{"id":3361,"date":"2013-08-01T06:20:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T13:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2013-08-15T07:56:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T14:56:23","slug":"welding-torch-passes-from-brother-to-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2013\/08\/01\/welding-torch-passes-from-brother-to-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding torch passes from brother to sister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Pat Stadelman recently found a blog post we\u2019d written in 2010 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/blog\/joewelder\/2010\/12\/15\/welding-shop-a-wish-come-true\">JoeWelder.com about her son Billy, \u201cWelding Shop a Wish Come True.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 Billy had been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor and was granted a welding shop by the Make A Wish Foundation. Sadly Pat reported that Billy passed away in October 2011\u2014but not before inspiring his 19-year-old sister Lora, who has now taken up the torch in Wellsville, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Billy and Lora Stadelman\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy-and-lora-stadelman.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"451\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This picture was taken as a senior portrait. Since Billy could not be there for the pictures, the photographer did some magic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lora has been welding for about a year and took her first welding class last fall at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btboces.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Broome Tioga Boces<\/a> in Binghamton and she\u2019ll start classes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfredstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alfred State College<\/a> this fall.\u00a0 \u201cWe always had this plan, that we would start a welding business together,\u201d Lora says, adding that Billy would do the welding and she would do the business end.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">For Lora, losing Billy has been the most difficult thing she\u2019s ever had to deal with, but she decided that she would go ahead with their plan, with a few changes. \u00a0When she attended welding classes with the same teachers her brother had at Boces and discovered she really likes welding. Most of her time so far has been with the Stick welding process, \u201cbut I really like the TIG process more,\u201d she says.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">She\u2019s not sure yet what kind of welding jobs she\u2019ll hold in the future, but her ultimate goal is to own her own weld shop, to continue the dream she and her brother had.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Although Lora is excited to learn everything she can about welding, she\u2019s most eager to learn more about TIG welding aluminum.\u00a0 \u201cI really enjoy working with aluminum and I love how beautifully the beads turn out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">When I asked if she\u2019s encountered any discrimination as a woman she\u2019s quick to respond that she has not received any discouraging words, that everyone has been very nice to her and if she has a question, even a stupid question, her teachers and classmates have always answered it respectfully. \u00a0\u201cI think they can see how much I want to learn and they have respect for me as a woman entering into a male dominated field.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2013\/08\/01\/welding-torch-passes-from-brother-to-sister\/billy-and-lora\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3365\" alt=\"billy and lora\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy-and-lora-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy-and-lora-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy-and-lora-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/billy-and-lora.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Lora says she would tell her 15 year old self, \u201cLife is going to get very hard and take every chance you can get to hug your brother. And to live without regret because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Life does not always turn out like you hope.\u201d\u00a0 Good advice for anyone, really.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">For other young women interested in welding, Lora says \u201cGo for it! Welding is a ton of fun!\u201d Lora would also say that it\u2019s important to never let the guys walk all over you, that you have to be able to get along with the guys you are working with. And most importantly\u2014don\u2019t take life too seriously, no one gets out alive.\u00a0 And repeating advice from her brother Billy, she adds that if you do something you love, you never work a day in your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Finally she reminds us, \u201cA woman can do anything a man can do, and should never believe otherwise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">I\u2019m so glad Lora and Billy\u2019s mom reached out to us, and shared the continuation of their story with us. \u00a0And to the entire Stadelman family our heartfelt condolences\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Stadelman recently found a blog post we\u2019d written in 2010 on JoeWelder.com about her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-rosies","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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