Karen Boyles Shields

Karen was born Oct. 23, 1953 in Ft Worth, TX. Her father is Eugene Guy Boyles and mother is Willie Fay Roark Boyles. Karen was just a few months old when she, her parents, and her two brothers, Calvin Eugene Boyles and Howard Carey Boyles moved to Lubbock, Texas. Karen attended Overton Elementary, Wilson Jr High and Coronado High school. She graduated high school in May of 1972. At age 19, she married John Lein who was an Air Force Airman and moved to Hawaii. They stayed there until June of 1975 when her husband, John ended his military career. They moved back to Texas and eventually ended up in Round Rock, Texas. She and John divorced in 1977 and in 1979, she married Richard Rodriquez. She and Richard had two children, Richard (Richie) and April Dawn. In 1986, she and Richard divorced and later, she married James Lang and moved to Austin. In 1992, she and James divorced. Karen was employed by the Internal Revenue Service and in 1992, she was transferred from Austin to Memphis, TN. Her youngest daughter, Carly D’Anne was born in 1993, and Karen married Carly’s father, Craig Shields in 1995. After working for 28 years for the Internal Revenue Service, Karen retired and eventually moved back to the Austin, TX area in 2013 where she currently resides in Kyle, TX.