Karen Lee Wise
Karen Lee (Sowden) Wise, age 70 of Greensboro, Pa., died Tuesday July 11, 2017 in Waynesburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation after a 4 year struggle with cancer.
Mrs. Wise was born September 9, 1946 in Greensboro, Pa., the daughter of the late Charles H. and Hazel (Rock) Sowden.
She was a graduate of Mapletown High School, and served on the Greene Twp. Board of Elections.
Karen attended the First Baptist Church of Carmichaels.
She was a member of the Greensboro-Monogahela Twp. Vol. Fire Dept. in the 1980’s.
Mrs. Wise is survived by her husband, David L. Wise Sr. whom she married on August 18, 1971.
Also surviving are four children; Paula Haddock (Tommy) of Panama City, Florida, Jennifer Samek (Jeff), of Greensboro, Pa., David Wise Jr., of Bobtown, Pa., and Shelby Wise of Morgantown, W.Va.; two brothers, Charles H. Sowden Jr. (Beverly) of Carmichaels, Pa., and Charles Sowden III of Carmichaels, and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Deceased are two sisters; Shialey McCarty and Mary Lou McGulla, and her in-laws, Burns and Goldie Wise.
Friends will be received on Friday in the PAUL M. LESAKO FUNERAL HOME INC. 204 Dowlin Ave., Carmichaels PA, 15320, Paul Lesako Supervisor, Robert Lippencott F.D. from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m, Saturday from 10 to 11 with the service at 11:00 with Pastor Charles Sowden, officiating.