Karen (Williams) Wayne was born in Danville, Illinois on March 28, 1936 to Lois and Joe Williams and passed June 19, 2020. She attended Danville High School and Indiana University. She worked at Palmer American Bank in Danville. In August of 1959 she married Daniel Craig Wayne. She has two children, Daniel Joseph Wayne (Carole) and Kristy Kay Wayne (deceased). The family moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1970, where she worked at Lincoln Elementary School. She has four granddaughters: Kaylyn Bloomer, Krissa Grover (Tyson), Kambra Cotten (Ray), and Ryan Wayne. Also surviving are eight great-grandchildren: Kole Bloomer, Taylor Voss, Kollin Grover, Lily Grover, Noah Grover, Olivia Gary, Jayden Cotten and Damian Cotten. She also has one great-great-grandson, Jackson Grover. Please make donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
