OBIT: Deborah (HANCHER) BAKER, 1996, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BAKER
  
  Deborah H. (Hancher) Baker, 44, of 800 East State St., Delmar Md., formerly
  of Boswell, died Dec. 8, 1996, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.  Born
  Dec. 15, 1951, in Johnstown.  Daughter of Alex and Wilma (Haines) Hancher.
  Preceded in death by mother.  Survived by father of Central City; sister,
  Alexis, wife of Richard Baker, Somerset; nieces Melissa and Heather Dively,
  and devoted friend and companion, John Leonard.  Member of St. Stephen's
  United Methodist Church and auxiliaries to the volunteer fire department
  and VFW, all of Delmar.  Graduate of the former Jenner-Boswell High School
  Class of 1969 and the Lillian Kaufman School of Nursing, Montefiore
  Hospital, Pittsburgh, Class of 1972.  Received BS degree in nursing from
  Salisbury (Md.) State University and master's degree from Wilmington (Del.)
  College.  Currently served as trauma coordinator for Peninsula Regional
  Medical Center, Salisbury, Md.  Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. Friday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Allegheny Street, Boswell, where
  services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Rev. John K. Timm officiating.
  Interment, Jenner Cross Roads Cemetery.  Memorials to the Maryland Lupus
  Foundation, 7400 York Road, Baltimore Md., 21204 or Delmar Fire Department,
  Box 143, Delmar Del., 19940, would be appreciated.
  
  Daily American, December 12, 1996
  
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