One Incredible Lady by Jeff Meiners Guyla Pfeiffer, a local farm wife, started working at Crest a little later in life at the age of 49 – a mere forty-seven years later she has decided it might be time to start slowing it down just a little bit. I know you’re trying to do the arithmetic in your head…that’s right, she is retiring at the age of 96!
She is without a doubt the most unique person who has ever walked through the doors at Crest and that is really saying something. Just imagine still working the production floor of a manufacturing facility at the age of 96 without ever a word of complaint. She has undoubtedly taught generations of workers the concept of a good day’s work. Many employees recall their first few days of work and an encounter with this sweet elderly lady who just effortlessly worked them under the table. She is indeed universally loved at Crest and has an uncanny knack of simply bringing out the best of all the people she comes in contact with. Picture a sweet, feisty, driven lady – factor in some good old mid- western sense of values and ethics – imagine an incredibly spry and healthy lady enjoying her ninth decade of life and you start to have a picture of the person who has captured the hearts of all she works with. Guyla is indeed the absolute authority on Crest history. When she started in 1968 the entry level wage was $1.66, they worked when work was available, a skirt was part of the work uniform for women, there were no maintenance or QA departments and production was done in the basement of the building on the South side of Main Street. The changes that Guyla has seen in her 47 years at Crest are too many to try to count. She is and always will be one of the best parts of Crest history and certainly an inspiration to all of us. We hope that Guyla grows her best garden ever next Spring and that she comes back and visits us often. We will forever be grateful for all she has done for Crest. Guyla & Sue Osborne
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Jeff Meiners & Guyla
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