Scholarship directory

Scholarships with stories worth preserving.

46 scholarships, each carrying the name of a family, a business, a club, or someone Esko remembers.

The scholarships

46 scholarships in the public directory

Where the story behind a name is on record, it appears below. If you know the story behind another, please write to the Foundation and it will be added.

  1. Advantage Emblem

  2. Agnes Benko Memorial

  3. Aluise Knuti Memorial

  4. Betty Bergstedt Memorial

  5. Bob & Betsy Towne

  6. Centennial Arts & Music

  7. Charlotte Powers Memorial

  8. CJ Memorial

  9. Clifford Johnson Memorial

  10. Cloquet Golden K Kiwanis

  11. Community Ed

  12. Davis Helberg

  13. Dental Associates of Esko

  14. Diane Johnson

  15. EEF

    EEF awarded its first two scholarships in May 1994. The $250 renewable awards went to Scott Olesen and Angela Carlson.

  16. EEF SISU

  17. Elaine Thudin Memorial

  18. Employees of RAM Mutual Insurance

  19. Esko Area Lions Club

  20. Esko Education Association

  21. Esko Fire Dept / Zak Gamache Memorial

  22. Esko Theater

  23. Federated Co-op & Propane

  24. Finnish American / Ladies of Kaleva

  25. Getchell Widdes

  26. Gladys Richardson Memorial

  27. Jarvis Family Memorial

    The fund began in 1998 with memorial gifts from the family and proceeds from the Celebrity Basketball Fundraiser. EEF records show its first awards in 2002.

  28. Jessica Blake

  29. Kristin Burkholder Memorial

    The memorial fund was established in April 1997. The first Kristin Burkholder Memorial 5K Walk/Run was held that August, and the first four renewable scholarships were awarded in 2002.

  30. Lake Country Power

  31. LaMarche Creek Foundation

    The LaMarche Creek Foundation proposed a $2,000 scholarship in April 2002. Michelle Halvorson received the award that June.

  32. Leo Harney Memorial

  33. Olesen

  34. Peter Seppanen

  35. RAM Mutual Insurance

  36. Rauha

  37. Republic Bank / National Bank of Commerce

  38. Rod & Sharon Sandberg

  39. Roger & Shirley Davis

  40. Rudy, Gassert, Yetka, Doran & Pritchett

  41. Ruth Logsdon Memorial

    Ruth Kuusisto Logsdon, a 1935 Esko graduate, left her estate to the Esko School District for scholarships. EEF awarded the first three $2,000 renewable scholarships in 1996.

  42. Scott Plaisted Memorial

  43. Sherry Peterson Kalm Memorial

    Family and friends established the memorial fund with $7,175 in contributions in 2000. The first $500 scholarship was awarded to Steven Eldien in 2001.

  44. St. Peter

  45. Wells Fargo / Norwest Bank

  46. Wm Vinje Memorial

    The Vinje family established the William D. Vinje Memorial Scholarship in 2002 and contributed $9,000 in January 2003 to manage it as a perpetual scholarship.