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Karen E. Knight Dempsey

1934 - 2000

BORN

1934

DIED

2000

FUNERAL HOME

Passalacqua Funeral Chapel

901 W Second Street

Benicia, California

Karen Dempsey Obituary

Karen E. Knight Dempsey, 66, a resident of Benicia, California, for more than 50 years, a Pipefitter at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, for more than 16 years before her retirement in 1996, passed away suddenly at a Vallejo hospital on Thursday, May 11, 2000. Friends may call on Tuesday, May 16, 2000, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., at Passalacqua Funeral Chapel, 901 West Second Street, Benicia. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, May 17, at 2 p.m., officiated by the Rev. Al Marks. Burial will be at Murray Memorial Cemetery, Lonepine, Montana.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 14, 2000.

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