John Capes:  

Life Well...I think that things have pretty much worked out OK for me. I've been around the world and around the USA. Along the way, I'd like to think that I've learned a lot, grown a lot, yet remained me. After school, I joined the Marines. I spent four years in the Marines. Then, two years in the Army. I think that military service laid the foundation for everything I've accomplished since. Anyway, after I finished service life, I returned to school and received my undergraduate degree with a double major in business and psychology from Rockford College. I worked at good old Northwestern Steel and Wire while I went to school and then later after graduation at Rockford Products and Woods. I finally decided that manufacturing was not for me and began considering opportunities in the service sector. I finally ended up in senior services and found my niche. I received my MBA from Michigan State University where I was working at the time and subsequently took positions with promotions in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Minneapolis. And, now I've returned to Illinois. Although a little further south in Springfield where I am the Senior Vice President/COO of Christian Homes. I have three grown children. My oldest son, his wife and their two children live in Sterling, where he h...Expand for more