- Date Of Birth: March 12, 1941
- Date Of Death: December 25, 2022
- State: Indiana
Karen “Kaye” June Strader, of Tipton, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 25, 2022. Kaye was born in Ashmore, Illinois, on March 12, 1941 to Joseph E. and June R. (Walden) Kerans. She was a 1959 graduate of Charleston High School in Charleston, Illinois. Kaye married the love of her life, Charles Strader, on July 2, 1966. They shared 30 years together, raised three wonderful children, built their dream house, and made countless memories to last a lifetime. He preceded her in death on April 27, 1996. She worked many years at the General Electric Mattoon Lamp Plant and retired in 1996.
Kaye was an avid quilter and passed that love on to her daughter and granddaughters.
Kaye was a fun person with a great sense of humor. She threw the best Halloween parties and loved making elaborate costumes. She loved to play pranks and liked to come up with new tricks to play on her friends. She loved to laugh, and she could take a joke as well as play one! She was creative and resourceful. Kaye was an independent woman before it was in style, making her choices and owning her decisions. She had strong opinions and was out-spoken about them. She was a good friend, fiercely loyal. In 2002 Kaye married Mike Trinkle. They were residents of Lime Tree Park in Bonita Springs, Florida, where they had good friends and were active in the community. They were married for 17 years when Mike passed away on October 8, 2019.
Those left to carry on Kaye’s legacy of love are her children, John (Katie Lavery) Strader, Criselda (Mike) Harlow, Sandee (Eric McMillen) Strader-McMillen; grandchildren, John (Ashley) Harlow, Lukas (Kayla) Harlow, Lauren (Nicholas Cameron) McMillen, Elizabeth (Jonathan) Burden, Emily (Daniel) Preston, and Charles Elliott McMillen; great-grandchildren, James, Ethan, Caroline, Maxwell, Norah, Rachel, Hannah, Jonah, and Grady; sister, Sandee Sumner; sister-in-law, Jackie Kerans; step-daughters, Angie (Wyatt) Robinson, Lori (Michael) Vancil, Amy (Shannon) Archer; many nieces and nephews; and her loyal care-giver of many years, Dawn DeWitt.
