It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Karen Genevieve Lazar on August 20, 2020. She was born in Montreal, October 31, 1953 to Etelka Kenedy Lazar and Dr Gergely Lazar. She will be greatly missed by her sister Andrea Weltzl Fairchild (Page Fairchild), her nieces, Christa (Abel Barredo Gil) and Jessica (Rodney Gagne: Piper and Teagan) and nephew, David (Bianca Healy: Ethan and Matisse) and members of the Bishop clan of Magog.
Highly intelligent, empathetic, with a wicked sense of humour, Karen had a well respected career in theater and film. She acted with the McGill Players, Saidye Bronfman Centre and Montreal Theatre Lab; and in Toronto with Theatre Française, U. of Toronto Graduate Centre and starred in the film The Life and Times of Alonzo Boyd.
Graduate of Sir George Williams University with a B.F.A., she completed her post grad PhD courses in the Theater Department at University of Toronto. She taught english language and communication skills to foreign trained doctors at U of T, and was a lecturer at the University of Waterloo.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.