Jack Alan McLaughlin 1948 - 2019
Jack Alan McLaughlin
Newark - Funeral services for Jack A. McLaughlin, 70 of Newark will be held Thursday August 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Newark Chapel of Vensil & Chute Funeral Home with Pastor Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will be in Newark Memorial Gardens. Military honors will be conducted by the Licking County Veterans Alliance.
Mr. McLaughlin died Sunday August 18, 2019 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center operated by Hospice of Central Ohio. He was born November 14, 1948 in Newark to Dalton O. and Elizabeth H. (Gerberich) McLaughlin.
He was employed as a shipping specialist at NAFB for several years and had been employed at White-Westinghouse for over 20 years. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the NRA and the Central Ohio Pipe Club. He enjoyed playing his guitar and listening to classic rock music especially the Beatles. Favorite past times included hunting and fishing. He was an avid Chicago Cubs and OSU football fan. He was also a Civil War enthusiast.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, whom he married April 8, 1978, Pamela Sue (Miller) McLaughlin; daughters, Meghan M. (Jesse) Douglas of Newark, Jennifer A. (Andrew) Allen of Savannah, Georgia; grandchildren, Dylan, Jacob, Lucy and Eli; sisters, Carole Kerner of Newark, Marilyn Hall of Sarasota, FL, Marjory (Bill) Eaton of Dayton; brother, Garry McLaughlin of Newark; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant brother, George Dalton McLaughlin.
Calling hours will be observed Wednesday evening August 21, 2019 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the VENSIL & CHUTE FUNERAL HOME 1850 West Main Street. Printed in The Newark Advocate:
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured National Park champion connections: Jack is 17 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 17 degrees from George Catlin, 17 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 25 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 19 degrees from George Grinnell, 28 degrees from Anton Kröller, 17 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 19 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 24 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
M > McLaughlin > Jack Alan McLaughlin
I remember 14 November 1948 very well. Not only was that special day in my life, but my mother’s and most of all to the baby boy she gave birth too. That baby boy was named, Jack Alan McLaughlin. I guess you are wondering why it was so important? Well, the truth be known, I was afraid it was going to be another sister. I already had three of them and having to deal with three girls all by myself was at times excruciating. Now, I would have a compatriot to help even out the odds. Jack and I grew close. Our parents appointed me as his guardian. In other words… I was responsible for him. To watch out for him and take care of him. I taught Jack the things I liked to do… fish, hunt and trap and music. We got along well until it came to the music. He came of age when the Bugs, as I called them, most people called them the Beatles, came on the scene. I was a big band and old-time rock and roll guy. He was a rock guy. I couldn’t talk him into playing a trombone… He chose the Guitar. Both acoustic and electric. I chose very short cropped haircuts and Jack chose no haircuts. Jokingly I always introduced him to my friends as Jacquelin. He would just smile and let roll off his shoulders. Some of our best times were hunting, fishing, and trapping. We spent many happy hours together doing all three things. I can say one important thing about Jack’s passing… I know he is probably still playing a guitar, but now he is sitting beside his idol John Lennon. Both trying to outdo the other. My last words to Jack from me … Jack, get ready to lay down that guitar, because when I get there, I am bringing two fishing poles and a can of worms.