People, not offices: the named holders, with their years

As of November 11, 2026 · Osceola and Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana

The Government leg's rosters, carried here as rolls of named people. Town council (three members, four-year terms; the current term runs January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2027): Nicolas HanlonJoseph Nehls, vice-president; Peter Quist. Council presidents before the present term, from the State Board of Accounts audit Schedule of Officials: James Loney, January 1, 2013 – November 6, 2013; Robert Schrock, November 7, 2013 – December 31, 2015; Brenda Cruz, 2016; Debra Davis, 2017 – December 31, 2018. A 2012 Public Access Counselor opinion (12-FC-288) names Doug Beals and Robert Schrock on the council in that year. Clerk-treasurers: Donna Reinholtz, in office May 1993; the line then goes dark until 2012; Denese Thornburg, 2012–2023 — the SBOA schedule spells her "Denese" and gives a term to December 31, 2019, while Public Access Counselor opinions spell her "Denise" in their bodies and IIMC newsletters list her in office through 2023; the spellings and the dates print whole, unmerged. Thornburg began as Bristol's utility clerk on January 8, 2024. The current clerk-treasurer is unnamed in every official record reached — that is the banked GAP-OSGOV-2, and it stands: a 2025 Gateway aggregator line naming a Christina Miller as "Treasurer Clerk" is unconfirmed at official strength and is not seated here (DELTA DF-6; SEC11 AF-O9-3). Town marshal: Thomas Hixon, with four sworn officers, as of November 11, 2026; the founding and earlier marshals are GAP-OSGOV-3. Fire: the town volunteer department's founding, chiefs, and dissolution are GAP-OSGOV-4; the township side is named — Penn Township Fire Territory Chief Michael Gerndt, chief since March 2026 and still chief in fall 2026, after Penn chief John VanBruaene (in the record December 2012, when four top town officers were dismissed under Council President Loney); a merged Clay Fire territory was voted March 24, 2026, effective 2027. Penn Township trustee: Doris Portolese, in office since 2015; her 2026 result is GAP-OSGOV-9.

Named gaps in this roll: the current clerk-treasurer (GAP-OSGOV-2 — settler: the SBOA Schedule of Officials and the town's own appointment record); the marshal succession before Hixon (GAP-OSGOV-3 — settler: town minute books); the town fire department's founding and chiefs (GAP-OSGOV-4 — settler: town minutes and department records); the trustee's 2026 result (GAP-OSGOV-9 — settler: the county canvass).

Sources: Town of Osceola official pages and rosters (as of November 11, 2026); State Board of Accounts audit Schedule of Officials for the Town of Osceola; Indiana Public Access Counselor opinions 12-FC-288 and the Thornburg-era opinions; IIMC newsletters; DELTA DF-6, DF-30; SEC11 AF-O9-3.