RALPH O. BAIRD
WILLIAMSFIELD, MARCH 4 ~ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RALPH O. BAIRD WERE HELD LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON A THE WILLIAMSFIELD METHODIST CHRUCH CONDUCTED BY A COUSIN, ROBERT B. WOOLSEY OF PEKIN. REV. JOHN H. CLARK OF KNOXVILLE WAS IN CHARGE ASSISTED BY REV. FRED REED OF THE WILLIAMSFIELD CHURCH.
SERVICE OF SONG WAS BY MISS WILMA JOHNSON, WITH MRS. JOHN SNARE AT THE PIANO, AND THE SONGS WERE "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS" AND "CITY FOUR SUARE".
PALLBEARS WERE O. W. FARWELL, GUY DAVIS, MERL SAVAGE, FRED L. SMITH, LESTER POTTS AND SHAW TERWILLIGER, INTERNMENT WAS IN THE WILLIAMSFIELD CEMETERY.
RALPH OGDEN BAIRD, SON OF JAMES OGDEN AND ADELIA BROWN BAIRD WAS BORN ON SEPT 8 1883 AT THE BAIRD HOMESTEAD IN ELBA TOWNSHIP ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF HIS PRESENT HOME AND PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 23 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AGE 62 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. HIS SUDDEN PASSING WAS A SEVERE SHOCK TO HIS BELOVED WIFE, HIS SON AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE LEFT HIS FARM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO ATTEND TO HIS LIVESTOCK IN A PASTURE NEAR THE JESS KIRTLEY FARM WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN. THE ONLY PERSON NEAR WAS A FARM ATTENDANT MERL SAVAGE. MR. BAIRD WAS REARED AT THE HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN AND ATTENDED THE BAIRD COUNTRY SCHOOL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE. HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN GALESBURG AND LATER TOOK A BUSINESS COURSE AT BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. ON FEBRUARY 21 1906 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NORA OWEN A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARGARET SMITH OWEN AT GALESBURG, IL. THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME ON THE FARRM WHERE THEY SINCE RESIDED CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 21 JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. TO THEIR UNION WAS BORN ONE SON JAMES OGDEN.
BEING A DEVOTED FATHER HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN EDUCATING AND RAISING HIS SON. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO HIS SON RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS AFTER BEING IN THE SERVICE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND IT WAS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS SON CONTINUING WITH THE PROFESSION IN WHICH HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED GREAT SUCCESS.
TO THE UNION OF HIS SON AND WIFE WAS BORN A BABY GIRL JANIE ROSE ON FEBRUARY 1946. IT WAS WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION HE HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD. HE KNEW THAT THE HAPPY EVENT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. MR. BAIRD BETTER KNOWN AS RALPH TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS HOME FAMILY AND FARM. HIS HOME WAS A CENTER OF GREAT HOSPITALITY AND MANY PERSONS WILL RECALL PLEASANT HOURS SPENT AT THE BAIRD HOME. QUIET AND UNASSUMING HE RADIATED GOOD WILL AND GENUINE LOVE OF PEOPLE.
RALPH MADE FARMING AND LIVESTOCK RAISING HIS LIFE'S BUSINESS. HE WAS A GREAT LOVER OF GOOD HORSES AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS A BREEDER AND RAISER OF PUREBREAD PERCHERON HORSES AND MEMBER OF THE PERCHERON SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
SEED CORN RAISING HAD BEEN HIS PRINCIPAL INTEREST IN FARMING. HE MADE A DEEP STUDY OF HYBRID CORN AND FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS HAD BEEN A PRODUCER OF BAIRD'S HYBRID SEED CORN. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK AND IT HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS WORK THAT HE MADE MANY WARM FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.
MR. BAIRD WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FARM BUREAU. HE WAS LEADER OF THE 4-H CLUB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS IN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNING THE POSITION FEELING A YOUNGER MAN SHOULD REPLACE HIM. HE TOOK AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN ALL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
HE LEAVE TO MOURN HIS PASSING, HIS DEVOTED WIFE NORA, SON JAMES AND DAUGHTRER-IN-LAW ELEANOR AND GRAND-DAUGHTER JANIE ROSE. ONE BROTHER BYRON L. NEPHEW, J. ROSS AND FAMILY AND OTHER RELATIVES AND HOST OF FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND BY A SISTER, GRACE, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 12.
