She was born on October 5, 1953, in Butte, Montana, the daughter of Margaret Moog Bailey and sister to three siblings. Karen's educational years were spent in north-central Montana. Shortly after graduating from high school she lived for awhile in El Centro, California, where her mother and younger sister joined her. Together they made their way to the bright lights of Las Vegas which remained Karen's home for the next forty years. She worked as a bookkeeper and later met her husband, Thomas Prato, when she applied for a job.
Always an invincible team, Karen and Tom spent the next twelve years building the Artistic Iron Works business together. On December 18, 1999, they celebrated the turn of the century with a beautiful story-book wedding. Their combined families created two step-children to add to her own daughter.
Intent on seeing the world, they enjoyed many trips, vacations, and cruises with both family and friends.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her step-son, Thomas Prato, Jr. . Surviving in addition to her husband are her daughter, Shauna Bailey, granddaughters, Jazmyn, Hope, and Noelle, her step-daughter Tina (Dave) Spruell; their children Caleb Spruell, and Marissa (Ryan) Loe and daughter Brinlee Loe. Karen's surviving siblings include Colleen (Denny) Overcast, Sid (Renee) Bailey, and Mary Catania as well as five nieces and nephew, nine great nieces and nephews and many cousins.
A service of remembrance and burial will be held at the Palm Mortuary 7600 Eastern in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Those who wish to remember Karen in a special way may make gifts in her memory to a women's shelter she supported called The Shade Tree, 1 West Owens Avenue, North Las Vegas, NV 89030.
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