Karen I. Alexander-Calderwood, 81, of East Main Street, Bradford, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2026 at her residence.

Born August 22, 1944, in Bradford she was one of 12 children born to the late Albert O'Hara "A.O." and  Serretta  Leona (Caldwell) Alexander.

On March 2, 2002, in the Sawyer Evangelical Church, she married Robert C. Calderwood, who preceded her in death on July 22, 2014.

She was a 1962 graduate from Bradford High School, and graduated in 1964 from the Bradford Hospital School of Nursing.

Karen worked for 10 years at the Bible Club Movement Inc, now named Bible Center Ministries, in Philadelphia, and later all around Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. She then returned to Bradford in 1973 when her mother died, to take care of her father. After her fathers passing she returned to nursing care in Elmira, NY, Ridgway, the Ecumenical Home in Bradford, and at CRI in Jamestown, NY. It was then when she retired to take care of her husband Robert. 

Karen was an avid reader and book collector, loved walking her dog Munchkin, working in the garden, knitting, reading and collecting books, and could always tell a joke to make people laugh. 

She was a member of New Life Fellowship Church, formerly Foursquare Gospel Church. 

Karen is  survived by several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, five brothers, John F. Alexander, Mahlon "Fat" Alexander, Samuel Alexander, James Alexander, and Gerald "Meach" Alexander, and three sisters, Molly McAndrew, Eleanor Wasden, and Sara "Sally" Burkett.

Friends are invited to attend a graveside committal service at 10 am on Thursday June 18, 2026, in Willow Dale Cemetery with Rev. Matthew McDonald, Pastor of the New Life Fellowship Church officiating.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com