DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
LIMA Former Van Wert resident and businesswoman Donna Grimm has been named one of the 12 recipients of the Lima area’s 2021 Jefferson Award. The award is given to those whose volunteer work and public service are above and beyond the norm.
Donna Grimm
Now living in Wapakoneta, Grimm and her husband, W.W. “Wally” Grimm, came to Van Wert in the 1970s when Mr. Grimm was named principal of Van Wert High School.
For 35 years, Donna was employed by Community Health Professionals, first as a nurse and then helping lead the company as CEO to an expansion that now includes offices in nine northwest/west central Ohio counties, a hospice center in Defiance, and three senior day care facilities.