Kim Kardashian pays tribute to her late aunt Karen Houghton

Kim Kardashian says goodbye to her deceased aunt Karen Houghton.

Kardashian, 43, shared a series of throwback photos of Houghton via Instagram on Thursday, March 21. “🕊️I love you so much Aunt Karen🕊,” the reality star captioned her post.

One photo showed a young Kim and an older sister Kourtney Kardashian sitting with Houghton, while in another photo Kim posed with her aunt in front of a Christmas tree. One photo showed Houghton with her mother, Mary Jo “MJ” Shannonand Kim’s parents, Kris Jenner And Robert Kardashian.

Houghton, Jenner’s younger sister, died on Monday, March 18 at the age of 65. A cause of death has not been announced.

“It is with the deepest heart and deepest sadness that I share that my sister Karen passed away unexpectedly yesterday,” Jenner, 68, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, March 19. “My heart aches for my mother MJ and my niece Natalie and I pray that God guides us all through this difficult time.”

Jenner went on to call her sibling “beautiful inside and out” and the “sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and vulnerable and so funny” person.

“She always felt grateful and grateful for her life and cherished her family and friends and especially her beautiful daughter,” the reality mogul continued. “Karen’s passing reminds us that life is so short and precious, and that tomorrow is never promised. We must tell those we cherish how much we love them. I love you, my beautiful sister.”

Houghton’s daughter, Natalie Zettelshared an Instagram tribute to her mother a day later.

“Dear mom, I can’t believe it [you’re] gone,” Zettel wrote on Wednesday, March 20. “This doesn’t even feel real. I keep hoping that I can hug you or kiss you, or hear your voice one last time. You were my best friend, my everything. The best mother a daughter could ever ask for, and I am so grateful to have had a mother like you.”

Zettel’s post was accompanied by a series of throwback photos of Houghton, including one of her cradling her daughter just minutes after she was born.

“You were the most kind, sweet, loving, giving and caring soul,” Zettel continued. ‘You had the biggest heart. And I don’t know how to go on without you. It all happened so quickly and I wasn’t ready for you to go.

Karen and Jenner are the only children of Shannon, 89, and her husband, Robert ‘Bob’ Houghton. Bob died in 1975.