Janet Sievers Janet Sievers found the perfect job. The only problem is she discovered it at the end of her career.

After dedicating nearly 50 years to being an accountant with the final three and a half spent in Lampasas at Windsor Foods, Mrs. Sievers recently retired as plant financial controller.

While she is an admitted workaholic, the hardest part of walking away for Mrs. Sievers is leaving behind the multitude of relationships she established over the final years of her career.

“Of the 47 years [I’ve worked], these were the most rewarding,” she said of her time with Windsor Foods. “The people at Windsor went above and beyond to support me in my retirement.”

But it was not just her fellow employees who made her experience so memorable; it was also the locals.

Mrs. Sievers spent her entire life in highly populated cities, including Austin and Houston, before her career path meandered to the small town of Lampasas.

“It was a major culture shock, but I was raised in Austin so I knew of Lampasas, and I had visited,” Mrs. Sievers said. “This is a town when you come in, if you get involved with the town, everybody puts out their arms and embraces you.

“No matter who you are or where you are from, when you hit the Lampasas city limits sign, their arms are right there.”

Mrs. Sievers spent her childhood in Austin before moving to Long Beach, Calif., during her high school years where she began working at the age of 16.

While earning her accounting degree at California State University Long Beach, the mother of seven (three stepchildren) began a family.

Her professional career relocated the family to Houston before Windsor Foods unexpectedly hunted her down.

Having forgotten she submitted her resume to an online job employment Web site, Mrs. Sievers received a call out of the blue informing her of an opportunity at Windsor Foods.

Instantly, she was sold.

So was her husband Ed.

“My husband is from Europe, and he heard about all the vineyards here, so very often we would drive here [from Houston],” Mrs. Sievers said. “When they offered me the job, I went home and said, ‘Hey, you wanna move to Lampasas?’

“He said ‘Bye.’” And with that, the two were Lampasas bound.

Since arriving, they have become dedicated members of Vision Lampasas! where she serves as the organization’s secretary, and he is the treasurer. The duo will continue their roles until the end of the year, which allows Mrs. Sievers to coordinate the annual Christmas parade for a second consecutive year.

In addition to her work in the community, Mrs. Sievers enjoys oil painting and plans to channel her energy into the art.

Unfortunately, the couple will not be spending their retirement in Lampasas, as they plan to move to Round Rock.

“It’s breaking our hearts,” Mrs. Sievers said of the eventual move. “I love Lampasas so much.”

But who knows; maybe Lampasas will come calling again one day.

It happened once before.