Karen Wanda Colclasure

October 12, 1946 - September 30, 2013

Denison Karen Wanda Colclasure, 66, of Denison passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 at Texoma Medical Center. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Bible Baptist Church, 1204 S. 7th Avenue, Denison, 75021. Brother James Singleton will officiate. Karen was born on October 12, 1946 in Newark, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Joseph Francis and Mabel Della Bowser Rice. She graduated from high school in San Fernando, California. Mrs. Colclasure retired from AT&T as a switchman/frameman, a job she did for many years. She was member of Bible Baptist Church in Denison. The family suggests memorials to Denison Helping Hands, 418 W. Chestnut St., Denison, TX 75020. She is survived by two step-sons, Michael Colclasure and Donnie Colclasure; brother, Kenneth Rice of Chico, California; sisters, Marsha Rice of Denton, Texas, Carol Huff of Springfield, Illinois, Diane Fricke of Hermiston, Oregon and Loretta Rice of Princeton Junction, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Gregroy Lloyd Rice, who was killed in the Vietnam War.