Vance Crowe

Well, you want to talk about the family business. It's even more of a family business than ag even. Like, almost nobody goes into the mortician world from outside. But if you grew up where, like, the lower floors in your house were where they did the funerals, like, You're probably going into that business.

Well, you want to talk about the family business. It's even more of a family business than ag even. Like, almost nobody goes into the mortician world from outside. But if you grew up where, like, the lower floors in your house were where they did the funerals, like, You're probably going into that business.

Little Vance was the middle child of seven in small town central Illinois. And I had very little connection to agriculture. We were about a block away from a dairy farm. And then when I was in high school, maybe middle school, the best way to make money was to go bale hay or detassel. So I had that kind of connection with it.

Little Vance was the middle child of seven in small town central Illinois. And I had very little connection to agriculture. We were about a block away from a dairy farm. And then when I was in high school, maybe middle school, the best way to make money was to go bale hay or detassel. So I had that kind of connection with it.

Little Vance was the middle child of seven in small town central Illinois. And I had very little connection to agriculture. We were about a block away from a dairy farm. And then when I was in high school, maybe middle school, the best way to make money was to go bale hay or detassel. So I had that kind of connection with it.

The only thing I wanted in the whole world was to get out of my small town. So I went away to school. I went to Marquette University. And like every kid that doesn't really know what they want to do, but they want to go away to school, I would ask people, what do you think I should study? And I was always like, well, I like talking with people. I'll go study communications.

The only thing I wanted in the whole world was to get out of my small town. So I went away to school. I went to Marquette University. And like every kid that doesn't really know what they want to do, but they want to go away to school, I would ask people, what do you think I should study? And I was always like, well, I like talking with people. I'll go study communications.

The only thing I wanted in the whole world was to get out of my small town. So I went away to school. I went to Marquette University. And like every kid that doesn't really know what they want to do, but they want to go away to school, I would ask people, what do you think I should study? And I was always like, well, I like talking with people. I'll go study communications.

And so I got a degree in public relations, and I got all the way to the end of my degree, and I take an internship. And I do this internship, and I was like, wait, what in the hell are you talking about? This is what we're going to do every day for the rest of our lives? Like, I don't want anything to do with this. Yeah. So I left it.

And so I got a degree in public relations, and I got all the way to the end of my degree, and I take an internship. And I do this internship, and I was like, wait, what in the hell are you talking about? This is what we're going to do every day for the rest of our lives? Like, I don't want anything to do with this. Yeah. So I left it.

And so I got a degree in public relations, and I got all the way to the end of my degree, and I take an internship. And I do this internship, and I was like, wait, what in the hell are you talking about? This is what we're going to do every day for the rest of our lives? Like, I don't want anything to do with this. Yeah. So I left it.

I went off and became a deckhand on a ship and started traveling around the Western Hemisphere.

I went off and became a deckhand on a ship and started traveling around the Western Hemisphere.

I went off and became a deckhand on a ship and started traveling around the Western Hemisphere.

And this makes me feel good. I like that. I'm afraid I tell my story too much, so that's good. No. So I became a deckhand on this ecotourism ship, which traveled from, I got on in Vancouver and took it all the way down to the Panama Canal and through the canal. But what we would do is stop in one area and do a bunch of tours for like, you know, three or four weeks in Costa Rica and Panama.

And this makes me feel good. I like that. I'm afraid I tell my story too much, so that's good. No. So I became a deckhand on this ecotourism ship, which traveled from, I got on in Vancouver and took it all the way down to the Panama Canal and through the canal. But what we would do is stop in one area and do a bunch of tours for like, you know, three or four weeks in Costa Rica and Panama.

And this makes me feel good. I like that. I'm afraid I tell my story too much, so that's good. No. So I became a deckhand on this ecotourism ship, which traveled from, I got on in Vancouver and took it all the way down to the Panama Canal and through the canal. But what we would do is stop in one area and do a bunch of tours for like, you know, three or four weeks in Costa Rica and Panama.

And then on the other side, we'd go through the Caribbean and the islands. But this was a special ship because it was only 200 feet long, but it had a flat bottom. So it was the space between giant cruise ships and a private yacht was this thing because it only held about 140 passengers.

And then on the other side, we'd go through the Caribbean and the islands. But this was a special ship because it was only 200 feet long, but it had a flat bottom. So it was the space between giant cruise ships and a private yacht was this thing because it only held about 140 passengers.

And then on the other side, we'd go through the Caribbean and the islands. But this was a special ship because it was only 200 feet long, but it had a flat bottom. So it was the space between giant cruise ships and a private yacht was this thing because it only held about 140 passengers.