Lannon Lions Club

The Lannon Lions Club was formed in 1965. Election of officers is held on July 1st of each year.

Fund raisers have included Halloween candy sales, light bulb sales, raffles, pancake breakfasts, Lannon Quarry Days, spaghetti dinners, mud wrestling, flea markets, and a sandwich tent at the Sussex Lion Daze weekend.

A list of the Lannon Lion projects includes the Lannon Lions Flag Football program, 1969-95; donating for the construction of the Lannon tennis courts, 1972; holding the first deer stew membership dinner, 1979; assisting the Village of Lannon in acquiring the Wisconsin State Historical Society bronze marker for Lannon Stone, 1979-80; helping the village celebrate its 50th anniversary, 1980; Olde Quarry Days, 1985-87; donating money to build a park shelter, 1989; purchasing a stove and refrigerator for Village Hall kitchen, 1991; helping buy ice rescue equipment for the Fire Department, 1994; donating money to remodel the village meeting room, 1995; purchasing a Fire Department generator, 1996; purchasing the old Fire Department ambulance and sending it to Mexico, 1988; donating and installing playground equipment in Joecks Park dedicated to Fritz Miller, 1999; planting tree dedicated to Mary Quartaro in Joecks Park, 1999; donating money toward Fire Department defibrillator, 2000; donating money toward extrication equipment for the Fire Department, 2002; spearheading renovation of Joecks Park and development of Schneider Field, 2001-04; donating the concession stand-storage building, 2004; and a state-of-the-art Schneider Field for youth baseball and its concession stand-clubhouse, both located north of Joecks baseball field on Lannon Road, 2004-present.

The Lannon Lions use the clubhouse for monthly meetings and activities.  The new concession stand and meeting room sport this motto, noting Lannon’s famous stone: “Lannon Community Center, Built on Solid Ground.”

Keith Klein at OnYourMark, LLC at 262 820 8201

Reference Sources: “Lannon History: Village of Lannon – Golden Jubilee 1930-1980″ edited by Fred Keller; “Yesteryear in Sussex”, by Fred Keller; “Yesteryear in Sussex: Revisited”, by Fred Keller; “The First 150 Years: Lisbon-Sussex, Waukesha, County, Wisconsin”, compiled and edited primarily by Fred Keller; “Sussex Lions Club, 27-A2, Sussex, WIS., U.S.A., 50 Years: 1939-1989″, compiled and edited by Fred Keller;”Sussex Fire Department 60th Anniversary Book”; and Fred H. Keller, Sussex Sun Staff Writer