Milton Ira BAIRD, of Mount Union, R.D.1, died in the Lewistown hospital on Sunday, October 12, 1941, at 11:05 p.m. Death was due to pertonitis. He was born in Hill Valley on February 17, 1874, a son of Samuel and Mary C. (LONG) Baird. At the time of death he was aged 67 years, seven months and twenty-five days. On December 23, 1897, at Huntingdon, he was united in marriage with Larua MYERS, the ceremony having been performed by the Rev. H. B. Brumbaugh. Members of the family include his wife and the following children, Gladys, Mrs. David BLYLER, of Williamsburg; Leoda, Mrs. Leray CRESSWELL, of McConnellstown; Sherman B. Baird, of Middletown, and Hazel, Mrs. John GIBBONEY, of Portsmouth, Va. Also surviving are one sister, Lettie, Mrs. Edward FICKES, of Altoona, and six grandchildren. Mr Baird was educated in the schools of Hill Valley and was of the Brethren faith. He was a good neighbor and a kind and devoted husband and father who will be sadly missed by members of his family and all who knew him. During the earlier years of his life, Mr. Baird was employed in the PRR shops at Altoona, bur during the past several years had been engaged in farming in Hill Valley. Funeral services will be held at the Bechtel funeral home on Wednesday in charge of the Rev. Martin Scholten and Mrs. Scholten assisted by the Rev. George L. Detweiler. Interment will be made in Riverview cemetery.
Milton Ira BAIRD, of Mount Union, R.D.1, died in the Lewistown hospital on Sunday, October 12, 1941, at 11:05 p.m. Death was due to pertonitis. He was born in Hill Valley on February 17, 1874, a son of Samuel and Mary C. (LONG) Baird. At the time of death he was aged 67 years, seven months and twenty-five days. On December 23, 1897, at Huntingdon, he was united in marriage with Larua MYERS, the ceremony having been performed by the Rev. H. B. Brumbaugh. Members of the family include his wife and the following children, Gladys, Mrs. David BLYLER, of Williamsburg; Leoda, Mrs. Leray CRESSWELL, of McConnellstown; Sherman B. Baird, of Middletown, and Hazel, Mrs. John GIBBONEY, of Portsmouth, Va. Also surviving are one sister, Lettie, Mrs. Edward FICKES, of Altoona, and six grandchildren. Mr Baird was educated in the schools of Hill Valley and was of the Brethren faith. He was a good neighbor and a kind and devoted husband and father who will be sadly missed by members of his family and all who knew him. During the earlier years of his life, Mr. Baird was employed in the PRR shops at Altoona, bur during the past several years had been engaged in farming in Hill Valley. Funeral services will be held at the Bechtel funeral home on Wednesday in charge of the Rev. Martin Scholten and Mrs. Scholten assisted by the Rev. George L. Detweiler. Interment will be made in Riverview cemetery.
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