Karen Willard:
CLASS OF 1961
West Phoenix High SchoolClass of 1961
Phoenix, AZ
Karen's Story
My story.
I graduated from West in 1961. In 1963, I graduated from Phx. College where my mom and dad had gone. After that I attended ASU where I found I couldn't take a full load of classes and work at the same time. In '67 I married and 2 yrs. later we started our family of a daughter and a son. I had worked at Woolworth's, Lerner's and then Motorola. When our children were 4 and 6 I started working in the school cafeteria and stayed there for 10 years. I then delivered newspapers for the AZ Rep. for 11 years during w...Expand for more
hich time we had another daughter. Where else can you let your husband take over your job for 6 months while you recuperate from a c-section. I went back to Motorola for 7 more years and enjoyed it more this time. After retiring I worked as an assistant teacher for 6 years retiring last May. My husband of 37 years and 3 days died of esophogeal cancer the first year I worked at the school and my mom died the next year. That was a tramatic time for me but I have 7 grandchildren, another on the way, and they keep me busy.
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