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- from "The Greenville Record Argus", 1 Mar 1943 (greenville.newspaperarchive.com)
William Franklin Laird, age 75 years, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, 1943, at his home in 66 Stewart Avenue. Mr. Laird had been in falling health since fracturing his hip in a fall last Nov. 21. He was a son of John and Emeline Laird and was born Jan. 7, 1868, near Jamestown. Mr Laird was united in marriage in 1896 to Eliza Billig, who died May 21, 1938. Mr. Laird was a member of Zion's Evangelical and Reformed Church and was an interior decorator by trade. He leaves two daughters, Mildred Laird, at home, and Mrs. J. Gordon Turner, Conneaut, O.; three grandchildren, Mildred, Gordon and Billy Turner; and a brother, John Laird, Orlando, Fla. A sister, Mrs. George Dorward, preceded him in death. Service in charge of Dr. Paul J. Dundore will be conducted from the Laird residence at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, with burial in the Shenango Valley Cemetery. Friends may call at the home.
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