Karen Sue Downing-Campbell, 59, Atchison, Kansas died Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Funeral services will be Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. at Second Christian Church with Rev. Paul Kelley officiating. Inurnment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday, March 13, 2020 at Second Christian Church from 7:00 until 8:30 P.M. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Kidney Foundation and may be left in care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom the final care has been entrusted. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Karen was born July 5, 1960 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Clifford Arthur Downing, Sr., and Ethel Marie Kelley Downing. She attended elementary schools at Martin East and Martin West and graduated from Atchison High School in 1978. She then attended Missouri Western College in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Karen was employed as a manager of the men’s department for twenty three years at Walmart.

She was a member of Kingdom Harvest in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Survivors include a son, Kasey (Hannah) Campbell, Atchison, KS; two daughters, LaTisha Downing, Atchison, KS; Kerra J. Downing, Atchison, KS; four brothers, Paul Richard (Elizabeth) Tucker, Omaha, NE; Keith A. (Elizabeth) Downing, Aurora, CO; Kevin A. (Traci) Downing, Topeka, KS; Kurtis A. (Irasa) Downing, Wildwood, MO; three sisters, Mary Moss, Atchison, KS; Leatrice A. (Jerome) Whitney, Denver, CO; Janice L. (Paul) Spearman, Country Club, MO and ten grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Clifford A. Downing, Jr.; and a sister, Elnora L. Downing.