Lois Ward:  

Hi All, I grew up in Netcong and left NHS in 1966. (You may remember me as the girl that played saxaphone in the school dance band.) Moved to Florida where I finished school and took some college courses. I married and had 2 children, a daughter and a son, who are married and have 3 grandchildren between them. Divorced and have taken my maiden name back. I worked at different jobs until 1978, when I began working for Suburban Propane, starting at the bottom and working my way to management. I had no idea that was to begin my career. Left Suburban in 1985, went to work for EmpireGas, traveled a lot and enjoyed the change. I left EmpireGas in 1988 and went to work for Synergy Gas to start a "scratch" branch. I began with a rental space, no employees, no vehicles, no tanks, etc. Ordered them, trained the employees, delivered gas, installed appliances, piping, etc. along with my employees until they were sufficiently trained. I loved it. Then I became ill. In 1996 I left my career before the doctors finally found a thyroid problem, thinking that was the resolve. But that was just the beginning. The medication helped at first but I, gradually, grew weaker. I became a real estate agent, thinking I could work around my illness, but soon found out that I couldn't do more than 3 hours a day and I was exhausted. It wasn't until Jan. 200...Expand for more