Monday, December 24, 2012
Part 2 of a multipart series: Dick Jaeger was part of Geneva's history.
On the same day Geneva lost legendary historian emeritus Merritt King, it lost another icon who was part of Geneva's history and played a key role in preserving it: Dick Jaeger. Like so many of the Jaeger family in Geneva, Dick was an active member of the community, a communicant of the old and new St. Peter Church in Geneva, a member of the Geneva School Board and Geneva History Center board. But he probably will be remembered most for constructing model replicas of Geneva's historic buildings for the Geneva History Center—award-winning pieces of folk art that are a reminder of his affection for his hometown. He started by creating Christmas ornaments depicting historic buildings of Geneva that he and his wife, Norma, used to help raise…
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The "Greetings From Geneva" exhibit will debut with the the Geneva History Center's "Grand Re-Opening" in 2014, its 10th anniversary year.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Richard "Dick" Jaeger, one of Geneva's favorite sons and champions of history, is being honored through contributions to a substantial, matching grant for the Geneva History Center. The GHC will use a $30,000 Robinson Foundation Grant to complete a special project to enhance and expand the current award-winning exhibition titled Greetings From Geneva: A Trip Through History. The matching grant's initial funding came from GHC supporters in memory of Jaeger. "This project was well-received by supporters because of the respect of Dick's passion for the Geneva History Center and for the possibility of celebrating our 10-year anniversary occupying the location on Third Street with a grand re-opening in 2014," said GHC Executive Director Terry…
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Visitation for two of Geneva's favorite sons will be held at Malone Funeral.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Visitation for two of Geneva's favorite sons will be held at Malone Funeral Home, 324 East State St. The visitation for Merritt King—decorated war hero, seven-term Geneva alderman and Geneva History Center historian emeritus—will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today (Friday, Jan. 27) at the East Side funeral home. A service under the auspices of Geneva Masonic Lodge #139 will be performed to honor Mr. King. The visition for Dick Jaeger—longtime Geneva History Center contributor and the creator of the three-dimentional, miniature buildings that are featured at the History Center—will be held from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at Malone's. Funeral services for Mr. Jaeger will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at St. Peter Church. An …
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Geneva mourns the loss of two of its most beloved and well-known historians—Dick Jaeger and Merritt King—on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Dick Jaeger, the beloved Geneva History Center volunteer and patron, died on the same day as his compatriot, Merritt King. Dick had been battling for several weeks—we knew because of the prayer requests at church—but it's sad, and hard to believe Geneva could lose two of its great historians on the same day. Dick died around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. Seven-term alderman and Geneva's historian emeritus Merritt King died that morning, at around 6 a.m. "It's just another sadness and loss for the History Center and for Geneva," said HPC Executive Director Terry Emma. "We're in total dismay. It just doesn't seem to connect." Dick was the man who created the three-dimensional miniature models of historic buildings in Geneva. For Geneva's 175th…
ethel Lencioni
12:11 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
my heart goes out to Norma and her family. I'm not able to attend the funeral as I'm in Florida but I'll be praying for all of you...Fondly, Ethel Lencioni \ more ›