The Evening Herald [Klamath Falls, OR], Thursday 22 November 1924, p. 1

CHARLES LAIRD
PASSES AWAY
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     Charles Johnson [sic] Laird, pioneer of Klamath county passed away at his late home at Laird’s Landing on Lower Klamath Lake this morning, following an illness of three weeks.  At the time of his passing he was 70 years of age.
     Mr. Laird was a native of Ia., born in Fremont county in 1858.
     For more than 36 years he had been a resident of Klamath county [actually his home was in Siskiyou County, CA], owning one of the largest and most prosperous ranches in the county.
     The remains are at the Towey Mortuary on Pine avenue at Eighth street where friends may call.

The Klamath News [Klamath Falls, OR], Friday 23 November 1924, p. 4

PIONEER STAGE
DRIVER DIES
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     A picturesque figure in Klamath county history, Charles Johnson [sic] Laird, 70, passed away Thursday morning after an illness of three weeks, at his home at Laird’s Landing on Lower Klamath lake.  Laird was the first pioneer stage driver in Klamath county.  He has resided at his ranch home at Laird’s Landing since 1892.
     Besides his wife he is survived by Charles Clyde Laird of Walnut Creek, Calif.; Marion Raymond Laird, who resides at the home ranch; Mrs. Marguerite Dayton of Jackson, Calif.; and Lawrence [sic] H. Laird of Berkeley, Calif.  He was a member of the Dorris lodge of Knights of Pythias.
     Funeral services and interment will be made at Medford at a date to be announced later upon the arrival of his children.

Medford Mail Tribune [Medford, OR], Saturday 24 November 1928, p. 2
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     LAIRD—C. J. Laird died at his home at Dorris, California, of influenza, November 22, 1928.  Mr. Laird is survived by his wife, Catherine Caster Laird, four children and three grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held at Conger Funeral Parlors on Sunday at 1:330 [sic] p.m.  Interment in Medford cemetery.
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     LAIRD—A picturesque figure in Klamath county history . . .   [as in the Klamath News piece, above, except for the final pargraph:]
     Funeral services in charge of the Medford lodge of K. of P. will be conducted from the Conger funeral parlors, Sunday, Nov. 25, at 1:30 p.m.  Interment will be made in the Medford cemetery.

Oakland Tribune [Oakland, CA], Wednesday 9 August 1933, p. 5

FIGHT TO SAVE WOMAN FAILS
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     BERKELEY, Aug. 9.—Despite valiant efforts of fellow officers of her son in the Berkeley Police Department, to save her life, Mrs. Elva Laird, 65, resident of California for many years, died last night at Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, after an operation.
     Mrs. Laird was given six transfusions during the past three weeks both before and after her operation for a stomach disorder.  Members of the Berkeley Police Department, where her son, Laurence H. Laird, is lieutenant, offered their blood.  Three policemen were accepted for the transfusion operations, namely Sergeant Charles H. Ipsen, Patrolman William E. Baird and Willard E. Schmidt, identification clerk.
     Born in Iowa, Mrs. Laird came west when a young girl, making her home first in Medford, Ore., and later moving to Dorris.  Besides her son, Lieut. Laird, she is survived by another son, Clyde Laird, constable of Walnut Creek, as well as by two other children, Ray Laird, of Tule Lake, Calif., and Mrs. Marguerite Dayton of the same place.
     Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at Medford, Ore.

Medford Mail Tribune [Medford, OR], Wednesday 9 August 1933, p. 3

MRS. ELVA LAIRD
PASSES IN S.F.
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     Mrs. Elva Caster Laird, well known former resident of Jackson county and daughter of a pioneer family, passed away in a San Francisco hospital Tuesday evening, August 8, at the age of 65 years six months.
     She was born in Iowa, and came with her parents to Jackson county in early life.  Of late, she resided at Dorris, Calif.  Her husband passed away in 1928.
     She leaves four children, C. C. and L. H. Laird of Berkeley, Calif, R. M. Laird and Mrs. Howard Dayton of Dorris Calif, also six grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held from the Conger funeral parlors Saturday at 2:30 p.m.  Rev. W. H. Baird will have charge of services and the interment will be made in the Medford I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

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