21 mei om 02.45 uur is Karen overleden in het Milford Hospice in Limerick.
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep,
while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
In de nacht van 21 mei 2003 is na een lang ziekbed, van ons heengegaan...