I was born of Finnish and Italian decent in Red Lodge,
Montana. Attending local schools, I later married and raised four daughters. After thirty-two years I moved to
Wyoming for several years before leaving for
Alaska.
Fairbanks, Alaska became home for eleven years. I remarried and we raised a son and a daughter there and in
Vermont for seventeen years.
A long-time Red Lodge friend encouraged my return to Red Lodge. In 2005 I took the Montana Real Estate exam and have been with RE/MAX Premier Properties since RE/MAX re-opened in Red Lodge in November 2005. Teri and I now own a home on Remington Ranch.
Along the way I have been a meat cutter; a service station owner & operator; a clothing store manager; an owner/manager of an office products store; an area sales representative for a national company; managed a casino, been a feed-mill operator; an insurance-claims adjuster; a real estate agent, in addition to a husband, father, and grandfather. My life has never been dull, learning new skills and gathering information as I moved through the different passages of my life! With each and every change I took knowledge to my next adventure. Many life skills were learned at my very first job when I worked for my father at the Union 76 Service Station here in Red Lodge in the 50s. It was my father who taught me the importance of treating your customers with respect and your duty to them. It was a lesson I took with me through all my employment experiences.
It is great to be back in the west - and particularly Red Lodge, Montana - after so many years away from my roots. I look forward to working with all those affiliated with RE/MAX in the years ahead. With pride and great pleasure, I also look forward to sharing my “home” with clients - whether it is talking about old times over a cup of coffee at the Red Lodge Café down the street, or showing them a house overlooking the mountains. It is good to be home!
