Karen Slack

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700...……..

Karen Sue (Guthrie) Slack 77, entered into heaven on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.  Karen was born March 29, 1942, in Watova, Oklahoma to A.V. (Mike) Guthrie and Ida Margaret (Hodges) Guthrie.  She was a member of the Ochelata First Baptist church.  She was an accountant for Phillips Petroleum Company and Totah Telephone Company for many years.  She was loved very much and will be miss terribly by her family and friends.

Karen was preceded in death by her parents A.V. (Mike) Guthrie and Ida Margaret (Hodges) Guthrie; two brothers: Dennis Guthrie, Donald Guthrie, and one son Kris Slack.

She is survived by her husband Ben Slack of the home; two sisters: Katherine Aymer of Nowata, Oklahoma, Kim Taylor of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; two daughters: Kandace Keithley of Toronto, Ontario, Marcee Whitten of Ramona, Oklahoma; four grandchildren: Marty Martin Jr. of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, John-David Martin of Great Falls, Montana, Iain Smithyes of Montreal, Quebec, Peter Smithyes of Toronto, Ontario, and one great grandson Marty Martin III of Pennington, Texas.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Ochelata First Baptist Church with longtime friend of Karen’s and ordained Minister Shirley Washington officiating.  The interment will follow at the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery.  Memorial donations will be made in Karen’s name to The Journey Home.