Laurel Lee McDermott Obituary
With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Laurel Lee McDermott (Merrill, Michigan), born in Detroit, Michigan, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Laurel left this world on September 21, 2025 at the age of 71, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Laurel farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Laurel is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her husband John McDermott Jr.; her parents, William Edward Paine and Verna Elizabeth Paine (Mater); and her daughter Teri Vertin. She is survived by: her daughters, Renee Vertin, Melissa Glinke, Paula Belcher (Edwin Reyes) and Michelle Reyes (Rolando).
