Karen Visocky:  

Karen is from Shawano, Wisconsin Karen's schools include Bay View High School, New Road Elementary School. Graduated in June '65. Aug 65 moved to Mpls, MN & in Nov 65, married Joe Visocky in Mason, WI. In March 66 we moved back to WI & in Oct our son was born in Ashland. In Aug 67 we moved to Milwaukee. Aug 73 we moved to Knoxville TN. In Sept 75 we built a house in Seymour TN where we lived until Nov 1980 when we moved to Morgantown (Indianapolis) IN. We developed a "mini-farm" there with Registered Dairy Goats, geese, ducks, chickens & rabbits. In 1984 we moved our "mini-farm" to the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains in Sharps Chapel, TN. There we lived in a 150 yr old log cabin on top of Katy Myers Ridge for 6 yrs. On Dec 23, 1988 I totaled a GMC S15 pickup into a 15" diameter cedar tree, sideways into the drivers door. After 2 weeks in UT Hospital in Knoxville I came home. Unable to do the chores I had been doing on a daily basis, our "farming " days came to an end when Joe was called by Everbrite, & accepted the offer to return to their employ in July 1989. So back to WI. We lived in Racine until 2003. On Sept 10, 2001, ( yes, the day before. 9/11) Everbrite 'down-sized' eliminating Joe's job of Engineering Manager. I was with a friend on vacation in Washington DC. (That was an exciting several days, least of which was getting out of DC & getting back home. We had been staying at the Sheraton National, about 6 blocks from the Pentagon.) After 15 months of unemployment, sending out hundreds of Resumes, Joe (at 60 yrs) went to Schneider's Truck Driving school & a new phase of our lives began. We lost our house, sold our Harley's & ended up moving to Shawano, WI where Joe drove an 18-wheeler until he retired in May 201...Expand for more