Some Information About Doug & Linda Printz

My name is Doug Printz and my wife's name is Linda. We live in western El Dorado County, California in the foothills east of Sacramento.

I was born and raised in a small town in southwestern Montana. My dad, three brothers and a sister still live there. When I was in my early 20's I moved to California to work for the California Division of Highways, now known as Caltrans. I worked for Caltrans as a civil engineer for 35 years and retired in July, 2000. I spent a great deal of my career working with computers and their use in highway engineering design.

Linda was born in Utah and moved to the Sacramento, California area when she was 10 years old. Her parents also live in the area. Linda's brother, Wayne also lived in the area until his tragic death in July, 2002. She began her career with the Department of Parks and Recreation and soon transferred to Caltrans. She began as a secretary and eventually became a Caltrans Administrator. She spent many years in the Traffic Department in a variety of functions. She was a meeting planner, training specialist, human resource specialist, and contract administrator. She retired in February 2000 after 29 years.

Our marriage is the second for both of us - we were married in 1983. I have a son, Kevin, from my first marriage. He was a Navy veteran and a firefighter with the Sacramento Fire Protection District. He was also an excellent welder and metal fabricator. He died tragically in 1998 at the age of 34 years. Kevin had two sons, Kyle and Forrest. His youngest, Forrest also died tragically of a hereditary disease just four months after Kevin died. It was a rough year! Kyle and his mother lived in the area until October of 2003 when they moved to Eastern Washington. We miss having Kyle over every weekend, but we keep in close contact and hope to visit each other often.

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