GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Alden
McNee McLaughlin Sr. passed away after suffering a long illness on
Monday, 11 November, 2019. He was 93.

Mr. McLaughlin was born in 1926 and lived a full
life and had a diverse career through his working life. He was a
school teacher and taught on Cayman Brac and West Bay before going to
sea in 1947.

He returned home in 1955 and married Althea Bodden
and went on to work as a driver and then a plumber before winning a
scholarship to the West Indies School of Public Health in Jamaica.

He came back to the Cayman Islands as the
country’s first formally trained public health officer in 1959 a
job that he held until 1973. He then worked as a Life Underwriter
from 1974 until 1978 when he joined CUC as an Oiler and Engine Stores
Keeper. He was promoted to Personnel Supervisor in 1980 and remained
in that post until he retired in 1988.

He leaves behind his children, Alden McLaughlin
Jr., Dr. Elizabeth McLaughlin and Debbie McLaughlin; daughter-in-law
Kim McLaughlin; grandchildren Daegan, Caelan, Xaria, Zephan and
Zarek; other relatives and numerous friends.

The Premier is grateful for the prayers and
condolences he and his family have received on behalf of his father
during his illness and upon his passing.