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Seaich, Laird
Twin Falls has lost a kind and gentle soul and dedicated physician. Dr. John Laird Seaich died Thursday, November 3, 2016, at his home.
Laird came to Twin Falls 41 years ago, after finishing his fellowship for endocrinology at the University of Oregon. He spent the next 32 years practicing medicine at the Twin Falls Clinic and Hospital. He founded the Diabetes Foundation in Twin Falls.
It was Laird’s quick wit and uncanny ability to diagnose that made him a favorite with doctors and nurses. But Laird’s patients came first; he gave each his undivided attention and loving care.
Laird had many passions throughout his life for which that well-known twinkle in his eye never faded.
Laird loved classical music and was a disc jockey in college. He supported the arts in Twin Falls, and raised money for Art in the Park. He loved to paint and was an avid watcher of quail in his backyard.
He loved his white Standard Poodles, Lilly, Molly and Sadie, and “tolerated” their friends Tuffy, Toby, Louie and Duffy.
Laird was a member of the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) — a cowboy action-shooting group — where he was known as the dead-eyed “Scotty McCoy” and won Elder Statesman State Champion in 2011 and the John Wayne True Grit Award in 2012.
Laird was the second of three sons born to Eric and Gladys Seaich in Salt Lake City.
He grew up in Bountiful, Utah, where he spent his childhood riding his Arabian gelding in the surrounding fields and Wasatch Mountain Range.
Laird studied at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, completed his medical studies at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and his residency at Riverside General Hospital in Riverside, Calif.
He married Ina Mae Copper in Salt Lake City. The couple had one son and two daughters.
Seaich, Laird
Twin Falls has lost a kind and gentle soul and dedicated physician. Dr. John Laird Seaich died Thursday, November 3, 2016, at his home.
Laird came to Twin Falls 41 years ago, after finishing his fellowship for endocrinology at the University of Oregon. He spent the next 32 years practicing medicine at the Twin Falls Clinic and Hospital. He founded the Diabetes Foundation in Twin Falls.
It was Laird’s quick wit and uncanny ability to diagnose that made him a favorite with doctors and nurses. But Laird’s patients came first; he gave each his undivided attention and loving care.
Laird had many passions throughout his life for which that well-known twinkle in his eye never faded.
Laird loved classical music and was a disc jockey in college. He supported the arts in Twin Falls, and raised money for Art in the Park. He loved to paint and was an avid watcher of quail in his backyard.
He loved his white Standard Poodles, Lilly, Molly and Sadie, and “tolerated” their friends Tuffy, Toby, Louie and Duffy.
Laird was a member of the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) — a cowboy action-shooting group — where he was known as the dead-eyed “Scotty McCoy” and won Elder Statesman State Champion in 2011 and the John Wayne True Grit Award in 2012.
Laird was the second of three sons born to Eric and Gladys Seaich in Salt Lake City.
He grew up in Bountiful, Utah, where he spent his childhood riding his Arabian gelding in the surrounding fields and Wasatch Mountain Range.
Laird studied at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, completed his medical studies at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and his residency at Riverside General Hospital in Riverside, Calif.
He married Ina Mae Copper in Salt Lake City. The couple had one son and two daughters.