The memorial service for Kara Kay Larson, 51, of Minneapolis, MN, will be 2:00pm, Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, with Pastor Gary Compton officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens at a later date. Kara died unexpectedly at her home in Minneapolis on October 6, 2026.

Visitation will be one hour prior to services at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 South Main Street.

Kara Kay Larson was born on September 11, 1975 in Aberdeen, SD to Allen and Lylah (Hayford) Larson. She grew up in Aberdeen and graduated from Aberdeen Central in 1994. She then attended and graduated from Northern State University.

After graduating from college, she started her career working at Midcom in Aberdeen until it closed. In 2002, she moved to Minneapolis, MN and worked at Wells Fargo Bank in human resources and later at Aligna Healthcare and Vantive.

Kara loved her nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephew and enjoyed spending time with them. She was a very loyal caring friend and was always ready and willing to help anyone in need. Her loyal companion, Moose (her cat), will miss her forever.

As a child she would ride horses with her sister, Janet, and loved playing with all the barn cats. As an adult, her favorite hobby was shopping and was always on the lookout for a good deal. She loved shopping for everything, especially jewelry.

Blessed to have shared in Kara’s life are her mother, Lylah; sisters, Lynne (Tom) Streifel, Janet (Steve) Kuske; nieces and nephews, Kaitlin (Kyle) Helder, Phillip (Ashley) Streifel, and Alexa and Drew Kuske; great-nieces and nephew: Ben & Lylah Streifel and Mya, Emery and Maryn Helder.

She was preceded in death by her father, Allen Larson, and maternal and paternal grandparents.

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