Karen Lynn Bert

          Karen Lynn Bert, 49, Sherman Oaks, California, died Saturday afternoon, Jan. 7, at Home Hospital, Lafayette.

          She was born in Lafayette on Dec. 1,1945 to James M. and Stella R. Scifert Tarter, both of Chalmers.

          She was a 1963 graduate of Bethel Park High School, Bethel Park, PA, and Moore College of Art at Philadelphia.

          She was employed by the Clairmont Camera Rental Co., Studio City, CA, and was a real estate agent for Gibson and Associates, Studio City, CA.

          She was a member of the Bethel Park Presbyterian Church.

          Surviving with her parents are one daughter, Lisa Bert of Sherman Oaks; one son, Christian P. of Bethel Park, PA; one daughter-in- law, Christine Bert of Bethel Park, PA; one grandson, Zachary James Bert of Bethel Park, PA; and one sister, Laurie Mrozowski of Pittsburgh, PA.

          Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Hamel Funeral Home. Upper St. Clair, PA.
          Burial was in the Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery. Bethel Park, PA.
          Voorhis-Draper Funeral Home, Monticello, assisted with arrangements.