MCGS Officers History 1935 - 2021
The Milwaukee County Genealogical Society was organized on 31 May 1935 by Nuna E. Whitcomb at the Milwaukee Public Library.
MCGS Presidents
| 1935 - 1940 |
Nuna E R Whitcomb |
1987 - 1989 |
Jeane McElroy Yigit |
| 1940 - 1946 |
Clara E Sawtell Harrington |
1989 - 1991 |
Joan Kitzrow Luetzow |
| 1946 - 1949 |
Mrs H C Blanding |
1991 - 1993 |
Bessie Rauchfuss Turney |
| 1949 - 1951 |
Mrs O W Senglaub |
1993 - 1995 |
Diane Altschwager Gray |
| 1951 - 1953 |
Mrs Arthur Knudson |
1995 - 1997 |
Lillian Anderson |
| 1953 - 1959 |
Mrs Edwin Davis |
1997 - 1999 |
Arlene Hale Brachman |
| 1959 - 1961 |
Nettie Woodworth |
1999 - 2001 |
Manning Bookstaff |
| 1961 - 1965 |
Ruth Kornitz |
2001 - 2002 |
Dr Jeanette Jerger |
| 1965 - 1967 |
Mrs O W Senglaub |
2002 -2003 |
Bobbie Myles |
| 1967 - 1971 |
Rhonda Lemanski |
2003 - 2008 |
Arlene Hale Brachman |
| 1971 - 1973 |
Dorothy Paul |
2008 - 2010 |
Edna Kraschinsky |
| 1973 - 1975 |
Jane Brenk Williams |
2010 - 2013 |
Lynn M Tess |
| 1975 - 1977 |
Arlene Hale Brachman |
2013 - 2013 |
Winifred Mading - Acting President |
| 1977 - 1979 |
Bessie Rauchfuss Turney |
2013 - 2016 |
Rogene Steiner Kais |
| 1979 - 1980 |
Delmar Gurley |
2016 - 2021 |
Lisa Christopherson |
| 1980 - 1981 |
Bessie Rauchfuss Turney |
2024 - |
|
| 1981 - 1983 |
Yvonne Holland |
|
|
| 1983 - 1989 |
Gene Louis Schoessow |
|
|
| 1985 - 1987 |
Bessie Rauchfuss Turner |
|
|
MCGS 1st Vice-Presidents / Program Chair
| 1935 - 1936 |
Mrs C W Hutchinson |
1989 - 1991 |
Robert Wiesian |
| 1936 - 1939 |
Mrs J T Greenwood |
1991 - 1991 |
Robert Blumenberg |
| 1939 - 1940 |
Miss Ruth Bradley Sheldon |
1991 - 1993 |
Diane Altschwager Gray |
| 1940 - 1946 |
Mrs H C Blanding |
1993 - 1995 |
Cal & Doris Cummins |
| 1946 - 1948 |
Mrs Arthur Knutson |
1995 - 1997 |
Margaret Gutmann Decker |
| 1948 - 1949 |
Mrs H C McDermott |
1997 - 1999 |
Dr Jeanette Jerger |
| 1949 - 1951 |
Mrs H C Blanding |
1999 - 2001 |
Erwin Stern |
| 1951 - 1961 |
Mrs O W Senglaub |
2001 - 2001 |
Barbara Lovensheimer |
| 1961 - 1965 |
Mrs Henry Meyer |
2002 - 2005 |
Kay Voss |
| 1965 - 1967 |
Rhonda Lemanski |
2008 - 2010 |
Lynn M Tess |
| 1967 - 1971 |
Dorothy Paul |
2010 - 2012 |
Kay Voss |
| 1971 - 1973 |
Regina Simonson |
2012 - 2013 |
Winifred Mading |
| 1973 - 1975 |
Frances Grudmann |
2013 - 2016 |
Lisa Christopherson |
| 1975 - 1977 |
Bessie Rauchfuss Turney |
2016 - 2017 |
Thomas Ehlert |
| 1977 - 1979 |
