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Karen King
KAREN KING
Tipton
Karen K. King, 66, died Thursday, March 27, 2014, at Mercy Iowa City. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30, Chapman Funeral Home, Clarence, with the Rev. David Mears officiating. Burial: Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services Sunday at the funeral home.
Survivors include her husband, Darold; sons, Brian (Jenny) and Jeff (Teresa) of Tipton; six grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and a great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Karen was born Jan. 26, 1948, to Gale and Helen McAfee Maurer. She married Darold King Sept. 3, 1966, in Tipton.
Karen loved her dogs and horses and doing farm things. Karen and Darold enjoyed traveling all over in their motorhome to dirt late model and modified races. She loved her family and loved talking sports with her boys and grandkids.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mercy Hospital Foundation, 3 West Medical Fund, 500 E. Market St., Iowa City, IA 52245.
Please direct online condolences to www.chapman
fh.com.
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