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Karen O. Donelan OBITUARY

DONELAN Karen O. Donelan peacefully transcended this life in the early morning of April 27, 2011, and passed into the arms of our Lord. While she lived, Karen was a woman who honored God as a wife, mother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. Karen was born on October 17, 1953, to the late Rev. Wilbur Randolph Johnson and Ernestine Range Johnson. She is survived by her husband Dr. Richarde Donelan, two children, Joel and Arielle; one sister Gayle (Robert) Harrison of Rochester, NY; three aunts, June Elam-Mooers of Milton, MA, Lena Foggie of Framingham, MA, Dorothy Bethel of Somerville, MA; two uncles, Samuel Range of Boston, MA, Bishop Cornelius (Sandra) Range of Middletown, Delaware; her cousin and former roommate Nadine Wiley, and a host of relatives, in-laws and friends in Massachusetts, New Jersey and California. Karen will be remembered forever by the hundreds of students whose lives she touched and her by her Christian Love Fellowship family. A celebration of Karen’s life will be held on May 14, 2011, at Christian Love Fellowship Ministries International, 1601 Stamford Road, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197. A Memorial Service will be simulcast from Michigan on May 14, 2011, at 6:00 P.M. at the Dedham Hilton Inn, 25 Allied Dr., Dedham, MA, 02026. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to Dr. Richarde Donelan, 2428 Twin Lakes Drive, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197.