Karen Lynn Keele, 66, formerly of Baden died peacefully on Saturday May 30, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, WI, surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 14, 1953 to Irene (Zubik) and the late William Grazulis. Karen attended elementary school at St. Veronica, Ambridge. She attended Catholic High School in San Diego, Ca. and graduated from Mira Costa College with a degree in the medical field, a career from which she retired. Karen was an active member at the former St. Stanislaus Church and Good Samaritan Parish in Ambridge followed by Our Lady Lourdes in DePere, WI. In her free time, Karen loved gardening, watching game and crime shows and spending time with her beloved Grandsons, Holt and Taft, both at home and on trips to Disney World. Karen was also an avid Green Bay Packers fan. In her early years, Karen studied Acting at the Pittsburgh Playhouse School of Drama, was a member of the Screen Children’s Guild. She was also a model and won many awards for her costume designs.
Preceding her in death was her father, William Grazulis, Grandparents; Carl and Helen Zubik, Aunts and Uncles; Stanley and Susan Zubik, Ceil and Rudy Tabinowski and Gertrude and Ernest Orler and Dear Friend Martha Piontek. Surviving are her loving Mother, Irene Grazulis (Zubik), Daughter and Son-in-Law Tami and John Wojciechowski, Green Bay, WI., her Son and Daughter-in-law Drew and Jerie Keele (Stanton) of Baden and her “heartbeats” grandsons, Holt and Taft Wojciechowski.
Karen’s family would like to extend a special thank you to her Doctors; Michael Sherry, Alison Sehgal, Joshua Rubin and Mounzer Agha as well as the Lemieux Center for Blood and Bone Cancers team at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the team at UPMC/HVHS Cancer Center in Moon Township. Family and friends will be received on Friday 5-7 PM, Saturday, June 6 from 8:30 to 9:30 am at Kasper-Hahn Funeral Home, 547 Eighth Street, Ambridge (724-266-2549) followed by a Catholic Funeral Mass at Good Samaritan Parish, Ambridge officiated by Karen’s cousin, The Most Reverend David A. Zubik, 25 people can attend. Interment will follow at Sylvania Hills Mausoleum, Rochester, PA.
Mask will be required to be worn during all parts of celebrating Karen’s life.
Preceding her in death was her father, William Grazulis, Grandparents; Carl and Helen Zubik, Aunts and Uncles; Stanley and Susan Zubik, Ceil and Rudy Tabinowski and Gertrude and Ernest Orler and Dear Friend Martha Piontek. Surviving are her loving Mother, Irene Grazulis (Zubik), Daughter and Son-in-Law Tami and John Wojciechowski, Green Bay, WI., her Son and Daughter-in-law Drew and Jerie Keele (Stanton) of Baden and her “heartbeats” grandsons, Holt and Taft Wojciechowski.
Karen’s family would like to extend a special thank you to her Doctors; Michael Sherry, Alison Sehgal, Joshua Rubin and Mounzer Agha as well as the Lemieux Center for Blood and Bone Cancers team at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the team at UPMC/HVHS Cancer Center in Moon Township. Family and friends will be received on Friday 5-7 PM, Saturday, June 6 from 8:30 to 9:30 am at Kasper-Hahn Funeral Home, 547 Eighth Street, Ambridge (724-266-2549) followed by a Catholic Funeral Mass at Good Samaritan Parish, Ambridge officiated by Karen’s cousin, The Most Reverend David A. Zubik, 25 people can attend. Interment will follow at Sylvania Hills Mausoleum, Rochester, PA.
Mask will be required to be worn during all parts of celebrating Karen’s life.
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