Chladek, Karin
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| - | Karin Johansen was born in [[Spearfish Lake]] sometime in 1950. | + | '''Karin Johansen''' was born in [[Spearfish Lake]] sometime in 1950. In August 1974, she goes for a raft trip down the Grand Canyon,<sup>[[Dawnwalker Chapter 1|DW01]]</sup> and has a brief romance with a boatman, [[Buck, Al|Al Buck]]. When she returns to [[Glen Ellyn]] she marries [[Chladek, Pete|Pete Chladek]], unaware that she is already pregnant. Karin names her first child [[Chladek, Crystal|Crystal Louise]], after one of the rapids and [[Buck, Louise|the woman]] that lead the trip. After Crystal was born in 1975, Pete and Karin have two more children, [[Chladek, Jon|Jon]] born October 1978 and [[Chladek, Nanci| Nanci]] born November 1979. |
| - | + | Karin was already ''"doing the books at Heller-Aller"'' in 1974 and continued to work for the company until her retirement in 1999. Karin and Pete owned a nice suburban house in [[Glen Ellyn]], outside Chicago. They lived moved in shortly after Crystal was born and were still living there twenty years later. The family did make occasional visits back to Spearfish Lake to visit relatives. | |
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| + | We learn that Karin was a witness to the famous [[Toivo Sauna]] scene when [[Toivo, Henry|Henry Toivo]] and [[Langenderfer, Kirsten|Kirsten Langenderfer]] first started going together. | ||
| + | Eventually, after Pete's behavior has driven away two of their children, Karin leaves Pete and returns to the [[Grand Canyon]] to re-connect with Crystal. There she meets up again with Al, who is mourning the death of his wife Louise. Karin and Al rekindle their romance, and plan to get married. | ||
| + | Note: From context, Heller-Aller is supposed to be a fictional company, possibly an auto parts supplier, but there exists a real Heller-Aller. It was a leading maker of windmills and water pumps and started in 1886, but was purchased in 1995. | ||
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Current revision as of 11:10, 27 September 2010
Karin Johansen was born in Spearfish Lake sometime in 1950. In August 1974, she goes for a raft trip down the Grand Canyon,DW01 and has a brief romance with a boatman, Al Buck. When she returns to Glen Ellyn she marries Pete Chladek, unaware that she is already pregnant. Karin names her first child Crystal Louise, after one of the rapids and the woman that lead the trip. After Crystal was born in 1975, Pete and Karin have two more children, Jon born October 1978 and Nanci born November 1979.
Karin was already "doing the books at Heller-Aller" in 1974 and continued to work for the company until her retirement in 1999. Karin and Pete owned a nice suburban house in Glen Ellyn, outside Chicago. They lived moved in shortly after Crystal was born and were still living there twenty years later. The family did make occasional visits back to Spearfish Lake to visit relatives.
We learn that Karin was a witness to the famous Toivo Sauna scene when Henry Toivo and Kirsten Langenderfer first started going together.
Eventually, after Pete's behavior has driven away two of their children, Karin leaves Pete and returns to the Grand Canyon to re-connect with Crystal. There she meets up again with Al, who is mourning the death of his wife Louise. Karin and Al rekindle their romance, and plan to get married.
Note: From context, Heller-Aller is supposed to be a fictional company, possibly an auto parts supplier, but there exists a real Heller-Aller. It was a leading maker of windmills and water pumps and started in 1886, but was purchased in 1995.
