Marv Stoltzfus

After high school I went into I-W service in Colorado Springs. John Rhodes and Keith Litwiller went to the same place. After my service I moved back to Iowa. I worked for a farm machinery dealer until I started my own farm tractor repair business.

In 1966 I married Zelda Yoder. We have 3 children. Todd, our oldest, is married and has 5 children. He has a carpet cleaning business here in Sarasota and is active in their church in children's ministry. Craig, our second son, lives in Denver and is a computer tech. Our daughter, Angela, lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and is a tour guide into Yellowstone National Park. In the winter she does tours by snow coach and snowmobile and in the summer by van.

In 1978 we moved to Florida. I had a lawn business for 25 years. When I semi-retired, I began working for a company in sales of Amish made playsets. I sell and install the sets. I also sell property insurance and own some rental properties. This keeps me as busy as I care to be.

My wife was a travel agent, so we had the opportunity to travel quite a bit during those years. We went on approximately 20 cruises to the Eastern and Western Caribbean, Alaska, and the Mediterranean.

I now have time to attend the Iowa breakfast, once a week at Troyer's Dutch Heritage Restaurant. This only happens for about 3 months in the winter. It used to be for older retired people, and now I find it is my age group who attend. I enjoy seeing people like Omer and Mary Jane Troyer, Wilbur and Mary Litwiller, and Jim and Lois Bare, and many others from Iowa.

I also enjoy reading the blog that our "great" class president has started. I hope to hear from many more of you and hope to see you at the reunion next year.