{"id":5464,"date":"2026-10-27T21:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=5464"},"modified":"2026-10-27T21:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:52:02","slug":"mica-mourns-the-loss-of-member-karen-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=5464","title":{"rendered":"MICA Mourns the Loss of Member Karen Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We prayed for our member Karen Allen at the start of our Oct 15th MICA meeting. Sadly, Karen passed away early Friday afternoon, Oct 16th, from the severe injuries she sustained during Wednesday night&#8217;s car\/pedestrian accident on Church Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A long-time Oakcrest Avenue resident, Karen was a feisty, fun-loving lady who loved animals and unpretentious people. As a member of the Middle Island Civic Association, she advocated for better conditions at the Surge-Quantum facility and the nearby TOB park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen attended our recent group dinner at Side Door Social two weeks ago. We can still see her at table&#8217;s end, smiling and lifting her glass of red wine. We&#8217;re grateful for that memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her sister made it to her bedside from Texas before Karen passed. Her wonderful and devoted next door neighbors, the Groppers, are heartbroken, as is much of the Pine Lake community and everyone who loved her, including us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re told Karen will be cremated and a memorial service will be held, with details still to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hug your loved ones, be kind to your neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karen-Allen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"547\" src=\"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karen-Allen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karen-Allen.jpg 460w, http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karen-Allen-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We prayed for our member Karen Allen at the start of our Oct 15th MICA meeting. Sadly, Karen passed away early Friday afternoon, Oct 16th, from the severe injuries she sustained during Wednesday night&#8217;s car\/pedestrian accident on Church Lane. A long-time Oakcrest Avenue resident, Karen was a feisty, fun-loving lady who loved animals and unpretentious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5466,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464\/revisions\/5466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}