Karla Joanne Laird's Obituary
KARLA JOANNE (KNOLL) LAIRD
KARLA LAIRD, 82, WAS BORN ON APRIL 14, 1940 IN STORM LAKE, IOWA TO EDNA & LEROY KNOLL.
SHE PASSED FROM GALLBLADDER CANCER AFTER A VERY BRIEF ILLNESS ON JAN 9, 2023 IN SAN DIEGO, CA, AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HER LOVED ONES.
KARLA IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND, DAVID LAIRD, TWO CHILDRED, SANDY HERMES (BOB), AND DAVID LAIRD JR (DEBBIE), 11 GRANDCHILDREN, HER BELOVED SIBLINGS, KATHY PEPPARD (BILL) AND KYLE KNOLL ALONG WITH HER MANY WONDERFUL WALKING FRIENDS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
KARLA WAS LOVED BY ALL, EVIDENCED BY THE CONSTANT STREAM OF NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT VISITED AS SOON AS THEY KNEW SHE WAS SICK. THE FAMILY JOKE WAS THAT SHE QUALIFIED FOR SAINTHOOD AFTER PUTTING UP WITH DAVID’S 40 YEAR RACING HOBBY AND ALMOST 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
SHE IS DEARLY MISSED BY MANY.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD JANUARY 28TH AT GREENWOOD MORTUARY, IN THE BIBLE MAUSOLEUM.
VIEWING 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM IN THE LAST SUPPER CHAPEL
MEMORIAL FOLLOWING AT 12:00 PM, 1ST FLOOR BIBLE MAUSOLEUM
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