Karen Anne Whitley

© Enid News and Eagle

08-10-2014

Submitted by: Glenn

© Enid News and Eagle

ENID, OK — Mass of Christian Burial for Karen Anne Whitley, 64, of Enid, will be 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. The Rev. Rajesh K. Mankena will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Karen was born August 22, 1949, in Chicago to Jerome and Genevieve C. Yoder Determan and passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

She moved to Enid in the spring of 1950. She attended Memorial High School and graduated in May 1968. She went to work for Oxford Cleaners in 1970 for Bill Phillips at the drop station at Vance AFB with her Aunt Emma. She taught her the right way to sew. Karen worked for several owners of Oxford Cleaners, including Charlie Elam, who she always referred to as “Mr. Elam,” then Vernon and Margie Bierig, Pierce and Janet Jones. She finally purchased the business in August 2004. Karen’s struggle with MS forced her to close the shop in November 2013.

Karen married Jewell Whitley Sept. 18, 1981, in Kingfisher. He passed away Jan. 23, 2010.

Karen was a charter member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church.

Karen is survived by her sister, Linda (Kenneth) Hoffman of Wichita, Kan.; brothers, Wayne (Diana) Determan of Virginia Beach, Va., Gene Determan of Wichita, Kan., Jon (Deborah) Determan of Brandywine, Md., Ken (Wil) Determan and nieces, Amber, Colette, Dominique of Amersfoort, the Netherlands; and many other nieces and nephews. She will be missed by many cousins and very close friends and customers.

She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers-in-law Ray Whitley and Melvin Prochaska.

Memorials may be to MS Society or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, cancer division, with Ladusau-Evans serving as custodian of funds.

Condolences may be made and service viewed online at www.ladusauevans.com.

(Submitted by family)

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