MOORE, Ida.- A. Nile Baird, 40, former Lost River Valley resident, died Wednesday, December 18, 1996 at his home in Seattle, Wash. 

He was born March 23, 1956 in Idaho Falls, the son of A. Ted and Carol Ann King Baird.  He graduated from Butte County High School, and attended Brigham Young University and the University of Washington. 

Since 1984 he had resided in Seattle, where he worked as a chef, and was a student. 

 He was a talented musician, accomplished writer, and a well-remembered thespian in the Idaho State University Community Theater. 

 Surviving is his mother, Carol Ann Baird, Downey, Idaho; his father A. Ted Baird, Milville, N.J.; his longtime companion, John Karr, Seattle, Wash.; five brothers, Roye Baird (wife Debbie), Augusta, Ga., Brian Baird (wife Cheri), Ely, Nev., K.C. Baird (wife Nanette), Clearfield, Utah, John Baird (wife Christine), Downey, Idaho, and Reginald Baird (companion Bill Murphy), San Francisco, Calif.; a sister, Kathy Johnson (husband Rob), Downey, Idaho; three half-brothers, Regan, Hayes, and Miles Baird, and a half-sister, Hart Baird, all of Millville, M.J.; and six nieces and four nephews. 

 Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 21, at 11 a.m. in the Moore, Idaho, LDS Stake Center, with Bishop Christopher Swanson conducting.  Friends may call at the church from 9:30 a.m. until time of the service on Saturday.  Burial will be in Lost River Cemetery near Moore, under the direction of Marvel Memorial Chapel. 

 Memorial donations are suggested to the Lost Rivers Emergency Medical Technicians.