Berniece Aldrich |
2017 - 2019 |
Mary Voell |
| 1979 - 1981 |
Yvonne Holland |
2019 - 2021 |
Patricia Glover-Howard |
| 1981 - 1983 |
Gene Louise Schoessow |
2024 - |
|
| 1983 - 1985 |
Geraldine Sowie Schlosser |
|
|
| 1985 - 1986 |
Vera Shepherd |
|
|
| 1986 - 1989 |
Joan Kitzrow Luetzow |
|
|
MCGS 2nd Vice-Presidents / Budget Chair
| 1959 - 1961 |
Mrs Edwin Davis |
1991 - 1993 |
Patricia Gauthier Offultt |
| 1961 - 1963 |
Marie Senglaub |
1993 - 1995 |
Janet Geronime |
| 1963 - 1965 |
Mrs Arthur Knudson |
1995 - 1997 |
Doris Cummins |
| 1965 - 1967 |
|
1997 - 2001 |
Lois Kuehn |
| 1967 - 1971 |
Mrs O W Senglaub |
2001 - 2002 |
Bobbie Myles |
| 1971 - 1973 |
Rhonda Lemanski |
2002 - 2008 |
Edna Kraschinsky |
| 1973 - 1975 |
Dorothy Paul |
2008 - 2013 |
Rogene Steiner Kais |
| 1975 - 1977 |
Jane Williams |
2013 - 2016 |
Dee Howard |
| 1977 - 1979 |
Arlene Hale Brachman |
2016 - 2018 |
Diane Piedt |
| 1979 - 1983 |
Bessie Rauchfuss Turney |
2018 - 2019 |
Marian Held |
| 1983 - 1985 |
Yvonne Holland |
2021 - 2024 |
Susan Bigalke Chapman |
| 1985 - 1987 |
Joyce Jacobs |
2024 - |
|
| 1987 - 1989 |
Alice Reichart Thompson |
|
|
| 1989 - 1991 |
Arlene Hale Brachman |
|
|
MCGS Corresponding Secretaries
| 1937 - 1939 |
Mrs R D McGregor |
1985 - 1987 |
Yvonne Holland |
| 1939 - 1946 |
Mrs H H Heming |
1987 - 1989 |
Beverly Norell Nicholas |
| 1946 - 1948 |
Mrs Anna Dietz |
1989 - 1993 |
Patricia Keyes Walsh |
| 1948 - 1961 |
Mrs Harry M Pillsbury |
1993 - 1997 |
Rosemary Schaefer |
| 1961 - 1963 |
Marion Carlson |
1997 - 2005 |
Lois Kaiser Moliter |
| 1963 - 1967 |
Mrs Roger McKowen |
2005 - 2011 |
Jean Braxton Casper |
| 1967 - 1969 |
Mrs Raymond Grimmer |
2011 - 2012 |
Winifred Mading |
| 1969 - 1971 |
Sharon Lemanski |
2012 - 2014 |
Rose Boggs |
| 1971 - 1973 |
Pat Rabbe |
2014 - 2016 |
Diane Piedt |
| 1973 - 1975 |
Arlene Hale Brachman |
2016 - |
Pamela Rasche |
| 1975 - 1977 |
Yvonne Holland |
|
|
| 1977 - 1979 |
June Gardner |
|
|
| 1979 - 1980 |
Jeane Yigit |
|
|
| 1981 - 1985 |
Alice Haetlein |
|
|
MCGS Historians
| 1935 - 1940 |
Mrs H C Blanding |
1979 - 1980 |
Charlotte Kadow |
| 1940 - 1941 |
Mrs C D Lord |
1981 - 1983 |
Mae Sazama |
| 1941 - 1946 |
Mrs Fred E Zindler |
1983 - 1989 |
Linda Osowski Dainer |
| 1946 - 1948 |
Mrs H C McDermott |
1989 - 1993 |
Margorie Warmie Jothen |
| 1948 - 1949 |
Mrs Frank J Hall |
1993 - 1997 |
Carolyn Haack |
| 1949 - 1957 |
Mrs Karl K Brueckner |
1997 - 1999 |
