Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Obituaries

Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries

Baker

The Shelbyville News
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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A. Naomi Baker, 95, of Shelbyville died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at Heritage House Convalescent Center.
Born Sept. 3, 1914, in Shelby County, she was the daughter of John Earl and Jessie Meryl (Cropper) Shoaf. She married Gene Baker on June 24, 1933, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 5, 1981.
Survivors include her daughters, Joy (husband, George) Fox of Shelbyville and Millie (husband, Gary) Hamner of Waldron; grandchildren, Marci Knarr, Grant Hamner, Steve Fox and Gretchen Delay; and seven great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Vema Harrell.
Mrs. Baker was a homemaker and farmer and had formerly worked part time at Amos Plastics and KCL.
She graduated from Flat Rock High School.
Mrs. Baker’s greatest delights were her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday in Flat Rock Cemetery in Flat Rock.
Services have been entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Carmony-Ewing Chapel, 819 S. Harrison St.
Memorial contributions may be made to Flat Rock Citizens Committee, P.O. Box 194, Flat Rock, IN 47234.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Wednesday September 11, 2002
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George William “Bill” Baker, 87, lifelong resident of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, September 10, 2002.
Born May 1, 1915, in Rushville, s/o Homer and Gussie (Sagar) Baker. Married Mary Hendrickson on September 22, 1945; she preceded him in death on June 18, 2001.
Also preceded in death by one son, William Baker.
U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II.
Press operator at Chrysler Corp. in Indianapolis for 34 years, retiring in 1980.
Glenn E. George & Son Funeral Home, 437 Amos Road, Rev. David Humphrey officiating.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Shelby County. Military services conducted by local veterans organizations.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Monday July 30, 2001
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William A. “Bill” Baker, 48, lifelong resident of Shelbyville, died Sunday, July 29, 2001.
Born February 8, 1953, in Shelbyville, s/o George and Mary (Hendrickson) Baker. Married Brenda Reynolds on April 6, 1978, and she survives.
Other survivors incl his father (Shelbyville); two sons, Allen Baker of Shelbyville and Robert Freeman of Knoxville, Tenessee.
Preceded in death by his mother.
Assistant bus mechanic for Shelbyville Central Schools for 20 years.
Glenn E. George and Son Funeral Home, 437 Amos Road, with the Rev. James Farnsley officiating.
Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Shelby County.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Mary M. Baker
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Mary M. Baker, 81, Shelbyville, died June 18th in Beech Grove.
Born 19 Apr 1920, Shelby Co, d/o Walter and Etta (Rush) Hendrickson. Married George W. "Bill" Baker 22 Sep 1945 (surviving).
Other survivors: son, William A. Baker, Shelbyville; sisters, Norma Huff and Bernice Tucker, Shelbyville; borther, Paul Hendrickson, Flat Rock.
Lifetime resident of Shelby Co IN.
Burial Pleasant Grove Cem, Shelby Co.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

Shelbyville News
Shelbyville, Indiana
circa 1994
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Viola Kuhn Baker, 98, died Wednesday, Waldron Health Care Home.
Born Sept 11, 1896, in Shelby Cty, d/o Charles and Nancy (Shadley) Kuhn. May 1917, married Jessie H. Baker, (died Dec 28, 1971).
KCL Corp. in Shelbyville, for 20 years.
Member Calvary Baptist Church which is now the Fellowship Baptist church.
Survivors: two sons, James H. Baker of Greenfield and Francis Dale Baker of Fort Myers, Fla.; daughter, Mary Jane Strahl of Steilacoom, Wash.; 21 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren; and 15 great great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by two sons, and a daughter, three grandchildren, four sisters and two brothers.
Burial Bennett Cemetery in Rays Crossing.
Submitted by Kathy Kelley
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

