Indiana University Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of JOHN BAIRD
JOHN RUSSELL BAIRD EAST MONTPELIER - John Russell Baird, musician and teacher, died on Dec. 30, 2013. He was 74. The son of Kenneth and Mary Baird, John was raised in Montpelier. As a boy, he especially enjoyed summers with his family at their camp in northern Vermont. John began studying voice at age 14. He sang, acted, and played tuba in the band at Montpelier High School, from which he graduated in 1956. In his yearbook, classmates extolled his witticisms (especially in English class). At...
