Mary Lou Mclaughlin

Mary Louise (Newcomb) McLaughlin, 95, passed away peacefully on May 27, 2018 surrounded by her loving family.

It is impossible to put into words all the ways she touched family and friends over the years with her selfless giving, always putting the needs of others before her own. Mary Lou was a proud alumna class of 1940, of Mount St. Joseph Academy (now St. Joseph Preparatory High School) and attended every reunion until 2015. After graduation from Somerville Hospital School of Nursing in 1944, she began her long career as a registered nurse. Her career included work with young polio victims, night supervisor of an emergency room, night shift staff nurse, and labor and delivery nurse. Regarded as a “nurses’ nurse” she received thank you notes on a monthly basis from former patients and family.

Mary Lou was predeceased by her parents, Agnes (Carney) Newcomb and John F. Newcomb and her beloved husband of 50 years, Thomas E. McLaughlin. Also predeceased by her loving sister-in-law Marguerite Newcomb of Hingham and sister-in-law Violet Richmond of Livermore Falls, ME. Mary Lou is survived by her daughter Carol McLaughlin and her partner Paul Healy of Quincy, and her beloved brother Robert A. Newcomb of Hingham. She is also survived by her loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews and her dear friend Mary LaFlamme of Quincy.

Mary Lou had many interests including singing in the church choir and travel with Tommy and their dear friends Mary and Gerry LaFlamme.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Thursday 9:00-10:30 AM in the Keohane Funeral Home, 785 Hancock St., QUINCY followed by the funeral Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Quincy at 11 AM. Burial in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary Lou’s memory may be made to St. Joseph Preparatory High School 617 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02134.