Karen Marie Panarese Passed away at the age of 56 on July 3rd in Monroe NY. Karen was born in the Bronx NY on January 15th 1964 to the parents of Frank and Marie Bava. She married her high school sweetheart John Panarese on September 10, 1988. They have been married for 32 years. Karen was a devoted and loving mother to her children Briana and Frank Panarese. She graduated from the College of New Rochelle with a Nursing Degree and became a registered nurse at Einstein Hospital. Karen is preceded in death by her father Frank, her brother Frankie , her grandparents Vincent and Spohie Lucinese and Mother & Father in law John and Katherine Panarese



Karen is survived by her husband John, Children Briana & Frank, mother Marie son in law Joseph, daughter in law Danielle, Nieces Katrina, Amanda nephew Micheal, Zee, Jaxon Sister in Law Katherine and AnnMarie, Brother in laws Paul and Robert in addition to many cousins.


Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 9, 2020 from 9 AM to 12 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:30 PM at Holy Family Church. Interment will follow at Old Saint Raymond's Cemetery.