Birth date: Oct 27, 1954 Death date: Jul 15, 2024
Monday morning July 15, 2024, with the care of her loving wife and life partner God took his newest child Karen Lynn Merryman home to be with Him. To quote a dear friend "She was 1 in a million" and we could not agree more. Our he Read Obituary
I enjoyed working on projects with you you are a good kind smart beautiful soul. You are missed ... rip ...
Q: What will you never forget about Karen?
A: There are so many things I will never forget. I was the youngest child of my siblings so when Karen was born, I was a little over 10 years old. I held her in my arms when she first came home from the hospital. She was born with eczema all over her body. We constantly put cream on her and had to keep her hands covered so she couldn't scratch. At 12 I babysat her so her parents could bowl in leagues. I played with her, fed her, rocked her to sleep as if she were mine. There was so much she was allergic to. My mom had taught me how to make graham cracker cookies with a butter cream frosting and they were a favorite of hers throughout her life. My mom also use to make Mac n cheese and later on in life Karen loved for me to make it for her and it always had to be made in a special pan my mom always used. She also never wanted to share. As she got older, there were things she wanted to know about facts of life and would come to me for answers. She loved Elvis and her favorite song was Teddy Bear so when she would come to visit she wanted me to play it and wanted me to sing and dance with her. I could go on and on but these are really special memories that will stay with me the rest of my life. When I found out she had cancer if was like someone stuck a knife in my chest. She was so strong and really put up a big front on facing it. It killed me to see her struggling to breath, and now that is gone I know she is at peace. She was so happy with Shirley and had a wonderful life with her. We will all be with her again one day and till then I will love and cherish and carry her in my heart forever.🙏❤️
My Karen: I just don't know where to begin. Though we met in 2010, it was these past few years that we became so deeply connected. You know that our daily conversations, texts, silly meme and hashtag exchanges were as routine as my morning coffee. I cherished our daily walks and long conversations about everything and sometimes nothing. It is daily that I still reach for my phone to call you or text you about good news and bad, local chisme that you loved so much and to share some deep thoughts. You're not there, but you will always be in my heart. You are no longer sick or not feeling like yourself, and that brings me comfort. Always remember #ISGIGYITD! I know that makes us both laugh and I will miss your laugh. Please give Jonathan a hug for me up in Heaven. I love you.
Wishing you peace to bring comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories. She was a beautiful person will be greatly missed.
Love you Karen and will dearly miss you here. We will rejoice together for eternity 🙏! I greatly enjoyed playing WordFeud with you 🙏❤️....😉
Karen, you will be missed by many. I am better person because of you and Shirley. You have left your mark on this world. You both showed me, all you need is love. I am honored and proud to have known you. Rest in peace my friend. Hope there is lots of free warm fresh glazed donuts up there.
I love you
Over/out
Q: What will you miss most about Karen?
A: I'm going to miss hanging out together in the back yard, I'm going to miss having. Coors Lights at the Moose, many lunches and the golf course we visited! I'm going to miss laughing with her!
My mom worked at the cleaners and "suggested" that I do something with Karen (the bosses daughter). I thought - just great I'm going to have to spend the day with Karen. We are not quite 12 years old so we went to the fair. We had an ok time, but we then started to hang out and do things. One of the first things we did (1967- the summer of love when everyone was hitchhiking to San Francisco). Karen showed up at my house with some zig zag rolling papers and some matches. We just needed something to smoke...well.........., lets just say that our first smoking experience was trying to get high on Oregano. What were we thinking?!??!! We went on to have many more adventures cutting Sunday school to go to Thriftys to spend our offering money ( until the day my dad drove by in the Buick and our dog saw us and busted us because he was going crazy in the car), bowling at Avenue Bowl every Saturday, we discovered boys, we ditched school even though Karen went to Buena and I went to Ventura high. She would show up right before my first class started so we would leave and hang out in Jr Chavez orange VW alllllll day until school got out, She later moved to Connecticut and when she returned to Ventura she had invited me to her apartment. I was in the process of getting a divorce and had run into to her at my moms because she would stop by to have a beer with Elsie (my mom) because Karen was working at the cleaners. I went over later that day to her place and she proceeded to get drunk as hell because she was going to tell me she was gay. When she told me, I said oh, I already know that because my mom told me. She then asked me if I hated her and I looked at her and asked her if she hated me because I was straight- she just started laughing. We sat there that night and went through her photo albums and talked about "old times". Karen would often stop by my moms after working at the cleaners to have a beer so I saw her a lot. My mom always called her a little shit. When my dad died, Karen stopped by the house and my mom was sitting in the kitchen. At that time, my mom had Alzheimer's and didn't recognize me most of the time and would called me momma. I'd have to remind her that I was her daughter. When Karen came in the house using the side door, my mom just looked at her and said " There you are you little shit". She knew Karen immediately- Karen was and is unforgettable and was my friend for many years and will be sorely missed