Shelbyville News
Wednesday June 1, 1988
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Mabel C. Baker, 86, formerly of Shelbyville and Waldron, died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at W.S. Major Hospital.
Born in Decatur County on August 26, 1901, d/o Earl and Gertrude (Allen) Herndon. On September 20, 1919, married Norvell Baker, who died November 16, 1966.
Lifelong resident of Shelby and Decatur counties, she was a homemaker and self-employed paper hanger. Member of the Wesleyan Chapel Church and the Waldron Fireman's Auxiliary.
Survivors are four children, Paul Baker, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mrs. Paul (Mary) Stafford, St. Paul, Mrs. Phyllis McClure, Geneva, and Mrs. Robert (Donna) Kanouse, of Woodlands, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Lewis (Edith) Cook, Adams; 10 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren.
Daughter, a grandson, a great grandson and two sisters preceded her in death.
Glenn E. George Funeral Home, St. Paul, with the Rev. J.L. Poe officiating. Burial VanPelt Cemetery. Indiana Volunteer Fireman's Auxiliary memorial service Thursday.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

Shelbyville News
Monday January 19, 1987
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Betty Baker, 60, 46 W. Franklin St., died Saturday at W.S. Major Hospital. Murphy Mortuary with the Rev. James Horner officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Member of the Calvary Baptist Church, had been employed for 34 years at Major Hospital, retiring in 1985. Selected "Employee of the Year" in 1984.
Daughter of Kenneth and Gertrude (Kuhn) Larkey, she was born in Shelbyville, September 12, 1926. Married February 13, 1942 to Harold Baker, who preceded her in death in 1962.
Surviving are a son, Mike Baker, Shelbyville; three grandchildren; a brother, Jack Kuhn, Indianapolis and a sister, Mrs. Lawrence (Lois) Brown, Shelbyville.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Wednesday September 23, 1981
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Harold A. Baker, 64, 728 Elm street, died at 5:20 a.m. today at W. S. Major Hospital. Failing health four years.
Retired this year, an employee of Detroit Steel, Morristown. Veteran of World War II.
Born in Rush County August 24, 1917, s/o Homer and Gussie (Sagor) Baker. On February 13, 1943, in Shelbyville, married Betty Larkey, who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Michael W. Baker, Shelbyville; a sister and two brothers, Mrs. Flora Featherstone and William Baker, both of Shelbyville, and Clifford Baker, of Everett, Washington; two grandsons and one granddaughter. A brother, Richard Baker, preceded in death.
Murphy Mortuary with the Rev. Marvin Isley officiating. Burial Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Wednesday, July 22, 1981
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Richard F. Baker, 56, Shelbyville died as a result of a motorcycle moped accident Tuesday July 21, 1981. Born June 24, 1925. S/o Homer ad Gussie (Sagor) Baker. Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Flora Featherstone, 3 brothers, Harold Baker, and William Baker, both of Shelbyville, and Clifford Baker of Everett, Washington. Burial Monday July 27th, Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

