Recognition & Leadership
The Missouri 4-H Foundation recognizes the work of 4-H friends and volunteers, through annual recognition and awards programs.
Missouri 4-H Century Family Award
The Missouri 4-H Century Family Award recognizes 4-H families with a long, sustained involvement in the 4-H program. Missouri 4-H Families with a combined 100 year or more of membership and/or volunteer service in 4-H are eligible to be recognized.
Applications may be submitted at any time. To be recognized during National 4-H Week of the current calendar year, applications must be in by July 1. Recognition takes place on the county level.
- Award application in (Word) or (PDF)
- Missouri 4-H Century Family Award News Release (PDF)
Century Family Honorees
List is by family name, county and combined family years in 4-H.
2008
Stumpe - Franklin County, 123 years
Watts - Cedar County, 133 years
Forman-Hill - Laclede County, 105 years
Asbury - Ralls County, 138 years
Johnson - Ralls County, 102 years
2007
Elaine George - Boone County, 179 years
Henderson/Reed - Phelps County, 103 years
Lionberger - Montgomery County, 186 years
Paulsmeyer - Lincoln County, 137 years
Walton - Montgomery County, 127 years
Johnson - Monroe County, 150 years
2006
Morris - Pike County, 121 years
Russell May - Lewis County, 106 years
Heineck - Monroe County, 119 years
Nelson/Saathoff - Bates County, 106 years
2005
Ball - Livingston/Monroe/Audrain Counties, 116 years
Beal - Holt/Nodaway/Atchison Counties, 118 years
Beck/Hopper - Livingston/Boone/Knox/Greene Counties, 187 years
Conley - Monroe County, 157 years
Couch/Early/Ewing/Palmer - Adair/Knox Counties, 115 years
Dalbey - Nodaway/Holt/Atchison Counties, 217 years
Delameter - Mercer County, 113 years
Fisher/Kaden - Marion/Monroe Counties, 239 years
Friedrich/Horn/Shields - Cass/Neosho,KS, 170 years
Hornfeld - Lafayette County, 110 years
Huenfeldt - Henry County, 106 years
Hyle - Putnam County, 103 years
Martz - BooneCounty , 105 years
May - Davies/Sullivan Counties, 144 years
Mayo - Randolph County, 137 years
McPheeters - Caldwell County, 204 years
Minnick - Davies/Sullivan Counties, 120 years
Peanick - Gasconade County, 136 years
Rapp - Bates County, 107 years
Schlotzauer - Howard County, 160 years
Turner - Lewis County, 114 years
Wheatley - Bates County, 105 years
Wood - Nodaway/Harrison Counties, 122 years
2004
Alter - Jackson/Livingston Counties, 120 years
Daggs - Lewis County, 108 years
Hoyt/Bland/Petty - Ralls/Audrain/Polk Counties, 134 years
Keim - Lincoln County, 113 years
Vaughn/Mitchell - Monroe/Audrain Counties, 196 years
2003
Blades - Shelby/Monroe Counties, 100 years
Hines - Purnam County, 103 years
Kahrs - Pettis County, 156 years
Maddox/Family 1 - Callaway/DeKalb Counties, 173 years
Maddox/Family 2 - Callaway County, 101 years
McAllister - Randolph/Henry/Scott Counties, 108 years
McConnell - Cooper/Moniteau Counties, 33 years
O'Bannon - Monroe County, 100 years
Ott - Cole County, 149 years
Peiter - Marion/St Charles Counties, 212 years
Shasserre - Crawford County, 160 years
Twente - LaFayette County, 169 years
VanHove - Boone County, 159 years
Welberg - Macon County, 105 years
Wilkerson - Monroe County, 134 years
2002
Adam - Nodaway/Clinton/Worth Counties, 175 years
Adams - Johnson County, 203 years
Agey - Stoddard County, 128 years
Ahrens - Cape Girardeau County, 181 years
Arthur - Henry/Clay/Pltte Counties, 112 years
Arthur - Dent County, 272 years
Aufdenberg - Cape Girardeau County, 211 years
Baker - Macon County , 103 years
Barton - Ozark/Franklin/St.Charles Counties, 112 years
Bauer - Lincoln/Osage/Benson Counties, 213 years
Behr - St. Charles County, 204 years
Bersano - Ray County, 104 years
Binder - Pettis/Morgan Counties, 121 years
Binford - Stoddard County, 120 years
Birk - Cape Girardeau County, 107 years
Bollinger - Cape Girardeau County, 144 years
Booker - St. Clair County, 123 years
Bracey - Lewis & IL Counties, 131 years
Briscoe - Randolph/Ralls/Monroe Counties, 121 years
Broege - St. Clair County, 121 years
Brown - Perry County, 99 years
Buckhorst - Lincoln County, 204 years
Buenemann - Franklin County, 102 years
Buford - Clark County, 117 years
Burd - Wright/Texas/Dallas/Stone Counties, 125 years
Burkhalter - Montgomery/Carroll Counties, 102 years
Burrow - St. Clair County, 157 years
Busdieker - St. Charles County, 142 years
Carter - Johnson/Bates/Saline Counties, 166 years
Cochran - Johnson/Lafayette Counties, 116 years
Cody - Lincoln County, 96 years
Crouch - St. Louis/Clay/Jackson Counties, 172 years
