Karen Anderson was born on November 3, 1944, to A.C. Allison and Vivian V. Schull, in Caney, Ks and left this world on September 13, 2025, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.

Karen grew up in Caney, Kansas before moving with her family to the Cities Service Plant east of Ulysses, where she attended Red Rock School. She graduated from Satanta High School in 1962 and continued her education at Wichita Bible College, where she met and married her husband, Melton Morphis.Karen lived in Texas, before returning to Southwest Kansas and making Ulysses her home. Karen worked a variety of rolesthroughout her life. She was employed at the JCPenney’s office in Liberal, Kansas, at The Ulysses News, and as a school bus driver for USD 214. She also proudly owned and operated her own trucking company, worked as a dispatcher for Grant County Law Enforcement, and later served as the night desk clerk at Peddler’s Inn, Single Tree Inn and Corporate East Hotel. Karen enjoyed adventure and had a passion for traveling.

Karen is survived by her children, Becky, Cherryl, Casey and Kelly; 12 grandchildren and 8 great–grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Aaron Morphis; brother, Curtis Allison; and great grandson, Payton Lindsay.

Funeral Service will be Friday, September 19, 2025, at 1:00 PM at the Ulysses Church of Christ, Ulysses, Kansas with MinisterWarren Baldwin officiating. Interment will follow at the Ulysses Cemetery, Ulysses Kansas. Memorials may be given to the Karen Anderson Memorial Fund, in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave., Ulysses, Kansas 67880.Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.