May 26, 1941 - Nov. 3, 2016
Date of Service: Nov. 11, 2016
John Laird Seaich, M.D.
TWIN FALLS -- Twin Falls has lost a kind and gentle soul and dedicated physician.
Dr. John Laird Seaich died Thursday, Nov. 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.
Laird married Marsha Roberts in 1999 in Filer and their union was sealed in 2012 in the Twin Falls LDS Temple.
Laird was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, David Seaich and Lowell Seaich; and step-daughter, Cariann Kerner.
Laird leaves his wife, Marsha Seaich of Twin Falls; son, Joe (Debbie) Seaich of Twin Falls; daughters, Jessica Seaich of Missoula, Mont., and Jennifer Seaich of Beaver Creek, Ore.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Laird’s name to the ALS Association, P.O. Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56007.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Twin Falls Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2085 S. Temple Dr., in Twin Falls, with Bishop Mark C. Lambert officiating. Burial will be in the View Cemetery in Burley.
A visitation for family and friends will be held at the Twin Falls Stake Center on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 6 until 8 p.m. and again on Friday from 10 until 10:45 a.m. prior to the funeral.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley.
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