WILLIAMSFIELD, MARCH 4 ~ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RALPH O. BAIRD WERE HELD LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON A THE WILLIAMSFIELD METHODIST CHRUCH CONDUCTED BY A COUSIN, ROBERT B. WOOLSEY OF PEKIN. REV. JOHN H. CLARK OF KNOXVILLE WAS IN CHARGE ASSISTED BY REV. FRED REED OF THE WILLIAMSFIELD CHURCH.
SERVICE OF SONG WAS BY MISS WILMA JOHNSON, WITH MRS. JOHN SNARE AT THE PIANO, AND THE SONGS WERE "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS" AND "CITY FOUR SUARE".
PALLBEARS WERE O. W. FARWELL, GUY DAVIS, MERL SAVAGE, FRED L. SMITH, LESTER POTTS AND SHAW TERWILLIGER, INTERNMENT WAS IN THE WILLIAMSFIELD CEMETERY.
RALPH OGDEN BAIRD, SON OF JAMES OGDEN AND ADELIA BROWN BAIRD WAS BORN ON SEPT 8 1883 AT THE BAIRD HOMESTEAD IN ELBA TOWNSHIP ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF HIS PRESENT HOME AND PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 23 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AGE 62 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. HIS SUDDEN PASSING WAS A SEVERE SHOCK TO HIS BELOVED WIFE, HIS SON AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE LEFT HIS FARM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO ATTEND TO HIS LIVESTOCK IN A PASTURE NEAR THE JESS KIRTLEY FARM WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN. THE ONLY PERSON NEAR WAS A FARM ATTENDANT MERL SAVAGE. MR. BAIRD WAS REARED AT THE HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN AND ATTENDED THE BAIRD COUNTRY SCHOOL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE. HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN GALESBURG AND LATER TOOK A BUSINESS COURSE AT BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. ON FEBRUARY 21 1906 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NORA OWEN A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARGARET SMITH OWEN AT GALESBURG, IL. THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME ON THE FARRM WHERE THEY SINCE RESIDED CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 21 JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. TO THEIR UNION WAS BORN ONE SON JAMES OGDEN.
BEING A DEVOTED FATHER HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN EDUCATING AND RAISING HIS SON. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO HIS SON RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS AFTER BEING IN THE SERVICE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND IT WAS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS SON CONTINUING WITH THE PROFESSION IN WHICH HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED GREAT SUCCESS.
TO THE UNION OF HIS SON AND WIFE WAS BORN A BABY GIRL JANIE ROSE ON FEBRUARY 1946. IT WAS WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION HE HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD. HE KNEW THAT THE HAPPY EVENT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. MR. BAIRD BETTER KNOWN AS RALPH TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS HOME FAMILY AND FARM. HIS HOME WAS A CENTER OF GREAT HOSPITALITY AND MANY PERSONS WILL RECALL PLEASANT HOURS SPENT AT THE BAIRD HOME. QUIET AND UNASSUMING HE RADIATED GOOD WILL AND GENUINE LOVE OF PEOPLE.
RALPH MADE FARMING AND LIVESTOCK RAISING HIS LIFE'S BUSINESS. HE WAS A GREAT LOVER OF GOOD HORSES AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS A BREEDER AND RAISER OF PUREBREAD PERCHERON HORSES AND MEMBER OF THE PERCHERON SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
SEED CORN RAISING HAD BEEN HIS PRINCIPAL INTEREST IN FARMING. HE MADE A DEEP STUDY OF HYBRID CORN AND FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS HAD BEEN A PRODUCER OF BAIRD'S HYBRID SEED CORN. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK AND IT HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS WORK THAT HE MADE MANY WARM FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.
MR. BAIRD WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FARM BUREAU. HE WAS LEADER OF THE 4-H CLUB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS IN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNING THE POSITION FEELING A YOUNGER MAN SHOULD REPLACE HIM. HE TOOK AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN ALL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
HE LEAVE TO MOURN HIS PASSING, HIS DEVOTED WIFE NORA, SON JAMES AND DAUGHTRER-IN-LAW ELEANOR AND GRAND-DAUGHTER JANIE ROSE. ONE BROTHER BYRON L. NEPHEW, J. ROSS AND FAMILY AND OTHER RELATIVES AND HOST OF FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND BY A SISTER, GRACE, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 12.
