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Portrait of Karen Lynn Bell
In loving memory

Karen Lynn Bell

June 27, 1961 – October 5, 2022
Lived 61 years
Saint Rose of Lima · Freehold, NJ
Grieve not… nor speak of me with tears…but laugh and talk of me as though I was beside you. I loved you so, ‘‘twas Heaven here with you.
Life story

Karen Lynn Bell, 61, of Lewes, DE passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Karen was born in Jersey City and was raised in Old Bridge. She had lived in Jackson and Freehold prior to settling in Lewes, DE in 2019. Karen was a beautician and hairdresser at Crosstown Traffic in East Brunswick prior to retiring to become a fulltime mom. Once taking on this roll, she embraced it with great passion. Karen became an amazing mom and grandmother and was the queen of entertaining. Along with her husband, they have traveled from Paris to Hawaii and the Caribbean to Alaska and everywhere in between. They also relished in their time RVing with friends. Karen was a loving wife, adoring mother, and doting grandmother.

Karen is survived by her husband of forty years, John Bell; two sons, John Bell and his wife, Kyle of Hamilton and Matthew Bell and his wife, Tia of Jackson; two grandchildren, Livia and Jaxson; and a sister, Debra Szymczyk of Jackson.

Edited: Two additional grandchildren have arrived! Ryan Bell and Dylan Bell, both daughters of John and Kyle Bell.

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1961
Born June 27
1969
Karen was 8 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1977
Karen was 16 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Married John Bell in Old Bridge, NJ
1982
Karen was 21 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1985
John Ryan Bell is born!
1988
Matthew Lewis Bell is born!
1995
Karen was 34 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2004
Dakota!!!!
2007
Karen was 46 when the first iPhone went on sale
2015
Karen was 54 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2016
Matt marries Tia Testa
2018
First Grandchild is born - Livia!!! - Daughter of Matt and Tia.
2019
Second Grandchild born! Jaxson, son of Matt and Tia,
2021
John marries Kyle Bush!
2021
Karen was 60 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away October 5, age 61
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Susanne ODonnell 108w

When you are nine, anything and everything is possible!

I remember, from when we were very young, every evening you waited for the first star to appear and you made a wish. It was always your wish, because you found the first star, you found it before anyone else... I hope they all came true.

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Matt Bell 108w

Love this. Put the second one somewhere by the beach!

Mom and I at my wedding. Tia is looking for the entrance video of you and Mom.

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