Since the Oregon Depot Restoration began, there have been two tiers of financial support. Donations of $500 or more qualify contributors as Benefactors. Those contributing a more modest amount are recognized as Donors.
Donate to the Oregon Depot Museum
Special Memorial Room
Join us in making an impact by.
The Oregon Depot Museum is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Goal of Silver View Restoration will be $150,000.
Ways to Donate:
1) Please address your check to KAVOD and mail to:
The Oregon Depot Museum
PO Box 331
Oregon, IL 61061
TAX ID: 41-2090686
2) Bank Transfer: Email oregon.il.depot@gmail.com for instructions.
3) Paypal – Paypal fees equal 2.2% of your gift.
To maximize the impact of your generous donation, please consider a bank to bank transfer for gifts over $5,000 which can be handled seamlessly by emailing oregon.il.depot@gmail.com for instructions. Thank you sincerely.
Ambitious & Generous Contributors to the Project
The people who have contributed to the restoration project comprise a group as diverse as the group that once passed through the depot to travel the far reaches of the country, and in some cases, the world. Some have contributed time and talents, while others have contributed money …but all have contributed heart.
Listed below are the names of individuals and groups that have been a part of this ongoing effort to restore and preserve this piece of Oregon’s history. Their generosities are recognized and sincerely appreciated.
Within the list, four different groups are identified: volunteers have contributed their time and talents, individual donors and organizational/business donors have made contributions of items, supplies, money or discounts, and benefactors have made financial contributions in amounts of $500 or more. Benefactors are currently further recognized by the display of their names on a sign located immediately in front of the restoration worksite, and will in the future be similarly recognized by a bronze plaque mounted inside the depot.
In 2007, a special effort to encourage donations in support of the Depot’s restoration was initiated. In return for their donation of $100, contributors would have their names and personal memories of the Depot documented within the walls of the Memorial Room being planned to honor those memories, particularly of those whose military service embarked from the Depot.
Volunteers
JERAMY BENISH
STEVE BURDETTE
DON CAPES
COLLEEN CARLSON
BRETT DEVLIN
LARRY FAY
HOWARD FOX
CORY FRY
FRED & SHIRLEY GIEBRICH
KEN GIESE
EDWARD GIESE
JOE HERNANDEZ
TOM & CAROLYN (LEIGH) HEUERMAN
KEVIN HILDEBRAND
MARLENE HOBBS
DEAN & MELVA JOHNSON
DUTCH JOHNSON
SKIP JOHNSON
DENNIS KERN
JACK & ANN KIEST
DENNIS KING
JIM LAUER
ELDON LEFEVERE
JIM LOWE
GENE & LOIS MEDLAR
NORMA (KEARNS) MILLER
RICHARD MILLER
RALPH MILLER
MAX & SILVIA NEWCOMER
JOEL NEWCOMER
GARY OLSZEWSKI
BOB REES
RICHARD RHOADS
ANN (HENSLEY) ROBSON
GARY ROOS
MIKE ROSCHI
DON SCHIER
LISA SCHULTZ
DARLENE SCHULTZ
JERRY STAUFFER
DON STEVENS
DAN TALOR
ROGER WATTS
JIM E. WILSON
JOHN WINTERTON
MERVEL WOOD
CHERI WRIGHT
TIM ZEIGLER
BOB & SUE ZICK
JAKE ZIMMERMAN
DICK ZIMMERMAN
ROB ZIMMERMAN
DUSTI ZIMMERMAN
CANDICE ZIMMERMAN
MICHEAL ZIMMERMAN
Individual Donors
JOHN & VIOLA ADAMS
FRANK BABICH
ROBERT & JACQUELINE BACON
JON BARNHART
JAMES BETTNER
RALPH BOLHOUSE
EVELYN BURRIGHT
JEAN DAVIS
BERTHA DEUTH
EDWARD and LEVON ELLIOTT
ROBERT & SYLVIA ETNYRE
AJ HERSCHEL
BOB IRVING
SKIP JOHNSON
ANN JONES
LILA KAUFMAN
KOLBERG
LARRY LASKOS
DICK LITTLE
BOB MARKEL
ELIZABETH MEIER
(in MEMORY OF PEEWEE MEIER)
SANDRA FOSTER MILLER
JOHN MOEHLE
WILLIAM & HELEN SPENCER
LARRY STILES
HAROLD & MURIEL WILDE
JIM WILSON
JOHN WINTERTON
LELA WISSING
MARY WITHERS
VEDA WOOD
JAKE ZIMMERMAN
Organizational/Business Donors
AUTUMN on PARADE
BLACKHAWK LUMBER
BRHS Spring Meeting
CAIN MILLWORK
CARDINAL GLASS
DALE BEESING WELDING
JIM WILSON MASONRY
JON BARNHART SIGNS
E. D. ETNYRE & COMPANY
MAUTZ PAINTS
MERLINS GREENHOUSE
MT. MORRIS WOMEN’S CLUB
NATE MATTISON AUCTIONEER
NORTH WESTERN ILLINOIS CHAPTER
(of the NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
PROJECT OREGON
RENAISSANCE ROOFING INC
ROCHELLE RAILROAD PARK
ROCKFORD BLACKTOP
SINNISSIPPI FOREST
STILLMAN BANK
DICK ZIMMERMAN CONSTRUCTION
Benefactors
JACK ALLUM
BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION of CENTRAL ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
ROGER & JANE ETNYRE
RONALD & MARILYN FINKBEINER
FIRST FRIDAY
BILL & CLARIS HIMERT
DAVID JOHNSON
DEAN & MELVA JOHNSON
HAROLD & HELEN JOHNSON
LADIES AUXILIARY VFW
ELDON & SHIRLEY LEFEVER
HOWARD & CICILIA MANTSCH
LEANOR & ROBERT MOEHLE
MAX & SILVIA NEWCOMER
OREGON CLASS OF 1942
JB ROBERTSON FAMILY
R L SHORT FAMILY
STILLMAN BANC CORP
DARRELL WINDLE
Memorial Room
JOHN & VIOLA ADAMS
PAUL & LAURA BEHAN
REBECA BRADEN
DON & DOROTHY CAPES
ALLAN CHRISTISON
MARGARET CLINE
RICHARD COIL
WILLIAM P. FEARER II
IRVEN GOCKEN
ROBERT GROENHAGEN
WILLIAM HEFTY
THOMAS HEUERMAN
MARTHA & DR. ROBERT HIGHSMITH
REED JOHNSON
ED & CAROL KALETA
GRAEME KAUFMAN
LILA KAUFMAN
JACK KIEST
ROLAND & SALLIE KIEST
THOMAS & SHARON KLIEN
FRANK & KATHRYN LASKOS
GENE MEDLAR
JIM MILLER
HAROLD MITCHELL
WHITNEY FEARER MORRILL
A.F. & S. L. PORTINCASO
JIM & DIANE PURCELL
DOUG RANEY
RICH RHOADS
LORENA ROBINSON
ANN ROBSON
GARY SAMSEL
ANN PUTNAM SMITH