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(circa 1954 -- October 7, 2021)
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(circa 1954 October 7, 2021)
  
Mary Kay Jackson Kare was a [[Bay Area]] [[con-running fan]] who co-chaired [[Potlatch 19]] in 2010 and who has worked on a large number of [[regionals]] and [[Worldcons]]. She is a member of the [[Mythopoeic Society]] and has been on its [[Council of Stewards]]. She was a member of the [[Norman Oklahoma SF Society]] in the late 70s.  She was married to fellow [[fan]] [[Jordin Kare]].
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'''Mary Kay Kare''' (née '''Jackson''') was a [[Bay Area]] [[conrunning fan]] who [[co-chaired]] [[Potlatch 19]] in 2010 and who worked on a large number of [[regionals]] and [[Worldcons]]. She was a member of the [[Mythopoeic Society]] and had been on its [[Council of Stewards]].  
  
Her [[fanzines]] include ''[[Red Dust]]''.  She has been a member of a number of [[APAs]]: [[Slanapa]], [[DI apa]], [[Butterbur's Woodshed]], [[APAPI]], and [[Myriad]].  She was very active online in the '90s and '00s. She died of a blood infection in 2021.
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She was a member of the [[Norman Oklahoma SF Society]] in the late 1970s. She later lived in [[Ohio]].  
  
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Her [[fanzines]] include ''[[Red Dust]]''.  She was a member of a number of [[APAs]]: [[Slanapa]], [[DI apa]], [[Butterbur's Woodshed]], [[APAPI]], and [[Myriad]].  She was very active online in the '90s and '00s. 
  
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She was married to fellow [[fan]] [[Jordin Kare]]. Before her retirement, she was a librarian. She died of a blood infection in 2021.
  
[[File:2000.jordinmarykaykare.jpg|thumb|Jordin and Mary Kay Kare, Boskone 2000; Photo by Laurie Mann]]
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[[File:2000.jordinmarykaykare.jpg|thumb|left|'''[[Jordin Kare|Jordin]] and Mary Kay Kare, [[Boskone 57]], 2000.''' ''Photo by [[Laurie Mann]]''.]]
 
 
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:03, 8 October 2021

Mary Kay Kare at Chicon 7 in 2021. Photo by Mark Olson.

(circa 1954 — October 7, 2021)

Mary Kay Kare (née Jackson) was a Bay Area conrunning fan who co-chaired Potlatch 19 in 2010 and who worked on a large number of regionals and Worldcons. She was a member of the Mythopoeic Society and had been on its Council of Stewards.

She was a member of the Norman Oklahoma SF Society in the late 1970s. She later lived in Ohio.

Her fanzines include Red Dust. She was a member of a number of APAs: Slanapa, DI apa, Butterbur's Woodshed, APAPI, and Myriad. She was very active online in the '90s and '00s.

She was married to fellow fan Jordin Kare. Before her retirement, she was a librarian. She died of a blood infection in 2021.

Jordin and Mary Kay Kare, Boskone 57, 2000. Photo by Laurie Mann.

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