Show claud vincent baker buried at escalante tuesday afternoon boilden 11 funeral crevices for r claud vincent daker baker 63 pioneer rancher and cattleman of boulder were held tuesday of tills this week in fit the boulder L U D S ward chapel bishop franklin 0 hansen was in charge of tile the services speakers akeis were eugene poulsen r e n of richfield douglas Q caution cannon of Cir cleville II 11 B crandall Ci andall ol of salina and bishop hanson special musical selections included a duet by cleo and betty baker of richfield a tong song by rosa peterson and a tong song by thelin Ili elma a cottam cottain of escalante Esca laute interment was in the escalante cemetery cenie tery sir mr baker died in ili a payson fayson hospital on february 9 following it ii major operation claud vincent baker was born march maich 20 1881 1981 la in richfield a son of william george na and hannah II Ilay ayward wara baker he waa was the last of life parents 13 children he came to boulder la in 1899 and in homesteaded homestead ed the ranch here where here he be spent the rest of 0 his bis life ile he was married to lillie liston of escalante december 17 throughout his life he was a worker biker in L D S church activities it tivi ties ile he was a counselor in lie first S sunday u s school c hool organized shortly after he came to boulder in 1914 he was the president of the first mutual improvement association and in 1917 when the branch organization took place he became presiding elder serving sen ing in that position until 1334 1934 when he be was appointed bishop of the new boulder ward lie he served as bishop until 1937 during which time a modern ward chapel was BBS built at a cost of with furnishings valued at 1400 at the time of his death he be was as a member of the high court coun ell of tile the garfield stake and chairman cha linian of the Ge committee of the boulder ward ile he has been a constant worker in ili civic chic affairs in the com ile he served for many years ears as president of the boulder reservoir and water development company during which time the company sponsored and built the speciale Spec tale lake reser voir air his latest efforts have haie been tow low ard aid the dam that was as ached washed out in 1936 for a number of years he was president of the boulder cattle and horse growers association ile he resigned this position in 1935 when he was made district advisor tor for the boulder unit of the taylor grazing board ile he acted on the board until it v as combined with ft ith the escalante unit during the time he was as on ell the board lie he acted as chairman in allo allotting ting the districts to grazers glazers of the boulder unit ile he was vas one of a group of tour four wito ho spent years soliciting and securing state and federal aid tor lor building roads loads into boulder previous elous Pr to the building of the roads lie he carried the mail by pack mule from boulder to Es abante for eight years ile he Is survived sun bed by its his widow lillie liston listen baker and the tol fol owing children reeves V baker of escalante glen baker of salem arlel ariel baker of los angeles california lester and burnell baker mrs ruth thompson and vonda baker all of boulder |