Karen S. Herpolsheimer, 58, of Big Spring, died on Monday, April 14, 2003, in a local hospital. Karen will lie in state at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home until 9:00 PM today. Funeral services are pending with Rowland Funeral Home, North Augusta, South Carolina. She was born on May 5, 1944 in South Carolina. Karen moved Big Spring in July 1991 and retired from the VA Medical Center in 1999. She loved reading and needlework and was an avid fisherman. She was a Lutheran. Survivors include a son, Jeffery Wood; a granddaughter, Heather Wood of Blythe, Georgia and a sister, Cynthia Bryant of Warrenville, South Carolina. Local arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,