- Date Of Birth: February 21, 1952
- Date Of Death: December 14, 2015
- State: Minnesota
Karen Marie Pecha, age 63 of Clear Lake – Ely passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 in the Essentia St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. She was born February 21, 1952 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Russell and Marcella (Litwicki) Bruce and was a graduate of Carl Scherz High School. Karen worked in several grocery stores in Chicago, moved to Tower-Soudan in 1974 to work in the family’s Tower-Soudan IGA grocery Store. Karen married Tony Pecha on October 8, 1977 in St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Tower and in May of the following year, they moved to their home on Clear Lake. Karen worked at the State Bank of Tower for almost 14 years and in May of 1998 began working with the Embarrass – Vermilion Credit Union.
