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Updated April 2009
FAMILY
I
have been married to my husband, RON,
for 33 years in June 2009! He
is a pastor of the
Richland Wesleyan Church in rural Mina, South
Dakota. We have lived in
a parsonage by the church for the last 30 years and love our church
family. Ron and I have 4
children, Heidi, Timothy, Peter and Hannah.
 HEIDI
is a K-2 music teacher in
Frankfort, IN. She married DANIEL TROYER on June 1,
2002. Dan and Heidi live in Frankfort, IN, and Dan teaches
instrumental music in the Frankfort High School. Heidi and
Dan both completed their master's degrees. They have
two cocker spaniels, Molly and Minuet (Minnie), whom they adore.
Heidi and Dan are expecting a new baby boy in August 2009!
 TIMOTHY
graduated from
Indiana
Wesleyan University in December 2003 with an Elementary
Education degree and received his Master's Degree in 2008. He is the
assistant principal at an elementary school in Indianapolis, IN. Tim
married ANDREA KAUFMAN on June 26, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio.
Andrea is teaching kindergarten in Indianapolis, IN. They have
1 daughter, Madison Grace, who was born January 7, 2008.
PETER
is a junior at
Indiana
Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana majoring in Physical
Education. He is head referee of the Intramural Program at IWU.
During the summers he works for Aberdeen Park and Recreation and
will be a night supervisor for Wylie Park the summer of 2009.
HAN NAH
is finishing her freshman year at Anderson University in
Anderson, IN, majoring in English Education at this time. She
loves to play basketball and golf. Hannah is planning to work at the
Campground at
Wylie Park in Aberdeen.
Our family is
Nebraska Cornhusker fans as my husband grew up in Nebraska.
They all hate to miss a BIG RED
game.
We
have two critters —two dogs, Trav, a golden retriever, and Sassy, a
Yorkshire Terrier —that are a part of our family.
 EDUCATION
& TEACHING
I
earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from
Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the spring of
1976. First grade in
Bowring, Oklahoma was my first teaching experience.
After my husband graduated from college, we moved to Kansas
where I taught Special Reading and 7th grade Reading in
Jamestown, Kansas. Over
the past years since my graduation from college, I have taught
children in a variety of positions--Bible schools, children’s
worship times, organized and taught pre-schools at camps, Kids’ Camp
classes in Bible, nature, etc., substitute teaching in the public
school-both long and short term.
Working with children has always been a joy to me.
In
1997, I took training with
Parents As Teachers, an international
program for parents who are their child’s first and most influential
teachers. I worked
part time with the Aberdeen Area Parents As Teachers program starting
in
October 1997. This program is primarily home visits to families with
children prenatal-3 years old. I
really got attached to the families that I worked with and saw many
positive benefits of the program.
The program was grant funded therefore no longer serving families in
our area.
In
the fall of 1999, I took a position with the Ipswich School District
due to a government grant for classroom size reduction.
I am enjoying being in the classroom setting and the
children benefit with a smaller teacher/student ratio.
I taught two years in 3rd grade, one year in 4th grade, one
year in 5th grade, and one year in 6th grade. The fall of 2004 I
took the position of Title I Reading and am really enjoying this new
challenge.
PERSONAL
NOTE
My
favorite pastimes are reading, cross-stitching gifts, shopping,
scrapbooking, and traveling.
God
has been faithful and present help in my life and the life of my
family. I thank Him for
all the blessings and strength He give me day by day.
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