Effingham, Illinois
| Regent | Brenda Wagy |
| 1st Vice-Regent | Susan Oliver |
| 2nd Vice-Regent | Lynn Ulmer |
| Chaplain | Bobbie Reck |
| Recording Secretary | Ann Chandler |
| Treasurer | Donna Richards |
| Registrar | Deanna Higgs |
| Historian | Jean Bohnhoff |
| Librarian | LoElla Baker |
New Officers were installed at the May meeting: Jean Bohnhoff, Ann Chandler, Bobbie Reck, Lynn Ulmer, Deanna Higgs, LoElla Baker, Brenda Wagy, Susan Oliver
If you would like to attend a chapter meeting or event to meet our Daughters and explore what we do, please contact us.
| September 12 – 23, 2023 | Constitution Week |
| September 2023 | Spinning Traditions and Other Fiber Arts |
| October 10, 2023 | DAR Day of Serivce |
| October 2023 | Scams and Fraud |
| November 2023 | Honor Flight |
| December 2023 | District Director Visit |
| January 2024 | Black Robe Regiment |
| February 2024 | Native Gardening |
| March 2024 | DAR Good Citizen’s Awards Presentation; John Philip Sousa |
| April 2024 | American History Essay Awards Presentation; Flag Facts |
| May 2024 | Women of Purpose Annual Meeting |
Founding Regent
Mary Crooker Lloyd, a niece of Ann Crooker St. Clair, returned north to Effingham, Illinois, after living in Austin, Texas. She immediately commenced the work of organizing our chapter in 1902, building the chapter from its original 17 members to 37 in 1905. She discovered two “Real Daughters” — Mary Young Montgomery (1820-1913), and Martha Young Armstrong (1817-1907), daughters of Revolutionary War Patriot, Philip Young (1766-1840). She was also responsible for starting numerous DAR chapters in Southern Illinois.
Mary Crooker Lloyd was born in New York, June 10, 1840, and died June 28, 1931. She is buried next to the large Crooker stone at Ewington near her grandparents, Jacob and Matilda Lane Crooker and Ann Crooker St Clair Robinson. Mrs. Crooker Lloyd was the daughter of Ann’s youngest brother Edmund Z. Crooker and his wife Eliza Craig.
