LOGAN, UTAH: Glenn “T” Baird passed away in his home of 55 years on February 24, 2004. He was the oldest child of Walter and Amelia Tree Baird and was born in Ogden, Utah on July 29, 1912. He spent his youth in Ioka, Utah and left the “Basin” in 1930 to attend Utah State Agricultural College. He graduated in agronomy in 1935 and earned a master’s degree from the University of Maryland. He spent 35 years with Extension Services in Montana and Utah.

He served the community as a Logan City Councilman. He was a bishop, high councilor, stake president, Michigan Lansing Mission President, Sunday School teacher, and home teacher. He presided with dignity and love as patriarch of our family. On the Thursday before his passing, he said, “I still have something to contribute to this family.” For many months he has diligently prepared a series of scripture study guides that will continue to school his family in the ways of the Savior.

He married Evelyn Mair on December 23, 1936 in the Logan Temple. It is because of her conscientious and consistent loving care that he lived into his ninety-second year in spite of many physical ailments.

Daddy liked to garden, ponder the scriptures, and listen to the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He saved everything: old farm tools, milk cans, nails from Grandpa Mair’s barn, twine from hay bales, stacks of wood, and little pieces of paper with uplifting quotations. The roto-tiller was always carefully covered with canvas before winter came.

A son, Theron, preceded him in death in 2002. The following children survive: Sharell and Richard Eames, Providence; Charlene and Mark Austin, Centerville; Jennifer Baird, Orem; Dennis and Pam Baird, Brigham City; and Janet and Michael Smith, South Jordan. He is called “Grandpa” by 27 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren, including Theron’s grandson, Zachary Wood, who also passed away in 2002.

A brother, Bruce, Garland; a sister, Avalon Allen, Washington Terrace; a sister-in-law, Frances Baird, Clinton; and a sister- and brother-in-law, Elaine and Norman Hadfield, Logan; also survive him. His brothers, Keith and Oliver, and sisters, Elva Jones and Violet Nelson, preceded him in death.

We are most grateful for the many years of professional care provided by Dr. Michael Stones and for the recent services of Hospice nurse Bill Memmott and aide John Sargent.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 2, at noon in Daddy’s long-time place of worship, the 5th-18th Ward chapel on the Boulevard. The family will meet with extended family and friends on Monday, March 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center, Logan, and again on Tuesday morning, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., at the church. The family suggests contributions to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Missionary or Perpetual Education funds. Online condolences may be sent to the family at Allen-Hall Mortuary.