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Coos Bay, Oregon
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2002
Graveside services for Staff Sgt. Shirley L. Laird, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), 72, of North Bend, will be held with full military honors at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at the Dora Cemetery. U.S. Marine Corps Chaplain Bob Boardman will officiate. A reception will follow at the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road.
He was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Myrtle Point, to Wilfred and Gladys (Tripp) Laird. He died March 3, 2002, in Mount Vernon.
Shirley grew up in the Coquille Valley and graduated from Coquille High School in 1948. He attended Oregon Technical Institute for a short time and played on the football team. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950, and served as a tank mechanic during the Korean conflict. He was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of staff sergeant.
Shirley returned to Oregon, settling in Curry County, where he worked for his father's logging company, Griffey and Laird Logging. He later went on to start his own road construction company in 1961, and later branched off into the logging business. He owned and operated several road construction and logging businesses, until his retirement in the early '80s. He purchased Pacific Coast Recreation after his retirement.
Shirley married Judy Karen Boice in 1958. They later divorced.
Shirley had been honored many times at logging conferences throughout Oregon. Until his death, he tinkered with heavy machinery. The military was his passion. He collected and restored military vehicles, including a tank, several jeeps and numerous other military equipment and Marine Corps memorabilia. He drove several of his vehicles in parades. He helped start and maintain many military memorabilia museums, both public and private. He was also a member of the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, No. 1935.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Michele Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard, Wash.; daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Greg Swanson of Forest Grove; daughter and her companion, Kim Laird and John Burkart of Angwin, Calif.; aunt, Averil Schroeder of Myrtle Point; grandsons, Jarek Swanson of Forest Grove and Corbin Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard; and granddaughters, Hannah Swanson of Forest Grove and Sydney Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard.
He was preceded in death his parents; and brother, Donald K. Laird.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Southern Oregon Powerboat Association, P.O. Box 1334, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; the Gold Beach High School Scholarship Fund, 29516 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; or the Gold Beach Mat Club, P.O. Box 1488, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444.
Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service, Myrtle Point Chapel, 572-2524.
Informant on death certificate was his daughter, Kelly Swanson. His last place of residence was at 4125 Coos Hwy, North Bend, Oregon (Coos County).
Father is Wilfred Shannon Laird and mother is Glady Tripp.
Coos Bay, Oregon
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2002
Graveside services for Staff Sgt. Shirley L. Laird, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), 72, of North Bend, will be held with full military honors at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at the Dora Cemetery. U.S. Marine Corps Chaplain Bob Boardman will officiate. A reception will follow at the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road.
He was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Myrtle Point, to Wilfred and Gladys (Tripp) Laird. He died March 3, 2002, in Mount Vernon.
Shirley grew up in the Coquille Valley and graduated from Coquille High School in 1948. He attended Oregon Technical Institute for a short time and played on the football team. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950, and served as a tank mechanic during the Korean conflict. He was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of staff sergeant.
Shirley returned to Oregon, settling in Curry County, where he worked for his father's logging company, Griffey and Laird Logging. He later went on to start his own road construction company in 1961, and later branched off into the logging business. He owned and operated several road construction and logging businesses, until his retirement in the early '80s. He purchased Pacific Coast Recreation after his retirement.
Shirley married Judy Karen Boice in 1958. They later divorced.
Shirley had been honored many times at logging conferences throughout Oregon. Until his death, he tinkered with heavy machinery. The military was his passion. He collected and restored military vehicles, including a tank, several jeeps and numerous other military equipment and Marine Corps memorabilia. He drove several of his vehicles in parades. He helped start and maintain many military memorabilia museums, both public and private. He was also a member of the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, No. 1935.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Michele Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard, Wash.; daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Greg Swanson of Forest Grove; daughter and her companion, Kim Laird and John Burkart of Angwin, Calif.; aunt, Averil Schroeder of Myrtle Point; grandsons, Jarek Swanson of Forest Grove and Corbin Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard; and granddaughters, Hannah Swanson of Forest Grove and Sydney Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard.
He was preceded in death his parents; and brother, Donald K. Laird.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Southern Oregon Powerboat Association, P.O. Box 1334, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; the Gold Beach High School Scholarship Fund, 29516 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; or the Gold Beach Mat Club, P.O. Box 1488, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444.
Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service, Myrtle Point Chapel, 572-2524.
Informant on death certificate was his daughter, Kelly Swanson. His last place of residence was at 4125 Coos Hwy, North Bend, Oregon (Coos County).
Father is Wilfred Shannon Laird and mother is Glady Tripp.
