Loretta Vaughn

March 13, 1932 – April 7, 2022

Loretta Vaughn, 90, passed away Thu., April 7, 2022, at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, N.J., due to medical complications.

She was born March 13, 1932, in Miami County, Ind., the daughter of Thomas A. and Miriam B. (Dotterer) Horn.

Mrs. Vaughn married George C. Smith in Howard County, Ind., on June 18, 1950, divorcing on June 9, 1969. She married Lawrence M. Vaughn in Indianapolis, Ind. on June 4, 1971.

She was a resident of Linton, Ind., from the mid-1990s to 2016, and Crawfordsville, Ind., from 2016 to 2020, before relocating to New Jersey. Some of her favorite past times included attending auctions, gardening, food preservation, crafting, and fishing, and she was a lifetime member of the Coal City Fish and Game Club. Mrs. Vaughn regularly volunteered at the Recycle Center while living in Linton, and at the FISH food pantry and Trinity Life Ministry Outlet Store while residing in Crawfordsville.

Survivors include her children Deborah S. (Robert) File of Sanford, N.C., Brian C. (Barbara) Smith of Lebanon, N.J. and Charles D. (Rhonda) Smith of Colfax, Ind.; sister Evelyn B. (Jerry) Henderson of Jenks, Okla.; stepson Larry G. (Patti) Vaughn of Fishers, Ind.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; and nine stepgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Lawrence M. Vaughn; and brothers Edward A. Horn and Jerry L. Horn. A Celebration of Life for family is being planned for a later date. Internment will be at Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Ind.