My Life

  • Birth

    Birth
    Born at 4:59 A.M. at Clearl Lake South Dakota
  • High School Graduation

    walked across the stage to receive diploma with 41 other classmates
  • College Graduation

    Graduated from Northern State Unversity in Aberdeen South Dakota
  • First Teaching Job

    First jteaching job as a Kindergarten techer in Philip, SD
  • Wedding

    Married Chad Gortmaker at Lake Poinsett Methodist Camp Chapel by the lake.
  • Purchased the farm

    we purchased the farm that Chad grew up on from his mom.
  • Steam engine arrives

    Our new 1923 Keck Gonnerman arrives from Missouri