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.

D a t e o f S e r v i c e

T i m e o f S e r v i c e

In Loving Memory of:

Mandy Lee McLaughlin March 16, 1981 ~ January 24, 2021

I’m Free Don’t grieve for me

for now I’m free I’m following the path

God laid for me. I took His hand when

I heard Him call I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day To laugh, to love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that peace at close of day.

If my parting has left a void, then fill it up with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life’s been full, I savored much,

Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your hearts and share with me God wanted me now. He set me free.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

Mandy Lee McLaughlin BORN: PASSED AWAY: March 16, 1981 January 24, 2021 Ft. Yates, North Dakota Oacoma, South Dakota

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL: 10:00 AM Friday, January 29, 2021

Kesling Funeral Home Mobridge, South Dakota

CLERGY:

Fr. Christaunis Hendrik SCJ ~ Fr. Jim Hoerter Deacon Steven McLaughlin Sr.

CASKETBEARERS:

Tipton Hertel ~ Justin Hertel ~ Jade Hertel ~ Jaden Crazy Bear Kent McLaughlin ~ Lance Spears ~ Kevin Brave Bull

Kory Annis ~ Daniel Grass Rope

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: Jaime Spears, Jackie Bottomly, Maija Davouros,

Jeanette Mullenix, Dee Howard, Benny & Angela Medrano, Joe Hutmacher, Marvin Grassrope, Karrie Brave Bull,

Michelle Brave Bull, Haley Soulek, Sheila & Chuck Murphy, Michael and Kateri Murphy, Tom & Jack DuBray,

Andrew Lepkowski Sr., Mari & Lainey Urban, Alicia Village Center, Joseph Archambault, Kelly McLaughlin,

Kory McLaughlin, Tracey Douville, Ronn Duggert, Charles Archambault, Lawrence Archambault,

Jessica & Duane Johnson.

INTERMENT: McLaughlin City Cemetery McLaughlin, South Dakota

Arrangements Entrusted to Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge, SD