Max owned the Westbrook Hatchery and Produce in Westbrook.  Then he was employed as Ag Manager at Monsanto Co. in Jeffers, MN, and later was the Fertilizer Division Manager at Farmers Grain in Storden, MN.  He later worked for Overholt Crop Insurance and was an Insurance Agency Manager in Slayton, MN. He was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a member of Westbrook Volunteer Fire Department.