Bill O’Laughlin William Vaughn O’Laughlin, age 67, died unexpectedly on Feb 18, 2021, in Holbrook. He was born Oct 10, 1953, in Tokyo, Japan, to Dennis and Nora (Morrow) O’Laughlin. His father served in the US Army and the family lived in many places during his childhood, including Formosa, Florida, California and Utah. Bill graduated from Green River (Utah) High School in 1971 and married Bethann Smithson soon after. They had eight children and lived in Utah, Texas and Arizona. Bill loved hunting and fishing, boating and four-wheeling, and being outdoors as much as possible. He worked at various outdoor jobs during his life, including roughnecking, surveying and logging. Bill was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his three siblings, Mary Tamosaitis of Cape Canaveral, Fla., Gary of Blackfoot, Idaho, and Chuck of Abilene, Texas; his ex-wife, Bethann; his eight children, Jenifer (Dave) Warr of Plainfield, Ill., Jessica (Ted) Donaldson of Thatcher, Mandy (Caleb) Davis of Show Low, Will of Orem, Utah, Aaron (Deseree) of Morenci, Joanna (Shane) Christianson of Buckeye, Phil of Morenci and EmmaJo (Taylor) of Phoenix; and 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, as well as a large extended family and many friends. A family service will be held at a later date. Silver Creek Mortuary in Taylor handled the arrangements.
