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1945 - 2025 (80 years)| Name | Lynda Kay NIELSEN | |
| Birth | 1945 | Pensacola, Florida  |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | LYNDA KAY NIELSEN KAREL Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2025 12:41 pm Lynda Kay Nielsen Karel, age 80, beloved wife of 60 years to Robert James Karel, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at her residence surrounded by her family. Born in Pensacola, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Nielsen and Evelyn Larson Nielsen. After graduating high school, Lynda went on to obtain a master’s degree in education and enjoyed a very long, successful career as a math teacher. She taught at Gilbert High School, Thomas Sumter Academy and the University of South Carolina. In addition to teaching, there were many hobbies that she enjoyed, such as gardening, sewing, traveling and shopping. However, Lynda was an avid dancer, especially round dancing, line dancing and square dancing. Her true joy in life was spending time with her family. She will be remembered as a very loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her husband, Robert, she is survived by two sons, Tom Karel and wife, Daphne, of Greenwood, S.C., and Scott Karel of Sumter; a brother, Ron Nielsen, and wife, Chris, of Elizabeth, Colorado; a sister, Debbie Vance, and husband, John, of Coleman, Texas; four grandchildren, Jennifer Michaloski and husband, Gabriel, David Karel, Kathy Randall and husband, Jonathan, and Rebecca Karel; and three great-grandchildren, Mark, Hudson and Rhodes. A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025, one hour prior to the service from 11 to noon at Bullock Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at noon in Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wes Conner officiating. The interment will follow the service at Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 2 p.m. Donations may be made in memory of Lynda to Alzheimer’s Association Mid-State SC Chapter, P.O. Box 7044, Columbia, SC 29202-7044. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements. [1] | |
| HIST | LYNDA KAY NIELSEN KAREL Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2025 12:41 pm Lynda Kay Nielsen Karel, age 80, beloved wife of 60 years to Robert James Karel, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at her residence surrounded by her family. Born in Pensacola, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Nielsen and Evelyn Larson Nielsen. After graduating high school, Lynda went on to obtain a master’s degree in education and enjoyed a very long, successful career as a math teacher. She taught at Gilbert High School, Thomas Sumter Academy and the University of South Carolina. In addition to teaching, there were many hobbies that she enjoyed, such as gardening, sewing, traveling and shopping. However, Lynda was an avid dancer, especially round dancing, line dancing and square dancing. Her true joy in life was spending time with her family. She will be remembered as a very loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her husband, Robert, she is survived by two sons, Tom Karel and wife, Daphne, of Greenwood, S.C., and Scott Karel of Sumter; a brother, Ron Nielsen, and wife, Chris, of Elizabeth, Colorado; a sister, Debbie Vance, and husband, John, of Coleman, Texas; four grandchildren, Jennifer Michaloski and husband, Gabriel, David Karel, Kathy Randall and husband, Jonathan, and Rebecca Karel; and three great-grandchildren, Mark, Hudson and Rhodes. A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025, one hour prior to the service from 11 to noon at Bullock Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at noon in Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wes Conner officiating. The interment will follow the service at Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 2 p.m. Donations may be made in memory of Lynda to Alzheimer’s Association Mid-State SC Chapter, P.O. Box 7044, Columbia, SC 29202-7044. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements. | |
| _UID | 888504C582B249239C06B29BA4E6EDE5C195 | |
| _UID | 888504C582B249239C06B29BA4E6EDE5C195 | |
| Death | 6 Jul 2025 | at her residence surrounded by her family, (Sumter, South Carolina) |
| Burial | 10 Jul 2025 | Fort Jackson National Cemetery, 4170 Percival Road, Fort Jackson, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina [1] |
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| Person ID | I347871 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 12 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | Kenneth NIELSEN d. Bef 6 Jul 2025 | |
| Mother | Evelyn LARSON d. Bef 6 Jul 2025 | |
| _UID | 3EFC1285A5E94C228B1F994CC5C86F62BA39 | |
| _UID | 3EFC1285A5E94C228B1F994CC5C86F62BA39 | |
| Family ID | F232161 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Robert James KAREL | |||||
| _UID | ADFA6A803B2041A9B691FD979EB5424C9250 | |||||
| _UID | ADFA6A803B2041A9B691FD979EB5424C9250 | |||||
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| Family ID | F232160 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 12 Jul 2025 | |||||
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