Is Your Septic Service Company Prepared For the Loss of Its Leader?

It took determination, support from friends, and great teamwork for Nebraska pumper Julie Southwick to persevere following her husband’s sudden death.
Is Your Septic Service Company Prepared For the Loss of Its Leader?
The crew at A 1st Rate Pumping Service includes, from left, Travis Taylor, Colin Olson, Jarred Southwick and Julie Southwick. They are shown with an International truck with a Progress aluminum tank and Masport pump, and a Kenworth rig with a National Vacuum Equipment blower and Imperial Industries tank.

Julie Southwick never dreamed she’d be running A 1st Rate Pumping Service without her husband and business partner. But when Mark Southwick died suddenly in 2005 after 15 years in business, she found herself in exactly that position.

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