OBIT: Charles E. O'BAKER, 1986, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  CHARLES E. O'BAKER
  
  Charles Edward O'Baker, 59, died Sunday, August 3, 1986, at Memorial Hospital, 
  Cumberland, Md.
  Born Aug. 9, 1926, in Wellersburg, he was a son of the late Gilbert and Nina 
  (Lowery) O'Baker.
  He owned and operated the Charles O'Baker Used Cars firm in Wellersburg for 
  the past 30 years. An Army veteran of World War II, he was also employed for 27 
  years at the Amcelle plant of the Celanese Fibers Company.
  He was a member of the Tri-State Independent Dealers Association; Kemp Lodge 
  154, AF&AM; the Order of the Eastern Star; the Provost Guard of Ali Ghan Shrine 
  Temple, Cumberland, Md.; the Scottish Rite; Lodge 40, Fraternal Order of Police, 
  LaVale, Md.; Cumberland Lodge 271, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Barrelville 
  Outdoor Club.
  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy (Cessna) O'Baker; four sons, Gary 
  O'Baker, Corriganville, Md.; Larry O'Baker and Barry O'Baker, both at home, and 
  Charles O'Baker, Barreville, Md.; one daughter, Mrs. Sherry Hotchkiss, 
  Barrelville; four brothers, LeRoy O'Baker, Chicago, Ill., and Jerry O'Baker and 
  Richard O'Baker, both of Barrelville; Fred O'Baker, RD 1, Mount Savage, Md.; and 
  one sister, Mrs. Shirley Shaffer, Charleroi, and two grandchildren.
  Services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Barrelville Presbyterian 
  Church by the Rev. Emmett M. Goetschius.  Interment, Rest Lawn Memorial Park.
  Pallbearers were Jack Jenkins, Paul (Bud) Miller, Albert (Kerr) Kennell, Eddie 
  Wilhelm, Lloyd Lease, Charles (Sonny) Glass, Thomas Morgan and Bernie Beal.
  The Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
  
  The New Republic, August 7, 1986
  
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