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Name: Duane Bishop
Location: Nationwide Lifts Washington
Years with Nationwide Lifts: 5
Years in Mobility/Accessibility Industry: 22
Years with Nationwide Lifts: 5
Years in Mobility/Accessibility Industry: 22
In 1994, Duane Bishop had a life-changing event that magnified
his focus on helping those with disabilities.
Duane, 61, woke up that Sunday
morning with a splitting headache and vision trouble, and he went downhill
fast. An ambulance trip to the ER and a day full of tests but void of answers
was followed by a sleepless night for his worried wife, Que. Luckily the next
morning their family doctor figured out what was wrong – Duane had had a
stroke. He was only 43.
“I had to learn to walk again
and talk again,” says Duane, “and I realized that I really needed to help
people — because I’ve been there. I’ve laid on the floor and known what it’s
like to not be able to move.”
Today Duane is the owner of
Nationwide Lifts of Washington, a business based in Gig Harbor, Wash., with a
focus that’s close to his heart.
“We work with disabled and
elderly people, and we do lots of work for veterans,” he says. The latter group
is important to Duane in part because he is a veteran, having served in the
Army during the Vietnam War. In fact he met and married Que while he was
serving in Vietnam. He was just 21 but head over heels in love, he says – and
still is.
“She’s really the reason I’m
halfway successful,” Duane says of his wife of 40 years. “She is the power that
pushes me.”
Together they have three
children – two of whom work with Duane — and five grandchildren.
“I’m so blessed and overjoyed,”
Duane says of his life, and his life’s work.
To get in touch with Duane about your mobility aid needs,
contact him at duane.bishop@nwlifts.com or visit
http://www.keeponlivingathome.com.
