Local Store Stands the Test of Time
Funny how a midlife crisis can have such a profound effect on an individual. Back in the mid 1980s, Marge Versprille, 68 ,was experiencing one of those life challenges. “I was having a lot of stress in both my personal and professional life,” she said.
Versprille had a master’s degree in deaf education* and was employed at the Central Institute for the Deaf and later St. Louis’ Special School District.
She took a battery of tests to find out her personal and professional goals for the future. She was trying to get a direction for her life. “The tests results showed I had an aptitude for business,” she said.
She decided she wanted to buy some kind of business with potential growth, and her first step was finding a business partner.
She joined up with Tegner “Teg” Stokes, a scientific researcher and voracious reader, and they opened the Imagination Toys store in Ladue on Sept. 16, 1985.
