Mrs. Karen Elaine (Comer) Nickell, age 81, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on July 12, 1941 in Winchester, Indiana. She was raised in Winchester, Indiana and was the daughter of the late Allen Clyde and Mary Audrea (Cox) Comer. Karen was a 1959 graduate of Winchester High School and attended Ball State University. Karen was united in marriage to Richard Allen Pegg on June 18, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was later united in marriage to Phillip Paul Nickell on August 31, 1990 in Gaston, Indiana. Karen and Phillip resided in the Vevay community since 2002. Karen taught swimming lessons at the Goodrich Pool in Winchester, Indiana. She was employed as a soda clerk at Rexall Drugs in Winchester, Indiana and was later employed as a store clerk for the Boston Store in Winchester, Indiana. Karen was later employed for a bank in Muncie, Indiana and as an accountant for Marsh in Yorktown, Indiana. Karen was employed as an accountant for Spiral Fab in Vevay, Indiana and was later employed for Ron Hocker in Vevay, Indiana. Karen was a member of the Indiana Young Farmers Association and was a former member of the Friends Church of Lynn in Lynn, Indiana. Karen enjoyed crocheting, painting, reading and gardening. Karen passed away on Tuesday July 26, 2022, at the Swiss Villa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Vevay, Indiana.
Karen is survived by her daughter, Bonnie Pegg of Vevay, IN; her son-in-law, Gary Kendall of Vevay, IN; her step-children, David Nickell and his wife, Susan, Jonathan Nickell and Elizabeth Neal; her grandchildren, Nicole Hoover, Bryce Shaw, Nathaniel Shaw, Riley Pegg and J.R. Pegg; her great-grandchildren, Alexander Hoover, Zoe Hoover, Farrah Shaw, Leia Shaw, Ryan Shaw, Karson Pegg and Keegan Pegg; her step-grandchildren, Samuel, Caroline, Jessica and Ellen; her brother-in-law, Jerome Sweat of Saulsbury, TN; her nephew and nieces, Michael Wischmeyer, Jill Ridens and Natalie Hanna and her great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen Clyde Comer, died May 31, 1995 and Mary Audrea (Cox) Comer, died April 17, 2006, her husband, Phillip Paul Nickell, died July 14, 2010; her sons, Rocky Charles Pegg, died June 15, 2005 and Ryan Todd Pegg, died August 30, 2013; her daughter, Kristen Leigh-Anne Kendall, died November 16, 2021; her grandson, Connor Allen Pegg, died November 16, 2020 and her sister, Patricia Sweat, died July 2018.
No Services are being held at this time.
Memorial contributions may be made to Juvenile Diabetes. Cards are available at the funeral home or online at www.haskellandmorrison.com