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Belleville High School Honors |
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Ms. Jane Vesche
Jane Vesche graduated from Belleville High School in 1965. While in school, Jane was a member of the Pep Club, the French Club, and the junior and senior class plays. Jane still continues to play an active role today by attending many plays and performances as well as helping in multiple fundraisers. Jane has been self-employed since 1970 with a number of businesses including Mr. Pizza, a produce market, a party store, and finally Main Street Flowers. Main Street Flowers in known for its personal service and focus on customer satisfaction. Jane loves the creativity behind the scenes, such as designing and making displays for the store. This is also evident as she volunteers working on props and costumes for the Nowhere Near Broadway Players. Alongside of the successful Main Street Flowers, Jane sells real estate at ReMax Crossroads III full time with her husband of 30 years, Ron. Aside from her busy work schedule and her work with the Nowhere Near Broadway Players, Jane was also a member of the Business Professional Women’s Association, where she has served as President, Woman of the Year, and Woman of Achievement; the Central Business Community, where she also served as president; St. Anthony’s Church, where she was a choir member and youth group leader and the Belleville Community Choir. In her spare time she finds a great sense of achievement by giving back to her community, meeting new people, singing, and spending time with her family. |
Mr. Keith Bruder Keith Bruder graduated from Belleville High School in 1965. While attending Belleville High school he participated in the orchestra, football, track, student council, the German Club, and many school plays. Outside of school Keith volunteered through the 4-H Club and the Methodist Church. After high school Keith graduated from Michigan State University and became a licensed landscape architect and the proud owner of Keith Bruder Landscape. Aside from distinguishing himself in school and through his business, Keith is also a member of the Belleville Rotary Club and the Charles B. Cozadd/Belleville Rotary Foundation. He has 27 year perfect attendance record with the Rotary club, three of those years serving as President. His leadership has aided in the annual $15,000 scholarship given out for BHS Seniors/graduates, has helped implement the preservation of newspapers through microfilm at the Fred C. Fischer Library. He has also found the time to co-teach a genealogy class at the Fischer Library. Keith’s family first settled in America in the 1600’s and in the Belleville area some 150 years ago, so through his own research, he has gleaned a board background to teach such classes. He is a member and past-president of the Michigan Barn Preservation Network (MBPN), a statewide organization dedicated to preservation of barns and farmsteads. He is also a member of the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce, Huron Valley Conservation Association, Pontius Family Association, Various German American Organizations, the Belleville Moose, and the Van Buren Eagles.
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Mr. R. Lynne Hamilton Richard Lynne Hamilton was born January 5, 1929 in Ypsilanti to Silas Richard Hamilton and Rachel A. Hamilton. He graduated from Belleville High School in 1947. Lynne, as his friends called him, then went on to the Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University, where he graduated in 1952 with his Bachelors in Business Administration. He also achieved the Rank of Captain with the Michigan National Guard, and served in the United States Air Force, where he was honorably discharged. As a life long resident of Belleville, Lynne was 2nd Generation Owner of Hamilton Hardware on Main Street in 1953 until it was sold in 1983 and then became a realtor with Caldwell Banker from 1985 to 1988. R. Lynne Hamilton, distinguished himself in the community not only by Hamilton Hardware but through his community service as well. He served as Van Buren Township Supervisor from 1984 to 1988, President and Trustee for the Van Buren Board of Education, President of the Rotary Club, served as City of Belleville Councilmen, and Van Buren Township Public Safety Committee Chair. He was also a member of First United Methodist Church in Belleville and the Belleville Masons. Lynne passed away in February of 2006 and will be remembered fondly in the Belleville area. |
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