Syracuse, New York
Karen Jean McLaud
1958 — 2021
Karen Jean McLaud, was called home to be reunited with long missed family members on August 11, 2021. Born on January 5, 1958, the third of five children to Maurice Shepard and Carolyn Jean (Peet) McLaud, Karen began her life in Schenectady and moved with her growing family to Laurens, then Florida, and back to Laurens. The family moved to Bainbridge in 1973 and stayed until all siblings had gone off in other directions. In 1982 Karen moved with her parents out to the Lockport area where Karen, an avid Dallas Cowboys fan up to that point, began wavering in her loyalties to become an even greater fan of the Buffalo Bills in the Jim Kelly era. In 1985 her parents moved back with her to the...