Karen Ann Barth
June 23, 1954 ~ February 3, 2016 (age 61) 61 Years OldShare using:
Karen Ann (Kinter) Barth, age 61, of Le Roy, MN died Wednesday February 3, 2016 at her home in
Le Roy.
She was born June 23, 1954 in Cresco, IA to Everett and Maxine (Johnson) Kinter. Karen was the second child with her brother Mark being born four years earlier. She was a happy child who liked to sing and play with her “Fanny the Fallen Angel” doll. She grew up in a house across from the Le Roy Public School and as she grew she participated in choir, band, and theater. She took up piano lessons and sang in the Church Choir. Karen also did wardrobe work on such High School play classics as “The King and I” , “Oliver” and “The Sound of Music”. She also maintained high enough grades to be a member of the National Honor Society throughout her High School experience.
Karen went to college at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where she majored in nursing and minored in Library Science. She graduated from Augustana with a degree in nursing and went on to work in Grand Meadow, Richmond, VA, Louisville, KY, Rochester, MN, Minneapolis and Spring Valley. In the early 90’s she returned to LeRoy to help in the care of her mother Maxine.
On September 18, 1999 she was united in marriage to Richard Jeffery Barth in Preston, MN. She and Richard shared a house in Spring Valley, but later separated. Karen loved cats and animals in general. She picked up a stray dog one winter day in 1990 and gifted it to her mother who loved it so much she couldn’t bring herself to have another dog when it died. Her cats were her children and she treated them well. She had several strokes over the past few years, but her passing comes as a surprise to those who loved her.
She is survived by 2 brothers; Mark (Kris) Kinter of Spring Park, MN and Kevin Kinter of Las Vegas, NV, 4 nieces and nephews and 1 great niece and 1 great nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents Maxine and Everett.
There will be a visitation from 5-7 p.m. on Monday February 8, 2016 at the Hindt Funeral Home in Le Roy, MN. There will be no other service.
Condolences may be left at www.HindtFuneralhomes.com