Karol Tandberg Hughes

June 22, 1951 - September 30, 2014

Karol Tandberg Hughes, 63, of Rusk, passed away on September 30, 2014. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday October 3, 2014, at First Baptist Church in Rusk, Texas. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, TX. 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 4th at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, 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, Kermit and Fannie Bea Tandberg. She is survived by her husband, Charles Hughes of Rusk, Texas; daughter, Abigail Brown and husband, Evan of The Woodlands, Texas; step-son, Robbie Hughes of Bluffton, South Carolina; grandchildren, Taylor and Logan Hughes; and her siblings, Kermit Tandberg, Jr. and wife, Sandy of Corinth, Texas, Kathy Lemaster and husband, Johnny of Houston, Texas, James Tandberg and wife, Joanie of Orange, Texas and Kaye Slover and husband, Steve of Nacogdoches, Texas.