KAREN ELIZABETH BLADE

February 25, 1944 -
January 22, 2017

Karen Elizabeth Blade, 71, passed away peacefully at Roseville, California on January 22, 2017 from complications of respiratory disease.

Karen was born February 25, 1944.

She attended school in Mount Vernon, graduated from Mount Vernon Union High School in 1962 and attended Skagit Valley College.

She served in the United States Air Force after which she lived in San Jose, California and the Sacramento, California area.

She most recently resided at Brookdale Roseville Memory Care Center where she had many friends. She greatly appreciated the care she received from Brookdale Roseville Director Melissa Brown and the Brookdale Roseville staff, and her physician, Dr. Caron Houston.

Karen is survived by her sister, Tina Blade and Tina's husband Marc Hoffman of Duvall, Washington; brothers Bill Blade and his wife Sylvia of Rancho Mirage, California, and Karl Blade and his wife Alice (formerly Van Ossenbruggen) of Joplin, Missouri; nieces Becky Dwyer and her husband Pat of Joplin, Missouri, and Brandi Blade of Salida Colorado; and nephews Mike Blade and his wife Vicki of Mount Vernon, and Scott Blade and his wife Joann of Sedro-Woolley.

Karen was preceded in death by her mother, Josephine (Moody) Blade, in 1982, and her father, Walter Blade, in 1996.

There was a private memorial service at Brookdale Roseville.