Karen Vlasek
July 1, 1944 — March 6, 2020
Karen Vlasek, 75, of Ely, Iowa, died Friday, March 6, 2020, at her home. Visitation: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2020, Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mercy Nursing Honor Guard prayer will begin at 4:00 p.m. Funeral Mass Service: 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Burial: St. John’s Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Karen was born July 1, 1944, in Jefferson, Iowa, the daughter of Floyd Shain and Dorothy Bird. She graduated from Jefferson High School and Broadlawns School of Nursing. Karen married Jim Vlasek on November 5, 1965, in Cedar Rapids. She worked at Mercy Medical Center as an O.B. Nurse for 38 years until she retired. Karen was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and volunteered at Soroptimist International of the Americas and the humane society. She loved gardening, bird watching and traveling with family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Vlasek of Ely; children, Angie (Joe) DuBois of Chardon, Ohio, Greg Vlasek (Vickie) of Cedar Rapids, Julie Ozmun (Marc) of Swisher; sister, Susan Zumwalt and nephew, Kirk, both of Pennsylvania; grandkids, Evan DuBois, Paul DuBois, Gavin Ozmun, Makayla Ozmun and Will, Wyatt and Weston Vlasek.
She was preceded in death by her father, Floyd Shain; mother, Dorothy Bird; and brother-in-law, Phil Zumwalt.
Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Valley Humane Society and Catherine McAuley Center.
Karen was born July 1, 1944, in Jefferson, Iowa, the daughter of Floyd Shain and Dorothy Bird. She graduated from Jefferson High School and Broadlawns School of Nursing. Karen married Jim Vlasek on November 5, 1965, in Cedar Rapids. She worked at Mercy Medical Center as an O.B. Nurse for 38 years until she retired. Karen was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and volunteered at Soroptimist International of the Americas and the humane society. She loved gardening, bird watching and traveling with family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Vlasek of Ely; children, Angie (Joe) DuBois of Chardon, Ohio, Greg Vlasek (Vickie) of Cedar Rapids, Julie Ozmun (Marc) of Swisher; sister, Susan Zumwalt and nephew, Kirk, both of Pennsylvania; grandkids, Evan DuBois, Paul DuBois, Gavin Ozmun, Makayla Ozmun and Will, Wyatt and Weston Vlasek.
She was preceded in death by her father, Floyd Shain; mother, Dorothy Bird; and brother-in-law, Phil Zumwalt.
Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Valley Humane Society and Catherine McAuley Center.
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