The Peoria Chapter of the Knights of Columbus is comprised of all the councils within the Peoria Diocese. Their purpose is primarily to promote the principles of our order in various ways. One method used is the recognition of individual knights once a year.
These men are nominated by their Council and are selected by a committee comprised of Brother Knights throughout the Peoria Diocese The committee evaluates numerous nominations submitted by councils within the Diocese and selects individuals based on their service to their local Council, Church, Family and Community. The many hours of time, hard work and devotion they have given to their Order, Family, Church and Community does not go unnoticed through this event
This Council has been fortunate to have had twenty-one members so recognized. We are happy to present them here so that their accomplishments will continue to be recognized. Space does not permit a listing of all that these men have done; but, each has contributed significantly in many different areas.
The names with an asterisk after the date are deceased.
Joe Ward Bush
1989*
Msgr. E. L. Grzybowski
1991*
Billy Dennis
1992
Wilbur Burk
1994*
Maurice Joseph
1998
Don Stenstrom
2002
Paul Flynn
2004
Don Johnson
2005
Al Hahn
2006
Mike Doering
2007
Bill Durham
2008
Tim Houston
2009
Dcn. Charles Robbins
2009
Bill Rogers
2011
Jim Wygle
2011
Msgr James Kruse
2012
John Salzer
2012
Adolph Arnold
2014
Fr. Steve Willard
2015
Max Cheatham
2016
Rick Couri
2017