In fact we are related to her.
Karen Baarda was Martin's aunt.
I don't know if she painted the painting above
while she was still Karen Joldersma
but I cannot ask her that question as she passed away a number of years ago.
Aunt Karen (or Tante Klaasje) married late in life and they never had children.
When naming our fourth daughter we thought of a few names
but settled on Karen because of a few reasons
-we really liked Aunt Karen
- at that point we didn't have any boys to name and so my father was not going to get a namesake
since my father's name is Charles Klaas (known as Chuck) and Aunt Karen was actually Klaasje we thought that might be as close as he was going to get for someone to be named after him. ( we eliminated the option that was suggested for us - that we have a daughter that we would name Chuckalina )
-we liked the name Karen
I feel honoured to have Aunt Karen's artistry hang in our home.
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