The First Lady of the Fiesta for this year is Phyllis Lehr. She is a Zwolle native whose parents were James and Mary LeBlanc Lehr. She and her two sisters all attended school at Zwolle High and graduated from there.
She is a member of the Zwolle Tamale Fiesta Board of Directors where she is the Chairperson of the Annual Commemorative Poster and is a photographer for the Fiesta Annually. She has recently been invited to join the Sabine Hall of Fame Committee where she works with media projects including interviewing the annual honoree and selected citizen who contribute to the success of the parish.
Phyllis is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Zwolle where she serves as a Lector and a Eucharistic Minister. Her church affiliation is a very important part of her life where she is a part of the Family of the Church.
Her thoughts on the honor of being named the First Lady of the Fiesta for 2024 are as follows: “Being named as 2024 First Lady of the Zwolle Tamale is a great honor. I am looking forward to meeting the people who will be attending he events of the festival and taking part in the fiesta in a new way, as part of the Royalty. These ceremonies are a way to be recognized among colleagues and family. I want to thank those people who have worked with me over the years with the fiesta for their work and dedication to the fiesta for forty-eight years.”