Background
Burk, Karen Ann was born on February 27, 1942 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Harold Marshall and Marie Elizabeth Swift.
Burk, Karen Ann was born on February 27, 1942 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Harold Marshall and Marie Elizabeth Swift.
Student, Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakot, 1960-1961; diploma, St. Joseph Mercy School Nursing, Mason City, Iowa, 1964; postgraduate, Mason City Junior College, 1965-1966.
Office nurse, Mason City, 1964-1968; charge nurse emergency room, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Mason City, 1968-1971, 73-75; staff nurse, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, 1971-1973; staff nurse surgical floor, Broadlawns Hospital, Des Moines, 1975-1976; staff nurse student health department, Iowa State University, Ames, 1976-1983; supervisor nursing services in occupational medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1983.
Volunteer American Red Cross.
Married Robert Ellis Burk, February 20, 1971.