Cunningham - Gruncy/Mercer Counties, 121 years
Daughtery - Livingston County, 146years
Day - Henry County, 169 years
DeOrnelis - Osage County, 180 years
Early - Henry/Johnson Counties, 215 years
Elbert - Franklin County, 117 years
Elliott - Vernon/Wilson/Neosho, KS, 195 years
Engeman, Sr. - Henry/Lafayette Counties, 240 years
Farnrn - Chariton County, 114 years
Felgar - Cooper/Iowa Counties, 105 years
Fielden - Greene/Webster Counties, 100 years
Fritts - Vernon County, 125 years
Ghoulson - Cape Girardeau County, 106 years
Golden - Cape Girardeau County, 134 years
Griffin - Grundy/Mercer Counties, 139 years
Hahs - Cape Girardeau County, 101 years
Hampton - Polk/Nmebraska/Hickory Counties, 117 years
Hardy - Linn County, 144 years
Harvey - Randolph/Boone/Scotland Counties, 105 years
Haverland - St. Clair County, 78 years
Hinkebean - Cape Girardeau County, 133 years
Howell - Henry/Benton Counties, 115 years
Huey - Stoddard County, 149 years
Jackson - Cape Girardeau/Perry Counties, 102 years
James - Cape Girardeau County, 198 years
Jennings - Johnson/Lawrence Counties, 126 years
Jones - Lewis/Mason/Tazewell,IL, 129 years
Joyner - Stoddard County, 124 years
Kempf/Family 1 - Cooper County, 116 years
Kempf/Family 2 - Cooper County, 127 years
Kerns - Livingston County, 104 years
Kirschdoerfer - Cape Girardeau County, 103 years
Koenig - Cape Giradeau/Boone Counties, 167 years
Koenigsfeld - Osage County, 114 years
Koerber - Cape Giradeau County, 136 years
Korner - St. Clair/Henry Counties, 116 years
Kuschel - Montgomery/Carroll/Osage Counties, 123 years
Lambert - Linn County, 100 years
Landewer - Scott County, 134 years
Landgraf, - Cape Girardeau County, 123 years
Logue - Chariton County, 106 years
Malone - Chautauqua, KS, 121 years
Martens - Ray/Carroll/Buchanan Counties, 145 years
Martin/Family 1 - Boone/Audrain/St. Charles Counties, 192 years
Martin/Family 2 - Shelby/Callaway/Boone/St. Charles Counties, 208 years
Martin - Family 3 - Lincon County, 229 years
Mason - St. Clair County, 100 years
McLaughlin - Henry/Lafayette Counties, 124 years
McMullin - Pettis/Lafayette Counties, 194 years
Meier/Family 1 - Cape Girardeau County, 167 years
Meier/Family 2 - Cape Girardeau County, 116 years
Mellor - St. Charles/Ray/Carroll/Buchanan Counties, 168 years
Moffitt - Adair/Montgomery/Sullivan/Linn Counties, 134 years
Moore - Scott County, 113 years
Moran - Adair/Schuyler/Jersey, IL, 121 years
Moreland - Cass County, 202 years
Morgan - Barton/Polk Counties, 107 years
Muench - Perry/Cape Girardeau Counties, 125 years
Nicholson - Marion/Cass/Ravalli, MT, 170 years
Norms/McCormick - Purtnam County, 103 years
Nussbaum - Cape Girardeau County, 118 years
Oehl - Cape Girardeau County, 129 years
Oswald - Henry County, 101 years
Pardun - Davies/DeKalb/Boone/Callaway Counties, 123 years
Patrick - Johnson/Henry Counties, 182 years
Peck - Cape Girardeau County, 103 years
Pohlman, Cape Girardeau County, 134 years
Reineke - Platte/Clinton Counties, 112 years
Robinson - Mississippi County, 52 years
Roe - Linn County, 120 years
Rohlfing - St. Clair County, 265 years
Roth - St. Genevieve County, 142 years
Salyer - St. Charles County, 173 years
Scheidecker - St.Charles/DeKalb/Sullivan Counties, 114 years
Schlesselman - LaFayette County, 144 years
Schoen - Cape Girardeau County, 169 years
Sievers/Family 1 - Cape Girardeaum County, 126 years
Sievers/Family 2 - Cape Girardeau County, 127 years
Simon - Pettis/Boone Counties, 165 years
Stille/Family 1 - St. Charles County, 229 years
Stille/Family 2 - St. Charles County, 164 years
Stille/Family 3 - St. Charles County, 159 years
Stroehe - Cape Girardeau County, 112 years
Stuart - Monroe/Ralls/Montgomery Counties, 126 years
Stumpe - Franklin County, 124 years
Stumpe - Audrain/Franklin/Gasconade Counties, 110 years
Swan - Cape Girardeau County, 152 years
Taylor - Howard/Carroll/Boone/Shelby Counties, 135 years
Townley - Osage County, 159 years
Vaughn - Chariton County, 118 years
Vickman - Crawford County, 115 years
Watson - Henry/Adair Counties, 145 years
Wehner - St. Genevieve County, 108 years
Weiss - Cape Girardeau/Saline Counties, 145 years
Welliver - Pettis County, 111 years
Westhusing - Henry County, 102 years
Westrich - Scott County, 122 years
White - Johnson County, 181 years
Widner - Cooper County, 162 years
Wilkerson - Monroe County, 109 years
Williams/Family 1, Mississippi County, 155 years
Williams/Family 2, Franklin/Shannon Counties, 103 years
Witt - Shelby County, 104 years
Wolf - Barton/Dade Counties, 134 years
