In Loving Memory of Karen

Calling Hours

Calling hours will be held at Northside Baptist Church on Thursday, May 2nd from 3:00-6:00 pm. Service will follow on Friday, May 3rd at 11:00 am.


Northside Baptist Church 1321 Fairfax Rd, Saint Albans, VT 05478

Obituary

Karen Susan Benoit Martell

St. Albans - Karen Susan Benoit Martell died unexpectedly on April 24, 2019, in her home surrounded by her loving family at the age of 47. Karen is survived by her three daughters Brooke, Alyssa (Casey) and Taylor; Her significant other Chris Wood; Her step children Cameron, Jillian, Liza, Colby, and Liam Wood; Her puppies Midas and Aria; Her parents, Norman and Jacqueline; Her siblings Lynn (Bruce), Mark (Jen), Eric (Marie); Her nieces and nephews Mindy (Devin), Teia, Sierra, Tanner as well as her great nieces and nephews Trent, Grady, Charlie, and Emalynn; her extended family and work family through Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS). Karen is predeceased by her paternal and maternal grandparents as well as her Aunt “Dot” and Uncle Leo.

Karen was born on December 5, 1971, in Saint Albans, Vermont to Norman and Jacqueline Benoit. She graduated from Saint Michael’s College in 2011 with a Master of Science in Administration. Karen began working for NCSS in 2003 and continued to work there until the time of her passing. She will be remembered by her girls as a “super mom” who loved them more than anything in the world and gave them the strength to get through this together.

Karen was accomplished at everything she attempted and always strived for perfection. She was a generous and dedicated individual who had a passion for life and was a pillar of strength for anyone who needed it.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday May 2nd from 3:00-6:00 pm and the service with a reception will follow on Friday May 3rd at 11:00 am. Both calling hours and the service will be held at Northside Baptist Church: 1321 Fairfax Rd, Saint Albans, VT 05478. Pastor Dan Frost will officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Karen’s beautiful life.

The Heald Funeral Home also has a webpage (www.healdfuneralhome.com) you can visit to send your condolences.

We ask that any donations made in Karen’s name be made to Northside Baptist Church.

Mom, we thank you for all that you were and all that you gave. You made us into the people that we are today and it’s your strength that will get us through this difficult time. We love you.

Karen's Favorites

  • Her family and friends
  • Her puppies-(aka her babies)
  • NCSS/her work family
  • Boating
  • Outlet Shopping
  • Dunkin Donuts
  • Black Friday- (a good sale)
  • Walking
  • Boston Red Sox
  • Traveling
  • Margaritas-(The perfect margarita)
  • Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
  • Moscow Mules
  • Longhorn Steakhouse
  • Poutine
  • Lake Champlain
  • 80's music
  • Magnolia flowers
  • Horseback Riding
  • Krispy Kreme Donuts
  • Watching her girls play soccer
  • Christmas morning (watching the night before Christmas)
  • "Babe"
  • Netflix
  • The Loft
  • Chicken Cesar Salad

Favorite Memories

Memories (Responses)

Songs

You're So Vain- Carly Simon

Brick House- The Commodores

Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison

No One Is To Blame- Howard Jones

One more day. One more time. One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied. But then again, I know what it would do. Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you."-Diamond Rio

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."- Thomas Campbell

I thought of you today. But that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday. And days before that too. I think of you in silence. I often speak your name. All I have are memories and your picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake. From which I'll never part. God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart.

Photos

"When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure."

"Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure... you are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure."

Those we love don't go away. They walk beside us every day.

The Chain- We knew little that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly. In death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone, for part of us went with you, that day God called you home. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide: and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one the chain will link again.