Obituary of Laughlin, Errol Thomas

The death occurred peacefully at the Prince County Hospital, Summerside, on Saturday, May 19th , 2012 of Thomas Errol Laughlin of Traveller's Rest, P.E.I. aged 89 years. Veteran of World War II. Errol was born on September 23rd , 1922 in New Annan to his late parents Edward and Mary ( nee MacNeill ) Laughlin . Beloved husband of the late Margaret (nee Murphy ) Laughlin and loving father of Diane ( Kevin ) Griffin of Stratford, Sharon ( Vernon ) Harris, Gerald ( Kathy ) and Joseph ( Sheila ) all of Summerside, Pauline Laughlin ( Lawrence Chaisson ) of Nail Pond, Kevin ( Jackie Waddell ) of Green Bay, David ( Jo-Anna Green ) of Halifax and Barbara ( Kevin ) McDonald of Kensington. Survived by his brothers Edward ( Agnes ) of Brantford, ON., Urban ( Mary ) and Allison all of Sherbrooke and his sisters Claire Matthews of Summerside, Teresa Johnson of Warwick, Rhode Island and Anita ( George ) O'Connor of Toronto, ON.. Also lovingly remembered by his special friend Rosemary Prishel of Buffalo, N.Y., 14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Errol was predeceased by his daughter Mary Elizabeth in infancy, his sister Helen Mahood and brothers-in-law Harold Matthews, Roland O'Connor and John Johnson. Resting at the East Prince Funeral Home, 245 Pope Rd., Summerside until Thursday, May 24th, then to St. Paul's Church, Summerside for a funeral mass at 10.30 a.m. . Interment to take place in the church cemetery. Visiting hours on Wednesday 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. . Memorial donations in Errol's memory to the Island Nature Trust or the Prince County Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated . Members of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #5, Summerside will hold a Service of Remembrance on Wednesday evening at 6:45 p.m. at the funeral home. If you would like to send a condolence to the family, please click online condolences below OR send a e-mail directly to epfuneral@eastlink.ca