Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Emery J. February 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com December 19, 2021, 4:31 pm Lake O. Wave, Thursday, March 6, 1941 LONG TIME RESIDENT PASSES AT HIS HOME Emery J. Baker Died at the Age of 80, Thursday. Funeral at United Brethren Church, Saturday. Emery J. Baker, 80, died Thursday at his home here following a long illness. He was born January 19, 1861, at Alagansee and was married to Martha Berlincourt at Bismark, September 13, 1885. They moved to a farm near Vermontville where they lived until 25 years ago, when they moved to Lake Odessa. Mr. Baker was a good citizen of a kindly nature and exercised a Christian spirit in his dealings. Surviving besides the widow are a daughter, Mrs. Fern Herington of Battle Creek; a son, Walter J. Baker of Sunfield township; four grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Calvary United Brethren church, with burial in Freemire cemetery, Sunfield, with the Rev. F.W. Moxon officiating. Additional Comments: Age: 80 Funeral Service: Saturday, 1, March 1941 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/baker41498nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb