Mary A. McLaughlin (nee Hanlon), 81, died on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the McCriskin-Gustafson Home for Funerals, 2425 Plainfield Ave., South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 (www.mccriskinfuneralhome.com) followed by a 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass at St. Matthew's R.C. Church in Edison, N.J. Burial will take place in Gate of Heaven Cemetery located in East Hanover, N.J. Visitation will be in the funeral home on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 8:15 a.m. until the service time. Born in Orange, N.J., Mary lived in Edison until moving to Mount Bethel, Pa. in 2004. Mary spent her time as a homemaker caring for her family. She was an active member of St. Matthew's R.C. Church in Edison and sang in their church choir. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Vincent, and her infant sister, Alice. Mary leaves behind her children, Sharon Brien of Montreal, Marybeth Barylsky and her husband, John, of Mount Bethel, Pa., and John McLaughlin Jr., also of Mount Bethel. She will be missed by her five grandchildren as well her siblings, Margaret "Peggy" Bohsen and Richard, John, Thomas and Vincent Hanlon.