Karen Page, 85, of Artesian, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2025, at Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell. 

Funeral services were held Monday, March 24, at Fedora Endeavor Presbyterian Church in Fedora. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Artesian. Visitation was Sunday, March 23, at Bittner Funeral Chapel.

Karen Ann Page was born Dec. 23, 1939, to Clarence and Gladys (Schopp) Wittrock in Canistota. She graduated from Fedora High School in 1958. She attended the Methodist Hospital Nursing Program, graduating in 1959 as an LPN. 

Karen married Donald Page on Oct. 25, 1959, at the Lutheran Church in Howard. After their marriage, Karen bought a sewing machine and would sew all the children’s clothing. She even sewed many of the girls’ prom dresses. In her later years, she enjoyed sewing numerous pillowcase dresses for a church mission project.

Karen always made sure everyone who came to the house left with full bellies. She had one of her raisin bar recipes published in the South Dakota High Liner Magazine. Karen enjoyed gardening, canning, and working alongside Don with the pigs. She traveled on 31 trips throughout the U.S. and several countries around the globe. She served on the Artesian United Methodist Church board, was a member of the church circle and the Road Runner Club. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Artesian, until its closing, and was a current member of the Presbyterian Church of Fedora.

Karen is survived by her husband, Donald Page; children, Kevin Page (Crystal) of Artesian, Diana Larson (Dean) of Flandreau, Patty Juhnke (Stacey) of Chamberlain, and Julie Peek (Jess) of Parker, Colo.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; siblings, Roger Wittrock of Colorado Springs, Colo., Doug Wittrock of Ridge Crest, Calif., and Barb Kunkle of San Antonio, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her two sons, Robert and Dennis; parents, Clarence and Gladys Wittrock; parents-in-law, Thelma and Maynard Page; sisters-in-law, Judy Wittrock and Pauline Hohn; and brothers-in-law, Darrel Page, Raymond Page, Rick Page and Tom Page.