RALPH O. BAIRD
WILLIAMSFIELD, MARCH 4 ~ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RALPH O. BAIRD WERE HELD LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON A THE WILLIAMSFIELD METHODIST CHRUCH CONDUCTED BY A COUSIN, ROBERT B. WOOLSEY OF PEKIN. REV. JOHN H. CLARK OF KNOXVILLE WAS IN CHARGE ASSISTED BY REV. FRED REED OF THE WILLIAMSFIELD CHURCH.
SERVICE OF SONG WAS BY MISS WILMA JOHNSON, WITH MRS. JOHN SNARE AT THE PIANO, AND THE SONGS WERE "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS" AND "CITY FOUR SUARE".
PALLBEARS WERE O. W. FARWELL, GUY DAVIS, MERL SAVAGE, FRED L. SMITH, LESTER POTTS AND SHAW TERWILLIGER, INTERNMENT WAS IN THE WILLIAMSFIELD CEMETERY.
RALPH OGDEN BAIRD, SON OF JAMES OGDEN AND ADELIA BROWN BAIRD WAS BORN ON SEPT 8 1883 AT THE BAIRD HOMESTEAD IN ELBA TOWNSHIP ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF HIS PRESENT HOME AND PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 23 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AGE 62 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. HIS SUDDEN PASSING WAS A SEVERE SHOCK TO HIS BELOVED WIFE, HIS SON AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE LEFT HIS FARM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO ATTEND TO HIS LIVESTOCK IN A PASTURE NEAR THE JESS KIRTLEY FARM WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN. THE ONLY PERSON NEAR WAS A FARM ATTENDANT MERL SAVAGE. MR. BAIRD WAS REARED AT THE HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN AND ATTENDED THE BAIRD COUNTRY SCHOOL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE. HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN GALESBURG AND LATER TOOK A BUSINESS COURSE AT BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. ON FEBRUARY 21 1906 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NORA OWEN A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARGARET SMITH OWEN AT GALESBURG, IL. THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME ON THE FARRM WHERE THEY SINCE RESIDED CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 21 JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. TO THEIR UNION WAS BORN ONE SON JAMES OGDEN.
BEING A DEVOTED FATHER HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN EDUCATING AND RAISING HIS SON. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO HIS SON RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS AFTER BEING IN THE SERVICE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND IT WAS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS SON CONTINUING WITH THE PROFESSION IN WHICH HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED GREAT SUCCESS.
TO THE UNION OF HIS SON AND WIFE WAS BORN A BABY GIRL JANIE ROSE ON FEBRUARY 1946. IT WAS WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION HE HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD. HE KNEW THAT THE HAPPY EVENT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. MR. BAIRD BETTER KNOWN AS RALPH TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS HOME FAMILY AND FARM. HIS HOME WAS A CENTER OF GREAT HOSPITALITY AND MANY PERSONS WILL RECALL PLEASANT HOURS SPENT AT THE BAIRD HOME. QUIET AND UNASSUMING HE RADIATED GOOD WILL AND GENUINE LOVE OF PEOPLE.
RALPH MADE FARMING AND LIVESTOCK RAISING HIS LIFE'S BUSINESS. HE WAS A GREAT LOVER OF GOOD HORSES AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS A BREEDER AND RAISER OF PUREBREAD PERCHERON HORSES AND MEMBER OF THE PERCHERON SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
SEED CORN RAISING HAD BEEN HIS PRINCIPAL INTEREST IN FARMING. HE MADE A DEEP STUDY OF HYBRID CORN AND FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS HAD BEEN A PRODUCER OF BAIRD'S HYBRID SEED CORN. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK AND IT HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS WORK THAT HE MADE MANY WARM FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.
MR. BAIRD WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FARM BUREAU. HE WAS LEADER OF THE 4-H CLUB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS IN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNING THE POSITION FEELING A YOUNGER MAN SHOULD REPLACE HIM. HE TOOK AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN ALL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
HE LEAVE TO MOURN HIS PASSING, HIS DEVOTED WIFE NORA, SON JAMES AND DAUGHTRER-IN-LAW ELEANOR AND GRAND-DAUGHTER JANIE ROSE. ONE BROTHER BYRON L. NEPHEW, J. ROSS AND FAMILY AND OTHER RELATIVES AND HOST OF FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND BY A SISTER, GRACE, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 12.
