    {"id":6984,"date":"2016-12-18T21:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T03:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=6984"},"modified":"2017-10-14T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T16:59:16","slug":"obituary-mcquistin-kathryn-laird","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=6984","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; McQuiston, Willa &#8220;Kathryn&#8221; (Laird)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1927_McQuistin_Kathryn.jpg\" alt='Willa \"Kathryn\" (Laird) McQuiston' \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1927<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1927 Peroma<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1927_McQuistin_Kathryn_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Laird\" \/><br \/>Kathryn Laird<\/h2>\n<p>Honor Society; Quartet; Grand Hi Red Hot; Glee Club; Girls Reserve; Blue Curtain Dramatic Club; Citizenship.<br \/>\n&#8220;Gave away her heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Willa &#8220;Kathryn&#8221; (Laird) McQuiston<\/h1>\n<h3>January 4, 1909 &#8211; February 27, 1970<\/h3>\n<p>Mrs. Keith (Kathryn) McQuiston, 61, 2 Hillcrest drive, died at 6 a.m. Friday in Bass-Baptist Memorial hospital, Enid, following an illness of six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the United Presbyterian church with Rev. Paul Westberg, interim pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery under direction of Newton funeral home.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. McQuiston was born Jan 4, 1909, in Perry.  She was married Sept. 21, 1930, to Keith McQuiston, who survives.<\/p>\n<p>She attended Perry schools and worked as a clerk and receptionist for the state highway department.  She was past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star and was a former organist for the Presbyterian church.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors, in addition to her husband of the home, include one daughter, Mrs. Beverly Sloan, Oklahoma City; a brother, Carl Laird, Enid; two sisters, Mrs. Leola Donley, Perry, and Mrs. Marjorie Bowles, Stillwater; and four grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6984"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10016,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6984\/revisions\/10016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}