Remembering 'Stephie': adjutant general's executive aide dies unexpectedly at 41

Stephanie Ronecker McLaughlin, the executive assistant to Nevada's Adjutant General and enthusiastic volunteer for a wide variety of pursuits, died unexpectedly Sept. 25 after a brief illness.

She was 41.

"Hiring her was in my humble opinion the best thing I could have ever done for the Nevada National Guard because she made everyone in the state headquarters office that much better," Nevada Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Bill Burks said.

McLaughlin, of Reno, was born April 27, 1974 in Summit, N.J.
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