Laughlin, Bessie (Harvey) 1885-1966

LAUGHLIN, HARVEY, SHINOE

Posted By: Tom Baack-Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/29/2014 at 13:01:01

Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Tuesday, December 13, 1966

MRS. BESSIE LAUGHLIN OF O'LEARY DEAD; RITES SET THURSDAY

Bessie Laughlin, 81, lifelong resident of Union township and Plymouth county, died Monday (December 12, 1966) at Floyd Valley hospital in Le Mars after an illness of several months.

Mrs. Laughlin and her late husband, Frank, lived at the site formerly known as O'Leary, north of the Union township Presbyterian church.

She was born Oct. 16, 1885, in Union township, the daughter of James and Martha (Shinoe) Harvey. Her marriage to Frank Laughlin took place Feb. 15. 1905, in Le Mars.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mauer funeral home in Le Mars. Burial will be in Union township Presbyterian cemetery.

Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Marie Magill of San Francisco and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1959 and by four brothers. She was a member of Presbyterian Union township church.