McLAUGHLIN, Earl
Source: Danville (Illinois) Commercial News September 28, 1976
WEST LEBANON, Ind. (CNS) - Earl McLaughlin, 63, of West Lebanon Route 1, died at 4 p.m. Monday (Sept. 27, 1976) at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill. He had been a patient three weeks and ill a year. Born July 14, 1913, in Pence, he was the son of Robert and Bessie Siddens McLaughlin. On July 2, 1949, he married Florence Ford at Rossville, Ill. She survives. He had resided in Warren County most of his life. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a farmer. He was a member of the Pence United Methodist Church and Hedrick Masonic Lodge F & AM. He played baseball for many years and was an avid baseball fan. Other survivors include a son, Robert Kevin of Danville; two sisters, Mrs. Meredith Larch of Ambia Route 1 and Mrs. Genevieve Sinkes of Frankfort; a niece and a nephew. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fisher Funeral Home in Williamsport, with the Rev. Joe Shryock officiating. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home -- jlr