I've lived in Kingman, Az for almost 10 years. Since leaving Tucson in 1962 we lived in So. California for 12 yrs.; Las Vegas for 17 years and Grand Junction, Co for 7 years. As to where our travels have taken us, we have been to England, France, Germany,Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Estonia, most of the islands in the Caribbean, thru the Panama Canal twice, Columbia and most of the Central American countries, Alaska and Hawaii.Some we've been to several times and some I probably forgot. FAMILY: I married Paul Samoska ( he's from Tucson - his dad owned Catalina Shell - the gas station next to the Catalina Theater - in 1960. We have no children. After my dad, Leo Krueger, was killed in an auto accident in 1985 my mom moved to Dallas, Tx. to be near my sister and her three children. CAREER: I spent 40 years in insurance claims. I was a supervisor for Allstate in Las Vegas, Claims Mgr. for Civil Service Employees Ins Co in Las Vegas and we owned our own Frontier Adjusters Franchise in Grand Junction, Co. We moved to Kingman to retire, but it eas a little early for me so I worked at the local hospital for 7 years before quitting in May 2007. AVOCATIONS: I paint and do some crafts as well as go to the shooting range weekly with my husband. He never misses what he shoots. I've missed once or twice. STORY: I was working for CSE Ins as Claims Mgr in 1985. The company was owned by a French Ins Co. They had a contest for Ins Agents for a 2 wk trip to Paris. I, being the rabble rouser I have always been, told the company that it was unfair that the Claims Mgrs never get in on any of these trips. I was shocked when they actually decided to have a contest for the Claims Mgrs. The contest was for 9 months.Since some offices had hundreds of employees and some, like mine, only had a few employees, I expected the larger office to win. To make a long story short, I won. My husband and I went to Paris with the Agents who won their trip. The company paid our air fare, put us up in the Meridian Hotel, took us on tours every day, had luncheons ( one we took over the entire restaurant at the top of the Effiel Tower) and dinners every night( one took over the entire Moulin Rouge ), took us on a train trip to Lyon and numerous other places. It was a trip of a lifetime. |
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Catalina High School, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
Sandra Krueger Samoska |
I've lived in Kingman, Az for almost 10 years. Since leaving Tucson in 1962 we lived in So. California for 12 yrs.; Las Vegas for 17 years and Grand Junction, Co for 7 years. As to where our travels have taken us, we have been to England, France, Germany,Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Estonia, most of the islands in the Caribbean, thru the Panama Canal twice, Columbia and most of the Central American countries, Alaska and Hawaii.Some we've been to several times and some I probably forgot. FAMILY: I married Paul Samoska ( he's from Tucson - his dad owned Catalina Shell - the gas station next to the Catalina Theater - in 1960. We have no children. After my dad, Leo Krueger, was killed in an auto accident in 1985 my mom moved to Dallas, Tx. to be near my sister and her three children. CAREER: I spent 40 years in insurance claims. I was a supervisor for Allstate in Las Vegas, Claims Mgr. for Civil Service Employees Ins Co in Las Vegas and we owned our own Frontier Adjusters Franchise in Grand Junction, Co. We moved to Kingman to retire, but it eas a little early for me so I worked at the local hospital for 7 years before quitting in May 2007. AVOCATIONS: I paint and do some crafts as well as go to the shooting range weekly with my husband. He never misses what he shoots. I've missed once or twice. STORY: I was working for CSE Ins as Claims Mgr in 1985. The company was owned by a French Ins Co. They had a contest for Ins Agents for a 2 wk trip to Paris. I, being the rabble rouser I have always been, told the company that it was unfair that the Claims Mgrs never get in on any of these trips. I was shocked when they actually decided to have a contest for the Claims Mgrs. The contest was for 9 months.Since some offices had hundreds of employees and some, like mine, only had a few employees, I expected the larger office to win. To make a long story short, I won. My husband and I went to Paris with the Agents who won their trip. The company paid our air fare, put us up in the Meridian Hotel, took us on tours every day, had luncheons ( one we took over the entire restaurant at the top of the Effiel Tower) and dinners every night( one took over the entire Moulin Rouge ), took us on a train trip to Lyon and numerous other places. It was a trip of a lifetime. |
