Support Karen's Final Journey and Her Dogs

Hello friends and family of Karen Powers/Skelly

This is Tilla Michele, Karen’s daughter.

Karen has sadly passed at her home, peacefully in her sleep on Monday, January 6th, 2025. We could not have prayed for a better way to go, that was exactly how she wanted it. As you all may know, she had many ailments but her heart was just not able to keep up. The evening of Sunday January 5th, her two friends were over visiting. They enjoyed a wonderful evening together and yummy dinner, filling her cup with all the love ♥️. She was able to go to sleep in peace and I truly believe that helped her so much.

Unfortunately she left behind her loyal companions Baxter and Louie “her boys”. Karen’s dear friend Steve has graciously taken them in and will care for them for their remaining days earth side.

As you can imagine I have been overwhelmed with all the tasks and sadly she did not leave me with helpful directions. I am doing my very best that I can with my little children in tow. As I navigate through all of her belongings to find important documents, I have encountered many unfortunate documents of past due, overdrawn and debt collection. I had just helped by paying some bills but it was not enough to cover all of what I have found. She did have a burial policy but she stopped paying it years ago, which leaves very little towards her cremation.

Many people have asked how they could help so I have created a Go Fund Me account in hopes to raise enough funds to cover her cremation and funeral costs. Any funds remaining I plan to put towards her dog’s care and maintenance. I wish I was in a better position not to ask for help but here I am.

Any size donation will help! I Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

God Bless each of you who knew her. I’m sorry for our loss.

At this moment, services have not been scheduled but I hope to have a celebration of life at Trinity Church in Escalon, CA. in February. I will update with a date and time.