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Funeral Services Held Wed. for
(ar! Baker, Prominent Farmer

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Carl Baker, 59, of 1614 New-j
|berg road, prominent Ash Twp. |
|farmer, succumbed to a heart]
\ ailment ‘at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in |
jhis home. Mr. Baker was algne |

in his home at the time, .and|
was stricken while his family |

Church,’ Thehody was found
by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore |
of Detroit who arrived at the
home on a Sunday visit. |
Mr. Baker had been - under
the doctor's care for about two
years, during which time he|
was confined to Dearborn’ Hos-'[|
pital for seven weeks. He had
returned to his home on May 1 |
The body was brought to the]
Baker Funeral Home where}
services were held at 2 p.m aS
yesterday, Wednesday. The Rev. | Carl Baker
Frederick L. Pohly of the Car- Mr. Baker was born August
leton and Port Creek Evangeli-| 20-1892, on the homestead at
cal U. B. Churches officiated. | 12488 Calkins road, He was one
Burial was in the Port Creck|of four sons and six daughters _
Evergreen Cemetery-witin-Tor Jacob unc Julia” (ronen-
terment services in charge of | wett) Baker. He attended the
Carleton Post 4093 Veterans of | Reeves and Carleton Schools.
Foreign Wars. He joined the U. S. Army in
Pall bearers were Ronald and | May 1918 and was assigned to
Donald Schmidt, Richard and | overseas duty, participating in
Robert Baker, John and Char-|the St. Mihiel battle and the
les Grant, all nephews. |battle of the Argonne Forest.
Robert Anderson was officer | He was discharged on Septem-
of the day at the interment|ber 4, 1919. On September 6,
rites, The firing squad at the|1926, he married the former
military rites was comprised of |Esther Wagar. Following the
James Reiser, Harry Suther-|marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Baker
land, Wayne Smith, Leroy took up the present residence
Southworth, Norman Haines|on Newberg road. He was a
and Robert Nagy. Ray Thorne |member of Carleten Post 4093,
and William Mell were the col-| V.F.W. and was active in head-
or guards. Harold Wenzel and | ing committees in his area in
Anthony Vanderbush were the|Red Cross and Community
color bearers. | Chest Drives.
Eward Miller was comman-| Surviving are the widow,

 

|der; L. E. Schafer, vice-com-|three daughters, Audrey, Lin-

mander; John C. Condren, jun-|da Lee and Nancy at home;

ior vice-commander; Charles | four sisters," Mrs. Benjamin

Hartsig, chaplain and Edward | Burghart of Chicago, Mrs. Geo.

Stasa, bugler. Grant of Flat Rock, Mrs. Wm.
Guards were Harvey Frank,|Willoper and Mrs. William

“Calter Hoerl, Basil Baker, Gor-| Schmidt of Detroit, and one
O\ Haskins and William | brother, William Baker of Cal-
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| kins road, Carleton.

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