OBIT: Daniel BAKER, 1949, Elk Lick Twp., Somerset County, PA

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DANIEL BAKER

  Daniel Baker, lifelong resident of Elk Lick Township, near Springs, died in 
the Somerset County Home on Monday, May 23.  He had been ill for a year or more; 
and has been in the home for about six months.  His wife, the former Delilah 
Enfield preceded him in death a number of years ago.
  Mr. Baker was born in Elk Lick Township on January 17, 1877, a son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Adam Baker, and was 72 years, 4 months and 6 days in age at his passing.  
He is survived by two sons, Earl W. Baker, Grantsville, Route 1, and Calvin 
Baker, Detroit, Mich.; by one daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Otto, Springs; two brothers, 
Solomon Baker, Lincoln, Mich., and Albert Baker, St. Michaels; one sister, Miss 
Maggie Baker, Somerset and two grandsons.
  He was a member of the Mennonite Church of Springs.  Funeral services were 
conducted at the Thomas Funeral Home on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. 
Ressley Tressler officiating.  Interment in the IOOF Cemetery in charge of 
Mortician Stanley M. Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, May 26, 1949