55 Years of your Life in a Capsule:
Marriage followed graduation with two children soon thereafter. Dave joined the military so we lived in Texas for several years. Came back to Holton to live. We separated about two years later and I then moved to Grand Rapids for more jobs opportunities. Raised the children, continued my education and work as accountant for several different firms until I founded Benton Tax Accounting in 1984. My daughter, Dena, joined the firm as full partner in 1992. I remained single during these years. I met Ron in 1996 and we married in 1999. Ron had just taken his retirement following 35 year as a Doctor in Education at Eastern MI University. We both loved the traveling we did until his terminal cancer was diagnosed in 2004 which he fought hard for three years, but passed away in October of 2007. I'm still working the business but hope to retire in the near future. I have a year round cottage in Irons that I would love to spend more time at with my family. I'm very proud of my two children; Dena is of course my business partner and best friend. She and her husband Duane have three children, Heather who is in nursing with one son, Amber who now has her degree in education, and son Ryan has his degree in chemical science. My son Larry has a very successful business and he and his wife Heather live in Byron Center with Larry's son Alec born in 1997 and daughter Lillee. Heather works for Steelcase as a design engineer. Larry's business is a large trucking firm with warehousing facilities.