Mae E. Laughlin
Born on February 5, 1887 in Rush County, Indiana. She was one of fifteen children, and oldest child, of John Edward Laughlin and Ida Mae Barnes.
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Description
She was of average build and stature. She wore glasses.
Early Years
- Childhood
- Siblings
- Mark Edward Laughlin
- Charles Bernard Laughlin
- Margaret Laughlin
- Donel Laughlin
- John Raymond Laughlin
- Ruth Ellen Laughlin
- Robert Leonard Laughlin
- Lawrence Aaron Laughlin
- Catherine Dell Laughlin
- Joseph Alton Laughlin
- Ida Pauline Laughlin
- Bertha Louise Laughlin
- Howard Ernest Laughlin
- Helen Maxine Laughlin
Education
She completed two years of college.
Religion
Family Years
Mae was never married and had no children. As the oldest child, she helped to raise her younger siblings.
Residences
Working Years
She was a schoolteacher in the Indiana Public School system for over 35 years. In 1940, Mae was employed as an English and Mathematics teacher at the Indiana Soldier's and Sailor's Orphans Home in Center, Rush County, Indiana.[1]
Personal Life
Death
Mae died on September 2, 1961 at the Pinehurst Nursing Home in Centerville, Wayne County, Indiana of cerebral thrombosis due to arterial sclerosis.
She was interred on November 5, 1961 in the East Hill Shrine Mausoleum in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. The mausoleum is located at 779 State Route 44. Mae is interred in Corridor 2, Row E, Section 3.[2]