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 Don
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[June
23, 2008]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- Don Eldon Baker, 83, of Mount
Pulaski, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at 7:10
p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at
the First Christian Church of Mount Pulaski. His
funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the
church, with Jeremy Thomason and Bill Shanle
officiating. |
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Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Baker was a lifelong farmer in the area.
He was born Feb. 6, 1925, at Buffalo, Mo., to
Walter and Oma Cowan Baker. He married Margaret
Ruth Martin in Lincoln on May 11, 1946.
He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski;
three sons, Ronn (and Joann) Baker of Streator,
Larry (and Pam) Baker of Mount Pulaski and
special son Kevin Baker of Dwight; two
daughters, Debra Pollock of Lincoln and Candy
(and Gary) Foss of Camp Point; three sisters,
Freda McGee of Mount Pulaski, Joyce Scroggin of
Mount Pulaski and Rosanna Irving of Springfield;
eight grandchildren, Seth, Audra, Bethany,
Julie, David, Clint, Ian and Ashley; and nine
great-grandchildren, Trenton, Dawson, Cade,
Owen, Lydia, Julian, Brock, Wyatt and Vincent.
He was preceded in death by one daughter,
Mary Eileen Baker, and two brothers, Bertrum and
James Baker. |
For many years, he was totally dedicated and
involved in all phases of the Mount Pulaski
Christian Church. He was also a member of the
Mount Pulaski Historical Society, a volunteer at
Mount Pulaski Courthouse and a member of Logan
County Farm Bureau.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested
that memorials be made to the building fund at
Mount Pulaski Christian Church.
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