She was born December 27, 1938 in Marietta to Thomas and Eleanor Ritchey McCurdy.
She was a 1956 graduate of Marietta High School. Karen attended Morehead State University on a musical scholarship and received her BA in education, then went on to obtain her Master’s in education at Ohio University. She was a first grade teacher in Washington, DC, then at Waterford Elementary, and at Barlow Vincent for 37 years. She was a member of Gilman United Methodist Church. Karen was a member of the Red Hat Society and the Retired Teachers Association. She was a current member of the Marietta City School Board and a past board member of the Washington County Career Center.
She is survived by a son, Rusty Burton (Tammy) of Marietta; two grandsons, Mac and Henry Burton, and their mother , Cindy Burton; two sisters, Joanna Lupardus (Ron) of Bartlett and Christina Sloter of Marietta; a brother, Jon McCurdy (Cathy) of Morgantown, WV; an adopted brother, Jim Williams of Marietta, many nieces and nephews and her cat, Kitty.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Thomas McCurdy.
Friends may call on Monday, November 7, 2016, at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. There will be a memorial service held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Gilman United Methodist Church with the Rev. Diann O’Bryant officiating.
Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home
Nov. 2016
She was born December 27, 1938 in Marietta to Thomas and Eleanor Ritchey McCurdy.
She was a 1956 graduate of Marietta High School. Karen attended Morehead State University on a musical scholarship and received her BA in education, then went on to obtain her Master’s in education at Ohio University. She was a first grade teacher in Washington, DC, then at Waterford Elementary, and at Barlow Vincent for 37 years. She was a member of Gilman United Methodist Church. Karen was a member of the Red Hat Society and the Retired Teachers Association. She was a current member of the Marietta City School Board and a past board member of the Washington County Career Center.
She is survived by a son, Rusty Burton (Tammy) of Marietta; two grandsons, Mac and Henry Burton, and their mother , Cindy Burton; two sisters, Joanna Lupardus (Ron) of Bartlett and Christina Sloter of Marietta; a brother, Jon McCurdy (Cathy) of Morgantown, WV; an adopted brother, Jim Williams of Marietta, many nieces and nephews and her cat, Kitty.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Thomas McCurdy.
Friends may call on Monday, November 7, 2016, at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. There will be a memorial service held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Gilman United Methodist Church with the Rev. Diann O’Bryant officiating.
Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home
Nov. 2016
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