Courtney, Karen L. 1943-2012

COURTNEY, VANDENBERG, STERLING, LORSUNG, STALKER, HORKY, HAACK, GLASSBURN

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 10/22/2012 at 14:31:46

Karen Courtney

Karen L. Courtney, 69, of Grand Island died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Northridge Assembly of God, with the Rev. Mark Oberbeck officiating. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Apfel Funeral Home.

Mrs. Courtney was born Jan. 8, 1943, in Lovilia, Iowa, to Everett and Madge (Wilson) Sterling.

Survivors of the immediate family include her husband, Jim Courtney of Grand Island; two daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy Lorsung of Grand Island and Anne and Mike Stalker of Lincoln; a son and daughter-in-law, James and Gina Courtney of Gothenburg; one sister, Marilyn VandenBerg of Albia, Iowa; and two brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard and Lily Sterling and Jack and Bev Sterling, all of Knoxville, Iowa.

Also surviving include six grandchildren, Michelle Stalker, Kristina Lorsung, Jeff Stalker, Montannia Courtney, Cheyann Courtney and Dana Horky; a sister-in-law, LuAnne Haack of Newton, Iowa, and a foster brother, Larry Glassburn.

She grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa, graduating from Ottumwa High School in 1960. Karen was united in marriage to Jim Courtney on Oct. 1, 1960, in Lancaster, Mo. The couple lived in California before moving to Iowa in 1963. They moved to Grand Island in March of 1978. Karen worked at Principal Financial Group from 1983 until her health forced her to stop in 1998.

Karen was a member of Northridge Assembly of God. Her main hobby through life was children. She was very influential and touched the lives of many children. She loved to quilt, do needlework, read, send cards and people in general.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Everette and Madge Sterling, one brother, Glenn Sterling, a brother-in-law, Gerald VandenBerg and one grandson, Christopher Lorsung.

Memorials are suggested to the family to designate at a later time.

Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.apfelfuneralhome.com.

Please sign the online guestbook at theindependent.com.

Published in The Grand Island Independent on October 5, 2012