Karen Weddle (Mansfield)'s Obituary
Karen Sue Weddle, daughter of Orville George and Viona Marie Thompson Barber, was born November 26, 1958, in Kansas City, Kansas, and departed this life on August 13, 2019, in Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri, at the age of sixty years, eight months and seventeen days.
She was united in marriage to Bobby Woody and to this union a daughter, Brenda, was born. She then married Edward McCrite and to this union a son, Danny, was born. On May 3, 2002, she married Dennis “Wayne” Weddle and they have shared the last 17 years together.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ed McCrite, brother, Eddie Barber, nephew, Dale, and a niece, Carol.
Karen is survived by her husband, Dennis “Wayne” Weddle of the home; daughter, Brenda Hammond and husband, Eric, of Rogersville; son, Danny McCrite of Dixon; eighteen grandchildren, Addison, Autumn, Aerin, Allison, Lydia, Joshawa, Cheyenna, Ashley, Dakota, Chad, Austin, Mason, Brandon, Lucas, Ian, Breanna, Kierra, and Jasmine; several great-grandchildren; two sisters, Cathy Easley and husband, Charlie, and Patty Farris and husband, Willy, all of Mansfield; two step-daughters, Sandra Johnson and husband, Danny of Seymour, Paula Wood and husband, Travis, of Ozark; three step-sons, Rusty McCrite and wife, Billie Jo, of Altus, OK, Dennis Weddle and wife, Michelle, of Cole Camp, and John Weddle and wife, Amanda, of Sparta.
She was born in Kansas City, Kansas and moved with her family to Mansfield, Missouri where she graduated from Mansfield High School in the Class of 1976. Karen worked most of her life in the banking industry and was of the Baptist faith.
In her spare time, she enjoyed road trips, fishing, canning, gardening, and watching westerns. But she loved being with her grandkids more than anything in the world.
Karen was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, niece and a caring friend. Her life ended too young, but we know she is now at peace without the struggles of everyday life she had to live with for the last several years.
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