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Mary Lou Finley Van Kampen

How time flies……and to be able to cover 55 years in a few paragraphs!
To start with, after BCH, I went to Marquette University for Dental Hygiene and practiced that for 20 yrs. working mostly in Joliet, IL. Then Peter and I got the crazy idea to buy a business that we knew nothing about and move it to a Country (Jamaica) that we knew nothing about! So, in 1990 we moved the business and ourselves to Jamaica. There we learned to live and work in a 3rd world country with all its pluses and minuses. We employed 70 young men who were the best workers ever. In 1998, we sold the business and moved back to WI specifically Elkhorn, WI. One of our long-term employees also came to the States with us. I then spent the better part of the next 10+ years maneuvering our way through the Immigration System which is not for the faint of heart but we got the job done!
In 1999, I became certified in Holistic/Natural Health which has been my interest/passion ever since. I also try to play a little tennis every week.
So, the last 55 yrs. has been interesting and varied…..things I never could have even imagined in 1965!!! Mary Lou

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