WILLIAMSFIELD, MARCH 4 ~ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RALPH O. BAIRD WERE HELD LAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON A THE WILLIAMSFIELD METHODIST CHRUCH CONDUCTED BY A COUSIN, ROBERT B. WOOLSEY OF PEKIN. REV. JOHN H. CLARK OF KNOXVILLE WAS IN CHARGE ASSISTED BY REV. FRED REED OF THE WILLIAMSFIELD CHURCH.
SERVICE OF SONG WAS BY MISS WILMA JOHNSON, WITH MRS. JOHN SNARE AT THE PIANO, AND THE SONGS WERE "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS" AND "CITY FOUR SUARE".
PALLBEARS WERE O. W. FARWELL, GUY DAVIS, MERL SAVAGE, FRED L. SMITH, LESTER POTTS AND SHAW TERWILLIGER, INTERNMENT WAS IN THE WILLIAMSFIELD CEMETERY.
RALPH OGDEN BAIRD, SON OF JAMES OGDEN AND ADELIA BROWN BAIRD WAS BORN ON SEPT 8 1883 AT THE BAIRD HOMESTEAD IN ELBA TOWNSHIP ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF HIS PRESENT HOME AND PASSED AWAY SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 23 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AGE 62 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. HIS SUDDEN PASSING WAS A SEVERE SHOCK TO HIS BELOVED WIFE, HIS SON AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE LEFT HIS FARM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO ATTEND TO HIS LIVESTOCK IN A PASTURE NEAR THE JESS KIRTLEY FARM WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN. THE ONLY PERSON NEAR WAS A FARM ATTENDANT MERL SAVAGE. MR. BAIRD WAS REARED AT THE HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN AND ATTENDED THE BAIRD COUNTRY SCHOOL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE. HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN GALESBURG AND LATER TOOK A BUSINESS COURSE AT BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. ON FEBRUARY 21 1906 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NORA OWEN A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND MARGARET SMITH OWEN AT GALESBURG, IL. THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME ON THE FARRM WHERE THEY SINCE RESIDED CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 21 JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. TO THEIR UNION WAS BORN ONE SON JAMES OGDEN.
BEING A DEVOTED FATHER HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN EDUCATING AND RAISING HIS SON. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO HIS SON RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS AFTER BEING IN THE SERVICE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND IT WAS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS SON CONTINUING WITH THE PROFESSION IN WHICH HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED GREAT SUCCESS.
TO THE UNION OF HIS SON AND WIFE WAS BORN A BABY GIRL JANIE ROSE ON FEBRUARY 1946. IT WAS WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION HE HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD. HE KNEW THAT THE HAPPY EVENT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. MR. BAIRD BETTER KNOWN AS RALPH TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS HOME FAMILY AND FARM. HIS HOME WAS A CENTER OF GREAT HOSPITALITY AND MANY PERSONS WILL RECALL PLEASANT HOURS SPENT AT THE BAIRD HOME. QUIET AND UNASSUMING HE RADIATED GOOD WILL AND GENUINE LOVE OF PEOPLE.
RALPH MADE FARMING AND LIVESTOCK RAISING HIS LIFE'S BUSINESS. HE WAS A GREAT LOVER OF GOOD HORSES AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS A BREEDER AND RAISER OF PUREBREAD PERCHERON HORSES AND MEMBER OF THE PERCHERON SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
SEED CORN RAISING HAD BEEN HIS PRINCIPAL INTEREST IN FARMING. HE MADE A DEEP STUDY OF HYBRID CORN AND FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS HAD BEEN A PRODUCER OF BAIRD'S HYBRID SEED CORN. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK AND IT HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS WORK THAT HE MADE MANY WARM FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.
MR. BAIRD WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FARM BUREAU. HE WAS LEADER OF THE 4-H CLUB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS IN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNING THE POSITION FEELING A YOUNGER MAN SHOULD REPLACE HIM. HE TOOK AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN ALL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
HE LEAVE TO MOURN HIS PASSING, HIS DEVOTED WIFE NORA, SON JAMES AND DAUGHTRER-IN-LAW ELEANOR AND GRAND-DAUGHTER JANIE ROSE. ONE BROTHER BYRON L. NEPHEW, J. ROSS AND FAMILY AND OTHER RELATIVES AND HOST OF FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND BY A SISTER, GRACE, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 12.
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