Salisbury, MO – During Lynn Farnen's 36-year career with Associated Electric Cooperative, she earned two degrees, three employee excellence awards, advanced and worked at Headquarters, New Madrid Power Plant and Thomas Hill Energy Center. Oct. 2 she marked another career milestone – retirement. Farnen started as a receptionist at Thomas Hill in 1979. When a new p ...
Retirements
Dennis Sumpter retires after 32 dedicated years
Dennis Sumpter, who worked at Associated Electric Cooperative’s Thomas Hill Energy Center for 32 years, retired last month. He began as a general utility first period, the entry level job in operations, back in May 1983. “When I started here I saw a lot of these guys wearing the hard hat, ‘25 years.’ (of service). I said back then, ‘If I could just make that.’ It took a long ti ...
Winter warms up to retirement
When asked what a 35-year career at Associated Electric Cooperative was like, Mike Winter said that while his job wasn’t always easy, the people he worked with at Thomas Hill Energy Center made it all worthwhile. “My best memories all center around the people I’ve worked with and some of the things we did … that at the time weren’t very funny, but looking back on ...