Karen K. Porter, 76, of Jefferson City, passed from this world peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, October 11, 2024.

Karen was born June 25, 1948, in “the Old Munichburg area”, Jefferson City. She was born the youngest of four children and only daughter born to Martin H. Hazelhorst and Helen M. Kelling Hazelhorst.

On January 2, 1965, she married Ronald L. Porter in Eugene, Missouri where they raised four children, Ronetta, Russell, Meritt and Shaun.

She attended St. Peter Parochial School and Jefferson City High School. She attended Redel Institute of Beauty and attained a Missouri Cosmetology license. She retired in 2010 with twenty-one years of service with the Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Bureau.

As a teenager, she was an avid roller skater and spent many evenings at the old Marvic Roller Rink. She enjoyed ceramics, needlework, the St. Louis Cardinals and was especially proud of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by four children, Ronetta (Craig) Schulte, Jefferson City; Russell Porter (Rena Barron), Brazito; Meritt (Steve) Samson, Eugene; and Shaun (Leah) Porter, High Point; twelve grandchildren, Tara (Brian) Bishop, Kelsey (Chad) Chrisman, Erica (Bradley) Boeckman, Brook Samson (Justin Edmonds), Connor (Alivia) Porter, Kayla (Frank) Kasper, Cassidy Porter (Barron Crowe), Abigayle Porter, Magnolia Porter, Dyson Samson, Leah Schulte, and Torianna Schulte; ten great grandchildren, Brees, Baylor, Conway, Cord, Mateus, Cambria, Roman, Violet, Teagan, and Leroy; one brother, Mitch (Sylvia) Foster, Sedalia; and one sister-in-law, Karen Hazelhorst, Naples, Florida.

Other survivors include her childhood and constant friend of sixty-plus years, Joannie (Scheppers) Farris, Jefferson City, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Eugene (Gene) C. Hazelhorst; Farrell A. Hazelhorst; and Tom Hazelhorst.

Visitation from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at Trimble Funeral Homes – Russellville. A funeral service will follow at 12:00 noon.

Interment will immediately follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery, Hickory Hill, Missouri.

Memorials requested to Compassus Hospice Care.

Services entrusted to Trimble Funeral Homes – Russellville. trimblefunerals.com