She graduated from Greensburg High School in 2001 and attended Kansas State University from 2001-2004. She later received her Associate of Science degree in nursing from Pratt Community College and worked at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg. She earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing at Wichita State University in 2008. She married Andre Mynssen-Santos on April 7, 2007, at Las Vegas, Nev. They lived in Wichita where she worked as an RN at Wesley Medical Center. In January 2009, they moved to Darwin, Australia and she worked as an RN at Royal Darwin Hospital until her death. She was preceded in death by one grandmother, Mary Hunter.

Survivors include her husband, Andre Mynssen-Santos; her parents, Jay and Marilyn Koehn of Greensburg; two sisters, Kristina Peters and husband Ryan of Cimarron and Karla Koehn and partner, Steve Hogan of Kinsley; one brother, Douglas Koehn and wife Fonda of Buckeye, Ariz.; grandparents, Dewey and Minnie Koehn of Greensburg and Cloyde Hunter of Pomona; in-laws, Jose and Amdiara Santos of Wichita; and one brother-in-law, Carlos Santos of New York.

A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Greensburg Mennonite Church, Greensburg.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Karen Mynssen-Santos Memorial Nursing Scholarship in care of Greensburg State Bank, 240 S. Main, Greensburg, KS 67054.

Arrangements by Downing & Lahey Mortuary West, Wichita.

Tributes may be sent to the family via www.dlwichita.com.