Karen Mae Dellgard

1946 - 2025

Boise - Karen Mae (Yelton) Dellgard, 79, of Boise, passed away peacefully at home on September 26, 2025. Born July 23, 1946 in Pittsfield, IL to Bland and Ethel Yelton. She was the fourth child out of seven. The family moved to McCall, ID where she was raised and attended school. Karen loved being on the drill team in high school.

Karen worked in the printing business for 45 years at Albertsons Print Shop as a Production Manager and later worked at Syms York and Northwest Printing. While at Syms York, she met the love of her life, Steve. They married in 1990 in Stanley, ID. They loved camping, fishing and taking Sunday drives with their dogs, Taz and Teic.

Karen was a very giving person and loved to make birthday cakes for family and friends, always doing caring things for others. She had the most beautiful and giving heart. Her grandchildren, Dakota and Emily were the light of her life and always will be.

Karen was proceeded in death by Steve (husband), Bland (father), Ethel (mother), Sonny (brother), Stan and Lynn Tate (foster parents), Wayne and Bobbie Yelton (uncle and aunt), Dorothy Gray (aunt), Gerry Morman and Allen Blackner (brothers-in-law), Ron Blackner (Melissa's father). Karen is survived by daughter Melissa (David), grandchildren Dakota and Emily, sisters Mary, Sharon, and Trish, brothers Rob (Wanda) and Richard (Nicki), sister-in-law Evelyn Yelton, foster siblings Teri, Scott and Philip, numerous nephews and nieces and extended family the Dellgards. And someone that was extremely special to her and owned a part of her heart, Bob Blackner (Barbara, Cody and Alycyn).

The family would like to thank Horizon Home Health and Hospice for their wonderful care and compassion.