Obituary of Laurine A. Reid

The death of Laurine Audrey (Bird) Reid of Crane Court, wife of the late Harry E. Reid occurred on Monday, March 15, 2004 at the Saint John Regional Hospital. Born in Dartmouth, NS, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Lauria (Dunsworthy) Bird. Laurine was employed with Eastern Bakeries. She was a member of Gems and the City Market Seniors Club and a survivor of the Halifax Explosion. Laurine is survived by three sons Edmund (Jillian) Reid of Quispamsis, Kenneth (Charlene) Reid of Alberta, Ronald (Betty) Reid of Saint John, one daughter Diann (Ralph) Whittaker of Greenwich, one brother Ralph Bird of Dartmouth, NS, one sister-in-law Almedia Lewis of NS, seven grandchildren, Paul, Mark, Karen, Angela, Jocelyn, Scott and Stephanie and several great-grandchildren and nieces, caregiver and friend Bernice Carr. Besides her husband and parents she was predeceased by two brothers Clifton and Carl Bird, four sisters Violet Lee, Pearl Laskey, Gertrude and Bessie Bird. Resting at Brenan's Select Community Funeral Home 111 Paradise Row, Saint John (506-634-7424) with visiting on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2004 from Brenan's Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 am. Interment will take place in Ocean View Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.