2003 Angels in Adoption
National Awardees
Muhammad and Lonnie Ali .................................................................................8
Bruce Willis............................................................................................................9
2003 Congressional Awardees
Alabama
LaGretta Ratliff ......................................................................................................10
Philip and Gina Richards ........................................................................................10
Arizona
Joanne Karolzak ....................................................................................................10
Peter and Pat Likens ..............................................................................................11
David and Diana Lucas...........................................................................................11
Lance and Barb Trella.............................................................................................11
Arkansas
Lisenne Rockefeller ................................................................................................12
Jan Scholl ..............................................................................................................12
California
Jesse and Linda Barela ...........................................................................................12
Cecil and Pamela Ellis ............................................................................................13
Audrey Foster ........................................................................................................13
Reverend Paul and Linda Hoyt ...............................................................................13
Karen Lane ............................................................................................................13
Susan Lobo............................................................................................................14
Dave and Debbe Magnusen...................................................................................14
Dr. David Sanders ..................................................................................................14
Shasta County Adoptions Program ........................................................................14
Ed and Judy Shrader ..............................................................................................14
Sierra Adoptions Services.......................................................................................15
Karen Ullman.........................................................................................................15
Colorado
Kim Matsunaga .....................................................................................................15
Joshua and Lily Nie ................................................................................................15
Connecticut
Anthony and Jacquelyn Barrows............................................................................16
Angel Torres ..........................................................................................................16
District of Columbia
Linda Clausen........................................................................................................16
Florida
Susana Huaman Dragosavac..................................................................................17
Family Services of Central Florida...........................................................................17
Foster Children’s Project Legal Aid Society of PBC, Inc. ..........................................17
A.J. and Susan Fremer ...........................................................................................18
Marilys Llanos ........................................................................................................18
Bill and Patricia Manning .......................................................................................18
James and Betsy Seifert .........................................................................................18
Georgia
Truett Cathy ..........................................................................................................19
Amanda Davis .......................................................................................................19
James Outman.......................................................................................................19
Joe Woods.............................................................................................................19
Hawaii
Steven and Renee Saito .........................................................................................20
Idaho
Meri Brennan.........................................................................................................20
Jay and Sally Hildebrandt .......................................................................................20
John and Denise Martin.........................................................................................20
Illinois
Adoption Information Center of Illinois..................................................................21
Dan and Lynn Dempsey .........................................................................................21
Ben and Sherna Jennings.......................................................................................21
Sherri Nestmann....................................................................................................21
Cyndie Norton.......................................................................................................21
Gary and Marla Ringger.........................................................................................22
Indiana
Loving Shepherd International ...............................................................................22
Owino Wodomony and Dalia Owino .....................................................................22
James and Verdell Releford ....................................................................................22
Iowa
Dr. Rebecca Brandt ................................................................................................23
Ken and Char Kuhns .............................................................................................23
Terri and Bruce Lippert...........................................................................................23
Kansas
Allan Hazlett..........................................................................................................24
Chuck and Ann Vanasse........................................................................................24
Kentucky
James and Judith Green.........................................................................................24
Saint Joseph Children’s Home................................................................................25
Louisiana
Pam Bolke .............................................................................................................25
Louise Bourne........................................................................................................25
Karen Caldwell ......................................................................................................26
Beverly Lewis .........................................................................................................26
Maine
Jennifer Sylvester ...................................................................................................26
Maryland
Kim and Carol Cormany ........................................................................................26
Barbara Ann Dorsey...............................................................................................27
Susan Faro.............................................................................................................27
Mark McDermott...................................................................................................27
Massachusetts
Loretta Cahill in memoriam ...................................................................................27
Nancy Hendrie.......................................................................................................27
Margaret O’Grady .................................................................................................28
Craig and Jane Pixley .............................................................................................28
Robert and Shirley Siff ...........................................................................................45
Carolyn Smith........................................................................................................45
Kathleen Teahan....................................................................................................45
Michigan
Charlie and Jerry Brown.........................................................................................45
Jaclyn Hope Champnella........................................................................................46
Linda Cromartie.....................................................................................................46
Sandra Jones .........................................................................................................46
Kevin and Mary Julien............................................................................................46
Steven and Constance Nitsch.................................................................................47
Paul and Sherry Petroelje .......................................................................................47
Alan and Kristine Yeadon ......................................................................................47
Minnesota
Becky and Gladys Abbott.......................................................................................48
