Debbi KernDeborah (Debbi) Halbeck Kern (1951-2020) grew up in the suburbs of Glen Ellyn, outside Chicago. She earned her BFA in 1973 from Bowling Green State University. Kern moved to the West Clermont community in Cincinnati as the new art teacher at Amelia Eementary where she would teach for thirty years, meeting her husband along the way. After retiring, Kern found great joy in continuing her art and community work, even doing freelance illustration work specializing in pen-and-ink art of pets and homes. She loved drawing animals and illustrated seven children's books, including Jack and Remy's Bayou Band and Three Little Crawfish. Her former students and her art stand as a testament to her beautiful spirit. Read More Read Less