Karol J. Strand, age 88, of Galesburg, Illinois died at 2:30 AM on Friday, October 28, 2022, at Seminary Manor in Galesburg, Illinois with her family by her side.
She was born on May 29, 1934, in Muscatine, Iowa the daughter of George J. and Helen (Morse) McCaffery. She attended and graduated from Muscatine High School. She married Leonard Vaughn Strand on December 12, 1953, in Muscatine, Iowa.
Surviving is her loving husband, Leonard Strand of Galesburg, Illinois; one daughter, Diana (Bob) Pennicuff of Barnwell, South Carolina, two sons, Marc (Lynne) Strand of Oglesby, Illinois, and David (Kay) Strand of Belvedere, South Carolina; ten grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a great-granddaughter, Bryley Karol Robison, a twin brother, Kenneth, a brother Richard and two sisters, Evelyn and Kathleen.
She cherished the call of homemaking. She enjoyed reading her Bible, cooking, baking, arts & crafts and crocheting. She loved her family, and for years she wrote notes and letters to her children and grandchildren which are cherished treasures. Everything she did, she did for Christ.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at the Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes & Crematory in Knoxville, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, November 4, 2022, at the Harmony Baptist Church in Galesburg, Illinois, with visitation beginning at 9:00 AM. Memorials may be made to Harmony Baptist Church. Online condolences and/or expressions of sympathy may be sent through www.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com
