I graduated in March 1972 from National College of Business in Rapid City with an associate’s degree in accounting.  A week later I got a job with a company called EKW Systems.  It was a small bookkeeping firm.

May 1975 I married Richard Splittstoesser.  In June of 1980 I quit my job with EKW Systems and followed my husband to Colestrip, Montana.  He was working as a pipe fitter on the construction of a coal generated powerhouse.  While in Colestrip I took a job working in a Man Camp.

In 1983 we returned to Rapid City and I went back to work for EKW Systems at my previous job.  In 1986 I took a Job with MG Oil Company.  And that is were I am today.  

Our hobbies include hiking, ATV 4-wheeling, Hot-Rod runs, and working.