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Karen Lucille (Fredericksen) Corbeil |
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August 19, 1944 ~ October 14, 2015 |
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October 21, 2015 |
 Karen
Lucille (Fredericksen) Corbeil passed away
October 14, 2015 in her son's home in Westworth
Village, Texas. Karen battled dementia for over
a decade and is finally at rest.
Karen was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on August
19, 1944 to Orval and Nada (Lannigan)
Fredericksen. Karen graduated from Bonners Ferry
High School in 1962. Karen attended nursing
school in Spokane, Washington, where she met her
first husband, Jerry Gramke, who was stationed
at Fairchild AFB. Karen traveled with Jerry in
the Air Force, living in Germany, New York,
Illinois, Mississippi and Texas. Their son,
Jerry Lee Gramke, Jr. was born in Wichita Falls,
Texas in 1968. Karen divorced Jerry and moved
back to Bonners Ferry in 1972.
Karen married Dave Aller in 1975 and soon gave
birth to another son, Christopher David Aller.
Karen worked for Dr. Coram and at the Bank of
Idaho before following in her father's footsteps
and joining the United States Postal Service in
1976. Karen worked as a substitute clerk in
Naples before becoming a clerk in Bonners Ferry
for a few years. Karen became the Postmaster of
the Porthill Post Office in 1982, where she
worked until retiring in 2005. The Post Office
was a major part of Karen's life and the amount
of people that she knew and considered as
friends because of the Post Office was
astonishing. Karen divorced David Aller in 1987.
Karen married for a final time in 1989, to
Robert (Bob) Corbeil. Karen and Bob divorced in
1997. Remaining close, Karen and Bob lived in
Porthill until Karen moved to Texas to be cared
for by her son, Chris, in 2014. Karen is
preceded in death by her infant son, Jeffery, in
1965; father, Orval, in 2005; and mother, Nada,
in 2010. Karen is survived by her brother Gary
Fredericksen (Ardyn), Palm Springs, California;
brother Mark Fredericksen (Karla), Seattle,
Washington; sister Patti Colt, Arlington, Texas;
son Jerry Gramke (Lori), Charleston, South
Carolina; son Christopher Aller (Tiffany),
Westworth Village, Texas; four grandchildren,
four nieces, two nephews, and many extended
relatives and friends.
A memorial service is planned for June 2016, to
reunite Karen with her parents in the
Fredericksen family plot at Grandview Cemetery
in Bonners Ferry. |
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