Information taken from the May 30,1999 Decatur Alumni Banquet Booklet

Spouse:  Linda E. Thompson/Wanamaker      Married July 2, 1976

Children:  Trudi 22 lives in Albuquerque, NM; Amanda 19 lives at home with us and Ashley Lynn--still born.

After graduation I went to school at Gateway Electronics in Omaha.  While attending school there I met my wife, Linda in Lincoln.  We were married at Walthill.  While in Walthill, I worked for a rural fertilizer company for one year, where we also had our 1st daughter, Trudi  We then moved to North Platte, where I worked for the Nebraska Public Power District..

After 2 years we moved back to Sioux City, and I went to work for the cable TV company.  We lived in Sioux City for two years where our second daughter, Amanda was born.

We then moved to LeMars, where I took over all technical and maintenance of the Cable TV company for three years. Then I went to work for independent construction companies designing and building cable TV systems in different parts of Iowa.

In May of 1986 my wife and our two daughters were involved in a car accident where our third daughter died stillborn.

We then moved back to Sioux City, IA where I went back to work for the cable TV company.  I've worked there for the last 13 years as head technician.