“Nancy always said baking is a science,” Randy Hallstrom says of his late wife. “Cooking you can do whatever you want, but baking? That’s a science.” After more than 30 years as a Home Economics/Family & Consumer Science teacher, Nancy would know! By that definition, estate planning might be more like baking than cooking. Deviating...
Faces of Our Client Community: Aaron & Sarah White
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] When Aaron and Sarah White boarded a flight for Florida recently, they had all the normal worries: Would the flight be on time? Did they have everything they needed in their carry-on? Would the weather cooperate? There was one thing they didn’t have to feel anxious about, though....
Faces of Our Client Community: Nanci Kook
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] As the ages and stages of life changed for her grown children — now 43, 29, and 26 — Nanci knew it was time to update the estate plans she had made in 2017. Schromen Law, LLC was recommended by family members, and because the office was...
Faces of Our Client Community: Kathy Wedemeyer & Mike Darrow
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] When Mike Darrow and Kathy Wedemeyer started the estate planning process, they didn’t have themselves in mind. They were thinking of their children. As they started their blended family, Kathy and Mike quickly realized that estate planning needed to be a part of the conversation. They weren’t just...
Faces of Our Client Community: Michelle and Mike Arulfo
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] As in all healthy marriages, Mike and Michelle Arulfo don’t always see eye to eye. One of those minor conflicts was over estate planning. Michelle was ready, but Mike, she says, “wasn’t ready to talk about end-of-life and felt we were too young to start planning.” “It was...
Faces of Our Client Community: George Broostin
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] “You never know what life is going to hold for you,” says George Broostin of his decision to work on his estate planning. “Unexpected things can happen no matter what your age.” At the time, George and his husband, Jake, were making a life transition that involved a...
Faces of Our Client Community: Jill Frey
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] “Single people sometimes get forgotten,” Jill Frey says when discussing estate planning. “I think a lot of times people think estate planning for single people is easier,” she adds, “but I think that maybe it’s harder. We don’t have a partner or kids to leave things to. We...