Karen A. Dechow, age 62, of Potosi, died on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, surrounded by family and friends from complications of the lungs after a two year battle with cancer at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster.  Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Clement Catholic Church in Lancaster with Father William Seipp officiating. Burial was in Beetown Cemetery, Beetown. The Schwartz Funeral Home in Lancaster assisted the family. Online condolences: www.martinschwartzfuneralhomes.com.

For complete obituary see the Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 issue of the Grant County Herald Independent