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New scholarships established at IVCC in honor of Dimmick Township couple

Helen Hanley Trompeter – PHOTO IVCC

Helen Hanley Trompeter graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in La Salle in 1943. – PHOTO IVCC

Clarence J. Trompeter in his field with grandson Kristopher Peterson. PHOTO IVCC

A young Clarence J. Trompeter in his Dimmick Township cornfield. – PHOTO IVCC

OGLESBY – Two new scholarships for students going into nursing or agriculture have been established at Illinois Valley Community College in honor of a Dimmick Township couple. The Helen Hanley Trompeter Nursing Scholarship will cover tuition and fees for a La Salle County resident formally admitted in IVCC’s associate degree program.
The Clarence J. Trompeter Agricultural Scholarship will cover tuition and fees for a La Salle County resident enrolled full-time in – or intending to enroll in – the agricultural business management or agronomy Associate of Applied Science degree programs.
The endowed scholarships will be awarded for the first time in fall 2021.
Helen Trompeter grew up on a farm near Utica. Her formal education started in a one-room country schoolhouse in Waltham Township. She graduated from LaSalle-Peru Township High School in 1940 and received her nursing degree from St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in LaSalle in 1943.
She began her nursing career at St. Mary’s Hospital and later served as a private nurse.
“In both her professional career and her everyday life, she was a true nurse at heart, exhibiting care and compassion for all around her,” said the scholarship benefactor.
Clarence Trompeter was born and raised on a farm in Dimmick Township. He worked that farm as well as other farmland in LaSalle County all his life until retirement.
“During his lifetime, he witnessed tremendous changes in agriculture and was always interested in learning and adapting accordingly,” the scholarship donor said.
“He had a very strong work ethic and was a firm believer in farmers banding together as a community to help each other.”

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