Jan DeKrey:  

After leaving NHS, I ventured to UND to begin college. I next moved on to Mayville State for an elementary education degree with a coaching minor. My first job was teaching third and fourth grades at Pettibone Public School in Pettibone, ND. I continued with this job for the next eight years. My husband, Duane, and I were married on June 18, 1983. He is a farmer/rancher from south of Pettibone and is also in the National Guard and is a North Dakota State Representative. We have three children: Tyler is a paramedic with F/M Ambulance in Fargo, ND; RoxAnne is a senior at Kidder County High School; and Peder is a junior at Kidder County High School. After teaching, I stayed home with our kids until I took a part-time job in an agri-business for a friend of ours. That led to a job offer in the parts department of Jamestown Agri-Sales, the New Holland dealer in Jamestown, ND at that time. From there, I became the Instructional Recreation Director at James River Correctional Center, the North Da...Expand for more