Information taken from the May 26, 1996 Decatur Alumni Banquet booklet

     After graduation I lived and farmed 1 mile west of Decatur.  IN 1957 I put the farm in the soil bank and went to work in Omaha as a welder at Independent Metal, now Fruehauf.  9 months later I went to work as a mechanic on food and drink vending machines for 3 years.

      Also attended electronics school for 2 years from 1961 to 1963.  I worked at Boeing in Seattle in electronics on the Minuteman Missal Project.  I returned to Omaha in 1963, sold health and accident insurance for a year, then went into the food and drink vending business and am still in it.  I have had my own company since 1969.  As long as I am physically able, I plan to keep on working; hopefully until age 70.  My wife, Judy, and I have been married 31 years.  I have 2 children and 1 grandchild.