Loving spouse of 18 years Bruce and mother to her pride and joy’s whom she loved unconditionally Garrin and Kurt.
Survived by her brother Tom (Mary), sister to Gail (Rick), Joan (Dave) and Jane.
Loved by her late in laws Art and Doreen Calma.
Survived by her brother in laws Steve (Deb), Roger (Lori) and Sister-in-law Deb (Bruce) Currie.
Loved by her nieces Holly (John), Haley, Abbey, Lindsay, Mel (Julie), Jen (Bryan) and Chrissy.
Loved by her nephews, Craig, Brent, Blake, Connor, Ryan (Jo), Mike.
Great Aunt to, Lillian, Nolan, Gabby and Hannah.
Special great “Auntie KK” to Lucas, Liam and Isabelle.
Karen has many other aunts, uncles and cousins that she loved very much.
The greatest joys in her life besides her family was being a Registered Nurse.
She always put 110% in her job that she loved so much since her graduation in 1990.
Her dedication to care, love and help others was all she wanted and always did just that.
Karen had a group of friends that meant the world to her. Her love for her friends was never hidden and they knew.
Loving their children as they became a special place her heart. Ali, Jonathan and Bridget Clarke. Genevive and Lyla Robbins as well as Taylor and Brynnlee VanLeeuwen.
Karen would open her world to a stranger.
For those who knew Karen, children stole her heart.
She could never say “no”.
There are so many other special people to Karen, hopefully you know who you are, and I want to specially thank you for that.
I would like to personally thank those people over this past year(s) that supported “us” and especially Karen during her health needs.
Visitation will be held at Westmount Memorial Celebration Centre, 1001 Ottawa St. S. Kitchener, (519-743-8900), on Thursday, April 22 from 2 - 9 pm. Please note – you must register to attend the visitation. Guests will be allowed a maximum of 15 minutes to pay their respects to the family. To register for visitation please click this link --->
A Funeral Service will be held at the funeral home by invitation only but available via live streaming on Friday, April 23 at 11 am by clicking the following link: https://funeraweb.tv/diffusions/2a7bb30c-e0b0-45ab-a0e5-3e279b9a87d1
Cremation to Follow.
If you so desire, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family
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