The World Link.com
Coos Bay, Oregon
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2002
Graveside services for Staff Sgt. Shirley L. Laird, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), 72, of North Bend, will be held with full military honors at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at the Dora Cemetery. U.S. Marine Corps Chaplain Bob Boardman will officiate. A reception will follow at the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road.
He was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Myrtle Point, to Wilfred and Gladys (Tripp) Laird. He died March 3, 2002, in Mount Vernon.
Shirley grew up in the Coquille Valley and graduated from Coquille High School in 1948. He attended Oregon Technical Institute for a short time and played on the football team. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950, and served as a tank mechanic during the Korean conflict. He was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of staff sergeant.
Shirley returned to Oregon, settling in Curry County, where he worked for his father's logging company, Griffey and Laird Logging. He later went on to start his own road construction company in 1961, and later branched off into the logging business. He owned and operated several road construction and logging businesses, until his retirement in the early '80s. He purchased Pacific Coast Recreation after his retirement.
Shirley married Judy Karen Boice in 1958. They later divorced.
Shirley had been honored many times at logging conferences throughout Oregon. Until his death, he tinkered with heavy machinery. The military was his passion. He collected and restored military vehicles, including a tank, several jeeps and numerous other military equipment and Marine Corps memorabilia. He drove several of his vehicles in parades. He helped start and maintain many military memorabilia museums, both public and private. He was also a member of the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, No. 1935.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Michele Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard, Wash.; daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Greg Swanson of Forest Grove; daughter and her companion, Kim Laird and John Burkart of Angwin, Calif.; aunt, Averil Schroeder of Myrtle Point; grandsons, Jarek Swanson of Forest Grove and Corbin Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard; and granddaughters, Hannah Swanson of Forest Grove and Sydney Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard.
He was preceded in death his parents; and brother, Donald K. Laird.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Southern Oregon Powerboat Association, P.O. Box 1334, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; the Gold Beach High School Scholarship Fund, 29516 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; or the Gold Beach Mat Club, P.O. Box 1488, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444.
Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service, Myrtle Point Chapel, 572-2524.
Informant on death certificate was his daughter, Kelly Swanson. His last place of residence was at 4125 Coos Hwy, North Bend, Oregon (Coos County).
Father is Wilfred Shannon Laird and mother is Glady Tripp.
Coos Bay, Oregon
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2002
Graveside services for Staff Sgt. Shirley L. Laird, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), 72, of North Bend, will be held with full military honors at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, at the Dora Cemetery. U.S. Marine Corps Chaplain Bob Boardman will officiate. A reception will follow at the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road.
He was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Myrtle Point, to Wilfred and Gladys (Tripp) Laird. He died March 3, 2002, in Mount Vernon.
Shirley grew up in the Coquille Valley and graduated from Coquille High School in 1948. He attended Oregon Technical Institute for a short time and played on the football team. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950, and served as a tank mechanic during the Korean conflict. He was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of staff sergeant.
Shirley returned to Oregon, settling in Curry County, where he worked for his father's logging company, Griffey and Laird Logging. He later went on to start his own road construction company in 1961, and later branched off into the logging business. He owned and operated several road construction and logging businesses, until his retirement in the early '80s. He purchased Pacific Coast Recreation after his retirement.
Shirley married Judy Karen Boice in 1958. They later divorced.
Shirley had been honored many times at logging conferences throughout Oregon. Until his death, he tinkered with heavy machinery. The military was his passion. He collected and restored military vehicles, including a tank, several jeeps and numerous other military equipment and Marine Corps memorabilia. He drove several of his vehicles in parades. He helped start and maintain many military memorabilia museums, both public and private. He was also a member of the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, No. 1935.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Michele Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard, Wash.; daughter and son-in-law, Kelly and Greg Swanson of Forest Grove; daughter and her companion, Kim Laird and John Burkart of Angwin, Calif.; aunt, Averil Schroeder of Myrtle Point; grandsons, Jarek Swanson of Forest Grove and Corbin Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard; and granddaughters, Hannah Swanson of Forest Grove and Sydney Laird of Gold Beach and Port Orchard.
He was preceded in death his parents; and brother, Donald K. Laird.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Southern Oregon Powerboat Association, P.O. Box 1334, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; the Gold Beach High School Scholarship Fund, 29516 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach, Ore. 97444; or the Gold Beach Mat Club, P.O. Box 1488, Gold Beach, Ore. 97444.
Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service, Myrtle Point Chapel, 572-2524.
Informant on death certificate was his daughter, Kelly Swanson. His last place of residence was at 4125 Coos Hwy, North Bend, Oregon (Coos County).
Father is Wilfred Shannon Laird and mother is Glady Tripp.
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