Karen Marie Anderson was born June 22, 1946, in Spokane, Washington to Herbert H. Adams and Maxine G. Murphy.  She married her childhood sweetheart, David Anderson.  They raised two boys in Spokane. She became a nurse, rising to the level of R.N. She worked mostly in retirement facilities, spending the last 5 years of her career as a hospice nurse.  Karen retired after 50 years. Her first marriage ended in divorce. She remarried again to Enoch (Rudy) Kuki.  They traveled all over the world chasing lighthouses, mostly in America.  She was always there for her grandsons. She is survived by her sons Aaron and Erich, grandsons Kellen, Connor, and Nathan, her husband Rudy, lots of cousins, and four siblings.