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The Fremont Rotary club is excited to honor Rotarian
Davis Sunderland as he celebrates his 89th birthday on Sep 28, 2007 and
51 years of service in the club.
Dave was born in 1918 in Missouri. He graduated from the
University of Missouri and served 3 & half proud years in the US Air
Force. In 1954, after living in Colorado, Dave and his wife, Alice,
moved their family to Fremont, where he worked for the Great Western
Sugar Company/Great Lake Sugar.
Sponsored by Past President Col. Henry M. Smith, Dave
became a member of Fremont Rotary Club in 1956. Beginning what would
turn out to be a long and committed relationship, he was honored at the
club’s weekly luncheon meeting for 51 years of service.
He became very active in the club by serving in all
positions of the club, with the exception of club president. When
unable to attend meetings, which were held at the Fremont Hotel, before
being moved to the Fremont Country Club, Dave enjoyed making up meetings
throughout Northwest Ohio, Denver, CO and was also a frequent visitor at
the Lethbridge Rotary Club in
Canada.
As Dave recalled, one of the most memorable moments in
his Rotary service, along with fellow members, Lee MacDowell, who owned
Fremont Glass Co., and Lou Danziner, who managed Joseph’s Department
Store, was working 11 years to make the floodwall project a reality. The
project consisted of 18,300 feet of levies and 3,500 feet of floodwalls,
which began in August 1970, shortly after the ’69 flood that overwhelmed
the city.
The Fremont Rotary club is proud to celebrate with Dave
and wishes him many more years to come! |
