Karen Toucey Wilson, 79, of Fairfax, Virginia, passed away on April 14, 2024. She was born on June 28, 1944, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1962, and obtained a Bachelor's degree from Emory University and a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

A service to honor Karen's life will be held at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church on Friday, May 17, at 9:30 a.m. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.

While at UNC, Karen met John Wilson, and they married on August 26, 1967. Sons Scott and Brian were born in 1970 and 1973. John's career in the U.S. Navy led them to live all over the world, including Misawa, Japan and Midway Island. When John retired from the Navy in 1982, the family moved to Oak Ridge, where Karen was a research librarian at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory until her retirement in 2005.

Upon her retirement, Karen moved to northern Virginia to be closer to her family, and was very devoted to her granddaughters, giving them piano lessons, watching them after school, and attending many functions and events.

Karen was also a loyal friend, maintaining lifelong relationships with her Toucey and Keelor cousins, high school "Penguins,” and college sorority sisters and friends. In her free time, Karen enjoyed reading, gardening, and painting.

She is survived by her sons Scott Wilson (wife Jill), Brian Wilson (wife Jerri Lynn), and granddaughters Ella and Lily Wilson. Karen was preceded in death by her husband John Wilson and her parents Robert and Margery Toucey.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Parkinson's Foundation (https://www.parkinson.org/) or the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (https://www.michaeljfox.org/).