8th District Director John Stegman

     John R. Stegman is a grain and livestock farmer. He was appointed to the Kansas Farm Bureau board of directors of 1990 and has been re-elected to two-year terms in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. 

     Stegman has also worked as purchasing agent for Crust Buster, Inc., office manager and bookkeeper for Spearville Co-op; and self-employed as a custom harvester and carpenter. He served two terms of the Ford County Farm Bureau Board and as its president for two years. 

     Stegman has served as assistant scoutmaster, Little League baseball coach and president of the Spearville parish council. Currently, he sings in the church choir and acts as Eucharistic minister and lector for the St. John Church. Stegman is also a member of the Spearville Knights of Columbus. 

     Stegman attended Dodge City Community College. He graduated from Spearville High School in 1956. 

     Stegman and wife, Berna Mae, have three children, Bernard, Cheryl, and Carol.