Vicki Callender

Vicki was born in Defiance, Ohio. The family moved to Oak Cliff,TX, a suburb of Dallas, in 1963. The family moved to Curtisville,PA in 1973. Vicki was 16 years old in 1976.  In 1977, Vicki had a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. She went to work in Bessemer Store, a company-owned, coal miner grocery store. The coal mine was the Russelton mine in Russelton, Pa. The mine was inactive, but the store was still there and customers were able to charge the purchases and pay monthly. She worked there for two years.  She moved up the ladder to be a produce manager at a different store. By age 20, Vicki was employed as a cosmetologist.. At age 25, Vicki attended   Robert Morris University and earned a Bachelor degree in Management Information and a minor in Business Mathematics. (She paid for her college tuition by age 30, with help from her parents and husband, Dan.) Vicki installed the computer system for the Parts Division of Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, PA. The system was used in Barbados, Round Rock, Texas, and Pittsburgh.