Karen was born to a family in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was brought to the US shortly after World War II and lived in an orphanage for a short time. Karen was adopted by the Short family and lived as a child in West Virginia, and moved to Indiana as an adolescent. Karen graduated from Noblesville High School Indiana and lived most of her life in Lafayette Indiana. She died at home with her parrot at the bedside, listening to Ricky Martin sing Livin' La Vida Loca.
She is happily divorced from at least two men, the first being Gerald Ray Wiegand of Monon, Indiana. He is also happily divorced.
Karen traveled the highways of the United States, happily hitchhiking from Indiana to . . .
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Karen "Lue" Short of North Manchester, formerly of Noblesville and West Lafayette, Indiana, passed away on March 6, 2014 after a long illness with pulmonary fibrosis. She died in her bed, at home with her parrot by her side, listening to Ricky Martin sing "Living La Vida Loca." She was preceded in death by her adoptive parents, George and Ruby Short . . .
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| Camp Shipshewana
Memorials can be made in her honor to: Camp Shipshewana in Lagrange County; specify "sponsoring a summer camper." This is the camp that all of her grandchildren have attended. As a . . .
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| Favorite Song:
She'll Be Comin' 'round the Mountain When She Comes!
Favorite Restaurant:
The Parthenon in West Lafayette
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| From Tova Wiegand-Green Monday, March 31, 2014 7:43 PM
Note from Tova, Karen's daughter: My mother had friends all over and I will never know how to find some of them. She traveled the country and there were times we did not hear from her for years at a ... |
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1975, Married Antonio Robles Jr.
Tony … that's pretty much all we know about him, except that they divorced a few years later. I remember that he had a really big dog that licked my . . . View Timeline
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