Doris Laird

Hastings resident, Doris E. Laird, 84, passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska.

A book signing will be held at Livingston Butler Volland Funeral Home Wednesday, October 27, 2010; 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. with family present. Private family inurnment will be in Saint Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral All Souls Chapel, Hastings, Nebraska. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be given to the family's choice.

Doris was born April 5, 1926 in Yankton, South Dakota to Harry E. & Josephine (Fitzgerald) Nieland. She graduated from Yankton High School in 1944 and went to Washington DC and worked for the U.S. Government. She returned to South Dakota and married James Crosby in Avon, South Dakota in 1946. They had two sons, Robert J. and David F. She married W. W. Laird on August 27, 1971 and moved to Hastings. She was a homemaker and was active in PEO Chapter GZ and was a Mary Lanning Pink Lady.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Geraldine J. Moses.

Survivors include:
Husband: W. W. "Bill" Laird - Hastings, NE
Sons & Fiancée: Robert J. Crosby & Lori Opp - York, NE
David Fitzgerald - Denver, CO
Niece & Spouse: Mary Jo & David Orton - Omaha, NE
Step-Children & Spouses: Lynn & Ron Julianelle - Norfolk, NE
Judy Bauer - Denver, CO
Debby & Skip Heidler - Hinsdale, IL
Grandchildren & Spouse: Summer Crosby & Fiancé Jason Kent
Tyson & Megan Crosby
Danika Fitzgerald
Step-Grandchildren: 10
Step-Great-Grandchildren: 6