OBIT: James W. BAKER, 2005, Tipton, Blair County, PA

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JAMES W. BAKER 

  Mr. James W. Baker, age 76, of Pamela Street, Lower Johnson 
Development, Tipton, died Monday, May 30, 2005 at 6:04 p.m. at his 
residence. 
  He was born April 5, 1929 in Hollidaysburg, the son of Robert L. and 
Lovina G. Frye Baker. On June 14, 1958 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church 
he was married by Monsignor Patrick Harkins to Margaret Minerich who 
survives.
  Also surviving are his sister-in-law and her husband, Rose and Dennis 
Krumenaker; two nephews, Robert J. Buck and wife Mary Anne of The 
Woodlands, TX and David J. Buck and wife Beppi of Solon, OH; grand 
nieces and nephews: Austin, Connor and Madison Buck of TX and Talor and 
Shira Buck of Solon, OH and his dear friends Robert and Patricia Buck.
  Three sisters: L. Barbara Lasa; Mabel Rengel and Madeline Baker and 
one brother, Frank Baker, preceded him in death. He was the last of his 
immediate family.
  Mr. Baker was a member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church. He was a 
graduate of Hollidaysburg High School Class of 1947 and had attended 
Penn State University. He retired in December 1989 after 42 years 
service with PennDot where he had been a Materials Engineer with 
District 9 - Bureau of Materials and Testing Office, Harrisburg. He was 
a veteran of service in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict.
  Mr. Baker was a member of the American Society of Highway Engineers 
and was a past president of the Altoona Local chapter. The Altoona 
Chapter of the American Society of Highway Engineers had awarded him 
the recognition of "State Man of the Year". He was a member of the 
Hollidaysburg American Legion Post, the Tyrone B.P.O.E. No. 212, the 
Tyrone Benedicts and the PennDot 25 Year Club.
  Funeral Mass for James W. Baker will be Friday, June 3, 2005 at 11 
a.m. at St. Matthew's Catholic Church and will be con-celebrated by 
Father Joseph T. Orr and Father Carl Spishak. Interment will follow in 
Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Richard H. Searer Funeral 
Home Inc. on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where a Wake Service 
will be held at 8:30 p.m. Contributions in his memory may be made to 
St. Matthew's Restoration Fund, 406 W. 11th Street, Tyrone, Pa. 16686.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, June 1, 2005