Edward F. McLaughlin Jr.

MCLAUGHLIN - The Honorable Edward F. Jr., of Osterville, formerly of Jamaica Plain, January 21, 2005. Beloved husband of Elizabeth (Drake) McLaughlin. Loving father of Edward F. and his wife Judith of Needham, Robert D. of San Francisco, CA, Richard J. and his wife Nancy of Medfield and Elizabeth Ann LePera and her husband Frank of NYC, and the late Former Asst. Attorney General Paul R. McLaughlin, and Patricia Anne McLaughlin. Loving grandfather of Kerry, Peter, Alison, Jacqueline, and Erica McLaughlin and Gianna LePera. Brother of Mary Palm of CA, and the late George and Paul McLaughlin and Barbara Halmer. Funeral from the Robert J. Lawler & Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Centre St., West Roxbury on Tuesday, January 25, at 9:00 A.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Theresa of Avila Church, West Roxbury at 10:00 A.M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours Monday, from 2-4 and 6-9 P.M. Interment in St. Joseph Cemetery. Former Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Late WWII Navy Veteran. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Edward's memory to the Paul R. McLaughlin Scholarship Fund, Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02108-4977 or the Paul R. McLaughlin Youth Center, 1135 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA 02125. www.lawlerfuneralhome.-