Barbara Laird

Laird, Barbara passed away on Friday, November 14, 2008. Born on August 24, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, and married to her one and only love, Larry in 1969. They moved to their first home in Bluebird Canyon in Laguna Beach in 1970 and later built a new home in this special neighborhood. Their thirty-eight years there were happy ones filled with the birth of their two children, Coby and Dana, school and church activities, family camping trips and the companionship of a caring neighborhood. Barbara was always the first one to organize neighborhood caroling or help a neighbor in need. Her caring nature, grace and strength were an inspiration to her family, friends and co-workers. Continuing that natural instinct to help others Barbara worked for the Capistrano-Laguna Beach Regional Occupational Program in career planning with thirteen years at Laguna Beach High School and three years at San Clemente High School. The students at these high schools will always remember her thoughtful assistance as they looked to their future.

Barbara is survived by her mother, Margaret Whalen, who is 91 years old, her husband Larry, her son Coby and his wife Michelle and their children Noel, Seth and Sean, her daughter Dana Delamater and her husband, Kurt and their children Ethan and Leeann and her brother Bob Bowlus.

A loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend to so many Barbara will be remembered at a 2 p.m. Memorial Service on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at the Laguna Presbyterian Church. Instead of flowers the family asks that Barbara’s spirit be remembered through a donation to either the Open Door Program, Laguna Presbyterian Church, 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA 92651; the Laguna Beach High School Scholarship Foundation, Barbara Laird Memorial Scholarship, 625 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 or the Capistrano-Laguna Beach ROP, Barbara Laird Memorial Scholarship, 31522 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675.