Karen Budd Wilke OConnor:  

updated 2016 I Went to EMU 1966-1971 and it was also there I earned my MA I thought in South Lyon as an elementary teacher- In 1975, I married the love of my life- had 2 wonderful children and built hands on) 2 homes together and then tragedy hit from1985-87 and my husband died at age 36 from leukemia. It was a horrible time of our lives but I thanked God daily for Our children, 9 and 12. Today, I am happily married to my husband of now 25 years. He is a professor of biology/acarology at University of Michigan and together we have travelled the world ( me only part of it:) I have been to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, Hawaii and around the USA all in the name of mites, his specialty. Jeff, my son, is 38 and a lead engineer in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife of 12 years and two children, 5 and 9) My daughter, Kim, is a teacher of the gifted and married with 2 boys...Expand for more