Shelbyville News
February 6, 1981
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Eugene A. 'Gene' Baker, 71, Flat Rock, died Thursday. Ill health the past month, but death unexpected.
Lifelong Shelby County resident, farmed from 1950 until his retirement in 1972.
Born Jan. 3, 1910 in Washington Township, s/o Charles T. and Mary (Becker) Baker. Married Naomi Shoaf in Shelby County on June 24, 1933.
Survivors: wife; two daughters, Mrs. George (Joy) Fox, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Gary (Millie) Hamner, R. R. 1, Flat Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Cochran and Mrs. Annie McCarty, both of Shelbyville, and four grandchildren.
Four brothers and three sisters preceded in death.
Ewing Mortuary with the Rev. Gary Cutler officiating.
Burial: Flat Rock Cemetery.
Memorials: Shelby County Heart Association.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1971
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Jesse Baker, Native of county, dies
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Jesse H. Baker, 76. Born Shelby County, Dec. 6, 1895; son of Elmer and Catherine (Brown) Baker. May 26, 1917, married Viola Kuhn, surviving. Also surviving: daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Strahl; three sons, James H. Baker, Loren F. Baker, Francis Baker; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Vail.
Veteran of World War 1, member of the American Legion, Calvary Baptist Church. Retired State Highway Department, Greenfield District, Chambers Corp.
Burial Bennett Cemetery.
Submitted by Kathy Kelley
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Tuesday September 23, 1969
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RITES SET FOR MRS. BAKER
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Murphy Mortuary: Mrs. Gussie Baker, 79, 905 Meridian St.; died Monday, Conover Nursing Home in Morristown.
Forest Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. William Cranford, officiating.
Resident of Shelbyville since 1938.
Born in Decatur County July 28, 1890, d/o Stephan and Gertrude Sager. On January 2, 1907, she married to Homer R. Baker, who died in 1944.
Surviving are five children, Mrs. Flora Featherstone, George William Baker, Harold A. Baker and Frank Richard Baker, all of Shelbyville, and Clifford Baker of Everett, Washington; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Wednesday November 16, 1966
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NORVELL BAKER DIES SUDDENLY
Rites Saturday For Waldron Farmer, 68
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Norvell H. Baker, 68, Waldron, died at 9:00 a.m. today. Apparent heart attack while helping with the corn harvest at the home of Russell Myers, north of St. Paul. Heart condition for six years.
Farmer all of his life, he was born in Shelby county on April 26, 1898, the son of Charles T. and Mary Jane (Becker) Baker.
September 20, 1919, married Mabel Herndon, who survives with four children: Mrs. Paul (Mary) Stafford and Mrs. Robert Dale (Donna Kay) Kanouse, both of Waldron, Mrs. Virl (Phyllis) McClure, R.R.2, Edinburg, and Paul Baker, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Surviving are two brothers and five sisters, Floyd (Jim) Baker, Shelbyville, Eugene Baker, Flat Rock, Mrs. Hale Sullivan and Mrs. Birdie Patterson, both of R.R.1, Mrs. Hattie Spurling and Mrs. Anna McCarty, both of Shelbyville, and Mrs. Nellie Cochran of Fountaintown. Three brothers and one daughter preceded in death.
Member of the Wesley Methodist Church at Lewis Creek, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Rev. Harry Blaich will officiate, assisted by Rev. Floyd Metz. Burial VanPelt cemetery. Carmony Funeral Home in St. Paul.
For more information on this family, please contact Barb Huff
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Dec. 21, 1951
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Funeral services for Ezra I. Baker, Rays Crossing resident, will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Carmony Funeral Home in Manilla. Rev. R.F. Rasche will officiate and burial will be in the Bennett cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Mr. Baker died Thurdsay at the home of a son, Harold Baker, in this city. He was 74 years of age. The son of Lewis A. and Susan Holbrook Baker he was born on Jan 18, 1877. On January 4, 1906, he was married to Burzilla Messmore, who survives with the son at whose home he died and another son, Carol at home. Also surviving are one brother, Estel W. Baker, of this city, and two grandchildren.
Submitted by Kathy Kelley

The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday, August 20, 1947
Page 1, column 3
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HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL
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Farmer Near Waldron Is Stricken Tuesday
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Dora Baker, 74, retired farmer, died suddenly at his home southwest of Waldron at 1:30 Tuesday morning of a heart attack. He had not been in poor health.
Born on December 12, 1872, in Rush county, he had spent his entire life in the Blue Ridge community until moving to his present home a year ago. He was the son of William and Sarah E. (Rice) Baker. He was a member of the Blue Ridge Christian Union Church, the local Red Men lodge and the Waldron I.O.O.F. Lodge and Encampment.
On December 16, 1901 he was married to Jessie M. Strahn, who survives with two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Moore, of near Waldron, and Miss Erma Baker, at home. Also surviving are a brother, Joseph Baker, of Blue Ridge, and two grandchildren. Funeral rites will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Blue Ridge C. U. church and burial will be made in the Blue Ridge cemetery in charge of D. E. Carmony. Friends may call at the late home after noon Wednesday.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Theresa Minor

