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 Welcome to the Home Page of Mary Anne and Jim Gehl. Both are life long residents of Waterloo County. They have two sons, Trevor & Christopher.  

Trevor works at Midas Muffler Located at 420 Steeles Ave. E. Milton, Ontario. He is the head mechanic at this location and commutes from Kitchener every day.  Trevor plays the keyboard, loves working on the computer, and also loves to spend time on his motorcycle.

Tracey works part time at Zehrs Conestoga Mall in Waterloo, in the Cold Deli Department.  She also works part time with Home Care for "Extend a family"  and gives home care to the elderly and disabled.  She loves working with people and enjoys needle work, crocheting and knitting.

Chris worked at Zehrs  over 16 yrs. and currently has his "A-Z" license and is employed with Manitoulin Transport in Sudbury.  He moved to Espanola in October 2005. He currently has a new wife as of July 21st. 2007, Jen Roszel from Espanola, Ontario. The happily married couple have purchased a home in Willisville

Jen works at the Red Dog Grill in Whitefish Falls.  She is a waitress there but specializes as a pastry chef and enjoys cooking and baking.  The just got their new "baby" a English Springer dog.  They call her Bella.

Mary Anne is one of the top producing Sales Representatives with the Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty, on Riverbend Drive Kitchener, where she has earned sales awards each year for outstanding sales achievements.  Mary Anne has been recognized numerous times for sales achievements with Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty.   She is an  Accredited Buyer Representative with The National Association of Realtors and a Residential Relocation Specialist with Coldwell Banker.  As well, Mary Anne conducts First Time Home Buyers Seminars.  
Prior to moving into the real estate business, Mary Anne gained related experience as a legal secretary for 18 years as well as Office Manager for a local Electrical contractor.

Also, try out Mary Anne's Home Page.   The search tool allows area residents the ability to search all K-W and area listings of Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty.

Jim has been employed with Zehrs Markets, Southern Ontario's leading food chain, since June 1960.  He retired on September 30th. 2004. He is spending time at home and helping Mary Anne with some technical support and other tasks to help her Real Estate clients. He has also become very proficient with cooking and chores around the house.  

He has contracted back to Zehrs, part time as the Garden Centre and Special Projects Advisor and has been working one or two days a week.  

He has also done a number of speaking engagements to various groups.  Topics include. "Products to purchase for your Garden", "How to plant your planters" and "Getting Your Lawn and Garden Ready for the Season." (Spring & Fall).
 Although not a professional horticulturalist, he has extensive knowledge about plants and their care.  If you require a speaker at any of your functions he would be happy to accommodate.  Just drop him an e-mail.
 
Over his 43+ years at Zehrs and now with contract work brings him to over 47 years with the company.  Jim was able to gain valuable knowledge and experience in the business as he worked his way up through the company.  For 28 years, Jim was the Floral and Bulk Food Specialist in 59 Zehrs Markets across Ontario. He was very involved in Garden Centres with the company and has been instrumental in building the business in the Full Line Florist stores.  Zehrs has more than 40 full line florist stores across Ontario.  They all have FTD wire service and can send flowers anywhere in the world.  Zehrs is one of the top 100 FTD members in North America, for sending and receiving FTD orders.  Jim was very instrumental in setting up the central FTD desk at the office to send and receive order from all the Zehrs stores.  Most recently the company has added 16 FORTINO'S Stores to the FTD system.

Jim is gaining knowledge in computers, plays the piano, and has enjoys the hobby of carving birds and figures, when time permits.  He is a member of the Grand Valley Woodcarving club in Kitchener.  He is also a motorcycle enthusiast riding his V-star when ever possible..  

Jim and Mary Anne would enjoy hearing from you so send a note to their email account.

 


Last updated April 11, 2008 08:58:26 PM.

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