Divorced Mom Is Doing Well
Sue McLimans, owner of Bekins-Ford Transfer & Storage, views her seven full-time and two part-time employees the same way. They have all bowled on a league team together. And all of them recently went to Hawaii for the wedding of Kelsey McLimans, who works with his mom.
“Everybody treats everybody else like family,” Sue McLimans said.
The moving and storage company’s office – designed and decorated by office manager Sindy Parker even has the feel of a family room. Toys belonging to Kinley Hansing, McLimans’ 15-month-old granddaughter, are scattered in the office among the three desks, a round conference table and comfortable leather chairs. And Dexter, a yellow Labrador retriever, eagerly greets visitors.
She keeps the books and answers phones at the shop, where her crew can paint up to four cars at once and can complete auto-body repairs on another four or five vehicles. The shop also has room to repair and paint semi-tractors and motor homes.
The shop lost some its customer base after the divorce, she said, because her ex-husband took over the towing business they had run together on Kimberly Road.
“I’m having to rebuild it all over again,” she said.
She sees running an auto-body shop as a way to provide a service to customers who have often been involved in accidents.
“I just want to be there to help,” she said.
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