Mrs. Toni Gene Karns, 35, of Cooperstown RD 1, died at 10:30 am Wednesday at her home after a year-long illness. Daughter of Howard Ansley and Ruby Elizabeth Moon Akins, she was born Aug. 31, 1945 in Franklin.
She attended Franklin High School, was a gymnastics coach at Franklin YMCA for four years, and was a member of the Good Hope Lutheran Church.
On Sept. 12, 1964, she married Fred Karns Sr., who survives, with a son and two daughters, Fred Lee Karns Jr., Genia Marie Karns, and Anna Jean Karns, all at home; her mother of Franklin; six sisters, Mrs. Verne (Gloria) Fenton of Titusville; Mrs. Richard (Shirlie) Reynolds of Elyria, OH, Mrs. Albert (Sally) Heister of Jackson Center, Mrs. Richard (Jerry) Millar of Willoughby, OH, Mrs. Connie Fink of Salem, OH, and Mrs. Michael (Pam) Wages of Las Vegas, NV. Deceased are her father and two sisters, Delores and Judy Sandra.
Services will be at 1 pm Saturday at Morrison Funeral Home with her pastor, Rev. F. LeRoy Sarver, officiating. Interment will be in Lamey Cemetery.
Mrs. Toni Gene Karns, 35, of Cooperstown RD 1, died at 10:30 am Wednesday at her home after a year-long illness. Daughter of Howard Ansley and Ruby Elizabeth Moon Akins, she was born Aug. 31, 1945 in Franklin.
She attended Franklin High School, was a gymnastics coach at Franklin YMCA for four years, and was a member of the Good Hope Lutheran Church.
On Sept. 12, 1964, she married Fred Karns Sr., who survives, with a son and two daughters, Fred Lee Karns Jr., Genia Marie Karns, and Anna Jean Karns, all at home; her mother of Franklin; six sisters, Mrs. Verne (Gloria) Fenton of Titusville; Mrs. Richard (Shirlie) Reynolds of Elyria, OH, Mrs. Albert (Sally) Heister of Jackson Center, Mrs. Richard (Jerry) Millar of Willoughby, OH, Mrs. Connie Fink of Salem, OH, and Mrs. Michael (Pam) Wages of Las Vegas, NV. Deceased are her father and two sisters, Delores and Judy Sandra.
Services will be at 1 pm Saturday at Morrison Funeral Home with her pastor, Rev. F. LeRoy Sarver, officiating. Interment will be in Lamey Cemetery.
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