Karen MINTON

Karen MINTON

Karen MINTON Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 28, 2010.
MINTON, Karen Karen R. (Howard) Minton, 63, of Manchester, died peacefully, Monday (December 20, 2010) at Hartford Hospital. She was born June 30, 1947 in Chicopee, MA, beloved daughter of the late Grover & Marjorie (Baker) Howard. She attended local schools and was a 1964 Graduate of Manchester High School. Karen earned a Bachelor Degree in 1968 from Anderson College in Anderson, IN. Karen is survived by several cousins and extended family, and numerous close friends and neighbors. Funeral services will be held Thursday December 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Community Baptist Church, 585 East Center St., Manchester. Burial will be private in the Fairview Cemetery in Chicopee, MA. There are no calling hours. The Holmes Funeral Home, 400 Main St., Manchester has care of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Sheltering-Wings, P.O. Box 29565, St. Louis, MO. 63126 or go to www.sheltering-wings.org.

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Pat (Rhoads) Daniel

January 15, 2011

Karen was a valued and faithful friend since our high school and church youth fellowship days. I treasure the memory of our last times together as she was as always: sweet, kind and gentle and trusting in God. I know her eternity with Him will be wonderful!

dzintra Bailey

December 29, 2010

Remembering you Karen and your great faith and strength. I never heard any lamenting only words of faith in our Lord Jesus. Love, Dzintra

Richard Rivard

December 29, 2010

Karen may you rest in peace at the foot of jesus. You were a committed women in christ and feared nothing. I know you're with god. Please continue to pray for those of us on earth. May your soul rest in peace.

December 28, 2010

Karen's sweet spirit and her unwavering faith in God to the end was such an inspiration to us all.
Gene and Monta Bright
Quitman, MS

Holmes Funeral Home

December 28, 2010

With deepest sympathy during your time of mourning.

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