Karen was born in Portland to Barbara and Roger Wagner. She graduated from Wilson High School in 1974 and attended the University of Santa Clara spending her junior year in Florence, Italy.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology she remained in San Francisco working in the investment banking field. She re-met her husband Greg, a fellow Santa Clara graduate, in 1987 and they married soon afterwards. They moved to Portland in 1991 and were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Noel in 1993.

Karen loved watching classic movies, gardening, reading a good book in the sun and making her friends and family laugh. Everyone who knew her will miss her keen wit and wry sense of humor.

She was preceded in death by her father, Roger Wagner and is survived by her husband, Greg; daughter, Noel; mother, Barbara and stepfather, Jack McKinnon; brother, Eric (and wife, Cindy) Wagner; and sister, Gretchen Wagner-Lariviere.

A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30 at the Church of St. Michael The Archangel, 424 SW Mill St., Portland, OR 97201.

Contributions to the American Cancer Society may be made in lieu of flowers.

Facts Born: March 25, 1956
Place of Birth: Portland, OR USA
Death: April 23, 2013
Place of Death: Portland, OR USA