Volunteer Recognition

An Incomplete List

An acknowledgement of some of the people who have contributed their services to the maintenance and enhancement of the Celery Farm and to sustaining the Fyke Nature Association.


Stiles Thomas*

Read A Few Words About Stiles here.

Ed Fitzpatrick*

Read about the late Ed FitzPatrick, Mayor of Allendale, who was instrumental in turning the Celery Farm into municipally owned (and protected) wetlands, here.

Lillian Thomas

Watch the presentation of a proclamation in honor of Lillian Thomas here.


Carol Flanagan

Past Fyke Newsletter Editor, Big Sit Organizer, Trustee and Past President

DeeDee Burnside

Lepidopterist

Edith Wallace

Master Gardener

Fred Weber

Deputy Warden and Creator of the Celery Farm Pollinator Field

Gabriele Schmitt

Deputy Warden and Celery Farm Facebook Page Maintainer

Jim Wright

Deputy Warden and Celery Farm blogger and Bird Watcher columnist for The Record

John Brotherton*

Past President and Treasurer

Judy Cinquina

Fyke Newsletter Field and Feeder Notes Writer and past Mount Peter Hawkwatch Coordinator

Kurt Muenz

Treasurer and Members Night Organizer

Lisa Safier

Longtime Butterfly Garden person

Mike Limatola

Warden and President of Fyke Nature Association

Molly Gardener

Longtime Butterfly Garden person

Pat Brotherton*

Past Newsletter Editor and Longtime Butterfly Garden person

Patty Finn

Longtime Butterfly Garden person

Pauline Oxnard*

to whom the Butterfly Garden is dedicated

Penny Whitlock

Longtime Fyke Program Director

Tom Burr*

Butterfly walk leader and naturalist




Armene "Queenie" Norian*


Bill Kempey


Bruce Davis


Carl Krag


Christian and Frank Alcaide


Doug Morel


Fred Weber


Gabriele Schmitt


George Karelitsky


Irmengard "Irma" Owens


Jeff Dugal


Jim Newell


Jim Wright and Patty Finn


Judy and Neil MacLennan


Ken Wiegand


Kevin Watson


Lee Stoeski


Liam Conroy


Lisa Safier


Mike Buckley


Mike Limatola and Sue Dougherty


Mike Lefebvre


Tom Mitchell


      *deceased