Bonnie Hochstetler

Bonnie moved to Nappanee from Memphis, Tennessee in 1961. She had worked at McCormick Motors for 37 years as an Executive Secretary and was awarded the 2000 Secretary of the Year from the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1987, she joined the Nappanee Kiwanis Club, the first year that Kiwanis opened their membership to women. Bonnie received the Kiwanis International George F. Hixon Fellowship award presented by the Nappanee Club in 2004. She was a member of the Nappanee Neighborhood Watch, which formed in 1996. Bonnie served as the Nappanee chair several times of the CAPS of Elkhart County “Lifesaver Project.” Bonnie was a member of the American Legion Post 154 Auxiliary. On May 19, 2010, she was presented with the Silver Beaver Award from the LaSalle Council of Scouting. On October 14, 2010, she was designated a James E. West Fellow by the Boy Scouts of America. In 2017, she received the honor of Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for all she had done for Nappanee. Bonnie passed away in 2018.