KAREN MARIE SAYRE

MS. KAREN MARIE SAYRE OF FROSTPROOF, FLORIDA PASSED AWAY AT ADVENT SEBRING HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 4, 2022. SHE WAS BORN ON MARCH 12, 1941, IN WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MR. JOHN MOCKO AND CLARABELLE SALSBERY. 

KAREN GREW UP AND WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MEXICO, NEW YORK. SHE WORKED AS A BANK TELLER FOR KEY BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.

SHE WAS MARRIED TO RONALD MARK SAYRE FOR 21 YEARS, UNTIL HIS PASSING ON JANUARY 18, 2022.  

HER DAUGHTER, TERILYNN MACDOUGALL SAID HER MOTHER WAS A JOKSTER.  ALTHOUGH, SHE COULD BE FUNNY, LOVING AND OUTGOING SHE ALSO HAD A SHARP TONGUE ATTRIBUTED TO HER SCOTTISH HERITAGE. SHE MENTIONED THAT HER MOTHER LOVED TO COOK AND BAKE SO IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT SHE COULD WATCH COOKING SHOWS ALL DAY LONG. KAREN LOVED CARING FOR HER FRESH AND SALTWATER FISH TANKS. KAREN ALSO LOVED CROCHETING IN HER SPARE TIME. HER DAUGHTER REMARKED THAT SHE WAS THE DESIGNATED DRIVER WHEN SHE AND HER FRIENDS WENT OUT. KAREN WAS THE PERSON THAT MADE SURE EVERYONE ELSE WAS TAKEN CARE OF. LASTLY, TERILYNN MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS A BIG HUGGER! SHE WLL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND AND THEIR DOG, BEAR, OF 16 YEARS, PASSED AWAY IN JULY OF 2022

KAREN LEAVES BEHIND HER CHILDREN, LAUREEN ARMSTRONG, MELISSA STEVENS AND HER HUSBAND, ROBERT, AND TERILYNN MACDOUGALL AND HER HUSBAND, LEONARD; STEPSON, RANDY KULMAN, AND HIS WIFE, LYDIA; BROTHER, HARRY MCDOUGAL; SEVERAL GRAND, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

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