https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=KISTING%2C_V._VoggenthalerKISTING, V. Voggenthaler - Revision history2026-04-18T17:22:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KISTING,_V._Voggenthaler&diff=153136&oldid=prevRandylyon at 23:08, 27 March 20192019-03-27T23:08:02Z<p></p>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KISTING,_V._Voggenthaler&diff=128106&oldid=prevRandylyon at 17:23, 20 December 20152015-12-20T17:23:10Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Virginia's life was defined by her integrity. While leading her firm in 1983, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">when an opportunity for </del>an incentive <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) was presented to Virginia, she declined </del>saying, "Despite working all my life in a man's (steel) industry, I've never been given a concession because I'm a woman, and I won't accept one now simply because the government says I'm entitled to it."</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Virginia's life was defined by her integrity. While leading her firm in 1983, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">she declined </ins>an incentive saying, "Despite working all my life in a man's (steel) industry, I've never been given a concession because I'm a woman, and I won't accept one now simply because the government says I'm entitled to it."</div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KISTING,_V._Voggenthaler&diff=72639&oldid=prevRandylyon at 02:58, 17 July 20122012-07-17T02:58:53Z<p></p>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KISTING,_V._Voggenthaler&diff=72635&oldid=prevRandylyon at 02:56, 17 July 20122012-07-17T02:56:36Z<p></p>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KISTING,_V._Voggenthaler&diff=72634&oldid=prevRandylyon at 02:55, 17 July 20122012-07-17T02:55:51Z<p></p>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KISTING,_V._Voggenthaler&diff=72633&oldid=prevRandylyon at 02:55, 17 July 20122012-07-17T02:55:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The company</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nearly in financial collapse when </del>she <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">returned, grew through </del>her <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">leadership </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">develop a solid reputation as a profitable custom </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">specialized steel fabricator</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Within the community</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Kisting served as </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">member of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">board </del>that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">planned Stonehill Care Center</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Admired as a lady of great dignity</ins>, she <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also was respected for </ins>her <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business acumen and ethics. She strove with every effort </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be honest </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fair</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Virginia lived an extraordinarily strong Catholic faith</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">beginning each day with holy water and </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">kiss on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crucifix </ins>that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hung on the wall in the Voggenthaler Co. office </ins>.</div></td></tr>
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