Fannie Vivian Brass
1894 - 1941 (47 years)
Generation: 1
1. Fannie Vivian Brass was born on 11 Apr 1894 in Middletown, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 18 Aug 1941 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Notes:
Mrs. Ralph E. Baird Is Called by Death
Last Rites Friday Afternoon at Church.
Mrs. Fannie Baird, 47, wife of Ralph E. Baird, died at the family home northeast of Morning Sun, Monday night, August 18th (1941), following a year's illness. The funeral services will be held at the Reformed Presbyterian church in this city Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Reverend H. G. Patterson, with the Pierce funeral home in charge. The burial will be at Sharon cemetery.
Fannie Vivian Bras was born at Middletown, Iowa, April 11, 1894, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Bras. After teaching school for a number of years she was united in marriage with Ralph E. Baird on December 21, 1917.
Six children were born to this union, Philip J., Dorothy, Eleanor, James, Donald and Lloyd. Dorothy died March 12, 1924, at the age of three years. Philip is in the United States navy and the other four are at home, who, with their father and one brother, Russel Bras, and a sister, Mrs. Genevieve McDonald, mourn the passing of the dear one.
Mrs. Baird united with the United Presbyterian church at an early age and then transferred her membership to the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church after her marriage with Mr. Baird. In 1928 Mr. and Mrs. Baird transferred their church membership to the Morning Sun congregation of which she remained a faithful member until her death. She was a patient sufferer for more than a year till she passed peacefully away. "She hath done what she could." "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. They rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
Morning Sun News-Herald, 21 Aug 1941
Name:
daughter of John N. Bras and Lenora Wright
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24278480/fannie-vivian-bairdFannie married Ralph Ehrman Baird on 21 Dec 1917. Ralph (son of James Wallace Baird and Mary Ann Walkinshaw) was born on 4 Jun 1888 in Garland, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 8 Dec 1963 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Philip John Baird was born on 18 Jan 1919 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 9 Oct 2002 in DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois; was buried in Indian Creek Cemetery, Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa.
- Dorothy Ina Baird was born on 6 Aug 1920 in Iowa; died on 12 Mar 1924 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried on 12 Mar 1924 in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.
- Eleanor Ann Baird was born on 18 Feb 1922 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 16 Dec 2010 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa.
- James Ehrman Baird was born on 2 Sep 1923 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 4 Jul 1993 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; was buried on 7 Jul 1993 in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois.