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Karen Marie Kott, age 83, of Kalamazoo passed away March 12, 2025. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 17, 1941, the daughter of Bernard Palmer Kott and Maxine E. (Laflin) Kott.
She graduated from Western Michigan University in 1963 and again with a master's degree from WMU in 1966. Karen taught hearing impaired students at the State School for the Deaf and at the Constance Brown Center. She also taught at the Intermediate School District and the Portage Public Schools. Retiring from teaching in 1994, Karen has been a frequent volunteer involved in community service. She was a member of the Kalamazoo Association of Retired School Personnel and the Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society. No immediate family survives.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 1:30pm at the auditorium at StoryPoint Kalamazoo at Bronson Place, 1700 Bronson Way, Kalamazoo, MI 49009.
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