Karen Susan Pedutem, age 40, passed away on February 20, 2016. She was born on March 8, 1975 in Livingston, NJ, and was the daughter of Erlinda Saez Pedutem, and the late Amador Pedutem. Karen is survived by her mother, Erlinda, brothers, Christopher and Jason, and sister Jennifer. Visitation will be held prior to Mass, on Friday, February 26, 2016, from 8:00am-9:00 am, at the Halpin-Bitecola Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, February 26th, at 10:00 am at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 60 Byrd Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ. Entombment will follow at Glendale Cemetery, 28 Hoover Avenue in Bloomfield.