MANAGEMENT
Ryan & Lori Hershberger
Joe Heatwole
Daniel Weaver
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
1994
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Dining:Chateau Chair | Bedroom: Bridgeport Grooved Panel Bed
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
Good is the enemy of great. We continuously work on improving.
What are hobbies you enjoy?
Fishing, camping, grilling.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Travel to the Outerbanks, but I would probably get bored if I wasn’t working.
What are you passionate about?
If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing it right.
Rudy Troyer
Allen Kline
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
1993
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
Building a piece of furniture right the first time. Quality pays it doesn’t cost.
What are Hobbies you enjoy?
Playing sports, camping with family
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Spending time on my hobby farm, more family time, traveling and helping needy families.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The people that work here, the atmosphere and waiting to see what the next challenge is.
What are you passionate about?
A job worth doing is worth doing well.
OFFICE
Merlin Weaver
Judy Miller
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2020
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Photography and hand lettering
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Go to Arizona or Hawaii
Name one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
I am a Golden State Warriors Fan
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Volleyball and Baking
What is your favorite food?
Shrimp-n-rice
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
The Iron Clad bedroom collection
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
To get my work done while still having a fun time with my colleagues.
Carrie Reed
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2021
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Dirt Track Racing & Travelling to different tracks with our friends.
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Live by the ocean!
Name one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
I’m shy at first, but when you get to know me I have a heart of gold and care about everyone.
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Family!
What is your favorite food?
I don’t really have a favorite, but I would never pass on a good homemade cookie!
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
I’m not sure, it’s all beautiful!
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
Be respectful and work as a team. Always respect the customer/business even if they are not happy. Work together as a team to get the work done!
Timothy Miller
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2018
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Rochester sideboard
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned what it takes for a piece of furniture to come together.
What are hobbies you enjoy?
I enjoy snowboarding, flying drones, and hanging out with friends.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Get my pilots license.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
Great people and great work environment.
What are things you enjoy?
Snowboarding, Flying drones, 3d Printing
Andrew Kline
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2015
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
TV Stands
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned the importance of teamwork and finding work to do without being told what to do. I also learned to have a good attitude to boost morale with my co-workers.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Travel the world, get involved in politics, teach sports to young kids.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The people are all nice, hardworking, and motivate me everyday.
What are things you enjoy?
I enjoy playing sports; studying history, psychology, and geography; video games, hanging out with family and friends.
MANUFACTURING
Mary Yoder
Roy Yoder
Leroy Miller
Andrew Yoder
Joanna Coblentz
Oren Yoder
Duane Mast
Wyman Hershberger
Brian Frame Sr.
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2021
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Woodworking
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Visit national parks, and go see the pyramids.
What is one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
I like skydiving..
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Woodworking
What is your favorite food?
Seafood!
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
The Pasadena Collection
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
By being a team player and striving to do better than I did yesterday. Also to learn as much as I can and to share the knowledge I have.
Wayne Bricker
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Riding horses and E-Bike
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
See wild horses
Name one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
That I lived in Michigan
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Wrestling
What is your favorite food?
Ice cream
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
Live Edge furniture
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
Work 🙂
Dana Noble
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Church / Bible Study
What is one thing you would like see in your lifetime?
Peace
What is one thing you are passionate about ?
Jesus
What is your favorite food?
Cheeseburgers
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
Learn all I can and apply myself
Matthew Beitzel
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2021
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Woodworking, Hockey, Camping
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Take a trip to Alaska
What is one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
I was once a firefighter and EMT
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Family
What is your favorite food?
Steak & Seafood
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
American Mission Nightstand
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
One way I can accomplish the company mission in my current role is by doing the best work I can, and by learning from my co-workers to do better.
John Troyer
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2020
What are some hobbies that you enjoy?
Fishing at our pond with my wife and grandchildren.
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Travel to the west coast and even Alaska.
What is something you have learned since starting at Canal Dover Furniture?
In the custom department you never know what tomorrow has for you, and I have 40 years of woodworking experience in my life.
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Any of the catalog pieces.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
Everyone has a “Good Morning” for you.
What are things you passionate about?
Always be honest and say the truth.
LuAnn Yoder
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2019
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Asheville Hutch
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
Learn from your mistakes and move on.
What are hobbies you enjoy?
Working with my horse, Reading, Spending time with my family.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Ride through every National Park & Forest in the country with my friends and our horses.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
I can learn how to do new things
What are things you passionate about?
Faith, family, and friends
Jeremy Weaver
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2019
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Hunting and fishing
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Go elk hunting in Colorado
Name one thing that most people probably don’t know about you.
I am a twin
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Animals
What is your favorite food?
Steak
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
The Arborne bedroom collection
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
Do the best I can, in everything I do.
Nelson Miller
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2011
How Many Years Have You Been Building Furniture
Since 2009
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
I have no specific piece that I like better than the others.
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
Consistency & Responsibility.
What are Hobbies you enjoy?
