Karen Sue Garden (Southworth)
Published 6:36 pm Thursday, January 9, 2025
BOWLING GREEN – Karen Sue Garden (Southworth), 84, passed away November 30, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Hermon and Jane Rousculp. She was born in Lima, Ohio on April 7, 1941. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1958. She married Richard Garden at the Shawnee Methodist Church in Lima, OH on December 18, 1960. Karen and her husband, Richard moved to Bowling Green in 1973.
She worked for J.C. Penny for 20 years. She was a member of Christ Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons; Richard Byers Garden (Patty) and Stephen Byers Garden (Cindy) and a daughter; Stephanie Jane Watkins (Ray). 11 Grandchildren and 3 Great Grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on January 11, 2025 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. With a memorial service to follow at 4 p.m. at Christ Methodist Church on Cave Mill Rd. in Bowling Green, KY. Burial of remains will take place in Lima, OH at a later date.
Services have been entrusted to J.C. Kirby and Son Lovers Lane Chapel.