Residency: Valley Springs, SD
Occupation: Assistant to Coordinator of Athletics – Sioux Falls School System – also farm with husband Les
Family: Daughter – Lesley Henchon – 36 who lives in Indianapolis, IN and works as the Director of Financial Operations for the nursing unit at Clarian Health Care Systems;
Son – Derek Hengeveld – 34 who lives in Lafayette, IN and Albuquerque, NM and is currently working on his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN and with the Air Force in Albuquerque, NM. Derek is also part owner of an engineering audit firm out of Brookings, SD. Neither are married and no grandchildren
Give us some history on what you've accomplished since high school: Graduated from Southwest Minnesota Technical School in 1966 with a secretarial diploma. Graduated from the University of Sioux Falls in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Married for 40 years, and still like my husband and raised two children who still like to come home.