Karen G. Agnew

ORANGE - Karen Graves Agnew, living on Prechtl Road for the last 26 years, died March 4th at home after a 1 ½ year battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Karen was born on Long Island in May of 1952 to parents Margaret Hesterann Sheppard and Philip Austin Graves. She graduated high school in Wantagh, LI, NY and later graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY in 1975 with a B.S. in Nutrition.
In 1981, she married Clark Agnew Jr of Port Jefferson Station, NY, where they lived until 1989. They then moved to Vermont with their three children and settled in Orange. In the first years of marriage Karen worked as an office manager for Allstate Insurance on Long Island. After homeschooling three children to grade 12 she worked for the State of Vermont as a Homestudy Consultant. In November of last year, she was forced to retire because of her illness. She has been an avid gardener and active in the Websterville Baptist Church during her years here in Vermont.
She is survived by her husband Clark, daughters Aislinn Bowles and Elsbeth Elisha, son Clark Philip Agnew and sisters Sandra Smith, Terrill Tom, and Robin Hoagland as well as four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 19 at 11:00am at the Websterville Baptist Church in Websterville, with Reverend William Wick and Reverend Brian Fecher officiating. There are no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be made if desired to: Websterville Baptist Church, P.O Box 68, Websterville, VT 05678 or Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, 600 Granger Road, Barre, VT 05641. Her church and the home health care program made this unbearable journey bearable. Her family rests now in the hope that she is eternally safe in her Savior’s embrace.