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Karie Cawley Obituary
On Thursday morning May 17, 2007, Karie, 43, of Penn Hills (formerly of Verona). Beloved wife of Douglas J. Cawley of 13 years; beloved mother of Luke W. Cawley; daughter of Gloria and her husband Anthony Calahan, Thomas Ward and his wife Jacquelyn; dear sister of her twin, Kathie Wiskeman and her husband Butch, Kim Ward, Tomilyn Ward and Dawn Ward; daughter-in-law of William and Judy Cawley; sister-in-law of Debbie & Jesse Dapra. Stepmother of James and Taren Cawley; also many nieces & nephews. Friends will be received at the BURKET-TRUBY FUNERAL HOME CREMATION & ALTERNATIVE SERVICES, INC., Friday from 2-9pm. Friends and relatives are invited to attend a Celebration of Karie's life Saturday 12 noon at Murrysville Community Church, 3750 School Rd, Murrysville. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET AT THE CHURCH. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to Lung Cancer Alliance, 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1150, Washington, D.C. 20006 or call 1-800-298-2436 lungcanceralliance.org in loving memory of Karie Cawley or if desired for Luke's college fund.
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Karen Allen
June 20, 2007
To Kim and Kathie, to your children and to all of your family: It is with deepest sympathy that you have lost this dear sister to death. I know that you will miss her all the days of your lives. I am grateful that you shared her with me and I am enriched for have known her and for knowing both of you. With sincerest sympathy.
Roberta B Wilson
May 29, 2007
Doug: My deepest sympathy to you and your family. I have very fond memories of the time you spent with us as a youngster. God bless you all.
Bobbie Wilson
Joyce (Garia) Shipley
May 25, 2007
Gloria, Kim and Kathie,
I am filled with deep sadness over the loss of Karie. My memories go back to when we were all children. I will always cherish them and my thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Judy Llewellyn
May 22, 2007
Karie was a beautiful person and will be missed by all who knew her. I thank God I had the opportunity to share her spirit, even if it was for such a short time. My prayers go out to her family and a big hug to that little boy she loved so much.
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Marsha Haley
May 19, 2007
Karie was a very special person and patient. I was heartbroken to hear of her death. I am praying for strength and comfort for her family, who were always there for her.
Linda Klutch (Ziele)
May 18, 2007
I had the pleasure of working with Karie at E.H. Griffith many years ago. She was a great person and will be missed, my prayers are with her family.
May 18, 2007
Our deepest sympathy to Doug and Luke and to all of karie's family. She was one special lady, that will be missed by everyone who knew her. Katie Coyle & Quinn Hetrick
Nancy Stenger (Ley)
May 18, 2007
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. I remember hanging on the corner with Kathy and Karie, waiting for the school bus for four years.
May 18, 2007
I am so sorry to hear of the loss. My thoughts and prayers are with all of her family and friends.
Karen and Tony Adams
May 18, 2007
To Karie's family,
I only remember the tiny tot who ran around the gas station from time to time. Tom Ward is our family friend and I wish he and his family sweet memories of Karie to ease the pain of her loss. I heard many stories about the twins especially when they learned to drive. I send our deepest sympathy to everyone who knew and loved Karie. May God Bless you and yours.
Bonnie Lack
May 18, 2007
Doug, Luke, Kathie, Kimmie and all of Karie's family and friends, we all lost one of the most beautiful, admirable, honorable, loving, stong woman most of us have ever known or ever will.
She will live on through her family and her & Doug's 'Lukie-Luke' forever and he will know that his mother will always love him...we will miss her greatly....
Jeff Tomanio (family)
May 18, 2007
Tom,
Our Prayers and thoughts are with you and your family.
Karie, Kathie and Kim and I spent many fun afternoons down at the station with thier Dad and my brothers.We only all got in trouble when the girls went home "dirty". (There was alot of things down there to check out.)
Friends like that will always live on in our hearts.
Love Jeff , Linda, Angela, Jeffrey and Laura
Cryss Perman
May 18, 2007
Kathie, your love for your sister is the one of the greatest gifts she ever received. She is now sharing all of her memories of you with God, and I'm sure they're having lots of laughs. Although I didn't know Karie personally, I feel like I did because of you. What a wonderful example of sisterhood the two of you shared! I'm wishing you and your family peace and serenity during this time. You are STRONG, and you will be okay knowing that Karie is alive through you and Luke.
Much Love to You, Cryss.
Judy Forster
May 18, 2007
I can honestly say that I have never met a person (patient) that has always shown more concern for everyone around her, rather than for herself.
There is no doubt that she will be sadly missed by many.
With heartfelt sympathy,
Judy
Cindy Schermann
May 18, 2007
Karie was a very loveable person. She always had a smile on her face no matter how bad it was. She will be missed. My prayes are with her and her family. She was a wonderful person. I met here a the radiation oncology dept I work at the front desk. I visited her everyday when she was here and I loved to talk to her. I will miss her. I will always remember her big smile.
DEBBIE MCDEVITT
May 18, 2007
TO ALL OF YOU,
I LOVED KARIE WITH ALL MY HEART - SHE TRULY ENJOYED LIFE AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON. HER LOVE AND CONCERN FOR EVERYONE ELSE WAS AMAZING. I TOLD HER OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT SHE WAS MY HERO FOR HOW SHE HANDLED HER ILLNESS WITH SUCH STRENGTH AND COURAGE. EVERYTIME SHE GOT MORE BAD NEWS, SHE NEVER GAVE UP. WHEN I SEE LUKE I SEE KARIE - HE HAS HER ENERGY AND HER SPIRIT - I MADE HER A PROMISE THAT I WILL DO MY PART TO LET HIM KNOW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED HIM. SHE FOUGHT THE FIGHT OF A LIFETIME FOR HIM. I WILL MISS HER VERY MUCH - I SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS WITH HER NOT ONLY AS A CO-WORKER BUT A GREAT FRIEND AND FOR THAT I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
IT IS TRULY A SAD DAY FOR ALL OF US THAT LOVED HER.
Desiree Ward
May 18, 2007
With deepest sympathy to the family. Karie was a wonderful person and I will remember the happy times.
love,
-Desiree
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