I enjoy singing and sharing with others, and seeing what makes them tick.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
I would always want to do some kind of work. If I were in Florida I would be drinking coffee with friends.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The workers are Canal Dover’s biggest asset. I love all the people that work here and I really enjoy my job as well.
What are you passionate about?
People and living life for the One who died for me. I also love blessing and cheering others up.
Harvey Bowman
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2000
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
The Canted Hutch.
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned how to make something look good.
What are Hobbies you enjoy?
Fishing and Traveling.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Fish and irritate my wife.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
Working together.
What are you passionate about?
My goal is to do everything as unto the Lord.
Wayne Troyer
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2003
How Many Years Have You Been Building Furniture
17 years
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Desks
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned to enjoy my work.
What are Hobbies
Traveling, Fishing
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Find ways to keep busy and help others.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
I like the people I work with and the company.
Nathan Mast
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2016
How Many Years Have You Been Building Furniture
15 Years.
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Treecrown Aurora Collection.
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned how to build many different types of furniture and also the rewards and challenges of dealing with people.
What are Hobbies
I enjoy fishing and spending time with family and friends.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
I would probably do some traveling, fishing, and spend more time with family and friends.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The challenges of creating teamwork and working with people.
What are you passionate about?
Teamwork and doing my part on helping make the world a better place.
Anthony Mast
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2020
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free tim
Building custom Furniture, fishing and pen turning
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Visit the Holy Lands.
What is something you have learned since starting at Canal Dover Furniture?
I have learned to build quality Furniture!!
What is your favorite collection or piece of furniture?
Mission style
What is your favorite thing about working at Canal Dover?
Awesome team to work with. From management all the way down to manufacturing.
What is one thing you are passionate about?
Accomplishing a new challenge.
Larry Sharrock
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2015
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Tables.
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned how to use different wood working tools.
What are Hobbies
I like caring for trees, Native American artifact hunting, and being outdoors.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Live in a cabin in the mountains.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The people and making successful repairs.
What are you passionate about?
Living in the Country.
Ivan Yoder
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2012
How many years have you been building furniture?
16 Years
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Anything Oak with overlay doors and drawers.
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
Always agree with Harvey
What are hobbies you enjoy?
Fishing
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
I haven’t thought about this. I am just thankful I am able to work.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The people I work with are nice to work with.
What are things you enjoy?
Doing the job right the first time instead of doing it over.
Edwin M. Troyer
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2002
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Square One Chairs
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned what it takes to make beautiful furniture out of ordinary wood.
What are hobbies you enjoy?
I enjoy fishing, spending time with grandchildren, and traveling.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
I would like to spend more time with grandkids and travel and fish more. Not necessarily in that order.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
I like the work environment and the other employees
What are things you enjoy?
I am passionate about going to work everyday
David A. Yoder
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2017
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Probably desks
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
How to operate CNC machines.
What are hobbies you enjoy?
I enjoy fishing, reading, woodworking, and old stuff (antiques etc.)
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
I really don’t know, that is an interesting question, I’m curious myself.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
The people, with the CNC routers being a close second.
What are things you enjoy?
Life itself, which we have abundantly, through our Savior Jesus Christ
David Miller
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2006
How Many Years Have You Been Building Furniture
All my life
What is your favorite piece of furniture?
Anything unique and challenging (to build).
What is something you have learned since working at CDF?
I have learned that nobody is perfect and nobody’s talents are alike. I have also learned to respect each others talents and to work together as a team.
What are Hobbies
By the time I get through that one you would be bored.
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Being able to work is an opportunity and I want to be thankful for every day I can go to work.
What is your favorite thing about working here?
Working with people who have a positive,happy and up building attitude.
What are you passionate about?
Living an honorable and respectable life so that I might be an inspiration to those around me.
Shawn Love
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2021
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free tim
Running and RC rock crawlers
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Go to the Grand Canyon
Name one thing that most people probably don’t know about you.
I have double ankles and elbows
What is one thing you are passionate about?
The Lord
What is your favorite food?
Macaroni and Cheese
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
Iron Clad
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
By doing my best
FINISHING
James Weaver
Rachel Troyer
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Reading – Playing Keyboard – Drawing
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
See more of the world
What is one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
I wear contacts
What is your favorite food?
Steak and Pasta
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
By always doing the best that I can.
Lori Schlabach
Trevor Gingerich
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Name one thing that most people probably don’t know about you.
What is one thing you are passionate about?
What is your favorite food?
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
Jeffrey Ashwood
When did you join the team at Canal Dover?
2021
What are some hobbies that you enjoy in your free time?
Lite Photography & Woodworking. Woodworking is my gift and now it is my job as well as hobby.
What is one thing you would like to do in your lifetime?
Using my gifts to help others
What is one thing that most people probably don’t know about you?
I’m transparent.
What is one thing you are passionate about?
My Legacy
What is your favorite food?
Ribeye Steak!
What is your favorite Canal Dover collection or piece of furniture?
I can’t choose! Quality is my favorite.
What is one way that you can accomplish the company mission in your current role?
By giving the company 100%. I think that no matter what role I play I give 100%. Learning and growing is key. Joy and happiness will follow.
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