Mrs. Carol Mclaughlin, a resident of Wallaceburg, passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, "Sydenham Campus", Wallaceburg, at the age of 56 years. She was born in London and was a daughter the late Sandy Armstrong, Mary (Myers) and Edmund Perry. Beloved wife of Bruce McLaughlin. Loving mother of Lisa Leitch and John (Amanda Miller) Leitch. Dear grandmother of Nicholas, Carter, Ben and Eli. Kind sister of Robert Myers and Lynn Criece. Friends will be received at the Eric F. Nicholls Funeral Home Ltd. 639 Elgin St., Wallaceburg on Monday, January 2, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9p.m. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 11 am from the funeral home. Interment in Bothwell Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Diabetes Association or the Heart and Stroke Foundation may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.ericfnichollsfuneralhome.com. As a living memorial, a tree will be planted in Nicholls Memorial Forest in memory of Carol McLaughlin.