Karen Mirate

Karen Eileen Mirate (12/17/45 - 3/26/17) 

Karen Eileen Mirate, 71, of Prairie du Sac,  Wisconsin, passed away painlessly on March 26, 2017, at home after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease.  

She retired from the University of Wisconsin in 2012. She was a pianist, church organist, and piano teacher. 

Karen was the daughter of the late Oscar & Elaine Olson of Ensign, Mich., and is survived by:  her husband of 48 years, Jeffrey S. Mirate;  four children:  Dana, E. Lansing, Mich.; Sean (Dr. J. Carinne), Haslett, Mich.; Ryan,  Madison, Wis.; Jillianne,  Waukesha, Wis.; two sisters: Regina (James) Sterwald, Gwinn, Mich.; Ruth Mason,  Mason, Mich.; and four grandchildren: Sofia and Joseph, Williamston, Mich.; Dominic and Isla,  Haslett, Mich.  

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