OBIT: Louisa E. (Hartman) Baker, 1916, Hanover, York County, PA

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Mrs. David H. Baker

Mrs. David H. Baker died at her home, rear of No. 217 Baltimore St., at 7:40 
a.m., Thursday, Aug. 24th, following an illness of several weeks from a 
complication of diseases.  She was aged 79 years, 1 months and 22 days.

The deceased’s maiden name was Miss Louisa E. Hartman and she was born in 
Springfield Township, York County, September 2, 1836.  Fifty-six years ago she 
was married to Solomon Keeney, of the same township, and from this union ten 
children were born.  Mr. Keeney died on June 15, 1908, and on May 16th, 1911 she 
was married to Rev. D. H. Baker, of this place, formerly of Abbottstown.

Besides her second husband she is survived by six children:  G. M. Keeney, Mrs. 
Ellen Hafer and Mrs. Mary Wolf, of York; Pius Keeney, of Lancaster county; S. F. 
Keeney, of New Oxford, and Mrs. Howard B. Allewalt, of West Middle Street, 
Hanover.  There are also 24 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren and one 
brother and two sisters – Ephraim Hartman, Mrs. Isabelle Snyder and Mrs. Ellen 
Leader, all of Jacobus.

Funeral Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, short services at the house, further 
services and interment at Mummert’s meeting house near East Berlin, Rev. E. S. 
Miller, of Black Rock, assisted by Rev. D. B. Hoht, of Blooming Grove, and Rev. 
H. S. Baker, of Broadway, Hanover, officiating.

Preaching service will be held on Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the house 
by Rev. Daniel Bowers, of York, and Rev. B. C. Whitmore, of this place.

The officiating clergymen were selected by the deceased before her death, as was 
also the funeral directors, the A. B. Trimmer Estate, of East Berlin.

Relatives and friends are requested to please omit flowers.

(East Berlin and York papers please copy.)

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, August 26, 1916