Mrs. Karen D. Baccellieri

Age 68

KAREN D. BACCELLIERI, age 68, of Avondale, PA, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2015, at Neighborhood Hospice, West Chester, PA. She was the wife of Carl E. Baccellieri, Sr., DMD, with whom she shared 30 years of marriage.

Born in Wichita Falls, TX, she was the daughter of Rebecca Pierce Brownlee of Denton, TX, and the late Ernest Brownlee.

She was a 1969 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX.. She was a homemaker, and taught Art for a short period of time at the Kennett High School.

She was a very accomplished water colorist and exhibited her paintings often.

Karen was an amazing Christian woman, whose masterpiece was her children and grandchildren.

She was an avid reader, enjoyed bird watching, traveling, going to the movies and going to her beach house in Sea Isle City, NJ. She loved to cook which helped to bond two families together.

Karen was a member of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Church, and served on the Pastoral Council. She was a past president (1998) of the Spade and Trowel Club.

In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by four sons, Carl E. Baccellieri, Jr., DMD and his wife Becky of Kennett Square, PA, Brian Baccellieri, Esq. and his wife Amy of Claymont, DE., Robert Rivello of Arcata, CA and Samuel Rivello of Copenhagen, Denmark; three daughters, Vanessa Rivello Dawid of Trumbull, CT, Kathleen Baccellieri and her fianc Steven Garrigan of Jersey City, NJ and Megan Baccellieri Gigliotti and her husband Mark of Coatesville, PA; one brother, Dr. Ernest Brownlee, Jr. and his wife Susie of Sunny Vale, TX; one sister, Kathi Sale and her husband Richard of Denton, TX, eight grandchildren, Jack Baccellieri, Ryan Baccellieri, Grace Baccellieri, Ben Baccellieri, Olivia Gigliotti, Gabriella Gigliotti, Miles Dawid and Anthony Jude Baccellieri.

You are invited to visit with her family and friends from 6:00 to 8:00 on Thursday evening, September 17, 2015 and again on Friday morning, September 18, 2015, from 8:30 to 10:00 at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home, 250 West State Street, Kennett Square, Pa. Her Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 at St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Church, 8910 Gap Newport Pike (Route 41), Avondale, PA. Burial will be in St. Patricks Cemetery, Route 82, Kennett Square, PA.

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Services

Visitation
September 17, 2015 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home
250 West State Street
Kennett Square, PA 19348

Visitation
September 18, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am
Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home
250 West State Street
Kennett Square, PA 19348

Funeral Mass
September 18, 2015 11:00am
St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Church,
8910 Gap Newport Pike (Route 41), Avondale, PA.
Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Route 82, Kennett Square, PA.

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