Karen Moleski Kilpatrick

A funeral service for Karen Moleski Kilpatrick will be held at Freedom Life Church, 1530 Keyser Avenue, on Friday, September 2, 2016 at 10:00 am in Natchitoches, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Freedom Life Church in Natchitoches, LA. Karen Kilpatrick, 59 years of age, was surrounded by family and friends when she passed away at home on August 24, 2016. Karen was born December 1, 1956 to the late George and Leona Moleski in Tucson, AZ. Karen Graduated from Georgia Tech in 1978. She then served two years as a member of the Peace Corps in the Central African Republic. Karen moved to Natchitoches in 1981 to work as a fisheries biologist for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. She was appointed manager of Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery in 1999, making her the second female hatchery manager in the nation. In December 2011 she retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service after 30 years of service. She was also active in numerous social organizations including Service League of Natchitoches, P.E.O., and The Women’s Resource Center. She was also honored as Natchitoches’ Woman of the Year. She is survived by her children, Ryan Daniel Kilpatrick and Jared Young Kilpatrick and wife Kemper; her siblings, Carol O'Brien, Nancy Haus, and Kevin Moleski. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Leona Moleski; and sister, Leona Hansard. Karen requested memorial donations be made to the NSU Foundation for the Arnold R. Kilpatrick Scholarship Fund in lieu of flowers.