January 31, 2015
Karen did have the chicken pox, when Danny had them.
Karen is the only one in our family that I heard from her teachers that she likes to talk to her neighbors sitting around her.
Karen had to either have friends over to our house or to be at any of her friend's house.
When she was in 3rd grade, her teacher said that she was a well adjusted child. I was surprised to hear that comment, since her parents had divorced the prior summer. It made me realize how much God had been working in our family during that difficult time in our lives.
Karen worked summers at our church camp, FaHoLo at Grass Lake for 3 years. She worked in the kitchen, snack bar, nursery or where ever needed. One of the years she worked with her sister, Nancy. It was a time of work, fun and making new friends. One Friday night when I went to pick her up at camp she had a pain in her side. I waited until morning and it was still there, so I took her to the emergency room at Bixby hospital. It was her appendix. They took her into surgery for an appendectomy that morning. Her appendix had burst and peritonitis had set in. It was serious, but God was good. She recovered well and wanted to go back up to camp.
In 1979 Karen had gotten her driver's license and she, Nancy, Sue and I went to Florida to see Grandma Albright. She had the opportunity to drive on the freeway, so it gave her some experience driving.
Karen graduated from Adrian High school in 1981. We had an open house to celebrate her graduation.
Karen and Sue got an apartment on Logan Street in Tecumseh for a short time. Then they moved back home.
Karen married Tim Hess March 25, 1983.