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Tiffin Altrusa Members
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Hi, my name is Nancy Steinmetz and I’m married to Paul since November 23, 1963. We have three adopted children: two girls and one boy. Our oldest Jamie was born in 1961 and she was 31/2 when we adopted her. Our second daughter Amie was born in 1966 was only 5 days old when we brought her home. Then our baby boy Kevin was born in 1969 and he like his sister Amie was only 5 days old. We feel so blessed and grateful that we have them in our lives.
I worked at the Tiffin Developmental Center for 30 years and I truly loved it. I am still very active. I’m guardian for one of the men who was on one of my modules and we have a great relationship.
I joined Altrusa in 2003 with Dawn Reidel as my sponsor. What a great and fun group of women we have in our club. It’s nice to know that we can celebrate the good happenings in our life and the sad times. We are there for each other through thick and thin. |
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I became an Altrusan in 1982 after a woman I knew only slightly asked me to a meeting. She insisted that if I became an Altrusan I would have to attend all the conferences and most conventions.... and I BELIEVED her!
I decided to join Altrusa because it gave me an opportunity to meet other women in the community - most of my contacts are with men, and mostly outof- state. AND because I felt that I wanted to do something for others. What I discovered on becoming a member was the wonderful friendships, and a feeling of working as a group for something worthwhile.
I grew up in Oklahoma mostly, but have always travelled a lot, including two years spent living in Chile while my father took on a job with the University of Concepcion. Also, because my father was a professor, in the summertime he would pack the family up and head for the mountains and go camping. I ended up in Fostoria because I married a Fostoria man who was then living in Oklahoma. We moved back here “temporarily” when his mother became ill and needed family close by.
My husband Norman Gibat and I own a computer company, Noguska, in Fostoria. I write software mostly accounting related software. Our main software is a free download called nolapro. This is business, not personal accounting software.
I have two step-children - both married, and two grandchildren. The oldest son is married to a National Park head ranger who is currently working at Catoctin Mountain Park in Spotlight on our newest member: Kathleen Howard Maryland (better known as the home of Camp David). The younger son is living in Texas. They are both in the computer business.
I love Altrusa and what it does, which is why, when my club in Fostoria disbanded, I took up with the Tiffin bunch. |
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