Karen Sjoquist Jenkins

Karen Sjoquist Jenkins of Fallbrook passed away on April 1, 2012 after a resolute 13 month battle with brain cancer. She was born on Jan. 19, 1948, in Mora, Minn., the youngest child of Helmer and Irene Sjoquist.

Karen attended St. Olaf College where she received a B.A. in mathematics and psychology in 1970. She graduated cum laude and was selected for Phi Beta Kappa. In 1971 she received a Masters in Science of Teaching from the University of Wisconsin.

She taught as an elementary school teacher for the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District for 33 years, where she was “Teacher of the Yea...