Born at St Joseph’s Hospital in 1946, Laura was a native Arizonan, the daughter of Robert and Annie Laura Whitlatch.
She attended Creighton Elementary School and North Phoenix High School, graduated from Phoenix College, and continued her education at Arizona State University, where she studied Psychology. Throughout her life, Laura carried herself with the steady devotion of someone who showed love not only in words, but in the faithful way she met each season of life.
Laura worked at the phone company, at Fry’s Foods as a check collector, and later as an insurance claims adjuster at Massachusetts Mutual Insurance. In every role she held, she brought a dependable presence and a deep sense of care—qualities that made her not only valued, but truly beloved.
For more than fifty years of marriage, Laura shared a life shaped by commitment and companionship, following her husband to California three times and returning to Arizona, where they retired in Sun City in 2014. Her devotion was evident in the constancy with which she stood beside those she loved, and in the quiet strength with which she built a life rooted in family and home.
A Funeral Mass will be held on November 5, 2026, at St Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. Committal Service to follow at Sunland Memorial Park