The Shelby County Democrat
11 Dec 1944
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County Native Dies at Son's, Elmer Baker
Dies After Long Illness.
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          Ill for several years with a heart disease, Anderson Elmer Baker, age, 76 former grain dealer in this city; died at the home of son, Clarence Baker, at 402 West Mechanic St., at 8:50 p.m. Monday. Mr. Baker was born in Union township on Sept 19, 1869, the son of Abraham and Mary Moore Baker. He farmed early in life and had been in the grain business for a number of years. He had resided with the son for the past four years. In 1891, he was married to Miss Katherine Brown who preceded him in death. Four Children born to the union survive. They are the son at whose home he died: Jesse Baker, of Sugar Creek township; Mrs. Lettie Bassett, of this city, and Mrs. Margaret Vail, of Hamilton, O. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren and 15 great-granchildren. Mr. Baker attended the Calvary Baptist church in this city. Funeral services will be held at the Loren H. Murphy Funeral Home Thursday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Clarence Hager officiating. Burial will be made in the Bennett Cemetery. Friends may call at the son's home at 402 west Mechanic St., at any time.
Submitted by Kathy Kelley

The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday November 14, 1944
Page 6 column 4
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HOMER BAKER DIES AT HOME
Death Follows Illness of Three Months
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Homer R. Baker, age 70, employee of the Blue River Farms Dairy Products, died at his home at 602 Montgomery street, at 11:40 a.m. Monday after a three-month illness due to carcinoma.
Mr. Baker came to this city two years ago. He was born on November 26, 1874 in Franklin county, the son of Andrew and Katherine Baker. On January 2, 1907, he was united in marriage to Gussie Sager, who survives with five children. The children are: Mrs. Flora Featherstone, of this city; Clifford Baker, of Wheatland; Cpl. George William Baker, serving in the south Pacific with the Army Air Forces; Cpl. Harold Andrew Baker, with the Army Engineers in France, and Frank Richard Baker, at home. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Cora Haman, of Greenfield, and six grandchildren.
Mr. Baker was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Buena Vista in Franklin county.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Loren H. Murphy.

Wednesday November 15, 1944
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ANNOUNCEMENT MADE OF BAKER FUNERAL RITES
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Funeral arrangements for Homer R. Baker, who died Monday, have been announced by Loren H. Murphy, funeral director. Services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Hager, pastor officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the late home, 602 Montgomery street, at any time.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Marshall Miller

The Shelbyville Republican
Friday, January 22, 1943
Page 1, column 2
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WILLIAM BAKER DIES AT HOME
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William R. Baker, 73, died at 5:30 o'clock Thursday evening at his home in Blue Ridge, after an illness of a few hours.
Born May 7, 1869 in Shelby county, Mr. Baker was the son of William and Sarah (Rice) Baker. He was married to Flora Henderson on February 2, 1890. He was a member of the Blue Ridge Chrstian Union Church.
Surviving are the widow and three children, Mrs. Frank Coers, of Liberty township, Mrs. Floyd Crim, of Union township; Orville Baker, of Blue Ridge; ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two brothers, Joseph and Dora Baker, of Blue Ridge, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the Rev. O.J. McMullen, former pastor of the Blue Ridge C.U. church officiating. Burial will be in the Blue Ridge cemetery in charge of D. E. Carmony.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Theresa Minor

The Shelbyville Republican
Monday, June 17, 1940
Page 1, column 2
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OTTO BAKER, 71, DIES OF STROKE
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Final Rites for Native of County
Held Sunday at Blue Ridge Church
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The body of Otto Baker, 71 years old, who died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Estel Edwards of Orange township, in Rush county, was laid to rest Sunday afternoon in the Blue Ridge cemetery, after the funeral service had been conducted in the Blue Ridge Christian Union church by the pastor, the Rev. W. B. Jenkins.
Mr. Baker had suffered a stroke of apoplexy a year ago and had been ill since that time. His condition had been serious for a week He had resided with the daughter during the year since he was stricken.
He was born in Shelby county on January 13, 1869, the son of William and Sarah (Rice) Baker, and had lived almost his entire life in and near Blue Ridge. On November 22, 1889, he was married to Rosanna Midkiff, and she preceded him in death on September 24, 1934.
They were the parents of three children. Only one, Mrs. Edwards survives. Other survivors are one granddaughter, Mrs. Harold Neeb, of Blue Ridge; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, Joseph, William and Dora, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mullen, all of Blue Ridge.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Theresa Minor

