Honouring Herman Schwenk

The rural utilities in Alberta represented, from the left, Al Nagel, Alberta Federation of REA’s, Allen Hobbs, president of Paintearth Gas Co-op Ltd., Gary Waltham, ATCO Contract Policy Committee and Ernest Polege, president of the Beaver Rural Electrication Association, honoured Herman Schwenk’s dedication to rural utilities in Alberta by presenting a memorial bench at the Coronation cemetery to the Schwenk family represented by Herman’s wife, Marcella Schwenk (sitted on the bench). Herman’s involvement in these four boards numbered 124 years.

Photo by ECA Review/J.Webster