Karen Zukowski Ferry

Karen Zukowski Ferry born on July 7, 1958, in Miami, FL to Betty Jane and Eugene Zukowski passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. She was surrounded by her husband and three children, after an eleven month battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Karen loved the beach, she loved all types of music especially Motown, she loved reading and learning about history and she was often found watching mysteries and crime shows on British television.

Her family lived in Miami before settling in Orangeburg, South Carolina when she was a child. She graduated from Orangeburg Wilkinson High School and went on to attend classes at Orangeburg Technical College. She worked at the Lime House in fashion retail before entering the manufacturing industry where she would spend her career in customer service. She worked in tool manufacturing at Utica Tool Group (aka Triangle Tool), Forklift manufacturing at TCM in Columbia, SC, automotive manufacturing at Federal Mogul in Orangeburg, SC and finally specialty manufacturing at Cable Craft in St. Matthews, SC.

Karen met her husband Stephen Ferry working at Utica Tool group in Orangeburg. They married in 1995 merging two families: her three children and his son. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Orangeburg and found true joy in watching her children grow families of their own. Her greatest joy towards the end of her life was her grandchildren.

She was a wonderful Mother to her children and believed they were God’s greatest blessing throughout her life. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Ferry; her children Joshua Keener (Whitney Merckle), Raven and Makoto Yonemura, Ryan Keener (Katie Daniel), and Brian Ferry. She is also survived by her younger sister Lisa Kristin Zukowski and her older brother Eugene “Zan” Zukowski. Karen had six grandchildren; Nolan, Emi and Owen Yonemura, Daisy and Franklin “Hank” Keener, and Charli Merckle.

A private service will be held for her immediate family at Dunbar Funeral Home in Irmo, S.C.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.dunbarfuneralhomedutchfork.com for the Ferry family.