deerfield Beach, FL
Ran Holcomb, United Way of Genesee County
Raymond Jacoby, South Hero, VT
Rev. Mildred Keeys PhD, Sicklerville, PA
Ron Spillane, East Dubuque, IL
Rudolph Jackson, Harrisburg, PA
Virginia Mason, Connecticut
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* Last Updated on July 1, 2025