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Show Early Settler Dies Saturday At Delta Home Fred L. Baker, 72, a Delta resident resid-ent for 37 years, died Saturday mor ning at 5:45 at his residence in Delta. He was born Jan. 4, 1878, in Williamson Wil-liamson co., 111., a son of Dr. Miles D. and Rhoda Jane Gallegly Baker. Bak-er. On August 31, 1906, he married Gertrude Kendall, who survives. Mr. Baker was educated at Union Un-ion Academy in Union county, 111., and at Illinois Southern Unversity at Carbondale. He served for two years in the U. S. Army, in Cuba and later in the Philippine insurrection. insur-rection. In April, 1912, he came to Utah where he engaged in farming and stock raising on the Delta South Tract, one of the early settlers. He retired in 1947, and since has resided re-sided in Delta. He was an attendant attend-ant at the' Community Church. Mr. Baker was held in high esteem es-teem by his many friends. He was a good neighbor and firm friend and an excellent citizen guided by integrity and high ideals. Surviving besides his wife are three sons Fredrick and Richard Baker of Delta and Lt. Miles D. Baker Albuquerque, N. M., two daughters Mrs Kathryn Calderwood of Inglewood, Cal., and Mrs. Mildred Mil-dred Keyser, Tacoma, Wash., nine grandchildren; two sisters , Mrs. Van Crame and Mrs. Russell Corlis, xAnna, 111.; two brothers, Roscoe Baker, Carbondale, 111., and Dr. E. Wade Baker, Miami, Fla. Funeral services were held on the family home in Delta MondE afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. D. G. Reid, of Mt. Pleasant. Music was given by Miss Voorhees, of Mt. Pleasant, vocalist, and Mrs. Reid, accompanist. Burial was in the Delta cemetery. |