DUFF, Karen Elisabeth (PIHL)
PIHL, DUFF, WINTHER-DAHL, PRELIP, HILL, BROSDAHL
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 12/20/2018 at 19:12:06
Obituary ~ Karen Elisabeth (Pihl) Duff
February 05, 1940 ~ November 05, 2018The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, November 07, 2018THORNTON - Karen Duff, 78, formerly of Thornton, passed away Monday, November 5, 2018, at Good Shepherd Care Center in Mason City. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, at First United Methodist Church, Thornton with Pastor Deb Devine presiding. Interment will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Retz Funeral Home 107 N 2nd St, Thornton.
Karen Elisabeth Duff was born February 5, 1940 in Thornton, a daughter of Jens and Elisabeth (Winther-Dahl) Pihl. She graduated from Thornton High School.
On July 12, 1958 Karen was united in marriage with James Duff. They made their home in Thornton where she raised her family. A hard worker, Karen worked at various jobs and devoted herself to her family and her church where she was active in the United Methodist Women. She never missed her children's sporting events and loved when her grandchildren stayed with her.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Rhonda (Pat) Prelip; Debra (Steve) Hill; Robert (Michelle) Duff; Ronald (Krista) Duff; 11 Grandchildren; 13 Great-Grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Karen is preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Kay Ann, brothers Andy and Ivan and sister Dorothy Brosdahl.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2018
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