Heritage Hero Award 2023 Recipients
Heritage Hero Award Winners
The Heritage Hero Award was created by the Nebraska State Historical Society Board of Trustees to recognize and thank local volunteers of history organizations around the state for their time and effort in helping to share Nebraska’s history. Cultural organizations from across the state sent in nominations.
The board presents awards to individuals and organizations dedicated to preserving and sharing their region’s history. Each recipient will receive a commemorative pin and certificate presented to them by a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society Board of Trustees.
The 25 recipients of the 2023 Heritage Hero Award are listed below.

Angela M. Blank
Franklin County Historical Society | Franklin, NE
Carol E. Robertson
Madison County Historical Society | Madison, NE
Donna J. Tromkpe
Sherman County Historical Society | Loup City, NE
Doris Hupf
Robert Henri Museum & Art Gallery | Cozad, NE
Dr. Jeannette Gabriel
Nebraska Jewish Historical Society | Omaha, NE
Duane Nightingale
Cheyenne County Historical Society | Sidney, NE
Evelyn Dvorak
Howard County Historical Society | St. Paul, NE
Gloria Oberg
Dixon County Historical Society | Allen, NE
Ina Glaubius
Wisner Heritage Museum Society | Wisner, NE
Jan Anderson
Robert Henri Museum & Art Gallery | Cozad, NE
Janice Hughes Cohorst
Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project | Wymore, NE
Jim D. Kuhn
Civil War Veterans Museum | Nebraska City, NE
Jim Kohler
International Quilt Museum | Lincoln, NE
Joyce Schlick
Clay County Historical Society | Clay Center, NE
Kenneth W. Clark
Hooker County Historical Society | Mullen, NE
Lucille Schliep
Clay County Historical Society | Clay Center, NE
Marian Williams
Custer County Historical Society | Broken Bow, NE
Marlene and Jim Broer
Wayne County Historical Society | Wayne, NE
Rita Snyder
Elkhorn Valley Museum | Norfolk, NE
Robert Cool
Plainsman Museum | Aurora, NE
Ronald Dowse
Dowse Sod House | Comstock, NE
Van and Becky Vahle
Nebraska National Guard Museum | Seward, NE
Wardene Roark
Long Pine Heritage Society | Long Pine, NEHelp Shape History

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