Catherine J. McLaughlin Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Catherine J. McLaughlin of Bound Brook, New Jersey, who passed away on May 13, 2023 at the age of 91. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Richard Greaney and Orrel Greaney; her husband Donald Smith; her daughter Donna Jean Rapke; and her siblings, Gertrude Frusee, Mary O. Kane, Ann E. Greaney, Robert Greaney, William Greaney, Richard Greaney and Joseph Greaney.
She is survived by: her friend Betsy Gaynor-Paul; her niece Gwen; her former husband Edward McLaughlin; her children, Hari Amrit Kaur Khalsa (Dev Murti), Audrey Ellen Smith and Thomas Wayne Smith; her grandchildren, Shannon Mary Martin (Jeffrey Martin) and Sarah Anne Rapke; her great grandchild Madison Oliva Martin; her goddaughter Gwendolyn Kane; and her niece Margaret Kane.
She donated what she could to various charities and was most devote to the Carmelite Nuns of Sioux City, Iowa, who wrote to her and whose prayerful letters gave her much comfort and joy later in her life.
