Ralph Ehrman Baird
1888 - 1963 (75 years)-
Name Ralph Ehrman Baird Birth 04 Jun 1888 Garland, Des Moines County, Iowa 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 08 Dec 1963 Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa [1, 2] Burial Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [1] Person ID I148 Wunnenberg Last Modified 11 May 2023
Father James Wallace Baird, b. 18 Sep 1847, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa d. 27 Sep 1923, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 76 years) Mother Mary Ann Walkinshaw, b. 19 Mar 1850, Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio d. 21 Nov 1948, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa (Age 98 years) Marriage 07 Apr 1871 Family ID F26 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 04 Jun 1888 - Garland, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Death - 08 Dec 1963 - Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa 
Burial - - Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Ralph Baird Dies in Wapello
Mr. Ralph E. Baird, 75, died Sunday (December 8, 1963) at 8:10 p.m. at the Poage nursing home in Wapello.
He was the son of James Wallace and Maryanna Walkinshaw Baird, and was born near Garland, Iowa, on June 4, 1888.
On December 21, 1916, he was married to Fannie Vivian Bras. The couple lived in the Wapello-Morning Sun area where they farmed. His wife died in 1941.
On February 24, 1944, he was married to Olive McElhinney who survives, as do four sons and a daughter: Philip of DeKalb, Illinois; James of Davenport; Lloyd of Cedar Rapids; Donald of North Liberty; Mrs. Warren Durst of Muscatine; two brothers and a sister: Merrill Baird of Morning Sun; Oliver Baird of Tarkio, Missouri; Mrs. Blanch Meyers of Santa Ana, California; and eight grandchildren.
Services were Wednesday at the Reformed Presbyterian church in Morning Sun with the Dr. John O. Edgar officiating. Burial was in the Sharon cemetery.
Morning Sun News-Herald, 12 Dec 1963
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- Ralph Baird Dies in Wapello
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