Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McLaughlin, Patricia "Pat" Lee (McDowell) October 18, 2024
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   Patricia "Pat" Lee (McDowell) McLaughlin

Died Friday October 18, 2024-age 77 of Haslett, MI.
Born February 5, 1947 in Lapeer, MI to Robert and Dorothy (Beach) McDowell.
Pat had 5 brothers & sisters, Judith Morey, Michael McDowell, Richard McDowell, 
Jane Finkbeiner & Sara Burzinski.
She graduated from North Branch High School in 1965.
Pat & husband, Gary "Jim" McLaughlin had 3 children, Christine McLaughlin of 
Lansing, Jeffery McLaughlin of Elmira and Susanne Lake  of Scottsdale,Arizona.
Pat adored her 6 grandchildren, Elizabeth, Gwenevere, Lorelei, Connor, Caleb & 
Arabella & her great-grandchildren, Briella, Ember & Rhiannon.
She was known in Grayling,MI as "The Dairy Queen Lady", because the family owned 
the DQ for 33 years.
She moved to Lake Margarethe in 1988 & got her teaching degree from Central 
Michigan University.
She worked as a elementary school teacher many years & later opened a daycare in 
her home in Grayling.
After retirement she moved to Haslett, where she loved to work in her garden, 
play games, paint, work puzzles, watch movies, & led a weekly Bible Study group.
She loved hunting "rocks" around the Great Lakes. walked the Mackinac Bridge 
several Labor Days & traveled the US, Hawaii, & Grand Canyon & Disney World 
trips with her kids & grandkids.
Preceded in death by her parents, sister,Judy & both brothers, Mike & Dick.
A Memorial service is being planned for Spring 2025.

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