GULFPORT, FL — A Gulfport Montessori Elementary College instructor has joined the rising checklist of Florida academics and employees who’ve died after contracting the coronavirus.
Karen Mishley, 36, a prekindergarten and kindergarten instructor on the Montessori faculty, 2014 52nd St. S, Gulfport, died Oct. 9.
Survivors embody her husband, Patrick, and two younger sons.
Mishley studied distinctive schooling at St. Petersburg Faculty and was pursuing a grasp’s diploma in early childhood particular schooling.
A graduate of Gibbs Excessive College, Mishley and her household moved to Largo in September 2020.
She cherished crops and was lively with the St. Petersburg Plant Society.
That is how Annie Johnson Sprague of Mitch Armstrong Nursery met her.
“I met Karen Mishley in the course of the craziness of 2020 COVID time via our space plant membership and she or he visited our house nursery many instances,” Sprague posted on Fb. “A fantastic younger soul, instructor, younger spouse and mom, Karen simply adored crops they usually introduced her a lot pleasure. We shared numerous conversations about crops, in fact, but additionally cherished private conversations about life and household, youngsters and life’s on a regular basis challenges.”
Sprague mentioned Mishley and her husband had been searching for a home of their very own for fairly some time. The final time she contacted Sprague, Mishley informed her they’d lastly discovered a home.
“She was so comfortable, and was so wanting ahead to creating her personal backyard and she or he despatched all types of pics of her dream crops she wished assist in discovering,” Sprague mentioned. “I used to be so comfortable for her and her household that they have been going to have the ability to lastly put down some actual roots. I’m so glad that I bought to satisfy this lovely soul and grateful for the instances we had collectively. I do know she’s going to create a phenomenal backyard up in Heaven.”
Mishley is amongst 102 academics in Florida who’ve died within the present faculty yr from COVID-19.
Karen Mishley – age unknown, Died 10/9/21. Pre-Ok & Ok Instructor, Gulfport Montessori Elem, Pinellas County, FL. Will be part of checklist of 102 at the moment posted/counted @FloridaEA employees who’ve died this faculty yr. Leaves behind 2 younger sons.https://t.co/zfX8fzXL29https://t.co/vneRCnJdeX pic.twitter.com/uQxANZvwMR
— College Personnel Misplaced To Covid (@LostToCovid) October 14, 2021