Karen Ann Parker, the daughter of Lester and Carolyn (Polcen) Anderson, was born on October 4, 1945 in Racine, Wisconsin. She passed away on July 7, 2021 at her residence in Republic, Kansas at the age of 75 years, 9 months, 3 days.

Karen was a graduate of Lakewood High School in California. She married Bentley Parker on August 11, 1962 at St. Columbian Church in Garden Grove, California. This union was blessed with 3 children. They made their home in Republic, Kansas; where she was employed as a nurse aide and also did babysitting.

Karen enjoyed listening to music, and loved to collect pretty items such as bells, dolls, dishes and jewelry. She liked to go shopping and was a good cook. She enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower gardens.

She was a member of MNO bridge club and loved her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; Lester and Carolyn.

Survivors include her husband Bentley; sons Robert (Susan Roush) Parker, Scott (Beth Stevens) Parker and one daughter Alaina (Robert) Brown; nine grandchildren: Christopher (Kimberly) Parker, Kelsey (Tyler) Lauenstein, Lyndsay (Tyler Christensen) Brown, Katelyn (Brock Christensen) Brown, Mariah (Kurt) Fritson, Danielle Roush, Jordan (Alex) Brown, Ashlyn Brown and Jordan Brown; 8 great grandchildren; siblings: Ron Anderson of Anaheim, California; Barbara Dwyer of Ventura, California; and Linda Klos of Bullhead City, Arizona; nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Graveside Memorial Services at: Lake Cemetery, Republic, Kansas
Time of Service: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 10:30 am
Clergy: Pastor Natalie Faust
Memorials to: Brodstone Memorial Hospital Foundation-cancer wing or Republic United Methodist Church
Funeral Home: Megrue-Price Funeral Home, 750 N Commercial, Superior, Nebraska 68978 Phone 402-879-3900