Our Scholarships

For High School Seniors & Adults

The Community Foundation of Wabash County offers a wide variety of post-secondary education scholarships to traditional, non-traditional, and graduate students. With nearly 70 different scholarship endowments created through the generosity of our donors, many students are eligible to apply.   

Listed below are our scholarships. You can learn more about why they were created, who created them, who is eligible to apply, and by what criteria recipients are selected.   

Scholarship Application opens December 6

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Al Bailey Vocational Scholarship Endowment

For over 25 years, Al Bailey was a beloved shop teacher and coach at Manchester Junior Senior High School and had won…

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Beryl M. Klare Scholarship Endowment

Beryl Klare created a scholarship for residents of the City of Wabash, Indiana, who are accepted into and attend an a…

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Blair and Marie Tate Scholarship Endowment

Through her will, Marie Tate honored the memory of her late husband, Blair Tate, by establishing this scholarship to…

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Bromley Educational Scholarship

In her will, Mrs. Deane Bromley Hastings established a scholarship to honor members of the Bromley family. Recipients…

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Charles and Florence Emrick Scholarship Endowment

This scholarship was established in 2009 by Daniel Emrick in memory of his parents who ran a local music store. Charl…

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Custer Scholarship

Gene Custer is a lifelong Wabash County resident and farmer and a generous supporter of charitable causes. Gene estab…

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Dallas L. Winchester Scholarship Fund

Dallas Winchester, Sr. was mayor of Wabash from 1984 until 1994. He also served in the Air Forces, on the Wabash Fire…

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Ella Truxell Baer Scholarship Endowment

Established by Lulu Baer and Bess T. Baer, this scholarship is named for their mother, Ella Truxell Baer, who graduat…

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Garth Eppley Scholarship Fund

Laura and Bill Eppley and friends established this scholarship in 2008 to memorialize their son Garth and his love of…

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Isaac Conner Educational Scholarship Endowment

Isaac Conner grew up on a farm in the southern part of Wabash County. He planted a stone marker on the homestead to h…

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Jennie Wade Scholarship Endowment

More than one hundred years ago, Jennie Wade created a scholarship in her words “to benefit mankind.” Thi…

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John and Edith Richards Memorial Scholarship Endowment

The Richards were successful business people who owned the former Richards Tire Company on East Market Street in Waba…

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Larry Shoemaker Memorial Scholarship Endowment

The Larry Shoemaker Memorial Scholarship was established in 2008 with funds raised by Southwood Music Parents to supp…

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Marietta & Paul L. Sell Memorial 4-H Scholarship Endowment

Doug and Barbara Vawter established this scholarship in memory of Barbara’s parents, Marietta and Paul Sell. Th…

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Pat A. and Steve P. Brubaker Scholarship Fund

Veteran teachers Pat and Steve Brubaker created this scholarship to encourage Northfield High School seniors to conti…

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Raymond C. and Martha Ross Hood Scholarship Endowment

Martha Ross Hood was born in Wabash in 1932. Her parents operated a jewelry store, where Martha helped as a child, bu…

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Raymond C. and Martha Ross Hood Scholarship Endowment for Accounting Studies

Martha Ross Hood grew up in the business world. Her parents ran a retail store, and when Martha took a year off from…

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Robert & Pauline Hoover Scholarship Fund

The Robert and Pauline Hoover Scholarship was established in 2006 as part of Robert’s estate plan after he died…

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Terry D. and Carol A. Agness Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Terry and Carol Agness’ children created this scholarship to honor their parents who believed in supporting loc…

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Todd and Kari Speicher Scholarship Endowment

Todd and Carrie Speicher are Manchester High School alumnae who have gone on to achieve success in manufacturing. Thr…

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Wabash Baking Powder Company Scholarship

The Wabash Baking Powder Company Scholarship was established to preserve the company legacy as a flourishing enterpri…

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Wabash County Memorial Scholarship Endowment

This scholarship for a traditional or nontraditional graduate of a Wabash County high school memorializes beloved mem…

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Wabash County Society for Crippled Children & Adults Scholarship Endowment

Though the organization no longer exists, the Wabash County Society for Crippled Children and Adults lives on in this…

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Wabash County Solid Waste Management District Scholarship

In a county rich in natural resources, the Solid Waste Management District uses this scholarship to encourage full-ti…

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Wabash High School Alumni Scholarship Endowment

Alumni from Wabash High School Class of 1946 including Jane Scheerer, Janet Titus, and Pat Reed, established this sch…

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William B. Hensley, III Scholarship Fund

Bill Hensley was a CPA, a businessman and an entrepreneur. He worked in banking after college, and when he came to Wa…

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