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The Pinecone
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June 2015
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Native Iowans, Fay and Jan join the Kirby Pines Retirement Community from
previous residences in Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, and Arizona. In July, they will
celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary. Both learned the value of work and self-
reliance early on; each had after-school and summer jobs that would lead them to
future careers.
Jan’s work history began with an insurance company and auto dealership that
exposed her to record keeping and secretarial skills. In seriatim, she worked with
a magazine publisher in Texas, then the Chanute Air Force
Base in Illinois, an accounting firm in Des Moines, a trucking
industry insurance firm, Natural Gas Company Headquarters
in Omaha, an architecture firm and real estate company, and,
then was Mortgage Loan Center Manager of a Savings &
Loan Company. When they moved to Arizona, she worked for
the Rio Verde Golf Community, managing the membership
records, and, prior to their move to Memphis, she managed
membership and finances of the Homeowners Association at
the Rio Verde golf community. Fay began his career at age
16, with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and, later,
enrolled at Iowa State Teachers College. His college education
was waylaid by the Korean War. He enlisted in the Air Force
and, because of his ROTC and Teachers College background,
he was assigned as Instructor in the
Air Training Command. Later, he was
assigned to Chicago’s O’Hare Field as
part of the Air Force Reserve Combat
Training Center. After the Korean War
and when the Bell System started to
reorganize, Fay was recruited to help
plan and implement new marketing
strategies and organizations on the
systems and network side of business.
When the Bell System Corporate
structure was split, Fay elected to go
with the breakout USWest Corporation.
He retired from his Major Market
Operations job after more than 37 years
with the Bell System.
When they lived in Omaha, the
Schlotfeldts were quite active in
civic activities, such as the Women’s
Chamber of Commerce and Builders
Credit Bureau (Jan), Chairman of a
YMCA Board, Big Brothers, Clarkson
Hospital (Fay). Both also were avid
golfers. They moved to Kirby Pines in
2012. Fay is an accomplished painter
and his landscapes pictures are shown
throughout their home. Jan’s hobbies
are gardening and cat-rock painting.
They are settling into making their
retirement home a retreat in the most
satisfying sense of the word. New
friends have been made, and new
opportunities to take part in volunteer
efforts abound. Life is good for Fay and
Jan, and “giving back” is what they do.
They and the Kirby Pines community
benefit from having them with us.
-Jacqueline Besteman, Resident
T HE LOVE OF AR T & HARD WORK
Janice
&
Fay Schlotfeldt