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Went to work for NMDOT in 1961 - 1963, going to night classes in Albuquerque. Worked for Contractor part of 1963 in San Angelo Texas. Met my future wife in Fort Sumner while working at a local truck stop. Got Married in Fort Sumner June 05, 1965, ran my own business until having kidney surgery in 1968. Went back to work for NMDOT in 1968 - 1969. Went to work for Kerr Mckee Corp in Grants NM 1970 -1976, than for Atlantic Ritchfield 1976 -1979, while going to night school all that time. Went to work for Sohio Western Mining 1979 -1982 as a Mining Engineer. Mines shut down in 1982. I went back to work with the NMDOT in June 1982 as a Construction Management Audit Supervisor and Retired at the end of 2004. I have been married for 44 years and still working on it. We have 1 daughter Patricia (Jones) she married an attorney she met while working as a paralegal. He (Dirk)and his elderly parents own a ranch west of Tatum, NM and they are very much involved in working the ranch on week ends, horse shows, and the Quarter Horse Association. We have three wonderful Grandchildren: Chaundra 15, Dylan (July) 9, and Tara 5.
