Happy 60th birthday Laura. You are so missed ❤️
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It would have been your 60th birthday today. I still can't believe you're gone or how much you suffered. I want to hear you sing. You will always be loved, remembered and missed.
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Dear little one, I can't believe it has been two years. You are so missed. I would give just about anything to hear you sing again.
Thinking of you all time. Love, your sister.
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I can't believe how much I miss you and how much I wish I could go back in time and do everything right.
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It would have been your 58th birthday. I don't know why she had to suffer so much. I miss her more than I thought possible.
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My sweet cousin, Laura..
At only 57, you suffered intensely over the last decade.
She had a voice like an angle! I’ll always think of Laura around the holidays. She would regularly be caught singing in perfect harmony with her Mom and sister Mary!
I’ll never forget taking Laura out to the bars with us in our 30’s… She certainly couldn’t hold her liquor like the rest of us. (That poor curb never looked the same again!) She’d be rolling her eyes at my right now!
I’ll remember Laura singing, full of life, laughter and so much love.
Her smile was able to brighten every room she entered! ❤️❤️❤️
Laura, you were greatly loved and will be dearly missed. 💔
- your cousin, David
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Peace for Laura and healing for her family
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Laura Mathieu was technically my mom's first cousin but I always felt she was my first cousin. She was always fun to be around, was really good with my children and was much smarter than people may realize. Conversations I had with her usually ended with me saying, "I did not know that!" Her intelligence was only surpassed by her warmth and aura at family parties where she would truly shine through singing songs with her Sister Mary Beth and my family, as well as being a popular team member at any impromptu trivia game. Others had the privilege of knowing her better than I, but I am comforted that I was part of her life. She will always be remembered for the life she led and the living she brought to each and every moment I knew her. Be at peace cousin, for God has you home now.
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Our Condolences to the family of Laura. She was a bright and intelligent girl that had some unfortunate things happen in her life. I will always remember her singing an anti-war song (The Band Played Waltzing Matilda).
May she Rest In Peace.
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As a young child it wasn’t Christmas until Mary and Laura kicked off Christmas Eve with Carol of the Bells, Children Go Where I Send Thee and then we got a sing off between my mother and Laura, who sounded so beautiful together. My cousin Laura was a young adult when I was a child and I adored her, she cracked us up and gave us such loving greetings and hugs. Always warm and happy and laughing so contagiously. In my teen years she helped educate me in social Justice and as an adult she came in and out of my life always cheering for my adventures. I was privileged to share in some of those protests and phone banking outings to oppose the war in Iraq.
My brother describes seeing Laura as the guest star at our family gatherings and I feel the exact same. No matter how much time elapsed Laura would be keeping our conversations going through surprise emails with old photos and texts suggesting documentaries she wanted to share. But always back to Christmas where she came to see us again the last few years she lived with her mother in the Chicagoland area… both in my home and with our dear friends the Yurmans returning a little magic of my childhood to my life, being able to sing my heart out with her, she still beaming throughout her own medical issues. I am so sad for her passing and will always remember the joy of seeing her arrival anywhere. Even the sweet shoulder pats she’d give passing down the aisle in churches when we went to many family funerals and hers being a face that instantly comforted me. Everyone who is gushing for her has good reason… she was a glowing beautiful person. I’m grateful for having known and loved her and I always will.
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1998, Disneyland Park, Anaheim, CA, USA
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1990, Matteson, IL, USA
Laura and family at Lisa & Jeff's wedding.
— with
Laura
and mom and dad
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Laura spent all day, every day, with me when I had my knee replacement. She came to the hospital, helped me through my rehab and could not have been kinder, more helpful or shown more love. And I was NOT a good patient.
In response to "What act of kindness did you witness from Laura?"
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I wish to express my deepest condolences to all of Laura's family in her passing.
Laura was my son Chris's friend in high school, and through him, that's how I met her. We became good friends during those days because we both had similar likes. She even helped me with one of my college art class projects for which I was so very grateful to her.
But as someone else mentioned, that was how Laura was - helpful!
I remember her as a very sweet young lady and will always remember her fondly.
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