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Ellen Genevieve Karns
Dec 13, 1901 — Dec 2, 1996
Ellen Genevieve Karns, 94, of Meadville, died Monday, December 2, 1996 at Meadville Medical Center following a brief illness.
She was born December 13, 1901 in Meadville, a daughter of the late Anthony and Louise Vasieu Smith. She married Ray Jonas Karns on January 29, 1926. He preceded her in death in 1977.
She was a homemaker who especially enjoyed gardening and her family and friends. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William (June) Allen and Mrs. Stephen (Nancy) Clark, both of Meadville and Mrs. Lee (Geraldine) Mix of Lake City; two sons, Robert R. and Lewis A. Karn, both of Meadville; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Laura Mae Karns; two brothers, Homer and Gilbert Smith; and four sisters, Grace Burton, Florence Smith, Magdalene Morris and Laura Belle Smith.
Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.
Interment was in Greendale Cemetery.
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