Karen Kay Heuton

January 6, 1942 - February 10, 2016

Karen Kay Heuton, 74 of Fontanelle, Iowa and former resident of Charles City and Des Moines, died Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, Charles City, Iowa. Officiating will be Pastor Patty Kellogg. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City. Karen was born on January 6, 1942 one of six children to Earl and Thelma “Gravunder” Kellogg. She graduated from Charles City High School with the class of 1960. During high school she became a pen pal with a person in Utah, who had connections with the Woman’s Professional Wrestling Association. She moved to Ohio and became a professional wrestler and held the title of Light weight world champion for several years. Her wrestling was mostly on the East coast and the Southern portion of the US, but she made sure she made a swing through the Midwest with a meet at Charles City, Waterloo and Kansas City. She then moved back to Charles City where she was employed as a physical therapist. She met and later married Bob Heuton on June 12, 1976 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Mason City. They moved to Des Moines where they raise their daughter and made sure she was kept busy with many different activities. They returned to Charles City often to visit her sister and brothers. Karen enjoyed listening to classical music, always had a book with her, and would watch various television shows including the Sonny and Cher show. At her seventeen year stay at the care center she enjoyed the bingo games and doing cross word puzzles and loved her diet Coke. Her husband Bob lived in the assisted living quarters at the care center complex. Those surviving Karen are her husband Bob of Fontanelle, daughter Michelle and her husband Justin Blankenship, and their two children Kelsey and Beau Jesup, IA; son Tim Kelly of Ohio one sister Linda Hoy, three brothers Duane (Sandra) Kellogg, James Kellogg, and Bill (Patty) Kellogg all of Charles City, one brother-in-law Tim Stevens, Ely, MN; and several nieces and nephews. Preceding Karen in death are her parents, an infant daughter Lisa Diane, and one sister Brenda Stevens. Fullerton Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 401 Blunt Street, Charles City, IA. (641) 228-4211. www.Fullertonfh.com Facebook/Fullerton Funeral Homes