Karen Rosene

Karen Rosene passed away on April 19, 2008 after living 56 fruitful years. Her physical body was cremated shortly afterwards.

Rosene was born on March 15, 1952 in Seattle, Wash., and was raised there. She graduated from Western Washington University with an elementary teaching degree. S

he earned a master’s in education from University of Alaska Anchorage. She taught second grade in Anchorage for about 10 years. This was followed by living in an assay cabin in Fairbanks for several years. It was rustic and she had to ski a mile to the cabin in the winter. She then moved to her home, that she loved, in Wasilla.

Rosene loved to travel and spent a lot of time in Mexico, climbed the volcanos in Peru, mountain climbed and visited other places as well. When she went to Ireland, she played her flute in the pubs there. Her music was heard at local dances and jam sessions of all sorts, emphasizing her eclectic tastes, her family wrote.

“Visiting the pyramids was one of the highlights of her travels,” they wrote. “She had a gift for teaching children, loved animals including her dogs, Blackie and Ernie. She had much compassion for all people. Since Karen was a deeply spiritual person, she acknowledged the God in all religions and often had study groups featuring the ‘Course in Miracles.’

One of her favorite things to do was to tell a friend she saw that she had something for them. The friend would light up and she would give her friend a big hug.”

Rosene is survived by her mother, Maria Theresa Herrera; brother William Anthony Rosene; sister Yolanda Senesac; and nephew Hunter Senesac. Her soul and her spirit lives on.