Sue was a foster mom to my son Seth. She took care of him for the first 5 months of his life. She became a great friend to our family and took wonderful care of Seth till I was able to adopt him. We made occasional trips to see her and her family. Sue, you were a very loving person and helped a lot of children in your short life time. We will all miss you and will never forget you. Thank you for being a great friend and all the joy and happiness you gave us.
Susan "Sue" M. Karnik
May 31, 1955 – December 17, 2009
Mass of Christian Burial celebrating the life of Susan “Sue” M. Karnik, age 54, of St. Joseph will be at 10 am on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph, MN. Sue died after a lengthy battle with cancer on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Sauk Rapids surrounded by her loving family and friends. The Rev. Joseph Feders, OSB will officiate. Inurnment will be in the parish mausoleum.
Friends may call between 4-9 pm on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 and after 9 am on Tuesday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Joseph, MN. St. Joseph parish prayers will be at 6 pm on Monday at the funeral home in St. Joseph.
Sue was born on May 31, 1955 in St. Cloud, MN to Charles and Emma J. (Dobmeier) Karnik. She graduated from Apollo High School in 1973 and attended Rasmussen College. She worked at Fingerhut from 1973-1988 and as a nanny from 1988-89 and then was a daycare and foster care provider until retiring in 2008. She was a member of St. Joseph parish, AARP, Cold Spring VFW Ladies Auxiliary, STARS, past member of ARC, NAMI and other children’s mental health organizations. She also served on the Stearns County Children’s Task Force.
Sue enjoyed reading, crafting, children, family and friends.
Survivors include children: Dawn Karnik of Rice, Joseph Karnik of St. Joseph, Adrian Saldana of St. Joseph and Armondo Saldana of St. Joseph; brothers and sisters: Charlotte Millette of Brier, WA, Douglas of Ft. Belvoir, VA, Cindy Willis of New Hope, Jeffrey (Jean) Karnik of St. Joseph and Lisa (Duane) Pfannenstein of St. Joseph; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents and a brother in law Robert Millette.
The family of Sue would like to extend special thanks to everyone at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home and St. Cloud Hospital Hospice for all their love, care and kindness.
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Sue was my daughter’s first daycare provider from September 1988 to May 1991. She was loving, patient, upbeat and creative. As a nervous first-time Mom I was very grateful for her wisdom and her gentle care for us both! Heaven is a brighter place for Sue’s presence there now. I’m so sorry her family had to lose her so young. My sympathy is with you all.
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I went to school at Rasmussen with Sue and we had a couple classes together. We got to be
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I went to school at Rasmussen with Sue and we had a couple classes together. We got to be really close and we talked and emailed each other all the time. We would be constantly chatting and helping each other with our homework assignments.
I was completely shocked when I saw her name in the obituaries section of the paper. I am so sad that I didn’t get the chance to say good bye. Sue you will be deeply missed. Watch out for us!!! See you in the future 🙂 Love always, Blaire
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Mass of Christian Burial celebrating the life of Susan “Sue” M. Karnik, age 54, of St. Joseph will be at 10 am on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph, MN. Sue died after a lengthy battle with cancer on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Sauk Rapids surrounded by her loving family and friends. The Rev. Joseph Feders, OSB will officiate. Inurnment will be in the parish mausoleum.
Friends may call between 4-9 pm on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 and after 9 am on Tuesday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Joseph, MN. St. Joseph parish prayers will be at 6 pm on Monday at the funeral home in St. Joseph.