Karen Marie Bowling

 Karen Marie Bowling of Charleston, and a proud native of Pineville, made her final metamorphosis into a butterfly headed to Heaven on April 22, 2024. She was 69.

She was born on January 28, 1955, to the late Willis and Eula Lambert Bowling.  She was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Pineville where she was the pianist until moving to Charleston, where she attended the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.

Karen was a much loved and dedicated kindergarten teacher before her retirement in 2012. Her classroom had always been themed according to season or project and required a U-Haul truck to move her resources back home. She was a lover of dogs, proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a passionate Mountaineer and Loved Elvis. She enjoyed music, riding rollercoasters, traveling, and attending any event where she could spend time visiting people. She was a social butterfly.

She is survived by her brother Everett and his wife Junemarie, niece Veronica and her husband Isaiah, great niece Olivia who has inherited Karen’s ability to color coordinate her outfits and accessorize with sparkles and great nephew Brayden who inherited Karen’s ability to hold long phone conversations. She leaves behind Agnus her 8 ft giraffe and 4ft zebra who shall remain nameless.

In keeping with Karen’s love of theme she requested that her celebration of life be an explosion of color.

The family would like to thank Bowers Hospice House of Beckley for the care given to Karen in her final days.

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