Laura Lynn Hartsook Anthony - Laura Lynn Anthony of Oviedo, FL died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism on October 7, 2025, at the age of 60. She was born in Staunton, VA and died while on vacation in Lewisburg, WV.
Laura Lynn's life was a winding road of experiences and adventures including a multitude of schools, the Salvation Army, and various jobs she loved... at each stop along her journey, she picked up a friend-for-life creating this beautiful kaleidoscope of people with relationships where you may not speak for a year or longer, but you always continue right where you left off, as if no time had passed.
In 1994, Laura Lynn graduated from nursing school and devoted her career to caring for patients - a career that she excelled at! Yet, her proudest achievement was being a mother to her three beautiful children, Amelia, Arianna and Aubrey.
For those of us who remain here on earth, her light and the indelible mark that she left on our hearts and lives will stay with us for the rest of our journey.
She is survived by: her children Amelia Anthony, Arianna Anthony, and Aubrey Anthony; by her parents Joyce O'Donnell (husband, Leonard) and John Robert (Bob) Hartsook (wife, Susan), her brother Steven Hartsook (partner, Sarah and stepson, Brayden), and her adopted sisters, Sarah & Melissa Rhoades.
She is proceeded in death by her brother Robbie Hartsook and her husband Andrew Anthony II.
Laura Lynn lived her life to the fullest, loved being a mother, showering her light on her family, friends, loved ones, patients, and on all who were blessed to have met her in this lifetime. While we are deeply saddened by our loss, we are truly sad for those who never got to meet her. She was a radiant light and a blessing to all.
"I'm a lover of life, people and adventure! Caring for others and helping them live a full, healthy life is where I thrive!"
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A message from Amelia, Arianna, and Aubrey:
As many of you know, our mom passed away on October 7, 2025.
To say that her death was sudden and unexpected still feels like an understatement. She was here one minute, drinking coffee and talking on the phone, and gone the next. Our entire life changed in the matter of a few minutes, and was torn apart at the seams in the matter of about an hour.
Ever since our dad passed 10 years ago, our mom had been teaching us how to live through and grow through the death of a parent. Dad was the rock of our childhood. As we became adults, our relationship with mom grew to become something so beautiful and connected we can't even put it into words. She was truly everything she ever prayed she would be as a parent. She was our best friend, our confidante, and always our first call. She was there for every decision, every step, every right choice and more importantly every wrong one. If we spoke for even a second, we said I love you. Every minute we spent together was special.
If you knew our mom, even just in passing, you know just how loudly she loved her people. There has never been and will never be a second of our life that we ever doubt how much love she had for us, our family, or her friends and loved ones. We knew first and last names of people she hadn't spoken to in decades just because of how much they impacted her life. She filled journal after journal with letters to us while we were growing up. Her world was a tapestry of memories and hobbies and a life well lived, even in the unexpected nature of its end. She didn't live in fear of death. She believed in God "outside the box". She made her own rules, traveled with her kids every chance she got, loved the 49ers and the water, grew every plant you could ever think of, and spent every day striving actively to be the best person, woman, and mother that she could. She loved her work and her grumpy dog and trying every restaurant in Winter Park. We talked every day. She was a woman with a life that was bursting at the seams with love, and even in her death, that will never change.
In the grief that will exist for the rest of our lives, she would tell us, and anyone who wants to remember her, to live and love loudly.
To enjoy every moment.
To recognize that you are blessed.
To take a deep breath, feel the sun on your face, and know that you are loved.
We are luckier than we will ever know to have known her, loved her, and been loved by her. Rest in peace, Mommy. We love you forever!
Laura Lynn's life was a winding road of experiences and adventures including a multitude of schools, the Salvation Army, and various jobs she loved... at each stop along her journey, she picked up a friend-for-life creating this beautiful kaleidoscope of people with relationships where you may not speak for a year or longer, but you always continue right where you left off, as if no time had passed.
In 1994, Laura Lynn graduated from nursing school and devoted her career to caring for patients - a career that she excelled at! Yet, her proudest achievement was being a mother to her three beautiful children, Amelia, Arianna and Aubrey.
For those of us who remain here on earth, her light and the indelible mark that she left on our hearts and lives will stay with us for the rest of our journey.
She is survived by: her children Amelia Anthony, Arianna Anthony, and Aubrey Anthony; by her parents Joyce O'Donnell (husband, Leonard) and John Robert (Bob) Hartsook (wife, Susan), her brother Steven Hartsook (partner, Sarah and stepson, Brayden), and her adopted sisters, Sarah & Melissa Rhoades.
She is proceeded in death by her brother Robbie Hartsook and her husband Andrew Anthony II.
Laura Lynn lived her life to the fullest, loved being a mother, showering her light on her family, friends, loved ones, patients, and on all who were blessed to have met her in this lifetime. While we are deeply saddened by our loss, we are truly sad for those who never got to meet her. She was a radiant light and a blessing to all.
"I'm a lover of life, people and adventure! Caring for others and helping them live a full, healthy life is where I thrive!"
______________________________________
A message from Amelia, Arianna, and Aubrey:
As many of you know, our mom passed away on October 7, 2025.
To say that her death was sudden and unexpected still feels like an understatement. She was here one minute, drinking coffee and talking on the phone, and gone the next. Our entire life changed in the matter of a few minutes, and was torn apart at the seams in the matter of about an hour.
Ever since our dad passed 10 years ago, our mom had been teaching us how to live through and grow through the death of a parent. Dad was the rock of our childhood. As we became adults, our relationship with mom grew to become something so beautiful and connected we can't even put it into words. She was truly everything she ever prayed she would be as a parent. She was our best friend, our confidante, and always our first call. She was there for every decision, every step, every right choice and more importantly every wrong one. If we spoke for even a second, we said I love you. Every minute we spent together was special.
If you knew our mom, even just in passing, you know just how loudly she loved her people. There has never been and will never be a second of our life that we ever doubt how much love she had for us, our family, or her friends and loved ones. We knew first and last names of people she hadn't spoken to in decades just because of how much they impacted her life. She filled journal after journal with letters to us while we were growing up. Her world was a tapestry of memories and hobbies and a life well lived, even in the unexpected nature of its end. She didn't live in fear of death. She believed in God "outside the box". She made her own rules, traveled with her kids every chance she got, loved the 49ers and the water, grew every plant you could ever think of, and spent every day striving actively to be the best person, woman, and mother that she could. She loved her work and her grumpy dog and trying every restaurant in Winter Park. We talked every day. She was a woman with a life that was bursting at the seams with love, and even in her death, that will never change.
In the grief that will exist for the rest of our lives, she would tell us, and anyone who wants to remember her, to live and love loudly.
To enjoy every moment.
To recognize that you are blessed.
To take a deep breath, feel the sun on your face, and know that you are loved.
We are luckier than we will ever know to have known her, loved her, and been loved by her. Rest in peace, Mommy. We love you forever!
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