My dad, Tom Pfaff, wrote more than 100 love letters to my mother, Ann VanDunk, from 1960 to 1962. Dad, who grew up in Mindoro in western Wisconsin, was living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was working at the Wilson Meat Packing Plant as a hog buyer, saving money to buy a farm. Mom, who was eight years younger, was still living at home while going to La Crosse Community College. Through the course of the letters they talk about future plans together, as well as their search for the perfect farm.
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Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini
Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini grew up on a dairy farm in western Wisconsin. She became an elementary teacher and taught for more than 20 years in her hometown of Melrose, Wisconsin. She and her husband, Tim Cavadini, have six children and 13 grandchildren. They enjoy their 175-acre farm near Mindoro, Wisconsin, where they raise registered Angus and Simmental beef cattle, focusing on genetics, as well as horses and other small animals.
