Karen Ann Philben

Karen was the youngest of my "Carr" cousins, and the only other one with remaining direct ties to Springview and the surrounding area. She was eight years younger, so our worlds did not always travel the same path, but the close relationship that our two families had always enjoyed never let that distance become too great. Karen was so modest and unassuming that she seems just to have quietly 'slipped away' in much the same manner that she had lived. She was a very special person whose quiet...

Sorry for your loss. I am retired postmaster from Spencer and enjoyed visiting with Karen.

We will all miss Karen. She had that special smile and always ready for a laugh or two. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

I was so sad to hear of Karen's passing. My sincere sympathy to the family. I have many fun memories of Karen. She was a great friend and neighbor. We walked and talked and went to many fun auctions. Karen was all about family. She was a wonderful mother, mother-in-law and grandmother (and I am sure a wonderful great-grandmother too). Family visits and activities came first, and she would go without or make do with an old car or sofa to make sure her family had what they needed to be...