Karen Sue Shaw

Karen Shaw was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clayton Rucker and Dorothy Rucker. Surrounded at home by her loving family, she went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, September 22, 2025. Her dad died when she was a young child and her mother married Vernon Sattler who raised Karen as his own.

Karen grew up in the Perry and Lucien communities and attended Hayward and Perry schools but went to Covington High School her senior year from where she graduated in 1964. She married Jack Shaw February 8, 1969, at the Lucien United Methodist church. The couple established their first home in Odessa, Texas, where she was employed in the field of nursing. They moved back to Perry where she worked at Perry Memorial Hospital as a nurse. She then went to work at Charles Mahcine Works, Inc., from where she retired after 13 years of service. After that, she was a caregiver for several people in the community. She is the mother of two daughters: Angela Shaw and Amber Givens, both of Perry. She loved hummingbirds, dancing, playing cards with friends, traveling, going to the casino, but most of all her family.

She is survived by her daughters: Angela and her significant other Anthony Bourland, and Amber and her husband Chad, of Perry, and stepson, Justin Shaw, Huntsville, Alabama; grandchildren: Skylar Ingram Smith and husband Jeff, and Aspyn Bourland, Perry; Eric Givens and his wife, Jayden, Tryon, Oklahoma, Cadence Givens, Stillwater; and great grandchildren, Ruger Ingram and Zinley Smith; and her siblings: Rhonda Hanyka and Tammy Beier.

She was preceded in death by biological dad, Clayton Rucker; her parents, Dorothy and Vernon Sattler; and her husband Jack Shaw.

For those who wish to may make a memorial donation in Karen's honor to the Lucein Faith Church in c/o Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, P.O. Box 189, Perry, Ok., 73077.