Karen Schultz

Karen Schultz, 45 year old resident of Little Falls, MN died on Monday, November 21 at her home in Little Falls, MN. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on Thursday, December 1 from 5:00-8:00 P.M. at Emblom Brenny Funeral Service with a Memorial Service to be held at 7:00 P.M. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

Karen Lynn Dingman was born on November 7, 1971 in Saint Cloud, Minnesota to Michael and Linda (Kaikkonen) Dingman. She grew up in the Saint Cloud area and attended school in Royalton, Minnesota. She worked various jobs throughout her life from bartending to Gourmet Pizza Parlor in Royalton. She enjoyed camping, four wheeling, fishing, watching soap operas, life time and being around friends and her family.

Left to cherish her memory are her children Andrew Schultz of Royalton, MN and Nicole Schultz of Rice, MN; father, Mike (significant other, Lynette Gryzbek); mother, Sharon Dingman; siblings, David (significant other, Amanda Loidolt) Dingman, Jenell (Rickey) Dingman-Snyder, Tracy Moga, Jackie (Steven) Dingman-Wallen and Shelly Dingman; grandmother, Pauline Hasselstrom.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Linda Kaikkonen; maternal grandparents, Waino (Jenny) Kaikkonen; paternal grandparents, Dorothy Dottie Radice, Floyd Dingman, Jerry Jer Raddice; maternal grandfather, Carl Hasselstrom and a cousin, Miranda Dingman.