Toft Funeral Home and Crematory
2001 Columbus Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: 419-625-8816
Website: http://www.toftfh.com
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Longtime Sandusky resident, Judy B. Muhn, 72, peacefully passed away February 26, at the Stein Hospice Care Center, after courageously battling Cancer for the last 20 months.
Born in Lakewood Ohio to her parents, Thomas Bebb Jones and Elizabeth B. Jones, Judy spent the formable years of her life growing up on a farm near Venedocia, Ohio. She was a graduate of Spencerville High School (1967) and Miami University (1971).
While attending a summer session at Miami in 1970, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, Judy along with a couple of friends, was sunbathing on the beach of Acton Lake located in nearby Hueston Woods State Park. Using an 18' Interlake Sailboat as a lure, a Miami graduate student named Mike, along with a fraternity brother, asked the girls if they would like to go sailing. They accepted. Upon returning to the dock Mike was very impressed that his favorite out of the three girls, the one named Judy, knew how to properly fold sails.
After graduating from Miami in 1971 Judy accepted a position teaching Art at Sandusky High School. She married Mike in November of 1971, and together they enjoyed sailing and racing Interlake Sailboats for almost 50 years. Upon retiring from teaching in 2001, Judy greeted patients for ten years at Schaefer Family Dentistry as a receptionist.
In addition to sailing and powerboating, Judy enjoyed engaging in various forms of art including painting, sculpture, jewelry, copper enameling, cloisonné, pottery, and basket weaving. Her favorite activity was beachcombing and in recent years Judy loved to walk the beaches in South Carolina and Florida gathering shells and other treasures provided by the sea to merge into her works of art.
Judy was a Life Member of both the Sandusky Sailing Club and the Sandusky Maritime Museum.
She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Mike; sons, Bob (wife Emily) Upper Arlington, Ohio; Bill (wife Caroline) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; sister Lynn Ann Jones (husband Thomas Dewhirst) Kalamazoo, Michigan; brother John B. Jones (partner Rhonda Aither) Winchester, New Hampshire; mother, Elizabeth B. Jones, Sandusky, Ohio; and niece Hannah Dewhirst, Lexington Kentucky.
Judy was preceded in death by her father Thomas Bebb Jones.
Per Judy's request, her body has been cremated and services will be private. Her wish was to have a party to celebrate her life which will take place from 1:00 - 3:00, Saturday May 21, at the Sandusky Sailing Club, 814 Meigs Street, Sandusky, Ohio.
For those wishing to make a donation to charity in Judy's memory, an excellent choice would be Stein Hospice Service Inc., 1200 Sycamore Ln., Sandusky, Ohio 44870.
Toft Funeral Home & Crematory, 2001 Columbus Ave., Sandusky is handling the arrangements.
Condolences may be made to the family by visiting toftfuneralhome.com.