Jeane Yigit |
| 1957 - 1959 |
Mrs Charles Thoms |
1999 - 2008 |
Grace Eele |
| 1959 - 1965 |
Edith Tallmadge |
2008 - 2014 |
Marian Spindler Held |
| 1965 - 1967 |
Miss Helen Dietz |
2014 - 2016 |
Susan Bigalke Chapman |
| 1967 - 1971 |
Pat Rabbe |
2016 - 2019 |
Marian Spindler Held |
| 1971 - 1973 |
June Bartlen |
2019 - |
Pamela Rasche |
| 1973 - 1977 |
Marguerite Tuisl |
|
|
| 1977 - 1978 |
Natalie Meyer |
|
|
| 1978 - 1979 |
Yvonne Holland |
|
|
MCGS Librarians / Books
| 1935 - 1940 |
Mrs Clara E Harrington |
1973 - 1981 |
Dorothy Hughlett |
| 1940 - 1946 |
Miss Clara L Little |
1981 - 1983 |
Gerry Schlosser |
| 1946 - 1957 |
Mrs Clara E Harrington |
1983 - 1987 |
Jean Braxton Casper |
| 1957 - 1961 |
Mrs H C Blanding |
1987 - 2000 |
Leona Torke Kane |
| 1961 - 1965 |
Mrs John Wilkinson |
1999 - |
Patricia Thompson-Walsh |
| 1965 - 1967 |
Rosaline Brojanac |
|
|
| 1967 - 1969 |
Darice Lord |
|
|
| 1969 - 1971 |
Mrs Daniel Simonson |
|
|
| 1971 - 1973 |
Dorothy Pruett |
|
|
MCGS Recording Secretaries
| 1935 - 1940 |
Mr Lewis M Hatch |
1978 - 1981 |
Peggy Grass |
| 1940 - 1943 |
Mrs J T Greenwood |
1981 - 1983 |
Charlotte Kadow |
| 1943 - 1945 |
Mrs H S Roby |
1983 - 1986 |
Mae Sazama |
| 1945 - 1946 |
Mrs C D Lord |
1987 |
Leona Kane |
| 1946 - 1947 |
Mrs Ray D Crout |
1987 - 1989 |
Josephine O'Harra Christon |
| 1947 - 1949 |
Mrs F M Wolf |
1989 - 1991 |
Joyce Leeser Conner |
| 1949 - 1951 |
Mrs Charles D Kise |
1991 - 1995 |
Lois Kaiser Moliter |
| 1951 - 1953 |
Mrs H C Blanding |
1995 - 1997 |
Lois Kuehn |
| 1953 - 1959 |
Mrs Arthur Knudson |
1997 - 1999 |
Marsha Gustad |
| 1959 - 1961 |
Mrs R M Kornitz |
1999 - 2003 |
Signe Damkoehler |
| 1961 - 1963 |
Helen Wollersheim |
2003 - 2004 |
Norma Landers Bruss |
| 1963 - 1963 |
Mrs Herbert Marten |
2005 - 2006 |
Grace Eells |
| 1965 - 1967 |
Mrs Darice Lord |
2006 - 2022 |
Margaret Sandoval Skare |
| 1967 - 1971 |
Dorothy Pruett |
2022 - 2023 |
Kathryn A Rice |
| 1971 - 1973 |
Mrs Paul Claus |
2024 - |
|
| 1973 - 1977 |
Lois Kaiser Moliter |
|
|
MCGS Treasurers
| 1935 - 1936 |
Mrs H C McDermott |
1975 - 1977 |
Alice Thompson |
| 1936 - 1961 |
Mrs J B Wilkinson |
1977 - 1979 |
Delmar & Lorraine Gurley |
| 1961 - 1965 |
Nettie Woodworth |
1979 - 2016 |
Betty Jane Meinecke Larson |
| 1965 - 1967 |
Mrs John Wilkinson |
2016 - |
Dee Howard |
| 1967 - 1971 |
Rosaline Brojanac |
|
|
| 1971 - 1973 |
Mrs Frances Grundmann |
|
|
| 1973 - 1975 |
Virginia Hefferon |
|
|
