Mandy McLaughlin, 1981-2021
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jan 26, 2021 | 11:44 AM / 859 views
Mass of Christian Burial for Mandy McLaughlin, 39, of Oacoma will be 10:00 AM Friday, January 29, 2021 at Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Burial will be in McLaughlin City Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. A rosary service will be 7:00 PM, Thursday, January 28, 2021 at the Kesling Funeral Home. Mandy passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021, at her home in Oacoma.
Mandy Lee McLaughlin was born on March 16, 1981, in Ft. Yates, ND, to Steve and Marlene (Village Center) McLaughlin. She was the youngest of the four children. She studied at North Eastern Community College Class of 2009 and earned a diploma for Administration of Medical Assistant. She later went back to college at Western Iowa Tech for her Associates Degree. Mandy worked at St. Luke’s Hospital for a few years in Sioux City, IA, where her last child Emberlyn McLaughlin was born in 2013. She moved to Chamberlain, SD, in 2014 and worked for St. Joseph’s Indian School for 6 years where she met a few of her lifelong friends.
Grateful for having shared her life with her parents, Steven Sr. and Marlene McLaughlin, her children who brought so much joy to her, daughters, Emberlyn McLaughlin and Annalese Crazy Bear, son, Jade Crazy Bear, brother, Kent (Roberta) McLaughlin, sister, Tammy (Jon) Jones, niece, Michaela Wells, nephews, Daniel Grass Rope, Darren Sazue, Kent McLaughlin Jr., and Kasey McLaughlin and friends and family.
Mandy’s best friends who stood with her through thick and thin were Jamie Spears and Jeanette Mullenix.
She was preceded in death by her, Grandfather, Roland Charles McLaughlin, Grandmother, Darlene Woodruff, Nephew, Rolland Grassrope, Aunt, Tina Hertel, Uncle, Johnny Village Center, Uncle, Billy Village Center, Grandfather, William Village Center Sr., Grandmother, Leona Village Center Sr., and her beloved brother, Steven McLaughlin Jr.