Anne was born on December 10, 1921 in Douglastown, NB. She was the eldest child of the late Clifford and Catherine (Driscoll) Grattan and the wife of the late Charles McLaughlin. She graduated from St. Michael's Academy in Chatham, NB and attended Normal School in Fredericton, NB receiving her "Superior" teacher's license. She found employment as a wartime telephone operator for NB Telephone and then worked for the Department of National Defense in Saint John. In 1946 she began her teaching career and taught in such places as Charlo, Savogle, Red Rapids, Cole's Island, Cody's, Gagetown, White's Cove and then in Cambridge-Narrows, where she would finish a forty-one year teaching career as principal of Cambridge Rural High School. She received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1969. After her retirement she began a very active social life in her community. She was on the Board of Directors for the Mill Cove Nursing Home, sponsoring many fund-raising activities at her cottage on Grand Lake. She continued her activities as a member of the Grand-Washademoak Royal Canadian Legion Branch #60 Ladies' Auxiliary, promoting Remembrance Day celebrations and sponsorship of school-based activities and contests. She sat on scholarship committees and took an active part in the welfare and well-being of local veterans. She was concerned with the future recreational use of Grand Lake and joined the Young's Cove-Waterborough Wharf Committee, which guarantees the continued public access to our waterways. She was past president of the Waterborough Women's Institute and helped to organize local suppers and entertainment evenings, especially celebrating St. Patrick's Day. She was a member of the provincial Liberal Party and served on the executive of the local Women's Liberal Association. She was a member of Queens County Heritage. She became a member of the New Brunswick Retired Teacher's Association and maintained relationships which she had developed throughout the years. She was instrumental in the creation of the New Brunswick Teacher's Credit Union. Over the years she had time to visit Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Florida. She traveled to Ireland with her sister and niece to check on any unclaimed Driscoll or Grattan estates. There were none. She loved attending the Miramichi Irish Festival and sipping her one glass of Bailey's Irish Cream. She spent so much time at meetings and community gatherings that one found it necessary to arrange an appointment to see her at home. Her exact location could only be determined by scanning the local newsletter for that evening's social events. Anne loved to read the local newspapers for every piece of information that she could find and bemoaned the fact that there never seemed to be enough information. She kept abreast of world, national and provincial situations and had the ability to sum them all up in one succinct sentence. Her house was always a-clutter with newspapers, magazines and her supply of books from the local bookmobile. The books she received for birthdays and special occasions would be devoured in days and then shared with members of her monthly book club. She always said that her real first love was literature, but that she had ended up teaching mathematics by forced circumstances. In later years she noted that the only people who could speak clearly were the national news broadcasters on television and what a pity it was that the rest of us were plagued with "mumbling" and not having the ability to properly "enunciate". However, she could always hear the questions on "Jeopardy" and would have given "Watson" a run for its' money. Anne is survived by her sons: Paul and his wife Corinne of Miramichi City, Jack and his wife Rosalie of Cambridge-Narrows, and Michael and his wife Maryann of Fredericton; her daughter Jean Beyer and her husband Arnold of Sussex; seven grandchildren: Jewel Beale (Paul), Cale McLaughlin, Matthew and Gregory Beyer, Brennan, D'Arcy (Holly) and Jayden McLaughlin and great grandchildren, Brighton Beale and Clair Savoie; her sister-in-law, Ruth (George) Grattan of Fredericton; as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Anne McLaughlin passed away peacefully at her home in Waterborough on February 9th, 2013. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her siblings: Mary, George, Clifford, Rowena, Theresa and John (Reverend). Arrangements have been entrusted to the compassionate care of Wallace Funeral Home, 34 Sunnyside Dr., Sussex, (506-433-1176), where visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 12th, from 6-8pm and on Wednesday, February 13th, from 1-3 and 6-8pm. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial held from St. Patrick's Mission Church in White's Cove, NB on February 14, 2013 at 11:00am. Interment will take place in St. Patrick's Cemetery in the spring. Memorial donations made to the IWK or donor's choice would be appreciated by the family. www.wallacefuneralhome.com