Alberta Mae Karns

Alberta Mae Karns, age 73 of Union City, Ohio passed away at 1:30 A.M. Monday, February 24, 2014 at the Heartland of Greenville. Alberta was born August 5, 1940 in Preble County, Ohio to the late Harmon and Esther (Martin) Richards.

Alberta was a self-employed Licensed Practical Nurse with a home health care practice in the Darke and Miami County area.

Alberta was a member of the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Muncie, Indiana and a 1958 graduate of Jackson High School in Preble County Ohio.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Forest Karns and a sister Sylvia Cole.

Alberta is survived by her children, Alicia Green of Florida, Harmon George of Greenville and Sarena & Keith Simpson of West Milton; grandchildren, Rachel Clark, Kasey Parlet, Brandon Green and Justice Green; great-grandchild, Stella Parlet; 3 step children; many step grandchildren; brothers, Harold Richards of Muncie, Indiana and Darrell Richards of Mesa, Arizona; sisters, Lula Murray of Indianapolis, Indiana and Cecelia Lewellen of Centerville, Indiana; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 3, 2014 at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home Greenville, Ohio with Rev. Kevin Holt officiating. Burial will follow in the Goshen Cemetery (near Richmond, Indiana). The family will receive friends on Monday from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home. It is the wishes of the family that Memorial Contributions be given to State of the Heart Hospice Darke County, Ohio.