Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ann Elizabeth Laughman

April 26, 1950 - Dec. 3, 2000

South Bend Tribune 12/5/2000

Ann Elizabeth Laughman, 50, of Wilson Boulevard, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 5:34 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, in Saint Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka. Ann was born on April 26, 1950, in South Bend, Ind.

On Jan. 9, 1971, Ann married Doug Laughman, who survives. Ann was the loving mother of a daughter, Gretchen Mary Laughman of Mishawaka; and a son, Mark Edward Laughman of Chicago, Ill. She is also survived by a granddaughter, Molly Ann Laughman; her mother, Gretchen Anderson of South Bend; two sisters, Suzette Vandewalle of South Bend and Molly O'Shea of San Francisco, Calif.; and by four brothers, Michael and Peter Anderson of South Bend, and Curtis and Mark Anderson, both of Las Vegas, Nev. Ann had been a former employee at the Meijer store on Grape Road in Mishawaka prior to her illness.

A memorial Mass will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mishawaka, with Fr. Robert A. Yast officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Margaret's House, 117 N. Lafayette Blvd., South Bend, IN 46601.  Arrangements are being handled by the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka.