McLaughlin, Emma (1916 - 2016)

MCLAUGHLIN, ROBINSON, HOLLIDAY, SCHMITZ, PEARCE, LEE, STEIN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 2/1/2016 at 21:26:32

Name of deceased: Emma Caroline McLaughlin (nee Robinson)

Aged: 99 yrs, 11 mo, 3 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: Feb. 14, 1916; Jacksonville, FL

Died: Jan. 17, 2016, Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, Shelby Methodist Church, Shelby, IA; burial was iin the Shelby Cemetery, Shelby, IA.

Survived by: Daughter, Caroline (spouse, Gary) Schmitz of Omaha, NE; daughter-in-law, Marie McLaughlin (spouse, Clay Pearce) of Harlan, IA; grandchildren, Scott and Shawn McLaughlin of Defiance, IA, Mark and Christy McLaughlin of Ankeny, IA, Jay McLaughlin of Harlan, IA, Lindsay Lee of Omaha, NE, and Andrea and Dan Stein of Omaha, NE; 9 great-grandchildren; other family and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, William and Edna (nee Holliday) Robinson; husband, Willard; son, Lee; brother, Fred

Education: Graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, IA, Class of 1933

Religious affiliation: active member of the Shelby Methodist Church for 80 years; long-time member of the United Methodist Women, attended the UMW bible studies and donated crocheted works to the Prayer Shawl Ministry.

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Willard McLaughlin; Sep. 3, 1935; Shelby, IA

Employment: After graduatinbg from high school, she did dressmaking and mending for income; after getting married, she farmed with husband

Hobbies/Interests: baking; sewing; china painting; oil and watercolor painting; active volunteer with the Woman’s Federated Club, Carstens Farm Homestead, and as a 4-H parent and leader; was computer and tech savvy to the end.

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; pauleyjones.com