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The Rotary Club
of Naperville

 Chartered in 1941, the Rotary Club of Naperville 

is one of the area's oldest civic organizations. 
Thank you for visiting our website, we'd love to have you visit in person. 
Our meetings are held Thursdays at 12:15 pm at   Meson Sabika.

Guests are Welcome
Club Mailing Address:
PO Box 2, Naperville IL 60566
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2020 Convention

REWARDS

Board of Directors

2019-2020


President

Rachel Ossyra

President Elect

Alma Jones

 President Nominee

Brian O’Malley

Past President

Randy Ems

Treasurer

Curt Stowers

Secretary

Janet Derrick

Sergeant at Arms

Hunter Byington

Director Club Service

John Wightkin

Dir Community Service

Joe Nelson
Lisa Schwarz-Barry

Dir Vocational Service

George Arges

Dir International Service

Barry McKeown

Director Youth Service

Kristin Eccles

At Large Directors

Matt Doyle

Dick Galitz

Public Relations Chair

Christine Bloom

Rotary Foundation Chair

Richard Tatara

Membership Chair

Atul Akhand

Program Chair

Brian O’Malley

Communications Chair

Christine Bloom

Technology Chair

Atul Akhand

Historian

John Knobloch

 
Who We Are

The Club's members represent leaders in the 
business, professional, nonprofit, educational, 
and government communities who share a 
common commitment to community service.

 Partners in Rotary

Sister Clubs

Naperville Rotary
New Gen


Naperville Rotary
After Dark





HomeMemorial - Gene Drendel

2008 Gene Drendel


Eugene C. "Gene" Drendel, age 71, a lifelong resident of Naperville, IL, passed awayThursday, Oct. 16, 2008. He was born Nov. 30, 1936 and was a long time Rotarian.

Loving husband of Sharon M., nee Fogarty, Drendel, whom he married June 25, 1960; beloved father of Terri Drendel, Joseph(Eileen) Drendel, Douglas Drendel, Andrea (Steve) Coates and Sean (Crissy) Drendel; adored grandfather of Hunter, Serena, Ellie and Aiden Drendel, Madisen and Korey Gonzalez, Courtney, Alex and Nicole Coates; devoted son of the late Andrew and Cleo, nee Reidy, Drendel; dear brother of Ken (Jean) Drendel, Harriet (Ray) Kuhn, Grace Steininger and the late Thomas (Nancy) Drendel; fond uncle of many; loving brother-in-law of the late Ginny (the late Thomas) Drendel.


Gene served as principal of Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville from 1970-1985 and was former Associate Superintendent of Instruction for Naperville School District #203 for grades six through 12, where he remained until his retirement in 1994.

After retirement, Gene mentored many future educators at North Central College in Naperville for the next ten years, teaching an introduction to teaching course and coordinating student teacher placements.