Karmen McBride's Obituary
Karmen McBride, age 47, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Friday, November 24, 2017. She was born on December 19, 1969 to Rodney and Mary (Babcock) Zimmer in Muskegon. Karmen worked as an associate broker with her business partner and friend Tom Monette for Greenridge Realty, Inc. Karmen loved her family, was a master gardener, active with her zumba group at Family Fitness and was known to be the calm between the storms for family and friends. On April 27, 1990, she married Steven McBride and he survives her along with 2 children, Jared (Ashleigh Powell) McBride and Hannah McBride; granddaughter, Hadley Powell; parents, Rod and Mary Zimmer; godmother and aunt, Victoria (David) Gustin; step-brothers, Todd Zimmer, Mike Zimmer and Mark Rundquist; step-sister, Christine (Scott) VanDyke; sister-in-law, Teri (Tom Mumby) Shane and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Ron McBride; grandparents, Sidney and Frances Babcock; cousins, Joel Gustin and Matthew Ritter. VISITATION with the family will be 6-8 PM at Friday, December 1, 2017 at The Lee Chapel, 6291 S. Harvey St., 231-726-5210. MEMORIAL SERVICES will be held 2:30PM, Saturday December 2, 2017 at The Lee Chapel with Rev. Ken Babcock officiating and 10:00 AM Monday, December 4, 2017 at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. (239 West Clay, Muskegon) with Rev. Fr. Matthew J. Barnum presiding. MEMORIALS in Karmen’s name can be directed to Muskegon Rescue Mission.
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