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Before coming to the Department,
Floyd had been employed as the Chief
of the Foster Care Program for Health
and Family Services, the Business
Manager at Central Wisconsin Center
for the Developmentally Disabled and
the School Business Administrator for
the School for the Deaf in Delavan.
Floyd also worked as an individual
income tax auditor with the Department
of Revenue.
In February of 1970, he started working
as an accountant in the Bureau of
Finance working on preparing and
managing the budget for the Division of
Management Services, a position he
held for seven years. In 1978, Floyd took the internal auditor position. The
position required a lot of traveling, auditing the books of all the county
clerks. County clerks had the responsibility of distributing licenses to their
agent, collecting fees for sold licenses and remitting the fees and unsold
licenses back to the Department. He also audited campground receipts for
the Bureau of Parks and revenue from timber sale harvests for the Bureau
of Forestry. Floyd continued in this position for seven years, retiring in
January of 1988 with 32 years of dedicated service.
In his spare time Floyd enjoys hunting and fishing, especially bow hunting.
He has hunted pheasants in North and South Dakota and deer, elk, and
antelope in Wyoming. There have been trips to Ontario for moose and most
recently, a successful elk hunt in Colorado. During two New Mexico elk
bow hunting trips, he had an opportunity for a shot on each hunt but didn't
"close the deal".
The fall of the year brings many hunting opportunities, right here in
Wisconsin. Since his 16th birthday, Floyd has killed over 55 bucks using
both bow and rifle. The number of does, unknown, perhaps 100!
Floyd recently returned from a very successful elk hunt near Walden,
Colorado where he shot (not harvested) a BIG mature cow elk.
The meat from this
mature cow filled three
large coolers!
Floyd continues to use
his income tax
knowledge. He started
his own company in
1970 and still prepares
income tax returns for
over 200 clients.
The Becraft's also
enjoy going on cruises.
They have cruised to
Alaska, followed by a
land trip, and then a
flight home. They have
also cruised in the
Mediterranean Sea.
A self described "Civil
War nut", Floyd spent
a week in Virginia
following the route of
the Second Wisconsin
Volunteer Regiment.
His Great Grandfather
fought four years with
the Wisconsin Second.