Services will be held this week for the founder of a longtime Elgin funeral home. Donald Laird, 93, died in his Elgin home Monday, Dec. 23. Laird and his wife Patricia opened Laird Funeral Home in ...

Founder of Elgin’s Laird Funeral Home to be laid to rest this week

Chicago Tribune: Elgin News Digest: Funeral for Laird Funeral Home founder set for Friday; Fox River library’s Winter Reading Challenge starts Wednesday

Services will be held this week for Donald Laird, founder of Laird Funeral Home in Elgin, who died Monday, Dec. 23, at his Elgin home, according to his family. Visitation is scheduled for 4 to 8 p.m.

Elgin News Digest: Funeral for Laird Funeral Home founder set for Friday; Fox River library’s Winter Reading Challenge starts Wednesday

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