Spittler, Karen Ann (1949 – 2019)

SPITTLER, YOUNG, LEE, BAILEY, HERMAN

Posted By: Denise Wurner, Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/27/2019 at 20:38:58

Name of deceased: Karen Ann Spittler

Aged: 70 yrs, 2 mo, 20 days

Residence: Atlantic, Audubon County, IA

Born: Jan. 26, 1949; Freeport, Stephenson County, IL

Died: April 15, 2019; Cass County Memorial Hospital, Atlantic, Audubon County, IA

Funeral services: No information provided

Survived by: Sister, Kay (spouse, Mark) Young of Sterling, IL; brother, Mark (spouse, Cindy) Spittler of Freeport, IL; niece, Melissa (spouse, Kent) Lee of Bloomington, IL; niece, Beth (spouse, Greg) Bailey of Palmetto, FL; great-nieces and nephews, Sophia, Mayah, Josiah Lee, and Benjamin and Caleb Bailey; aunt, Evelyn (spouse, William) Herman; uncle and aunt, Robert and Tana Herman of Lena, IL; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Charles and Alberta (nee Herman) Spittler

Education: Attended Stockton (IL) Public Schools, graduating as salutatorian of the Stockton High School, Class of 1967. She then continued her education at the University of Illinois and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology, and then her Master's degree in Speech/Language Pathology.

Religious affiliation: No information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: No information provided

Employment: Karen was employed as a speech therapist in Illinois for the Ford-Iroquois County Special Education Association from 1972 to 1977. She continued to follow the Fighting Illini after moving to Atlantic, IA in 1977, where she began working as a Speech and Language Pathologist for Loess Hills Area Education Agency 13, which serves several school districts in Cass and Shelby counties; she retired in 2010.

Hobbies/Interests: Was a member of the University Theatre, member of the National Dramatics Honor Society and Sigma Alpha Eta, a national speech correction professional fraternity. Was a life-long learner and loved to travel; she enjoyed crafts, weaving, sewing, collecting pottery, cooking, reading, letter writing, and gardening

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