Her last employment was with the Tehama County Department of Education (TCDE) in Red Bluff, California, from 1998-2014. She worked 30 hours per week, 5 days a week, as a Special Education Instructional Assistant helping physically and mentally handicapped students.
She worked with preschool students at the special education center at the Barrendos Middle School campus in Red Bluff. She helped severely handicapped primary school students at the TCDE Special Education Center at the Gerber School in the Gerber/Proberta area. Then, she worked with adults, ages 18-21, at the Tehama Adult Learning Center (TALC) in Red Bluff. She enjoyed working with and supporting the following teachers: Gary Ulloa, Holly Allison, Judy Howry, Mary Craig, Ann Lieker, and the administrator Julie Howard.
Karen has also worked for the Pacific Bell Telephone Company as a telephone operator; at the Popps Ferry Elementary School in Biloxi, Mississippi, as a instructional assistant; and, for an optometrist as a receptionist. She, of course, has "worked" for many years, and will continue to do so, as a homemaker, mother, and wife. She was very active for many years as the President of the Hacienda Heights Friends of the Library, and was given the annual Citizen's Award in 1993 by the Los Angeles County Public Library System.
Karen has raised two fine children, Alicia June and Michael Delmer. Our two children, their spouses, and two grandchildren live in Portland, Oregon.
I hope that Karen has a long, enjoyable, productive and energizing retirement.
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