Karen Diane Donithorne was born on April 12, 1950 in Vancouver, Washington to the late David Perry Musgrove and Patricia Laurene Musgrove. She passed away on December 31, 2021 in Grapevine, Texas.
She was a 1967 graduate of Hillsboro High School. She lived in St. Helens, Oregon for 20 years before moving to Texas in 2004 to be closer to her children. She worked for the Sonic franchise for 10years before working 25 years for Hi Tec as an administrator and retiring in 2019. She met the love her life, Mark at a bowling alley and they were happily married for 36 years. She loved to work in her yard, watch movies and TV movies. She also enjoyed traveling and gambling at casinos. She was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Mark Donithorne; children, Shawn Getchell and wife, Loretta; Kit Getchell and wife, Cindy and Jeremy Kenwisher; grandson, Hunter Mills; brother, Rod Musgrove, and sister, Lauretta Elliott; niece and nephews, Wayde Elliott, Andrea Clark, Ross Musgrove, and Ryan Musgrove; and a host of friends.