Karen B. Livesay
August 23, 1954 ~ June 15, 2020
Karen B. Livesay, 65, of Columbus, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 15, 2020, at her home.
Karen was born August, 23, 1954, in Columbus, the daughter of Guy and Mildred Caffee Harper. She married Merle D. Livesay August, 26, 1972.
Karen graduated from Columbus High School and was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. She loved gardening and designing all types of things including a beautiful yard. Her favorite flowers were honeysuckle and gladiolas. Her family enjoyed her art work and music. Her greatest passion was her relationship with God followed by spending time with her family and grandchildren. She will also be missed by her beloved dog, Abby.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2020, at Garland Brook Cemetery, Meditation Section with Brad Hicks and Scott Newman officiating.
Memorials may be made to Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Merle; sons, Dennis (Lauren Beastal) Livesay of Wichita, Kansas, and Chris (Lisa) Livesay of Denver, Colorado; daughter, Brittany (Matt) Diebolt of Columbus; a brother, Keith (Sharon) Harper of Muncie, Indiana; and grandchildren, Maxwell Livesay, Nathan Livesay-Heinen, Emma Livesay, Kaden Livesay, Nolan Diebolt and Haley Diebolt.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Jerry Harper and infant brother, Edward Wayne Harper.
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Merle, Chris, and the rest of the family I send my condolences for your loss. It is never easy losing a loved one, and I hope that you will all find peace in dealing with this.
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Karen was always so welcoming during my visits there as a youth playing with her son. I have many fond memories and would like to share a couple.
As a young kid I had a sleepover. In the morning I woke up ready for breakfast and had the most amazing mini pancakes ever. She just kept batched if them for me. I couldn’t get enough which is really saying something for a picky eater. To this day I have never had better pancakes and will still think of those to this day when eating pancakes.
A second memory was playing board games with the family. One particular game I don’t know what it was called just that it was mental persuasion game. I was meeting everyone soundly. Then all of a sudden Karen just came roaring back putting me in place and winning the game. Karen was very intelligent methodically implementing her strategies during board games. I knew her well. As a teenager I saw Karen in several occasions playing her Family in scrabble. She had an extensive vocabulary and was a great speller and as mentioned earlier a great strategist. Needless to say she was a scrabble champion. As a teenager we tend to think we r Superman and can’t be beat at anything. Well I was smart enough to never player her at scrabble saving myself an inevitable humiliating defeat.
My last memory of Karen was when Merle and her attended my wedding after party. Both Merle and her were so nice. Karen with a huge smile on her face. Karen was always happy and in good spirits never more than when she was with her Husband, Merle
Those were just a few memories I had of many.
She was really a great person.
My deepest sympathies to the entire family.
Such a beautiful tribute video! Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Although I haven’t had a lot of time to spend with Karen, I loved her from the first time I met her. She was a kind, sweet Christian lady. Her love for God and family shined brightly. Love and prayers, Linda and John Turner