- Date Of Birth: 1946
- Date Of Death: 2020
- State: Michigan
Obituary of Karen Anne Willard
Willard, Karen Anne
Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister passed away unexpectedly on Thursday evening, December 31, 2020 at her residence. She was 74 years old. Karen Anne Parks was born on July 15, 1946 in Gaylord, MI to the late Eustace “Buss” and Julia (Korzecki) Parks. She married James W. Willard on September 13, 1986 at the First Congregational Church in Saginaw. Karen was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a Letter Carrier, for several years. Karen was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Saginaw and more recently attended St. Francis de Sales Parish – St. Christopher site.
She loved baking and made cakes for all kinds of events. Karen was an excellent cook and was known for making dozens of tacos for her family every Saturday night. Her favorite place to be in the house was in her kitchen where she enjoyed making all different types of candy and cookies at Christmas time every year. Karen was creative and like to sew. She was a lover of all animals and adored her three fur babies, Rylee, Snuggles, and Hamm. But, what she loved most was spending time with her family.
Surviving are her husband, James; children, Jim “Loyd” (Janice) Wilson, and John (Nicholas) Wilson; grandchildren, Tiffany (fiancé Brian), Matthew (Erica), Jacob, and many other children that she treated as her own grandchildren; siblings, James (Susan) Parks, Judith (Garth) Tuxford, Thomas (Deb) Parks, Lydia (David) Enos-McGregor, James Parks, Timothy (Cindy) Parks, and Jacqueline (Rich) Burrill; Sisters in-law, Kathie Parks, Leigh Parks, and Kimberly Parks; god children, Mark Enos, Jonathan Parks, and Lydia Hughes; cousin, Edna Wotring and many nieces, nephews, and other close family members and friends.
Karen was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Parks; brother in-law Timothy Enos; sister in-law Sarah Richard, father of her children, James L. Wilson Jr., and mother in-law LaVerne Stone.
“She was my soulmate and best friend, she was an angel on earth and I’m really going to miss her.” – Her loving husband Jim
