She used to take whatever she had at the end of the month and make up a big pot of soup, doling it out to the other residents of her senior apartment complex. Many of these residents were on a fixed income and did not have much left at the end of the month. This earned her the affectionate nickname of Saint Karel the Soup Lady.
I’m sorry to hear of the passing of Karel. She was kind to me in my teen and whenever I see a Geo Metro car, I think of her. Thoughts and prayers to her family during this time.