Mrs. Laura B. Baird died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Cresswell of McConnellstown on Sunday, December 20, 1959,
at 1:30 a.m. She had been ill for just one day. She was born November
17, 1875, at Nora, Ill, a daughter of Enoch and Nancy (Garver) Meyers.
She was married to Milton R. Baird, who preceded her in death in 1941.
Surviving are three children; Mrs. LeRoy (Leota) Cresswell of
McConnellstown, Sherman B. Baird of Rome, N.Y., and Mrs. John (Hazel)
Gibboney of Suffolk, VA. One daughter preceded her in death. There are
five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Baird was the
last survivor of a family of eight children. One half-brother, Wayne D.
Meyers of Camp Hill survives. She was a member of the Sugar Run Church
of the Brethren of Hill Valley. Mrs. Baird made her home with her son,
Sherman B. Baird in Rome, N.Y., and with her daughter, Mrs. LeRoy
Cresswell of McConnellstown. Funeral services are under the direction of
the Haverstock memorial home. The Rev. Albert M. Haught, paster of her
church and the Rev. Franklin Bird, pastor of the McConnellstown
Methodist Church will officiate. Interment in Riverview Cemetery.