June 1, 1937 â November 8, 2020
Karen Smith Lewis, a resident of Portland Oregon, died November 8, 2020 at the age of 83 years old after a long illness.Â
Karen was born in 1937 in Everett, Washington during a visit her mother, Elvine Lindahl Smith made to her childhood home. Her father, C. Wylie Smith II and Elvine resided in Coos Bay, where Karen grew up with her sister, Colleen Smith and brother, Clyde Wylie Smith III. She attended Marshfield High School where she was on the rally squad and an honor student. Karen went on to the University of Oregon and graduated in 1959 after majoring in Education. She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority during her time at U of O.