Who we are
The Loveland Historical Society is governed by an elected volunteer Board of Directors. Offices are held for two year terms with a staggered election schedule to allow for annual board membership changes.
Current Board Members
Teri Johnson
President
A native of Colorado, Teri was an elementary teacher in Thompson R2J for 28 years. After she finished teaching, Teri starting her second career with history museums. She was Director at the Mc Carty-Fickle Home in Berthoud, Colorado for four years before starting a small museum for the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. In 2012, Teri became Museum Curator at Timberlane Farm Museum. She has been the Lone Tree School teacher for the Loveland Museum since the early 80’s and continues this fun summer camp today. Teri and her husband, Bill, have four grown daughters and three grandchildren, who are the light of their lives. Reenacting historical characters helps Teri to fulfill her passion of sharing history with others, as does volunteering with several museums and historical societies in Northern Colorado. She has also served on the ANFRM (Association of Northern Front Range Museums) Board for nine years, currently as president.
Teri is very honored to be a part of Loveland Historical Society and serve on its board.
Thomas Frasier
Vice President
Tom received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in History from the University of Nebraska and has been teaching at the high school and college level for 27 years. His interest in Western history extends to archaeology, in which he has volunteered on many dig sites, including the first excavations at Dearfield. He currently works on major projects for the gardens and grounds at the Milner House.
Amy is a 5th generation Colorado native and has always been interested in local history. She has lived in Loveland for 20 years with her husband and 3 kids. She is in her 11th year working in the Thompson School District; the last 5 have been at Monroe Elementary as Technology Facilitator.
Amy Huckaby
Secretary
Ellen moved to Loveland 3 years ago and a strong interest in Loveland history has blossomed in that time. She volunteers at the PANDA archives weekly and sometimes at the Milner/Schwarz Farmhouse Museum. Ellen is recently retired from 8 years with the Forney Museum and has been on the board of ANFRM for 6 years. Her background is in bookkeeping and office management for 50 years.
Ellen O-Donnell
Treasurer
Sharon Danhauer
Sharon is devoted to the preservation of local and regional history as a volunteer with the Loveland Historical Society and through her business, Danhauer’s Tours. She is the grateful recipient of the Society’s Having a Heart for Loveland History award of 2010. She has served multiple terms on the Board of Directors of both the Berthoud and Loveland Historical Societies, the Colorado-Cherokee Trail Chapter of OCTA, and the Association of Northern Front Range Museums, and is a member of the Rocky Mountain Map Society. She also served many years as Tallykeeper for the Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association. Sharon hails from Colorado Springs and came to Berthoud/Loveland in 1980 with her family. She now lives in Loveland where she enjoys her two sons and five grandchildren. Loveland’s proximity to the mountains, always her first love, its rich Western history, its propensity for the arts, and its warm social climate make it a great city in which to live.
Program Chair
Bill Meirath
Historian Chair
Bill was born in Nelson Nebraska but moved to Loveland in 1965 where he graduated from Loveland High school in 1971. He was growing up in the service station industry, and by the mid 1970's, he owned the lease to the Dude Corral Texaco and was an auto mechanic for Davidson / Gebhardt Chevrolet in Loveland. Bill has always enjoyed the local history of Loveland and Northern Colorado and received the Having a Heart for Loveland History Award in 2009 for his work with the Mariano Medina Family Cemetery. His love of history is exactly what makes him such a perfect fit for the LHS Historian Chair. Bill states he is honored to be on Loveland Historical Society Board and enjoys the duties keeping scrapbooks of the ever changing Loveland and the work at the Mariano Medina Family Cemetery.
Rhonda Cooper
Membership Chair
Rhonda, a fourth generation Colorado native and proud to be part of Colorado Centennial Farm and Ranch family. She moved to Loveland in 1973 and taught in the Thompson R2J District for 32 years. Rhonda and Jim own vintage Airstream trailers, enjoy all the outdoor recreation in the area and have two fun grandsons. She looks forward to being the Membership Chair and working with the enthusiastic board members.