The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday, March 23, 1939
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BAKER INFANT DIES
AT MAJOR HOSPITAL
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Frankie, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Baker of 521 east Franklin street, died at birth Friday night in the W. S. Major hospital. Survivors, besides the parents, are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Baker, of Richmond, Ky., and Henry Stapleton, of Logansport, W. Va.
Short funeral services were held at the grave at Forest Hill cemetery this afternoon. Burial was in charge of C. F. Fix & Son.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, April 21, 1927 edition
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JOHN P. BAKER DIED HERE WEDNESDAY
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Contractor in This City Many Years
Passed Away at Home of Daughter Here
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          John P. Baker, a native of Ohio county, and a contractor here for the past several years, passed away at 4:10 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elwood Green, 552 Third Street. Although he had been in failing health for the past six months his condition had been serious for only two days, dearth being caused by uremic poisoning.
          Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Salem Ridge church, near Aurora, Ind., and burial will be in the church cemetery in charge C.F. Fix & Son, funeral directors.
          Mr. Baker was a son of the late George and Barbara Baker and was born in Ohio county, Oct. 18, 1866, being at the time of death, sixty-six years, six months, and two days old. On Oct. 1, 1884, he was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Peaslee and to this union three children were born, all of whom survive.
          Fourteen years ago, Mr. Baker came to Shelbyville and he has resided here continuously since that time. Mrs. Baker preceded him in death, Nov. 15, 1895. Besides the daughter at whose home he died, he is survived by a son, Lawrence Baker of Cincinnati, O., a daughter, Mrs. Frank Stier, also of Cincinnati, four sisters, Mrs. Roy Brooks, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Charles Holt, of Madison, Ind., Mrs. I.F. Cooper, of Vandalia, Ill., and Mrs. William Williamson, of Maywood, Ill., a brother, George Baker, of Cincinnati and eight grandchildren.
Submitted by Rochelle Riordan

The Shelbyville Democrat
12 April 1924
Passed away Tuesday at daughter's home, Mrs. Catherine Baker
died at 8:00 p.m. of paralysis, funeral Friday afternoon.
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          Mrs. Catherine Baker, wife of Elmer Baker, well known in the county died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Bassett, of near Fairland, at 8:00 o'clock Tuesday evening of parapisis. Mrs. Baker had been ill for only one week. Funeral services will be held at the Little Blue Rive Baptist church Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock with Rev. T. R. Theobald officiating. Burial will be at the Bennett cemetery with Carmony Bros. undertakers in charge.
          At the time of death, Mrs. Baker was fifty years old, she was a native of Illinois, and was married to Mr. Baker in 1894. She was one of the best loved residents of the county and had been prominent in the activities of the Little Blue River Baptist church of which she was a member.
          Two daughters, Miss Margaret, at home, and Mrs. Edward Bassett, at whose home she died, two sons, Clarence, of near Fairland, and Jesse, of Morristown; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Sutton, of Hancock County, and Mrs. Margaret Andrews, of Newcastle, four brothers, Elmer E. Brown, and Joseph T. Brown, of this city, James Brown, of near Fountaintown, and John Brown, of Camp Lewis, Wash., two half-brothers, Jesse and William Brown of Bradford, Ill., and her step mother, Mrs. Martha Brown of Bradford, Illinois, survive.
Submitted by Kathy Kelley

