Stephanie Marie Karppinen, 17, of Rapid City, formerly of Houghton and Hancock, passed away May 6, 2008. She was born Sep 16, 1990, in Hancock, the daughter of Larry J Karppinen and Joan Underhill.
Stephanie was a senior at Kalkaska High School. She attended the Career Tech Center where she was involved in the visual imaging arts program. Stephanie had been accepted to the Illinois Institute of Arts in Chicago. She loved being with her friends. Stephanie had the best sense of humor and a great laugh. She will be greatly missed by all those that knew and loved her.
Stephanie is survived by her parents, Larry J Karppinen of Houghton and Joan Underhill of Rapid City; her sister, Laura Sue Karppinen of Kalkaska; her grandparents, John and Betty Underhill of Dallas, TX and Carol (Greg Lewis) Karppinen of Houghton.
Services for Stephanie were held Thu, May 8 at 11 am at Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home. Visitation was one hour prior.
