Mom worked at Browns hobby, as a receptionist for a Dr. , Parker Pen, and our families hobby shop ...She is also an artist and we went to many, many art & craft shows selling her tole & decorative painting stuff. I remember well all the family dinners, especially Sat. nights when we would drive in to get Pizza Hut pizza (in the paper cone like wrappings) and Kentuck Fried Chicken (we never thought to call it KFC lol) we had a large coffee table that had folding sides we would prop up and lay it all out while we watched family tv in front of the fireplace...oh what memories oh and the pop was from a glass bottle ! wow what a blast from the past :)

My dad worked out at the Rock County Airport for North Central Airlines. He needed to put in a few months in at their Minneapolis terminal to qualify for retirement. He stayed in Janesville until passing away.

I don't recall Mom ever mentioning where she worked before marrying Dad while still a teenager. In the mid-1960s she started working at a downtown bookstore. She later moved to Arkansas to escape the cold Wisconsin winters and worked at a nursing home in the small nearby town to support her 20 acre ranch, until she passed away.

My dad worked to support his family and did one hell of a job! Now he is enjoying his retirement and having a good time, and he deserves it ! I Love him ,he is the BEST ! I am very lucky.

What I find interesting about your blog is how many people know what their dad's employment was. Today many kids, when asked, don't know what their mom and dad do for work. But, many of the kids do not know what it is like to sit down for supper at a table with their parents.

"My dad was a waste management consultant. That's what he told us."

heheh I think our dad's might know each other. ;)

Dad went to work at the Janesville General Motors plant after he got out of the Korean War. His badge number was only three digits long. :)

Dad worked at at Parker Pen for 41 years and served in WWll along the way. Parker allowed my parents a modest living while raising three kids, relative security, and a good job to go to every day. Let's not forget the excellent co-workers and friends for life as well! Like most from his generation in Janesville, Dad's work ethic was incredible....I don't think he missed more than a handful of days during those 41 years. When Parker Pen experienced its troubles in the early 80's, he retired. Dad was a very proud, lifelong Janesville resident. Kudos to all of Janesville's Generation-X parents!

My dad worked for 35 years at Ryans construction here in Janesville, then he was at Mann Brothers He was a chief engineer...designed roads/hwys, railroads, and many comercial properties roads/parking areas. His most memorable one (for me anyways) was designing and working on the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva. As a kid I use to hate going to job sites with him. I'd sit in the van for hours reading or playing my electronic Battleship Galatica game. Most kids would love to see all the big machinery and jump at the chance to ride in it, my response was oh so another earthmover big deal LOL
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The one thing I did like about his job is that we got to travel a lot to have him see the job sites while he had to work, on the way to or from we would get to vacation. Another plus of his job was that we were ALWAYS the first to know when something was going to be built or go on :) as he had to do all the "ground work" for the developments. Saddly he passed away several years ago and was not able to enjoy a retirement.

My dad,like my husband,brother,and father-in-law worked at Chrysler until they retired. All remain in Janesville,all were good hard workers.

My Dad just retired after working 40+ years in the car business. For the bulk of those years, he was either sales manager or general manager of a few different big dealerships in the Milwaukee area. 60+ hour work weeks, including every Saturday unless it was a holiday or he was on a rare vacation. He won numerous awards over those four decades and had hundreds of repeat customers who purchased several cars from him.

Like so many others of his generation my father worked in a factory on the assembly line. He was non-union and barely made enough to keep food on the table. That company is now making their products in Mexico to increase profit margins. Like so many others in this country my father put his blood, sweat and tears into a company that threw him away like he was trash. And this pattern continues every day in this country over 15 factories close. All these free trade agreements are shipping away everything that made this country great and all we will be left with is the scraps.

My dad worked at Beloit Corp, and when they closed (another big company gone in our area!!!), the parent company offered him something in Appleton. He was 50 at the time, and I hate that he and my mom had to move at that point in their lives, just when grandbabies were being born! He'll retire from there and may move back to southern Wisconsin where most of the kids and grandkids are. Who knows, they do like it in the Fox River area, and may stay there, too.

My dad retired from GM after 42 years of service on the line and as an inspector. My mom worked various part-time non-union factory jobs, at a print shop, and a bank. They both still live in Janesville. My dad does odd jobs for friends, neighbors, and family for extra money.

Dad held a 45 hour a week job at his brothers feed mill, got up at 4:30 every morning to milk cows before work and came milked when he got home from work. During the winter his days went from 4:30 to 8:00, that's 15-1/2 hours. His vacation was used to bail hay and straw. He sold the farm at around age 60, retired from the mill at 72 and is currently approaching 79 and putting in 12-14 hours days on weekends working for an auctioneer.

My dad worked at the Janesville Riverview Clinic.

My Dad at GM, HIS dad at GM and Grandma was at Johnny on the Spot and The Carriage House in Creston Park. My mother worked at Gilman Engineering when I was growing up (756-1211), HER mother worked for a Doctor and THAT grandpa worked for the City Water Department.

As for retirement, Mom's folks spent some winters in Florida and later Arizona. The other grandpa didn't live long enough to make the trek south, but Grandma travelled a lot including some winters in Florida. My folks are year round Arizona residents.

My mom was a stay at home mom & my father was a Teamster. He retired in the mid 90's after suffering a broken hip. They remain in my hometown in the first home they bought after getting married happily helping to raise their grandchildren who also live in that area.

My father retired from G.M. Unfortunately with alot of health issues. Surprisingly he moved Up North to colder weather and more nature.

My Father was an Assistant Chief of police in East Chicago, IN. then retired to California.

My Dad worked at GM from 1944 until he retired in 1969. My grandfather also worked there until he retired. They both lived in Illinois until they heard GM was hiring.Their remaining years were spent in Janesville where I was born and raised.