Wade and I met in California and were married in Long Beach. We moved to Minnesota in October of 1962 and have made our home here for the last 44 years (Wade almost thinks he's a native!).

We have been in the car business in one way or another for the last 44 years. When our son Tony died in a skiing accident in Colorado, we were drawn to the handicap industry and have been in that business for the last 25 years. Our Company is called Rollx Vans and we "remanufacture" the Chrysler mini-van so that people in wheelchairs can either drive or ride in the van in their wheelchairs.

Both Wade and I are officially retired and our son Michael is the President of the business. We are very fortunate to have both Lori and Michael and their families live within 20 minutes, so we get to see a lot of our four wonderful grandchildren!

We spend most of the summer at our cabin on Big Sandy and spend a month in Arizona and a month in Hilton Head SC.

I enjoy a couple of volunteer jobs and we love to play tennis and have a love/hate relationship with golf - I think we just started too late!

I'm looking forward to our 50th reunion and catching up with all of you!