Karen Crudup

Karen Hadley

57, of Farmington, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022, in Fayetteville. She was born October 1, 1964, in Fayetteville to Kenneth and Betty Sisemore Crudup. She has been a member of Center Street Church of Christ for most of her life. She was a teacher with the Springdale School district for ten years and the Farmington School district for 18 years. She is survived by her husband, Robb Hadley; one son, Ben Hadley and his wife Laney of Farmington and her parents, Ken and Betty Crudup of Fayetteville. Karen attended Bates Elementary School and Ramay Junior High in Fayetteville, and graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1982, and from the University of Arkansas in December 1986. She taught in Springdale at Parson Hills Elementary for ten years, then took seven years off when Ben was born, and was a teacher at Randall G. Lynch Middle School in Farmington when she passed. Every year of her teaching career was spent in a fourth-grade classroom. She liked math and was very good at teaching it. One of her former students said, "She was the teacher who taught me to love math."

Karen's other job was an unpaid position as Youth Minister's wife. The kids always enjoyed her cooking and the gatherings at the Hadley home. She loved church camp and served as a counselor at Green Valley Bible Camp after having attended as a camper from the age of nine. Ben was her pride and joy, and she loved attending his ball games with the other baseball and basketball moms who became some of her closest friends. Most important to her, however, were the good reports she received from teachers and other parents regarding her son.

Visitation will be Friday, April 29, 6-8 p.m., at Center Street Church of Christ in Fayetteville. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 30, 11 a.m., at the Gymnasium at Farmington High School with burial to follow in Farmington Cemetery under the direction of Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville. Memorial contributions may be made to Gospel Tracts International, 2125 North Center Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701.

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