Rita Margaret (Schmidt) Laugal, 82, of Lostant, passed away, Friday, December 28, 2018 at Manor Court of Peru. Private family services will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Lostant with the Franciscan Friars officiating. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery, Lostant. Arrangements are entrusted to the Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant. Mrs. Laugal was born August 1, 1936 in Troy Grove Township to Leo and Louisa (Schneider) Schmidt. She attended Sts. Peter & Paul School in Peterstown and was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Commercial School in Peru. She married Albert Laugal on January 19, 1957 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Peterstown. She worked as a bus driver for the Lostant School District for over 35 years and farmed all of her life with her husband. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Lostant and the Farm Bureau, and was a partner in the family trucking business. She is survived by two sons, James (Ruth Carol) Laugal of White Lake, MI and Steven (Donna) Laugal of Lostant; four grandchildren, Danielle Laugal of Grimes, IA, Richard “R.J.” Laugal of Mt. Pleasant, MI, Heath (Kelci) Laugal of Grand Ledge, MI and Ethan Laugal of White Lake, MI; one brother, Clifford (Janet) Schmidt of Mendota and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Albert on September 13, 2012; three sisters and four brothers. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren and two nieces.
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Lostant, IL 61334
