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MARCH 27 1975
Born in Illinois on March 27, 1957.
 
SPRING OF 1975
KAREN GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1975 FROM FLORA HIGH SCHOOL.
 
JUNE 22ND 1977
KAREN GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRST BABY . SHE HAD A BABY GIRL WHICH SHE NAMED JENNIFER LYNN  SHE WAS A PROUD MOM!! NOW SHED HAVE A SHOPPING PARTNER FOR LIFE!!
 
MAY 23 1990
MAY23RD 1990 KAREN MARRIED REX FITCH FROM FLORA , SHE WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND SUCH A GOOD GUY!!!  SHE WAS SOOO HAPPY!!!
 
SEPTEMBER 19 1995
SEPTEMBER 1995 KAREN GAVE BIRTH TO HER SECOND CHILD. WHICH WAS A BABY BOY SHE NAMED BLAKE  EDWARD SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO FINALLY GET HER BABY BOY!!!!! SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO BE A NEW MOMMY AGAIN !!!!! HE WAS THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE.
 
OCTOBER 1 2001
KAREN FINALLY GOT HER FIRST GRANDBABY. WHICH WAS A GIRL!!! SHE WAS NAMED BROOKE LYNN ANDERSON. BROOKE WAS THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A VERY PROUD GRANDMA.
 
AUGUST 6 2004
ON AUGUST 6TH 2004 KAREN RECIEVED HER SECOND GRANDBABY !!!A BABY GIRL WHO WAS NAMED ALYSSA NICOLE ANDERSON. OH HOW  PROUD KAREN WAS!!!!
 
SUMMER OF 2005
SUMMER OF 2005 KAREN DID THE MOST AMAZING THING ANYONE COULD DO. SHE GAVE HER BROTHER LEE FROM KANSAS CITY A STEM CELL TRANSPLANT  IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS LIFE!! AND SHE DID JUST THAT SHE SAVED HER BROTHERS LIFE!!!! HOW AMAZING IS THAT!!! FOR FOUR HOURS SHE WAS HOOKED UP TO ALL OF  THESE CORDS WAITING UNTIL THEY HAD ALL THE STEM CELLS THEY NEEDED TO SAVE LEE. THAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE DAY  OF HER LIFE I THINK. SHE FELT SO GOOD DOING IT!!
 
JUNE 25 2006
JUNE 25TH WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE DAY OF ALL OF OUR LIVES. THE DAY WE LOST KAREN . ON FATHERS DAY OF 2006 KAREN WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM  TO GET RELIEF FROM ONE OF HER MIGRAINES. THEN FROM THAT POINT ON  THEY DID A CATSCAN OF HER HEAD AND FOUND A MASS ON THE BRAIN. SHE ENDED UP STAYING ALL NIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL . THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS RELEASED FROM FLORA HOSPITAL AND WAS TO BE ADMITTED IN CHESTERFIELD HOSPITAL TO GET HELP AND TREATMENT OF HER BRAIN TUMOR . THROUGHOUT THE WEEK SHE WAS RAN THROUGH TEST AFTER TEST . THEN ON THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY JUNE 22ND SHE HAD A BIOPSY OF THE BRAIN TUMOR. AND THE DOCTORS HAD TOLD US IT WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE FAST GROWING TUMOR , AND THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO UNDERGO WEEKS OF CHEMO AND RADIATION , BECAUSE  OF THE TUMOR LOCATION  UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS UNREMOVEABLE . THE DOCTORS SAID IF HE WERE TO REMOVE IT IT WOULD DESTROY HER COMPLETELY!!  SO THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE GOT RELEASED AND WAS SCHEDULED THE FOLLOWING MONDAY TO GET ALL OF HE CHEMO AND RADIATION LINED OUT. BUT THEN SATURDAY JUNE24 THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST KAREN WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE THAT SATURDAY AFTERNOON SHE WAS ADMITTED OVER NIGHT. AND AROUND 11:00 OR SO I RECIEVED A CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL SAYING THEY WERE CALLING CODE BLUE ON YOUR MOM. SO I RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE HER AND WHEN I GOT THERE THEY  WERE BAGGING HER BECAUSE SHE HAD WENT BRAIN DEAD AND OF COURSE WASNT ABLE TO BREATHE ON HER OWN. IT WAS STORMING THAT NIGHT SO THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LIFE LIGHT HER OUT TO CHESTERFIELD. SO THEY HAD TO TAKE HER BY AMBULANCE TO CHESTERFIELD MO. ONCE THEY GOT HER THERE THEY GOT HER SET UP ON A VENTILATER THEN THE DOCTOR  LET US KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT GOOD THAT THE TUMOR WAS  PUSHING THE BRAIN OUT OF HER SCULL. SO THERE FOR  WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR SWEET ,DEAR KAREN. IT WAS THE HARDEST DAY I WILL EVER KNOW SAYING GOODBYE NOT ONLY TO MY MOTHER BUT MY BEST FRIEND, LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME EVER!!!!!!
 
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