Born Aug 21, 1944 in Sedro Wooley, WA to Laverne & Selma Johnson. Karen passed away of cancer on July 12, 2016 at home with her loved ones. She graduated Kalispell, MT High School. Karen lived in several places within WA after high school and finally settled in the Tri-Cities in 1966. Karen drove school buses for the Richland School District for over 25 years. Most of the time she drove the Special Ed students. Karen absolutely loved her Special Ed children and tried to keep track of them after they graduated. Prior to driving school buses, she worked at various bakeries and then at Sg. Bob's gas station. Karen was an avid fisherman and bowled in numerous bowling leagues. She went to numerous state bowling tournaments. Karen also loved going to garage sales, estate sales, and auctions. She was a collector of all kinds of items but especially anything eagles, wolves, Native American, and lighthouses. She loved wildlife most of all birds. Karen was an avid gardener. She was preceded in death by her sisters (Lois and Shirley), her mom and dad. She is survived by her special nephew Mitchell Halgren, his wife Colleen, her favorite niece McKenzie, her nephew Terry, her cousins Meta & Elsie Hopper, her partner of 37 years Cheryl Ader, and special "sister" Nancy McLeod. Karen had many special friends that she loved. A Celebration of Life will be at a later date.