by Lissa Blake
After half a century of service to the community, Carol Krumme is retiring from Waukon State Bank.
It's been quite a career, according to Krumme, considering the job was something she says she just sort of “fell into” back in high school. Krumme has served as head teller at the bank for more than 25 years, and she has served in various other positions for the bank since she was a senior at Waukon High School in 1968.
“Our teacher, Miss Ernestine Holzer, started a pilot program for the office education students. She had 10 students she wanted to send out to businesses to work,” recalled Krumme about the beginning of what would turn out to be an enjoyable career for her.
Krumme and classmate Susan Smedsrud were sent to Waukon State Bank to work in the afternoons.