Mark Reder

mdreder@yahoo.com

SPC grad 1976.

Concordia College River Forest (many name changes since) Aug 1978 BA Secondary (Business) Education. Student taught Lutheran HS North Chicago. They have finally started up that business degree program I was looking for. Was a trick working in business classes at all area colleges required for degree!

Taught Lutheran HS North Chicago 1978-1979.

Moved to Cape Girardeau MO to help brother (see Dave's profile) renovate 2 houses while looking for teaching position. Worked at equipment rental business in town with Virgil Theiss in the meantime (equipment rental freebies was nice while rehabbing). Picked up a class or two at SEMO University (didn't like their business program).

Bunked with parents in Jennings (St Louis north) while accumulating hours at UMSL to qualify to sit for MO CPA examination (bonus was 2nd degree BS BA Accounting Jan 1986).

Regional CPA firm (Alton IL + St Peters MO) for ten years. Primarily on the road audit services. Sat for CPA exam and got license June 1988.

Year at CPA firm in Dexter MO.

Back at family property in Cape Girardeau (see 1979) Dad (CMS teacher/pastor) retired from Jennings and Mom bought adjacent house to rehab and add on (no more parsonages).

First employee at Quantum Audio Designs Inc 4/15/96 Benton MO. Audio interconnect value added manufacturer selling primarily to music stores in 50 states and US possessions. Owner was sales manager at Rapco Jackson MO. He runs sales/product development; I keep everything else out of his hair. Check out your local music store!

Finished parents house and bought my own place in Scott City July 2004. Brought Buddy home with me from a April 2006 visit to my brother in Cincinnati OH.

Kind of happenance that I ended up at St Paul's. Was not inclined to spend senior year at Farmington MO (Dad teaching there) goofing off as I had hours to graduate. Actually was looking to start 4 year college until brother and pastor mentioned St Paul's having college credit available to high school seniors.

LCMS oddities:

Mom lived with Dave and me in Oak Park while
Dad at St Louis seminary and us at River Forest. Dad took first call to Bethel, Chicago while I was teaching at LHS North Chicago.

My SPCHS roomie Don Moeller hailed from St Jacobi Jennings MO to which Dad took his next call.

Steve Lange's (my SPC roomie) uncle was my grade school teacher in Glen Burnie MD.

I guess it was good that Saxony Lutheran High School Jackson MO didn't start up until 3-4 years ago, otherwise a bunch of St Paul's alumni would not be. Can you believe Saxony has as many state titles as they do already?

Got to visit with Kevin Popp at nephew's graduation party June 2007 in Cincinnati OH where he was serving at his last parish. Kind of out of it since same day at 2 am in the morning nephew got both OH large school baseball championship medal and diploma at home plate in Columbus OH stadium.

As I am discovering, various classmates have been driving by without stopping in for years. I am sitting at my desk at work right now (W-2's due Mon) watching traffic on I-55 go by. Same for me as my sisters have lived in St Louis and Chicago areas for years (St Peters/Washington MO and Itasca IL). Say thanks to Glen and Jim for starting this ball rolling (with snail mail).

Harv, Higginsville golf course pond......rolling shower area floor.