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Karen Bergeron, 69

by | Dec 20, 2024 | Obituaries

Karen Bergeron

Karen Bergeron

Karen J. Bergeron (née Diaz), 69, died peacefully on Dec. 14, 2024, at UMass Memorial Medical Center surrounded by family.

She was born April 8, 1955, in Plymouth and resided for several years in Ledyard, Connecticut, before moving to Hopkinton. Karen was the beloved wife and best friend of Richard (Dick) Bergeron Jr. and the loving mother of Richard (Chad) Bergeron III and his wife, Amanda, and Daniel (Dan) Bergeron.

She was the devoted grandmother (Mimi) of Jasper and Evelyn (Evie). Karen was predeceased by her parents, John and Dorothy, and siblings Anthony J. Rapoza, M. Jean Botelho, Richard W. Diaz, Edward A. Diaz and Susan J. Diodato.

She is survived by siblings Cheryl A. Freedman, Donna M. Pereira, John J. Diaz, Robert S. Diaz, Frederick M. Russell, Tracy L. Annabel and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be held in the spring/summer of 2025.

Memorial contributions may be made in Karen’s name to: American Cancer Society Colorectal Research, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown MD, 21741 or at https://ee.ls/karen.

Obituaries are submissions, typically from funeral homes, that are not subject to the same level of editorial oversight as the rest of the Hopkinton Independent. Obituaries may be edited for grammatical and factual mistakes and clarifications and shortened for space considerations.

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