View Video Tribute Kari Dawn Wright, 44, of Kahoka, MO, died Monday, May 17, 2010 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on October 29, 1965 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Gerald E. and Judith Ann Roller Sawyer. Kari graduated from Clark County R-1 High School with the Class of 1984. She attended Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, MO and graduated from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, MO. She had been employed as the Art Teacher in the Clark County R-1 School District for ten years and recently received her Ten Year Medallion. She was an outstanding teacher and mentor to her students. Kari was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Kahoka, MO and was active in the VBS program as the craft director. She was a member and past president of the Missouri State Teacher's Association. She had served as yearbook advisor, Art Club Sponsor and Prom Sponsor at Clark County R-1 High School. She enjoyed crafts of all kinds, scrapbooking, sketching and gardening. Kari was a wonderful daughter and mother and loved her family very much. She is survived by one son, Dylan Mikel Wright of Kahoka, one daughter, Jade Ann Wright of Kahoka, her parents, Gerald Judy Sawyer of Kahoka, one brother, Kim Sawyer of Bloomington, IL, her fiancé John Pollock of Texas and Kahoka, aunts and uncles, Virginia Johnson, Deloris Shannon, Darlean Mohr, Lanora Davis, David and Jackie Kephart, Tina Roller, Richard Roller, Kenneth Roller, Timothy and Gerry Roller, Thomas and Sally Roller, Rex and Joann Roller, Nancy and Jack Edlen, Susan Redding, Gloria and Larry Kiger, Jacquilyn Boatman, Kelly and Darrell Varnold, and many, many cousins, friends and students. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Noble and Vivian Roller and Stella and Leslie Sawyer, uncles, Tony Roller, Keith Redding, Jim Boatman, Dean Sawyer, Bobby Sawyer and Delbert Weller, aunts, Judy Sawyer Monych and Vera McGirl. Funeral serviceswere held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 20at the Clark County R-1 High School in Kahoka with Pastor Orlie Yoder and Pastor Tim Roller officiating. Burialwas in the Kahoka Cemetery. Memorials may be made to her children's college fund or the Vivian Roller Endowment in memory of Kari.