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Biography:
Born October 7, 1951
Ionia County Michigan
EDUCATION
Graduated from Ionia High School 1969
BA of Education from Michigan State University, 1975
Graduate studies in Sociology with Eastern Michigan University, 1984-1986.
FAMILY
Mother – Teacher
Father – WWII Veteran, Accountant, now deceased
Married to Douglas E. Jackson, Viet Nam Veteran, 1970 – 1975.
Married to John W. Unger, retired Antrim County Probate Judge, 1988 – present.
One son: Jason, from first marriage who works in landscaping and design
Two step-sons: John, an artist (mosaics and iron sculpture), resides in Antrim County
Dave, sound technician, in the Chicago area
Two granddaughters: ages 8 and 16
CAREER
Social worker in various counties in Michigan (Kent, Ionia, Lenawee, Antrim) for Department of Social Services (now Department of Human Services) 1977 - 1989.
Received Special Commendation from the Department for the years in Ionia 1979 – 1981 working on special project to identify and treat “high-risk families†for child abuse/neglect and juvenile delinquency.
Also during this period of time, I volunteered considerable hours counseling battered spouses.
About 1983 I moved to Lenawee County, and specialized in investigating child abuse and neglect complaints.
I transferred to Antrim County in 1985. Received special recognition from the Michigan State Police in 1986 for my work in child abuse.
MISCELLANEOUS
Volunteered time to Antrim County Family Court 1990 – 2000.
Held Real Estate Salesperson’s License since 1994.
Community Mediation Services, 1999 – 2001. Trained and certified as a Court Mediator (although I think I may need to take some continuing classes to get on their list now).
Since 2000, I am involved in the activities of the 187th Army Air Corps (WW II Veteran’s Group), of which my father was a member. |
