Laughlin obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Laughlin, Josephine Signorelli Foti   19 Sep 2010   Oct 2010   Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  9/19/2010

LAUGHLIN, JOSEPHINE SIGNORELLI FOTI
A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted for Josephine "Josie" 
Signorelli Foti Laughlin, age 84, at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at St. 
Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville. Monsignor Douglas 
Courville will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Michael's Cemetery. 
Visitation will be held at Evangeline Funeral Home, 314 E. St. Peter St., 
New Iberia, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday with a rosary at 7 p.m. The 
funeral home will reopen on Monday from 8 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Mrs. 
Laughlin was a native of Hammond and a resident of St. Martinville. She 
passed away Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Laughlin was a member 
of St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church and served as a perpetual adorer for 
more than 20 years. She was employed at Martin Mills for many years. She 
enjoyed spending time, visiting, cooking and playing cards with family and 
friends. She was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and 
great-grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Vira A. 
Laughlin, of St. Martinville; two daughters, Brenda F. Theriot and her 
husband, Terry, of Baton Rouge and Kathleen "Tina" F. Landry and her 
husband, John, of Breaux Bridge; two sons, Fred Foti Jr. and his wife, 
Sarah, and Wayne T. Foti, all of St. Martinville; three stepchildren, 
Virginia L. Schlueter and her husband, Grant, of New Orleans, Margaret L. 
Poirier and Morris E. Laughlin and his wife, Deanna, all of St. 
Martinville; 11 grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren, nine great-
grandchildren and nine stepgreat-grandchildren. She is also survived by 
two sisters, Catherine S. Thibodeaux, of Parks and Rose S. Landry, of 
Thibodaux; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by 
her first husband, Fred A. Foti Sr.; parents, Dominick and Phillipina 
Moresi Signorelli; three brothers, Joseph, Tony and Henry Signorelli; and 
six sisters, Mary Locascio, Anna Demonica, Lena Graffio, Jenny Lombardo, 
Lucille Foti and Frances Charpentier. Pallbearers will be Todd Landry, 
Jake Foti, Brady Foti, Zeb Foti, Zack Foti and Pat Hammon. Honorary 
pallbearers are Morris E. Laughlin, Grant Schlueter, Jimmy Poirier, 
Jacques Poirier and Jamie Cordova. To view online obituary, video tribute 
and sign the guest register, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com. 
Evangeline Funeral Homes Inc. of St. Martinville, (225) 337-1881, is in 
charge of arrangements.

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