Oscar Marion Baird 1890-1960

BAIRD, WALKINSHAW, HARRIS

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Date: 1/6/2015 at 20:09:36

Sharon Funeral for Oscar Baird

Funeral services were, held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sharon R. P. church for Oscar M. Baird of Mediapolis, 69 year old retired farmer, who died Wednesday, March 30 (1960), at University Hospital in Iowa City. The Reverend J. O. Edgar was in charge of final rites and burial was in Sharon cemetery.

Baird was born August 15, 1890, in Des Moines county. He was the son of James and Mary Ann Walkinshaw Baird. On February 9, 1916, he was married to Ola Harris and until their retirement in 1952 they lived on a farm northeast of Morning Sun. For the past seven years they have lived in Mediapolis.

Surviving are the wife and three daughters: Mrs. Leora Jackson, Macomb, Illinois; Mrs. Evelyn Bohronson, Keota; and Mrs. Marion Marshall of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Also, surviving are three grandchildren.

The Morning Sun News-Herald, 7 Apr 1960