Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McLaughlin, Nelson 1942
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Lake Odessa Wave, 9 Apr 1942

Dr. N. McLaughlin Died In Detroit

Dr. Nelson McLaughlin, 59, died Wednesday afternoon in Highland park hospital, 
Detroit, following a three-months illness of heart trouble there.

Dr. McLaughlin was well known to many Lake Odessa residents, having practiced 
here about 25 years ago, and had since spent much of his vacation time here.  
He located here at the beginning of his medical practice in 1909.

For several years the doctor was a member of the state medical board, and was a 
member of the staff of Highland Park hospital for seven years just previous to 
his death.

Dr. McLaughlin served in World War I in a medical capacity in the state of 
Washington.  He also studied spinal anesthesia in Europe.  He, with Mrs. 
McLaughlin and their daughter Barbara located in Detroit following his 
discharge from the army.  Barbara preceded her father in death at the age of 
16, having suffered fatal injuries in an automobile accident, on her way to 
school.

Dr. McLaughlin is survived by his widow, Nell; a sister Mrs. Gaylord Lapham in 
California, four brothers, Arden in Lansing, Martin in Detroit, Chester in 
California, and Ernest in Ohio.  A sister, Florence, died several years ago.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Detroit, with 
burial there.


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