Elizabeth Kathleen Laing, 93, of Andalusia,Ill, formerly of Stanwood, died Thursday February 27, 2014 at Trinity West in Rock Island, Ill. Funeral Services will be held Thursday March 6, 2014 at the Clarence United Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m with Pastor Carol Mart officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 until service time at the church. Burial will be in the Clarence Cemetery.
Kathleen was born May 23, 1920 at a farm house in rural Clarence to Fredrick and Louella (Smith) Luikart. She married Harold A. Laing on February 19, 1940 at the Red Oak Presbyterian Church. He passed away in 1984.
Kathleen was a homemaker, wife, and mother and worked at Cedar Manor Care Center in Tipton. She was a past member of the Harmony Point Ladies Aid Society and Red Oak Church, and a current member of the Clarence United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Sharon (Jim) Rice of Andalusia,Ill; two sons, Mike (Marlo) of Riverside, Ia. and Mark of Stanwood,Ia.; four granddaughters, Karyn (Mike) Fulton, Teresa(Scott) White, Tracy VandenBerg and Tonia Laing; and three great grandchildren, Kyle and Kyra White and Ryan VandenBerg. Also surviving is a sister, Virginia (Carl) Dixon of Davenport.
Kathleen was preceeded in death by her parents and her husband.