I am the granddaughter of Clarence Stanley Laird. He was one of 9 children of George Clarence Laird and Mary Martin Laird. The siblings, who reached maturity, were Clarence, Eugene, Stella, George Ross, Olive, Elizabeth, and Sarah Laird. Eugene Laird lived in Washington. Grandpa Laird lived in Belpre, Hutchinson, and Meade, Kansas, and passed away in 1965.

Recently, about 4 months ago, I began working on finding genealogical information on my grandfather's brothers and sisters and their families. When I came to Uncle Eugene Laird's branch of the family, I already had the names of his two daughters, and had at least surnames of their respective husbands. I started looking to see what other information I could locate to document their lives - vital statistics, occupations, places lived, etc.

Eugene Laird was married first to Irma A. Johnson, and second to someone called Madelyn (last name unknown). I believe Irma and Gene died in the Seattle area, but have no information about when Irma died. I assume it was between 1934 and 1940. I have no information on the 2nd wife, other than her first name.

Eugene and Irma Laird had two daughters - Irmajene O. and Elizabeth Laird.
Irmajean Laird was married to Clifford Otto Moe until his death, and then was married to Pete Bordell. She died in 2003 in Ephrata.
Elizabeth Laird was married to someone by the name of Taylor (I still don't have details on that family). I believe she passed away before 2003.

At one point in my research, I made a request for an obituary from a Grant county source, and sent off for an abridged military record on Irmajean's husband, Clifford Moe, who was an officer in the US Navy during WW-2. The military report came back giving me his rank and some other general information about him. Then, this past week, I got a surprise in the mail - a packet from the Department of the Navy Personnel Command, Retired Records Section containing a lapel pin and a medal, along with a note indicating Clifford Moe's military record had been reviewed. It was apparently discovered, in the process of examining the man's record in order to send me information, that Clifford Moe was entitled to receive items that had never been awarded to him during his lifetime.

It is my understanding that Clifford Moe was a well-known attorney in the Ephrata area. He was a chief asst. attorney general (before WW-2), a Washington state senator from Legislative Dist. 13 from 1939-1941, a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander (WW-2), and a practicing attorney in Ephrata up until his death in 1979.

I would very much like to find a relative or a member of Clifford Moe's family to send these military items to. Clifford and Irmajean Moe did not have children, so far as I am aware, but I believe Clifford may have had two sisters who had children, and his wife's sister may have had children. However, with all the problems these days with identity theft, the relative will need to send sufficient proof of their relationship to Clifford Moe satisfy me that they are actually entitled to receive the items. A family tree with pertinent details that only Moe or Laird family members would know would probably suffice.

Your assistance in helping me direct these military awards to an appropriate family member related to Clifford Moe will be very much appreciated. Thank you. Claudia Laird Glass