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SPJST Endowed Scholarships Members and lodges wishing to make a positive difference in the life of a young person and at the same time establish a lasting memorial may establish or contribute to an SPJST Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship may be established in your name or the name of the individual you wish to honor. SPJST Endowed Scholarships may be established starting at $10,000. By definition, an endowed scholarship is one in which the principle remains intact and only the interest is awarded each year. Once established, your scholarship will be managed by SPJST. Your endowment creates a permanent funding source that will grow over time and will support deserving students today and in the future. In establishing an SPJST Endowed Scholarship, you have the opportunity to set the criteria for your SPJST Endowed Scholarship. For example, you may wish to direct your scholarship fund to reward high achievement students who are pursuing a specific field of study. Other criteria for you to consider are specific colleges or universities, areas of academic interest or extracurricular involvement, community service, or hometown. Please know that in establishing restrictive criteria, you will be limiting the pool of qualified recipients. Also, in accordance with IRS publication 526, located at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irspdf/p526.pdf, a donor may not select a specific individual as a beneficiary of their gift, i.e. scholarship recipients. SPJST Endowed Scholarships differ from others in that they are truly the gift that keeps giving. An SPJST Endowed Scholarship is a perpetual gift because only the interest is applied towards the scholarship while the principle continuously grows. Endowed scholarships are a wonderful way to honor a loved one or link your legacy with the future. The minimum gift needed to establish a named, endowed SPJST scholarship is $10,000. This amount can be paid all at once or in payments. Once the fund reaches the $20,000 amount, the scholarship will be awarded annually in the honoree’s name. Until $20,000 is reached, the interest gained is reinvested in the fund. At the primary donor’s request, an endowed scholarship will be awarded every other year, provided that the endowment balance totals at least $10,000. There are many ways to fund an endowment, including gifts of cash, bequests, securities, life insurance, retirement assets, or properties. If you have any questions about the information that I have presented or if you would like to proceed with the establish-
VĚSTNÍK ment of an SPJST Scholarship, please give me a call at 800-727-7578 and I will be happy to assist you. Fraternally, Brian Vanicek Supreme Lodge President —SPJST—
Legacy by d.knape
To plant is tree it is believed marks your existence permanently to give your heirs a growing tree means more than any property the tree will last and outlive thee a life embodied by a tree things nowadays move rapidly yet a tree persists in permanency your progeny will honor thee beneath the shade of your own tree things come and go but a growing tree leaves a lasting giftYour Legacy. —SPJST—
Autumn Leaves by d.knape
Leaves fall in Fall appropriately but leave debris far as the eye can see Leaves upon leaves like waves in the sea the more I rake the more there be Their mess exceeds their dust excretes let the wind transport them across the street Whisk them away wished fantasy else leaves become the death of me. —SPJST—
In Memoriam Resolution of Sympathy We, the Resolution Committee of SPJST Lodge 17, New Tabor, on behalf of our entire membership, wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family of our departed sister, HELEN RUTH (FAUST) HILDEBRAND. Sister Hildebrand, age 80, of Caldwell, Texas, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020. Helen was born May 20, 1940, in Caldwell to Emil C. and Milady (Trcalek) Faust. She started attending Union School then went to Cooks Point School. She attended Caldwell Helen Hildebrand High School where she graduated in May 1958. She was baptized and confirmed at the New Tabor Brethren Church by Reverend F.J. Kostohryz. She married Wilfred Hildebrand on October 26, 1958. She worked in Bryan at Woolworth then Perry Brothers in Caldwell. She also was a daycare provider for friends and family. She worked as a laboratory technician at Goodnight Memorial Hospital that later became Burleson County Hospital. She worked at Bryan Medical Lab beginning in 1987 which became CPL Laboratory of Austin in 1995. She retired from CPL in December 1997. She was a lifetime member of New Tabor Brethren Church and a member of New Tabor Christian Sisters and served as secretary and treasurer for many years. She served as a Sunday School teacher. She was a member of the New Tabor Brethren Cemetery Association, New Tabor Mutual Aid, and SPJST Lodge 17, New Tabor. She was a charter member of American Association of Bioanalysts and a member of the International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology. Helen loved to garden and watch birds, butterflies, and hummingbirds. She enjoyed watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren play in the yard. She and Wilfred supported their grands by attending numerous games, ban-
quets, and family functions. She loved to spend time in the kitchen and in the sewing room. She was preceded in death by husband Wilfred who passed away on September 1, 2020. They would have celebrated 62 years of marriage on October 26, 2020. She was also preceded in death by her parents; sisters Gladys Zavodny and Frances Urbanovsky; brother-in-law Leroy B. Zavodny, Sr.; and sister-in-law B. Faye Faust. She is survived by son David and wife Deborah Hildebrand; daughter Sheila and husband Bill Orsak; grandchildren Clayton and Amy Hildebrand, Mary Nowak, Josef Orsak, Colton Orsak and fiancée Taylor Adams; greatgrandchildren Tristan and Meggie Padia and Cort, Evan, and Emilee Hildebrand; brother Glenn Faust; sister Ethel Zavodny and friend Jack Worbington; brothers-in-law Franklin Zavodny and Alton Urbanovsky and wife Gail; aunt Marie Trcalek; godchildren Lori Suehs, Glenda Smith, and Mark Faust; and many loved cousins, nieces, and nephews. Public visitation was held at Phillips and Luckey in Caldwell on Saturday, October 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 25 at 1 p.m. at New Tabor Brethren Church Cemetery. Graveside service was held Sunday, October 25 at New Tabor Brethren Church Cemetery at 2 p.m., officiated by Reverend David Johnson. May our departed lodge sister rest in eternal peace. Resolution Committee Betty Suehs Susan Skrabanek —SPJST—
