Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department Community Risk Reduction Fire and Life Safety Educator Becky Booker recently retired after serving 21 1/2 years with the department.
Before she retired late last year, Booker was given a golden axe to mark over 20 years.
“Becky is fantastic, and she will be greatly missed by the Fire Department,” SBM Fire Chief Charlie Smith said. “When I worked with her, Becky was the most kind, conscientious employee who was deeply concerned for the welfare of the city whole.”
In 1996 Booker moved from California to Blaine with her husband, Kenneth, and their two sons after Kenneth received a new job building military tanks.
“I immediately fell in love with Minnesota,” Booker said. “I thought this would be a good place to raise boys.”
With a background in nursing, Booker began searching for a job in the Twin Cities but didn’t want to work in a hospital.