Sample book with community resources insert

The aftermath of a fire or flood can be devastating, but
seeing the SERVPRO ® “heroes in the green vans” driving up
can make life a whole lot better.
In Abilene, those heroes are Clifford and Wendy
Densman, owners of the local SERVPRO ® franchise since
2007. The SERVPRO ® slogan is “Like it never even happened”
and that is their pledge to the customers they serve.
SERVPRO ® of Abilene answers emergency calls twenty-four
hours a day, specializing in the cleanup and restoration of
residential and commercial property after a fire or flood.
Clifford and Wendy credit the success of their franchise to
the “tough trainers who made us walk the line and be the
best we can be.” The couple’s first contact with SERVPRO ®
came in 2005 when they met Kent Stone.
In 2007, Clifford bought a franchise and Wendy, who
had been working in the medical field, joined her husband
in 2009. Today, SERVPRO ® is located in a modern, attractive
facility on FM 18, just south of town. A part of their
legacy is their children, Brittany Roes and Chelsey Heller,
their husbands, Lee Roes and Vinnie Heller, and grandchildren,
Avery and Cooper Roes, and Hesston Heller.
Clifford and Wendy are rightfully proud of the business
they have built through long hours and hard work. They
met in high school in Abilene in 1975 and married in 1978.
Clifford became a master carpenter, learning the building
trade from his father and older brother. In their early marriage,
Wendy stayed home and raised their children.
Clifford worked as a superintendent for a construction company
that also owned an oil company. During the boom
years, times were good, but eventually oil played out and so
did the job.
Clifford then started a building and remodeling
business. Times were hard, but the couple had faith that
God had a plan for them. “We knew someday we would
work our way back with honesty, integrity, and hard work,”
Wendy said.
That journey started when Clifford got a job in the fire
remediation industry. For twenty years, first with the company
that hired him and then independently, Clifford did
fire rebuilds and became certified in mold remediation. He
later added water mitigation to his skill set, which led to
owning a SERVPRO ® franchise. Today, the Densmans are
grateful to SERVPRO ® and SERVPRO ® is grateful to them.
“That is why every day,” Wendy said, “I try to tell each of my
employees ‘thank you’ for what they do for SERVPRO ® and
make them feel as special as SERVPRO ® has made us feel.”
SERVPRO ® OF ABILENE
Clifford and Wendy Densman, owerners of SERVPRO ® of Abilene.
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