Karen Dyer
March 19, 1963 ~ October 23, 2022
TAMPA, FLORIDA- Karen Patricia Dyer, 59, passed away suddenly on October 23, 2022.
Karen and her twin brother Kevin were born in Portland, Maine on March 19, 1963, to Henry and Lucy Dyer. They joined older siblings Kathie, Michael and Philip and were raised in a proud Irish household. Karen attended Portland schools and continued to live in Portland until making the move down to Florida. She spent her career working in insurance where she met many of her lifelong friends. Family and friends meant everything to Karen and she could often be found calling and texting the people she loved most. While Karen never had any children of her own, her nieces and nephews, who lovingly referred to her as “Auntie”, were all her children. The perfect day to Karen would be a morning of shopping, an afternoon by the ocean, and then dancing and laughing the night away, all surrounded by her family and friends.
Karen will be dearly missed by friends and family all over. She made a friend wherever she went and was never too busy to hear someone’s life story. She always tried to spread kindness by donating to those in need.
She was preceded in death by her beloved father, Henry, her brother Philip, her brother-in-law Hugh McKeough, and her great-nephew Caleb McKeough. She was survived briefly by her mother Lucy, who passed in January. She is survived by her brothers, Michael Dyer (Mary) & Kevin Dyer (Tracy Mcinnis), her sister Kathleen McKeough, sister-in-law Margaret Dyer, her nieces and nephews Corbett McKeough, Zackery Dyer (Kelly), Kerry Grover (John), Seanna Crasnick (Jonathan), Andrea Dyer, Brendan Dyer, Heather Richard (Matthew), and Jenna Dyer (Jacob Hall) as well as her great-nieces and nephews, Dillon, Brady, Camron & Anthony McKeough, Eila Dyer, Jameson, Grace & Callen Grover, Lucia & Connor Crasnick, Madeline, Amelia & Juliet Richard.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10AM on Friday, May 12, 2023 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland. Interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland followed by a gathering at the Portland Eagles, 184 St. John Street, Portland from 1-4PM.
In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made in Karen’s name to HART (Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine, Inc.) at https://hartofme.org/donate
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Such a beautiful, passionate and fun friend who is gone too soon! Sincere condolences to all Karen’s family and friends who she loved so very much and filled her world with joy. Treasure all those great memories!
Karen and I worked closely together in the Unum Tampa field office and she contributed to a most memorable chapter of my life there. She worked hard, laughed hard and loved hard! So very fortunate to have been called her friend!
I’m not only going to miss Karen as a friend, I’ll miss the crazy cat talk, the wedding talk, the just saying hi talk.
Karen was the most generous person with the biggest heart that I’ve ever known. I miss you deeply, but wherever you are you will always be in my heart. 🤍
Her ability to just be herself!
Loving. Caring. Kind. Funny. Full of life with a beautiful laugh <3
She was my best friend, my colleague, my roommate. She drove me crazy at times though she made me laugh more. She understood me like nobody else. She made me feel loved and she loved deeply. Our girl group will never be the same without Karen Dyer.
Karen and I were childhood friends that always had a bond. It didn’t matter if years had gone by we would pick up just like it was yesterday!! She was truly a one of a kind friend who always made you feel special and loved. She brought alot of love to this world!! She always told it like it was and I valued that about her. Heaven needed another angel for sure!! I will forever miss my beautiful friend ♡♡♡♡
Condolences to the Dyer Family! Karen rest in peace, you will be missed!
Everything. Her laugh her serious side. her strength and loyalty to her family and friends.
The way she made you feel when you talked to her. She cared about everything that was going on in your life. Good or bad.
Her ability to juggle so many people in her life. She was always thinking about you and she let you know it, even if it was a two second text saying “hey”. Or “good morning “.
Being kind and always there for the people she cared about. Karen had a huge heart.
In Ft Myers Beach. Her trying to run in stilledos.
Garage sales, re do furniture, clean the house top on the list. Lol
By listening and laughing with you as you gave her the update on your crazy life. She could relate most of the time. She was deeply connected to each and everyone she loved. She had to know all the new stuff and she would not let you hang up until you gave her the low down.. lol
Come back.
St Patrick’s Day. Favorite place. Hmm I’d say last few years it was at home. She probably wasnt happy but its where I believe she felt safe. At the end she didn’t feel safe there.
Her laugh.
All the times I spoke or saw her.
Gooba. She loved that word.
Kind, loyal, compassionate, respectful, intuitive, curious,
Her brother first.
Her cat.
Her family 2nd. Friends close 3rd.
Meeting her for the 1st time we talked for hours. We had so much in common and were instantly friends for life. She was like a Sister to me.
Making you feel at home when you were at her house..
To be kind and loyal to the ones you love. Always! She taught me how to laugh at myself and be ok with who I was.
Karen was my favorite “goobah”. She was my 104 partner in whatever life brought us. We always looked out for each other.we were always no more than a phone call or a text away…I miss you cuz…more than I ever thought I would… you are forever in my heart…love you
My heart is heavy as I recently heard of Karen’s passing. I can’t think of her without smiling. She was a great ‘Auntie’ to my grandson DJ. She never hesitated to step in when needed and if you resisted she say stop being a ‘Loosah’. Forever in our hearts KP.