Susan Freivalds ......................................................................................................48
Larry and Arlyce Morrell.........................................................................................48
North American Council on Adoptable Children ....................................................48
Brad and Sandy Powers .........................................................................................49
Mississippi
Nancy and Drew McDowell ...................................................................................49
Missouri
George and Cyrilla Bender.....................................................................................49
Joan Bystrom.........................................................................................................49
Dean and Sheila Dutton.........................................................................................50
Randy and Linda Koenig........................................................................................50
Laurie Murphy .......................................................................................................50
Montana
Claire and Patty Walker .........................................................................................50
Nebraska
Dr. Edward and Sandy Kolb ...................................................................................51
Patrick and Patrice Lappert ....................................................................................51
Patrick and Cindi Seitz ...........................................................................................51
Eugene and Cindy Ulmer.......................................................................................51
Nevada
Letha Davies ..........................................................................................................52
Steve and Kayleen Fotheringham...........................................................................52
Renee Phillips.........................................................................................................52
New Jersey
Eileen Crummy ......................................................................................................53
Janet Farrand.........................................................................................................53
Pamela Hasegawa..................................................................................................53
Monsignor James J. McGovern ..............................................................................53
Debra Supnick .......................................................................................................54
New Mexico
Frank and Donna Payne.........................................................................................54
Ken and Fran Sullivan ............................................................................................54
New York
Rose Marie Battisti - Bruce.....................................................................................55
Karen Eckert ..........................................................................................................55
Family Focus Adoption Services..............................................................................55
New Directions Youth and Family Services .............................................................56
Thomasena Newton...............................................................................................56
Dr. Natasha Shaginian............................................................................................56
Sloane Jacyln Tabisel ..............................................................................................56
Margaret Tomasicchio............................................................................................57
North Carolina
Raymond and Debbie Abrams ...............................................................................57
Harriet McCarthy ...................................................................................................57
North Dakota
Loralei Klitzke ........................................................................................................57
Ohio
Arden and Diana Brooks........................................................................................58
Kevin and Wendy Hoodlebrink ..............................................................................58
Dorothy Klemm .....................................................................................................58
Rita Soronen..........................................................................................................59
Oklahoma
Amy Eldridge.........................................................................................................59
David and Kathy Frost............................................................................................59
Tom and Jennifer Rudolph .....................................................................................60
Oregon
Susan Cox .............................................................................................................60
Franklin Hunsaker ..................................................................................................60
Portland Metro Korean Lions Club .........................................................................61
Deborah Radcliffe ..................................................................................................61
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey and Lydia Buck ...........................................................................................61
Maxine Chalker .....................................................................................................61
Susann Hoke .........................................................................................................62
Marjorie McKeone.................................................................................................62
Myron and Sally Stoltzfus ......................................................................................62
Kelley Strieb...........................................................................................................62
Three Rivers Adoption Council...............................................................................62
Hanna D. Wallace ..................................................................................................63
Rhode Island
Chris Cotatgis........................................................................................................63
South Carolina
Hal and Diana Stevenson.......................................................................................63
South Dakota
Harold and Sharon Holder .....................................................................................64
Jeff and Dori Nelson ..............................................................................................64
Tennessee
Dr. Paul Heil...........................................................................................................64
Davis and Sherry Lundy..........................................................................................64
Claude and Bernadette Whatley ............................................................................65
Pamela Wolf ..........................................................................................................65
Texas
Jean Boyd..............................................................................................................65
Barry and D’Wanna Finkel .....................................................................................65
Suzanne Faske and Karen Hall ...............................................................................66
Anna James...........................................................................................................66
Dorothy Le Pere.....................................................................................................66
Lutheran Social Services of the South ....................................................................66
Rodney and Renee Nolen.......................................................................................67
Judge Peter Sakai ..................................................................................................67
Snow Wu ..............................................................................................................67
Utah
Christena Christensen............................................................................................68
Vermont
Diane Dexter..........................................................................................................68
Virginia
Bethany Christian Services of Fredericksburg..........................................................68
Bethany Christian Services of Hampton Roads .......................................................68
Chris and Christy Craig..........................................................................................68
Ronald Federici .....................................................................................................69
Mara Kamen..........................................................................................................69
Dr. Patrick Mason ..................................................................................................69
West Virginia
Mildred Mairs ........................................................................................................70
Wisconsin
Mark and Faith Richter KuFahl...............................................................................70
Wyoming
Carol Burman Lindly ..............................................................................................70