The Taylorville Memorial Foundation announced the winners of the Carolyn M. Butterfield Trust Nursing Scholarship and the John H. Butterfield Agriscience and Nutrition Scholarship July 19th.  The Butterfield family was able to award additional scholarships for the 2023 award cycle including a $1,000 scholarship to four college sophomores.  Luke Markwell, Gracie Shemwall, Riley Brown, and Elizabeth Schafer.  

Markwell received the Carolyn M. Butterfield Trust Nursing Scholarship.  He attends ISU in Normal and majors in nursing.  Shemwall received the Carolyn M. Butterfield Trust Nursing Scholarship. She attends Millikin University in Decatur and majors in nursing.  Rown received the John H. Butterfield Agriscience and Nutrition Scholarship.  She attends SIU-Edwardsville and majors in integrative biology and pre-veterinary sciences.  Schafer received the John H. Butterfield Agriscience and Nutrition Scholarship.  She attends Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, and studies science and agriculture. 

The John H. Butterfield Agriscience and Nutrition Scholarship is awarded to a student who has graduated from a central Illinois high school, with priority given to a Christian County resident and has completed the first year in an agriscience or food nutrition program at a two-or four-year college or university. 

For more information about educational grants and scholarships available through the Taylorville Memorial Foundation, visit memorial.health/tmf.