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Greeting customers and handling money is the only career Carol Nelson has known for 50 years.
To recognize the milestone, the staff of Security Savings Bank, Luverne, will honor Nelson Wednesday, May 24, at the bank on West Gabrielson Road.
The public open house will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
She insists the celebration is not for an upcoming retirement announcement.
“I think I’ll stick it out for a while longer,” she said. “I just enjoy it.”
Nelson (nee Wallenburg) began working for Exchange State Bank as a senior at Hills-Beaver Creek High School in 1973.
She moved from the Hills location to Luverne in 2011.
Ryan DeBates, Luverne market president, nominated Nelson for the Pioneer Club through the Minnesota Bankers Association (MBA).
“The experience Carol has through her 50 years of banking is invaluable,” DeBates said. “She’s seen us through all the technology upgrades and improvements over the past five decades, and her involvement in implementing those successful changes is quite an achievement. We are appreciative of her dedication.”
Nelson will be recognized by the MBA for her 50 years of active service and industry leadership at the annual Summit Celebration Luncheon on June 13.