The Shelbyville Republican
Monday, May 15, 1922
Page 1, column 5
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MRS. MARY BAKER DIED YESTERDAY
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Death occurred At Home In Blue Ridge
After Several Month's Illness
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FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY
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Mrs. Mary B. Baker, wife of Joseph Baker died at her home in Blue Ridge Sunday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock from a complication of diseases. She was 58 years and seventeen days of age.
On March 12, 1883 she was united in marriage to Mr. Baker and to this union five sons, and four daughters were born. They are Clarence, Robert, Carl, Russell, Delphus, Mrs. Bertha Glover, Mrs. Blanche Lowe, Mrs. Grace DeBaun, Miss Vergie Baker. A sister, Mrs. Bell Leech of Indianapolis, two half-sisters, Mrs. Anna Tyner and Mrs. Lottie Denny of Riverdale, Indiana, and one half brother Hugh Dickinson of Canada.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the M.E. Church at Blue Ridge and also of the Rebekah lodge there.
Funeral services will be held at the M.E. Church on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. M.E. Abel, officiating. Interment will be made in the Blue Ridge cemetery in charge of R.T. Stewart.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Thelma Dwiggins

The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday, March 8, 1921
Page 1, column 2
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BAKER FUNERAL HELD TOMORROW
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Aged Resident Of Blue Ridge
Is Survived By Large Number Of Relatives
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HAD 69 GRANDCHILDREN
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Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah E. Baker, who died Monday afternoon, will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Blue Ridge M.E. Church, the Rev. Loren Tillison officiating. Burial will be made in the Bennett cemetery, Stewart & Fix in charge.
Mrs. Baker was eighty-five years old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Rice, and was born September 12, 1836. She was a member of the M.E. church at Blue Ridge for many years.
She is survived by four sons, Joseph, Otto, William and Dora Baker, and three daughters, Ellen Austin, Elizabeth Mullen and Ruth Fox, all of Blue Ridge. She also leaves thirty-eight grandchildren, sixty-nine great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Theresa Minor and Thelma Dwiggins

The Shelby Democrat
December 26, 1919
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Mrs. Mary Baker died this afternoon,
Prominent aged woman of near Rays Crossing
passes to great beyond.
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          Mrs. Mary Baker, nee Mohn, aged 83, years, a widow of Abraham Baker, died at 1 o'clock to day at the home of her son, John Lewis Baker, north of Rays Crossing, death being caused by a stroke of paralysis suffered four weeks ago. Her death did not come unexpectantly, as she had been in critical condition for some time.
          Residing in the community in which she died, Mrs. Baker won hosts of friends by her fearless Christian work. She was a member of the Newlight Christian Church in Union Township and until a few years ago was active in all its work.
          Surviving besides the son at whose home she died is another son, Elmer Baker, of this city. Alvin Baker, of this city, and William, Joseph, Otto and Dora Baker, of Blue Ridge, are nephews. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Addition to Obit:
Funeral Sunday. The funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary A. Baker, who passed away Friday afternoon at the home of her son, John L. Baker, of north of Rays Crossing, will be held at the Christian union Church at 10:30 o' clock sunday morning. Rev. P.O. Ortt officiating and burial will be made in the Bennett cemetery, Stewart and Fix in charge.
Submitted by Kathy Kelley

