Three new members of the Wayland High School Alumni Hall of Fame this year are Josephine Kiel (Class of 1939), inducted posthumously with her daughter accepting the award, David Smith (Class of 1971), and Connie VanHouten (Class of 1983).
The selection was announced Tuesday, April 16, at the annual Scholastic Honors program at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center.
The following is a list of previous WHS Alumni Hall of Fame selections:
2001 — Claude Smith (1928)
2002 — Joe Miller (1975)
2003 — Daryl Fleser (1955)
2004 — Dorothy DeWeerd (1946)
2005 — Fred Hilbert (1930)
2006 — Francis Beuschel (1955)
2007 — Tom Tarnutzer (1965)
2008 — Clayton Jackson (1966)
2009 — Ethel Aubil (1935)
2010 — Art Johnson (1968)
2011 — Julia Smith (1927)
2012 — Hugh DeWeerd and Dr. Michael Deweerd (1945 and 1968)
2013 —Patrick Coughlin (1989)
2014 — Teresa Permoda (1972)
2015 — Norman Fifelski (1965) and Roger Merren (1967)
2016 — Cheri Ritz (1977) and Roger VanVolkinburg (1972)
2017 — Embriette Hyde (2006) and Mary Jane Merren (1967)
2018 — Beatrice (Rairigh) Smith and Dick Miller (1962)
2019— Jackie Straub (1965) and Frank and Marylin Bastion
2020 — *Covid
2021 — Eric (1964) and William Hooker (1938)
2022 — Lisa Schroeder Banas (1980) and Joan Miller (1964)
2023 — Donald Shafer (1941), Jennifer Moushegian (1989) and Vicki Schwartz (1971).