A glimpse of who we are...
Guy and I met on the slopes of Snoqualmie Pass taking ski lessons. Guy ran me over and then picked me up. We have been together ever since, celebrating 34 years of marriage last November.
We have four adult children. Joel, many of you have met, has been working for us full-time for four years now. Shauna, our youngest, has been working part-time assisting in our office since last year. Our other two daughters live outside of Port Angeles. BreiAnne in Kent and Lisa in Indian River, Michigan with her husband and two small children. That means we are grandparents hoping that the Coast Guard will bring them back to the Pacific NW in a few years.
Guy had been a commercial salmon troller and halibut longliner for 22 years, the first 10 years were spent on the coast of Washington and the last 12 years were spent in SE Alaska. Just starting out in the fishing industry, he and his brother Allen at the ages of 13 and 11 were deckhands on charter boats in Westport, Washington. After doing that for three years they purchased their first boat and went fishing together. In time they each had their own boats and they were off. Guy misses some aspects of fishing, but appreciates the stability of pest control and the close connection to family.
During those fishing years we also trucked in the winter, hauling gillnet caught salmon up the canal and transporting sea urchins from our coast to Vancouver, BC. Both of us shared in the driving of our flatbed truck and trailer. During the last couple of years prior to purchasing Angeles Pest Control, I was also a school bus driver.
When the opportunity came along to purchase Angeles Pest Control we took it. It has been great to have Dad home again. The company was just the two of us until the last four years when our son Joel joined us and this last year our daughter Shauna began to help in our office. Last year Joel's friend Mike Sutton worked part-time for us until Jared left us in the fall to attend the Peninsula College Nursing Program. Now Mike has become a full-time employee with us.
Hopefully now you will feel that you know who we are a little better.
