Karleen Mae Wirth, 72, passed away in Flagstaff, AZ on June 18, 2009 from Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. She was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on September 22, 1936 to Julia Ann and Alex Yenny, Sr.
Karleen graduated from high school in Eau Claire and attended the University of Minnesota, becoming an x-ray technician, working at Besthesda Hospital in St. Paul. She was married to Dale Wirth from 1960 to 1973. They moved to Flagstaff in 1961, and had four children. She worked as an x-ray technician at Flagstaff Medical Center, and also transcribed medical reports for several physicians. Karleen moved to Sedona in 1979, and retired from Sedona Medical Center in 2001. Upon retiring, she moved to Rimrock, AZ, and then moved back to Flagstaff in 2008.
Karleen had a passion for baking and sewing and was an excellent seamstress. She enjoyed socializing with the Red Hat Ladies and her friends at Curves. She especially loved to go shopping at any time. Her greatest love was spending time with her family and friends and enjoyed any social gatherings with them. She loved watching her kids and grandkids play sports, and she was very proud of them all. She was a wonderful daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and friend and will be missed very much. She will be remembered for her kind heart, generous ways, and quick wit.
Karleen is survived by her sons, all from Flagstaff, AZ, Greg Wirth; Dan (Ronda) Wirth; Steven (Stacey) Wirth; and her daughter Karoline (John) Pinson from Litchfield Park, AZ. She is also survived by her 8 grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Lois Yenny in Montana; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Karleen is preceeded in death by her mother and father, Julia Ann and Alex Yenny, Sr.; her two sisters Dorothy Shea and Elizabeth Yenny; and a brother Alex Yenny.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 16 W. Cherry Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ. Viewing and visitation will be held prior to the services at 10:00 a.m.
