Obituary of Laura Ann McGlynn (Coughlin)

60-year-old Laura Ann McGlynn (Coughlin) of Farmingdale, NJ passed away peacefully on June 27, 2022 after a short illness. Laura was born and raised in Jersey City, NJ where she attended Our Lady of Mercy School. Laura then attended the Holy Family Academy in Bayonne, then graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Where she earned a degree in Advertising Design in which she had a fulfilling career. Laura moved to Belmar, NJ in 1985 with her family. After meeting her husband, Kevin, and starting her own family, she then applied her creativity to various positions in floral design, customer service at Milagro Spa in Manasquan, and was further proud to recently begin her latest career as as a real estate agent with BHHS Fox & Roach Spring Lake. Laura loved the Jersey Shore where she often walked the boardwalk and sat on the beach. It was there that she met the love of her life, Kevin McGlynn, one night at the Parker House in Sea Girt. Four years later, in 1988, Laura and Kevin were married in Belmar. Laura and Kevin lived in Bayonne until 1992 when they moved to Farmingdale to raise their three children, Alanna, Brenda and Connor. Laura’s children were her life and she was always their biggest cheerleader and supporter. She was the most encouraging dance and football mom and never missed a game or competition where she cheered them on vivaciously. Laura was extremely proud of her Irish heritage and visited Ireland many times over the years. She was active in the Bayonne Irish community and honored to have been chosen as the 1992 Irishwoman of the Year by the Bayonne Irish American League. Laura was also a strong supporter of the Tunnels to Tower Foundation. Laura was predeceased by her parents, Helen and Edward Coughlin as well as her sister, Michele Coughlin and her brother-in-law, William Powell. Laura is survived by her husband Kevin, her children: Alanna, Brenda and Connor, her sisters: Linda Powell, Charlotte Coughlin and Alicia (Chris) Piccinnini, and her dear Uncle Joe and Aunt Linda Coughlin. Laura will be sadly missed by her McGlynn family, including Sean and Nancy, Eileen and Mike, Mary Rose and Ed, Michael and Maureen, Bernadette and Mark, and Kieran and Stacey, as well as many nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation Friday, July 1, 2022, from 4-8 p.m. at Orender Family Home for Funerals 2643 Old Bridge Road, Manasquan, NJ 08736. A Christian Burial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday July 2, 2022, to St. Catherine’s of Siena, 31 Asbury Rd, Farmingdale NJ 07727. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Tunnel to Towers/Team Shamrock Foundation by going to www.t2t.org. To send your condolences to the family, please visit www.orenderfamilyhome.net
Posted on June 28, 2022
Published in Asbury Park Press