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Karol Tandberg Hughes, 63, of Rusk, passed away on Sept. 30.

A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday Oct. 3, at First Baptist Church in Rusk.

Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Steve Slover. Graveside service and burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in Orange.

Visitation will be from 2:00-3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 4 at Claybar Funeral Home.

Born in Orange, on June 22, 1951, she was the daughter of Vernon Kermit Tandberg, Sr. and Fannie Bea (Headrick) Tandberg. Karol worked as an office administrator for JoEd Anderson Realtors for many years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Rusk, where she was very involved in her Sunday school class.Karol enjoyed and taught basket weaving, playing World of Warcraft with her daughter, board games, classic movies, and reading mysteries. Karol’s greatest joy was spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, Charles Hughes of Rusk; daughter, Abigail Brown and husband, Evan of The Woodlands; step-son, Robbie Hughes of Bluffton, South Carolina; grandchildren, Taylor and Logan Hughes; and her siblings, Kermit Tandberg, Jr. and wife, Sandy of Corinth, Kathy Lemaster and husband, Johnny of Houston, James Tandberg and wife, Joanie of Orange, and Kaye Slover and husband, Steve of Nacogdoches.