John and Angie Hood traveled to Europe together for the first time to celebrate 35 years of marriage and John’s pending retirement. The couple celebrated their anniversary on January 14, and John retired from Northrop Grumman after 36 and a half years on January 17,...

It was equal parts nostalgia and love for the great outdoors that led Tom Cromer and his friend, Roger Adams, to Mount Moran, a mountain in Grand Teton National Park in western Wyoming, during the summer of 2016. Tom, a semi-retired engineer, and his wife of 30 years,...

Five years ago Russell Vance was a geriatric psychotherapist who thought he had many more years of work ahead of him, “But I was burned out,” he said. “Within 18 months, my wife, my mother and my father had all died. It wasn’t until my daughter told me, ‘You know, you...

Barbara Rogers is now four years into her retirement and her schedule is full. As a retiree, Barbara spends her free time traveling and being an outdoorswoman, a country line dancer and devoted mom, grandmother and great-grandmother. “I don’t get bored,” she said....

After more than 30 years working in the industrial technology field, David Backer was ready to retire. “I had proven everything I needed to prove to myself and exceeded all of my expectations,” David said. Each of his career moves — from diesel truck repair to assembly line specialist and contractor for the Department of Defense — prepared David and his wife, Kim, financially for early retirement.

The traditional dream of golf was just one of Phillip Kelley’s goals after he retired from 35 years as an engineer. With the help of their financial advisor, he and his wife, Betty, a retired educator, developed a plan to support their ideal retirement lifestyle.

When tragedy struck Ron Little and Donna, his wife of 44 years, the six good years they shared in retirement became even more precious. Dreams they had developed together over decades had to be reimagined.

After being an electrical engineer for most of his life, Ron’s wife of nearly 50 years, lost her leg, and he needed to cut back his hours to spend time caring for her. Sadly, in 2016, Betty passed away. Alone now, Ron Belz began to wonder about how the next chapter of...

Terry and Brenda Bouchard may have waited later in life than they should have to start saving for retirement. When they married 46 years ago, they made a commitment to tithe, first and foremost. As the years passed, they then focused on raising their three children...