Toft Funeral Home and Crematory
2001 Columbus Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: 419-625-8816
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Karen Jane Vaughan, 76, of Sandusky, passed away on November 2, 2023 at 4:00 a.m. at Stein Hospice Care Center in Sandusky.
Karen was born March 14, 1947 to the late Lewis and Maryjane Eckert.
Karen attended Perkins High School. After high school, she worked at the Sandusky Fish House as a car hop and at Berardi's Busy Bee Restaurant Sandusky as food prep. Al Berardi treated her like a daughter and they stayed lifelong friends. In 1970, Karen had the opportunity to go to work at the Scott Paper Co. in Sandusky. That is where she met her husband, Bob Vaughan, and they married July 9, 1976. When Scott Paper closed in 1981, Bob and Karen went to Dover, Delaware to help start the new Scott Paper Baby Fresh plant. They stayed in Dover for one year before returning to Sandusky.
When Al Berardi started the new restaurant in Huron at the old Frostop, he asked Karen to come in and help out getting the restaurant started. She helped there until November 1985, when she got hired at Van Dresser Corp., in Norwalk. Karen worked at the Norwalk and the Sandusky Van Dresser plants as a parts assembler and thermal former machine operator. She left Van Dresser and went to work for the O'Sullivan Co. in Huron as an injection molding machine operator and auto parts assembler. Karen worked at that location until 2012 when she retired.
She loved family and friends. You could always find her cleaning the house or working in the yard. She loved lying by the pool or on the deck of the boat. She loved to shop and was always at a store looking to see what they had - she tried to go to every store while in Tucson one winter. On nice days Karen would love to just go out for a ride with the top down and might end up in Cleveland or Toledo, she loved stopping at Tony Packo's. When traveling, she loved to look at the sights. While traveling through Texas she once asked where do the cows sleep at night?
Karen is survived by her husband, Bob; brothers, Bob, Larry, Gordon, and William Eckert; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Tom Eckert; and sisters, Sandra Eckert, Marietta Eckert Mazza, and Kathy Eckert Johnson.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contribtuions may be made to Stein Hospice, 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, OH 44870.
Cremation will take place. Friends may call Thursday, November 9 from 10-11 am at Toft Funeral Home & Crematory, 2001 Columbus Ave., Sandusky. Memorial services will begin at 11 am with Rev. Ken Hiser presiding. Condolences may be shared online by visiting toftfuneralhome.com.
