George G. McLaughlin's
obituary appeared in the Pulaski County (IN) Democrat on 18 Aug, 1927.
George G. McLaughlin, a well known resident of Winamac, died Monday morning
about 5 o'clock at a sanitarium at Martinsville, to which place he had been
taken on Saturday for treatment.
Announcement of his death came as a distinct shock to
residents of the community, as even his closest friends had not known the
seriousness of his illness. He had been ailing for about six weeks and had
improved, but his condition became worse the last of the week and he went to
Martinsville on Saturday accompanied by Mrs. McLaughlin and R.H. Upsall. They
returned home that night, Mrs. McLaughlin expecting to go there again the first
of this week. A telephone message from a physician at the sanitarium Sunday
evening stated that his condition was critical, so Mrs. McLaughlin, accompanied
by Dr. T.E. Carneal, Mrs. O.H. Keller and Charles H. Hoffmann, left immediately
for his bedside. They arrived there at 4 o'clock Monday morning and he passed
away about an hour later without regaining consciousness. Uraemic poisoning was
the cause of death.
Mr. McLaughlin was forty-two years of age last February 5. He
was born in San Pierre, a son of John and Ella McLaughlin, but spent his youth
in Chicago, to which city the family removed while he was a child. On October
12, 1909, he was united in marriage to Miss Olive Pattison of this city and
they took up their residence in Winamac, which continued to be their home
except for three years from 1923 to 1926, when they were located at Michigan
City while he was engaged in managing the Vreeland hotel there. Four children
were born to them--Georgann, John, Peggy and Pat, all of which survive. He also
leaves one sister, Mrs. Charles H. Hoffmann of Urbana, IL. He was a member of
the Winamac Council Knights of Columbus and of the Elks lodge at Logansport. Members
of the latter organization were here Tuesday evening and conducted services at
the home.
The funeral was held yesterday morning at St. Peter's
church, with solemn requiem mass by Rev. Gilbert Esser, assisted by Rev. Holler
of Pulaski and Rev. Rufus Esser of Rensselaer. Burial was given in the Catholic
cemetery."