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JOHN EVANS
LAIRD, JR.
AGE: 90 LITTLE SILVER
John Evans Laird, Jr., 90, passed away at home in Little Silver, N.J. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and had lived previously in Charlottesville,VA. and Fair Haven, N.J. before moving to Little Silver.
John graduated from the Red Bank High School, The Peddie School in Hightstown and from Cornell University with a BSBA in Administrative and Mechanical Engineering. He was the President and Chairman of the Board of Laird & Co. Distillers and Importers in Scobeyville, N.J. He was an avid pilot and member of the National Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association. John was the Postmaster General of Scobeyville, N.J. He was a navigator with the US Power Squadron, a member of the Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, VA, the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club in Fair Haven and the Navesink Country Club. He also enjoyed boating, golf and adventure.
John is predeceased by his parents; John Evans Laird and Marguerite (Rausch) Laird and his sister, Ann Laird Chamberlain. Surviving is his wife of 68 years, Mary Lee Stroud Laird. His son and daughter-in-law: John Evans Laird III and his wife Patricia of Highlands; his daughter, Bonnie Lee Laird of Red Bank and Jupiter, Florida; his brother, Larrie W. Laird and his wife, Rose Marie of Brielle; his grandchildren: John Evans Laird IV and his wife, Shannon of Doylestown, PA and Roxanna Lee Arsenault and her husband, Jeff of Raleigh, NC. Also surviving are his four great grandchildren: Jordan, Jackson, Ella Rose Laird and Jack Raymond Arsenault; his niece; Lisa Laird Dunn; his grandniece: Laird Emily Dunn and is grandnephew; Gerard Dunn.
Visitation will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the John E. Day Funeral Home 85 Riverside Avenue Red Bank, NJ 07701. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 at 10 AM interment will follow at Maple Wood Cemetery in Freehold. Letters of condolence can be emailed to the funeral home website at www.sidun.com.
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Peggy ONeil
January 2, 2010
Mary Lee,
My deepest sympathies on the loss of Jack. You have so many wonderful memories of your life together, the adventures you took and the accomplishments made. Know that I am thinking of you in this most difficult time.
Love,
Jill & Bill Gemmel
December 22, 2009
Mary Lee, John, Bonnie Lee and Family:
Deepest sympathies on the loss of your husband and father. We only knew Jack very briefly through Navesink CC but know he was a wonderful man who lived a good and long life.
With love to all,
Jill and Bill Gemmel
F. JOHN/CLAIRE SIMPSON
December 22, 2009
WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF
JACK'S PASSING AND REGRET WE ARE UNABLE
TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES IN PERSON.
CLAIRE & JOHN SIMPSON
Joanne & Jack Walsh
December 22, 2009
We are deeply sorry Mary Lee, John and Bonnie Lee with the loss of your husband and father. From our first experiences at Navesink, the Lairds have always been among our favorite people. Until he became ill some years ago, Jack seemed to beat me off the tee which I didn't mind one bit.
Due to our planned trip out of town for Christmas, we will not be able to personally express our thoughts to you at this time.
John McIlray
December 22, 2009
My mother, Elsie, and I wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the Laird family.
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