The Shelbyville Democrat
Friday, March 4, 1910
Page 1 column 5
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AGED PIONEER DIED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
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Mrs. Dubois Baker Passed
Away At The Home Of Her
Daughter After A Long
Illness -- Funeral services
Will Be Held At The Late
Home Tomorrow After-
Noon At One O'Clock.
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After an illness extending over a period of several months, Mrs. Dubois Baker died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Noah Bulton, near the Hancock-Shelby county line yesterday afternoon about three o'clock. Death did not come unexpectedly, as her condition has been regarded as extremely critical for the past ten days. While not afflicted with any specific disease Mrs. Baker had arrived at that age when the organs of her body refused to perform their function on account of long and continued use. Senility is given as the cause of her death.
The deceased was born on a farm near Morristown and has always lived in Shelby and Hancock counties. She was a daughter of William Baker and leaves many relatives in and around Morristown to mourn her untimely absence. For several years past she has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Bulton. Early in life she united with Christian church at Morristown and she has been a regular attendant at all religious services in the community where she was residing ever since. She was a sister of the late Lydia Stone, who died at her home in Hanover township about one year ago, and whose death occurred on the same farm where Mrs. Baker was born. On account of her long residence near the scene of her birth Mrs. Baker had an extensive acquaintance and was perhaps the most widely known woman in that part of Shelby and Hancock counties. Her life was patterned after Him who died on the tree and she numbered her friends by the number of her acquaintances.
The funeral services will be held at the home of daughter tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock, the Rev. Rogers, of Greenfield, officiating. Interment will be made in the Little Sugar Creek cemetery.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Kansas City Star
13 December 1907
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Reprinted with permission of Curt Floerchinger of the K.C. Star.
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A FALL FROM A TRESTLE FATAL
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The Death of James H. Baker, Wire Chief
of The Missouri Pacific
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          James H. Baker, 58 years old, Wire Chief of the Missouri Pacific Telegraph System, died last night at the Missouri Pacific Hospital from injuries received Monday in a fall from a trestle near Leeds, Mo.
          With R. A. Land, a lineman, Baker was making a short inspection trip on a railroad velocipede. While going around a curve the machine left the tracks and fell thirty feet from the trestle. Land received only a few bruises and was able to go to his home in Hallowell, Kas. Tuesday morning.
          Baker had lived in Sedalia Mo. more than twenty years and had been employed by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company thirty four years. His son, George Baker, and the widow arrived in Kansas City last night after they were notified of the death. Another son, Benjamin, lives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The body was taken to Carroll-Davidson's undertaking rooms, where the coroner will hold an autopsy this morning.
NOTE [JRB]:  James H. Baker was born in 1848 in Shelby Co., Indiana, a son of George and Eliza (Hollis) Baker. The family moved to Page Co., Iowa in 1850, then to Kingsville, Johnson Co. Missouri in 1868. James H. Baker was married to Selena Leedy, who died in Sedalia on 3 Aug. 1929 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. He began his career as a telegraph line repairman in 1873 in Johnson Co., Mo., and worked his way up to head of the department in thirty four years of service. The funeral was held at the family residence at 222 E. Fourth Street in Sedalia. It was attended by E. A.Chenery, Superintendent of Telegraph for the Missouri Pacific, T. W. Jackson, representing a Chicago electrical firm, and J. C. Brown, General Foreman from Little Rock, Arkansas. Pall bearers were James T. Montgomery, Edward Shultz, Harry Mayer, L. C. Redmond, William Harris and T. J. Higgins, a lineman from Wichita, Kansas. Every lineman on the branches west of St. Louis attended. The Rev. S. S. Martin officiated and burial was in the City Cemetery.
Submitted by James R. Baker, Jr.

The Daily Republican
Wednesday, June 30, 1886
Page 1, column 3
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William Baker, aged fifty-six, died at his late residence in Cynthiana, at 7 o'clock p.m., on Thursday the 29th, and will be buried in the Bennett graveyard at 3 o'clock tomorrow. Services at the house by the Rev. Phares. D. B. Wilson, funeral director.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Theresa Minor

George Baker, died 1884. Lived in Shelby County, Indiana, from 1831-1850.

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, November 6, 1879
Page 3, column 3
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Died on the 30th day of October, 1879, in Union township, Miss Anna M. Baker, aged 95 years.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Jann Rapp DeMeire

The Shelby Republican
July 13, 1870
Page 3 column 2
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          Amos Baker, a former citizen of this city, and residing for some years near Cynthiana, in this county, while engaged in walling up a well, about two weeks since, was struck by a bucket full of stone which was attached to a rope windless at the top -- the rope breaking just as the person at the top had started the bucket down. We understand that he died almost instantly.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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