Joan Campbell LAIRD

Joan Campbell Laird

On January 21st in Picton,
Ontario in her 87th year. She
was the youngest daughter of
the Rev John Munroe Laird and
May Taylor Laird, and was
predeceased by her sisters,
Louise Laird Turnbull (2005),
Marjorie Ransier Laird Palmer
(1997) and Doreen May Laird
(2010) .
   Born on July 22, 1928 in St
Thomas, Ontario where she
attended public and high school
She obtained a BA at the
University of Toronto and began
her career as a high school
English teacher in 1961, moving
in 1967 to the Ontario Institute
of Studies in Education at the
University of Toronto where she
taught the future teachers of
Ontario, retiring in 1990.
   She is survived by her nephews,
Ian Turnbull (Susan Tuckey
Turnbull) of Picton, Ontario, and
Rodd Turnbull of Orillia, Ontario
and her nieces and nephew,
John, Katherine, Elizabeth and
Janet.
   The family thanks the staff of
Hallowell House for their warmth
and caring over the past five
years. A service will be held at
Whattam Funeral Home in Picton
on Monday, January 26th at
10:30 a.m., with interment
immediately following at
Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston.
   In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to either the Canadian
Bible Society or the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind
through its Gifts in Memory
program (see www.cnib.ca), or
via Whattham Funeral Home.
   whattamfuneralhome.com