‘Service above self’

Jim Koepke honored for service to club, community dating back 54 years

  • Jim Koepke was honored June 18 as he ends a 54-year tenure as a member of the Aurora Rotary Club, which he joined in 1971.
    Jim Koepke was honored June 18 as he ends a 54-year tenure as a member of the Aurora Rotary Club, which he joined in 1971.

    The Aurora Rotary Club tipped its hat to one of its own last week as a crowd of current and former members honored Jim Koepke for his 54 years of service to the club.Koepke, a retired banker, and his family moved to Aurora in 1970 and a year later he joined the local service organization. He shared that back in those days business leaders couldn’t just join Rotary, they had to be invited and voted…