Who's Who 2012 - Rita Crain

Monday, March 19, 2012

Instead of celebrating her 50th birthday with a lavish party in her honor, Rita Crain invited her friends and family to pick up a hammer and spend the day helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house. In addition to being owner and manager of Girardeau Ventures and Crain Industrial Properties, Crain volunteers with FISH Food Pantry, serves on the SEMO Symphony board and is a Redhawks Athletic Booster. Crain, originally from Southern Illinois, and her husband of nearly 34 years, Steve, not only work together, but have raised two daughters together, Jennifer Bradshaw and Lisa Parsons. They have four grandchildren.

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