Students with the Griswold Community School District and the Lewis area, have an opportunity to  receive one of two $10,000 scholarships from the Roy and Lois Jahnke Memorial Scholarship fund. The fund is made possible through the estates of Roy Ernest and Lois Yulan Jahnke. The two $10,000 awards may be made each year for students who grew up in the Lewis area. A list of requirements and applications can be picked up in the Griswold Community High School Central Office or downloaded off of the website. Applications are accepted from May 15th through June 15th.

About the scholarship fund:

Roy Jahnke was born and raised in the  Lewis, Iowa area. He graduated from the Lewis High school. In 1949, he married Lois Yulon Johnke who was born at Brazil, Iowa. Lois Graduated from Centerville High School and later attended college in Cedar Falls. The Couple farmed southeast of Lewis. In addition, Lois taught elementary school in Lewis, and Roy was custodian and bus driver at the Lewis school.

Both Roy and Lois were certified ceramic teachers, members and Nishna Valley Wood Carvers, Mid-America Wood Carvers Association of Omaha, Nebraska, and Audubon own and Country Wood Carvers. The Jahnke’s were passionate about the Lewis Community and School and felt education to be a conduit to a fulfilling life.