Patricia ﾓJaneﾔ Russell McLaughlin, age 71, of Milton, died on her birthday, Friday, October 20, 2006, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital.

She was married to Gerald ﾓDaleﾔ McLaughlin for 47 years.ﾠ Other survivors include her son, Jeffrey Allen McLaughlin, of Los Angeles, California; her daughter, Kimberly Dawn Stockemer, of North Hills, California; her two sisters, Maude Moore, of Stony Bottom, and Marlene ﾓMollyﾔ Ullom, of Barboursville; her two brothers, Henry Russell, of Summersville, and Allen Russell, of Milton.ﾠ Her brother, Gene Russell, is deceased.

She was born October 20, 1935,ﾠ inﾠ Summersville to Earlﾠ Hillﾠ Russellﾠ andﾠ Ameliaﾠ Pearl OﾒDell Russell, both deceased.

She was a semi-retired beautician and an adopted grandmother to many.ﾠ She was an active member of the Culloden congregation of Jehovahﾒs Witnesses.

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, October 25, at Wallace Funeral Home in Milton, with burial at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.