Karen Kephart Cherokee

Karen A. Kephart, 64, of Cherokee died Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, at Careage Hills in Cherokee.

Visitation and a prayer service was held Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Boothby Funeral Home, 207 E. Main St., in Cherokee. Graveside services were held Wednesday at Highland Memory Gardens in Des Moines. Online condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com.

Karen, daughter of Lon and Maxine (Maness) Bottorff, was born Dec. 31, 1951, in Osceola. She graduated from Osceola High School.

On June 11, 1977, she married Gerald D. Kephart at Zephyr Cove, Nevada. Karen worked for the laundry service at Tyson’s in Cherokee for many years, retiring when the plant closed.

Karen is survived by her sons, Christopher Dean (Kari) Kephart of Cherokee and Brian Alan (Rebecca) Kephart of Omaha, Nebraska, and grandchildren, Bella and Miles.

Karen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Gerald Kephart on Nov. 1, 1990, and sisters, Donna Maness and Norma Maness.