Karin S. Hartnett

Karin Sue Hartnett, 51, of 707 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, died Thursday, April 16, 2015 at her home.

Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. John Gossman officiating.  Visitation will be one hour before the service on Wednesday at the church.  Family suggests memorials go to the Humane 

Society of North Iowa.

Karin was born in Lincoln, Neb., the daughter of Robert and Gisela (Jansen) Oliphant.

She graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1982 and then attended N.I.A.C.C.  She worked at Opportunity Village in Clear Lake at the cottages.  During high school, she met her future husband, Tim, and they were married on May 26, 1984 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. She worked as a collection supervisor at IC Systems for several years before eventually becoming a personal support professional at Mason City Services until October of 2014. 

Karin’s primary focus throughout her life was her four sons and her husband. Aside from her boys, Karin loved her dogs, Katie, Clancy, Imogene, and Chance, taking long walks with her husband, reading romance novels, listening to R&B music, reminiscing, laughing, watching her favorite shows, taking family vacations, decorating and giving for the holidays, having cute hair, and sitting in the sun.

She is survived by her husband, Tim Hartnett, of Clear Lake; her four sons, Sean (Ashley) Hartnett, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Matthew Hartnett, Colin Hartnett, and Stephen Hartnett, all of Clear Lake; her sisters, Jackie Oliphant, of Waverly, Iowa, and Michelle McLaughlin, of Clear Lake; her father-in-law, Donald Hartnett, of Clear Lake; and her nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her mother, Gisela Oliphant; her father, Robert Oliphan; her sister Marianne Thoendel; her aunt, Marianne Jansen; her mother-in-law, Janet Hartnett; and step mother-in-law, Pamela Hartnett.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.