Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BAKER, LEON "PETE" January 7, 2014
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News Star World - January 09, 2014
LEON "PETE" BAKER

Funeral services for Leon "Pete" Baker, 99, of Calhoun, LA will be held at 2:00 
pm, Friday, January 10, 2014 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West 
Monroe. Rev. Richard Cockburn and Rev. Wayne Ray will officiate. Private burial 
will follow at Douglas Cemetery, Choudrant, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick 
Funeral Home West Monroe.

Mr. Baker was born March 22, 1914 in Choudrant, LA and passed away January 7, 
2014 in West Monroe. He was a lifetime member of Mt. Zion United Methodist 
Church in Calhoun and was a master gardener. Mr. Baker was superintendent of the 
Louisiana Experimental Station in Calhoun. He was preceded in death by his 
parents, John and Deborah Rinehart Baker; his wife Nezzie Baker; daughter, 
Debbie Marler; grandson, Scott Thrower; 7 brothers and 2 sisters.

Mr. Baker is survived by his daughter; Joyce B. Thrower and husband Bob Thrower, 
Sr.; grandchildren; Bob Thrower, Jr. and wife Michelle, Daryl Thrower, and Terri 
Olson and husband Todd; great-grandchildren; Alex, Chase, Russell, Brayden 
Thrower and Staci Ryan; son-in-law, Jim Marler and sister-in-law, Kathleen 
Baker.

A special thanks to Arbor House for their care and "spoiling" Pete.

Visitation will be held Friday, January 10, 2014 from 12:00 noon until service 
time at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.

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