Teri A Karren

Teri Anderson Brown Karren passed away May 11, 2026 at the age of 72. She was born January 20, 1954 in Logan, Utah to Lawrence Rexie and Edith Lorraine Beyler Anderson. She married David Merrill Brown May 3, 1974 in Logan. They later divorced and she married J. Craig Karren May 4, 2018 in South Weber, Utah.

Teri grew up in Logan and attended Wilson Elementary, Mt Logan Middle School, and Logan High School. She was the fourth of six children and remained close to her siblings and family throughout her life. Teri loved the beautiful, remote places in her family's history in northern Utah and southern Idaho and often wrote about them. She went back to school when her children were young and worked hard to earn her Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Utah State University. She loved literature and was an accomplished writer and poet. She taught writing at the University of Utah for many years until her retirement in 2019. Teri loved music, books, movies and world travel. She particularly loved the Middle East and spent time teaching at the Arab American University. She also loved spending time with her family, especially her beautiful grandchildren, of whom she was very proud.

Survivors include her four children, Clayton David (Erin) Brown, Sunni Brown (Sean) Wilkinson, Dylan Joseph Brown (Natalie Taylor), and Riley Christian Brown (Kathryn Philpot); five grandchildren, Anya, Izzi, Cael, Beck and Cooper. She is also survived by her husband, J. Craig Karren and his three children, Scott (Heather) Karren, Michael Karren, and Katie (Dan) Webinger, 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Lance Anderson, sister Darcel Anderson, and two grandsons, Ian Brown and Jude Wilkinson.

The family would like to thank the Memory Care staff at Avamere at Mountain Ridge as well as Teri's hospice nurse, Andrea Greenhalgh.

A graveside service will be held Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at the Logan City Cemetery at 10:00 am