Karen M. Fox

Karen was born on March 7, 1960, the daughter of Victor and Eileen (Garrity) LaPorte. She graduated from Southern Illinois University with a B.S in Nutrition. She graduated from John Hersey H.S in A.H. She had a succesful career which brought her all over the world in the Global Credit Card processing industry. Karen was an amazing athlete. She was a track & field athlete in which she had a scholarship at SIU Carbondale, a triathlete and was always physically active, biking, swimming, running and kick boxing just to name a few. Karen was a track coach and gymnastic coach and judged gymnastic competitions. She was a loving and devoted mother, daughter, sister and friend who will be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her son, Kevin Fox, by her father, Victor LaPorte, by her siblings, Victor (Deborah) LaPorte, Theresa (Ken) Sarni, Thomas LaPorte and by Kathleen (Jeff) Myers, by her aunt Sheila Garrity Douglas, many nieces, nephews and cousin, husband Craig Virgin & step daughter Annie Virgin. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 9am until the time of the 10am Mass both at St. Mary Church-10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Burial will be at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to American Cancer Society. For further information please contact the funeral home at 847-515-8772 or online condolences may be directed to www.defiorefuneral.com