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© Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press Marner Saw, a founding member and staffer with the Karen Organization of Minnesota, died Oct. 2, 2020, following complications related to COVID-19. He was 50. (Courtesy of Karen Organization of Minnesota)A founder of the Karen Organization of Minnesota has died of complications related to COVID-19.
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© Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press Marner Saw (Courtesy of Karen Organizationof Minnesota)The nonprofit, which is based on Rice Street in Roseville, announced on its Facebook page that Marner Saw — who helped launch the organization and then became one of its first staffers in 2009 — died Friday after being hospitalized for four weeks with a virus infection. He was 50.
“He helped hundreds of refugee families start a new life in Minnesota and become citizens,” said the nonprofit in its Facebook post. “Throughout his life, he was a strong advocate for Karen people around the world and peace in his home country of Burma.”
Saw was the coordinator of family assistance and the elders program at the nonprofit. A father and grandfather, he held leadership roles at Trinity Karen Baptist Church in Maplewood, the Karen Community of Minnesota and the Karen Organization of America.
“He was always there. He was a fixture in the Karen community. He’s been somebody that others have directed me to if I have questions,” said Kenzie Libbesmeier, a licensed social worker at the M Health Fairview Roselawn clinic, which offers primary care services for many refugees.
Dozens have posted condolences to the Karen Organization of Minnesota Facebook page recalling the joy he felt in service. “Not everyone’s born to serve or help others the way he did,” said longtime co-worker Lay Tha Paw.
“A tragic loss for the entire community,” said Sara Chute, a former Karen Organization of Minnesota board chair and former health coordinator in the refugee community. “May we all continue to follow in his footsteps and do good for the world in his memory.”
Saw’s leadership coincided with a decisive time for the Karen, who are just beginning the sort of transitions to civic life in Minnesota that the Hmong and Somali experienced in decades past.
Burma, which was colonized by the British, gained independence in 1948, precipitating a civil war. Military rule began in 1962, but a cease-fire with the Karen — who live on the southeast edge of Burma, and have long sought independence of their own — wasn’t negotiated until 2004.
Despite the official ceasefire, reports of forced labor and the burning of entire villages by military units continue, and have pushed thousands of Karen into refugee camps in Thailand.
A trickle of Karen began arriving in Minnesota in 2000, and an estimated 17,000 members of the ethnic group now live within the state, with the largest concentrated centered in St. Paul’s North End and Maplewood, according to the Karen Organization.
Saw’s visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Anderson Funeral Home at 1401 Arcade St. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Karen Baptist Church, 2220 Edgerton St., Maplewood.
Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in Maplewood. Contributions are being accepted online through GoFundMe at tinyurl.com/MarnerSaw.
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