Her memorial service will be held on Friday, October 6, 2023 at 10:30 am at Westway Christian Church with Pastor Aaron Prohs officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park. A memorial has been established to Summit Christian College. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.dugankramer.com for the Ross family.
Karen was born May 26, 1940 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Fred and Susie (Snyder) Eckland and received her education in the Gering public schools.
She married Ernest Ross on January 7, 1957 and Jerry Ross on March 22, 1974.
Karen was a member of the Westway Christian Church.
Survivors include her sister Janis Tomjack; sisters-in-law Alvina Babcock and Donna Eckland; daughter Monica Ross-Williams, daughter Melinda Steele (Terry), daughter Michelle Robinson, son Jeffrey Ross (Jill), and son Jerome Ross; 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Fred and Susie Eckland, two brothers Aldon and Leonard Eckland, husband Ernest Ross, daughter-in-law Marci Ross, husband Jerry Ross and son-in-law Glen Williams.
