Ida (SHERWOOD) BAKER

SHERWOOD, BAKER, FORD, DOLSON, MACMILLIAN, RUESING, LINDSAY, STIERS, GALBRETH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/23/2011 at 19:27:05

Obituary - Ida (Sherwood) Baker

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
April 10, 1939, p. 7 col. 6

MRS. IDA BAKER RITES MONDAY
Services for Local Woman to Be Held at 10 o'clock

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Baker, 79, who died at a local hospital at 11:30 o’clock Friday morning, following an illness, will be held at the chapel of the McAuley and Son funeral home at 10 o’clock Monday morning. Burial will be at Elmwood cemetery.

The Rev. William Galbreth, associate pastor of the First Methodist church, will be in charge of services.

Mrs. Baker had been a resident of Mason City for the past 20 years and had resided with her daughter, Mrs. Mae Ford, 206 Madison avenue northwest. She had been ill since last July.

Surviving Mrs. Baker are five daughters, Mrs. Mae Ford, Mason City; Mrs. Lillian MacMillian, California; Mrs. Viola Dolson, Medford, Ore.; Mrs. Alfred Ruesing, Danube, Minn.; Mrs. George Ruesing, Downing , Wis.; a granddaughter, Helen Ford, Minneapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Lindsay, Mason City, and Mrs. Myne Stiers, Galeville, Ill; a brother, Frank Sherwood, Ft. Meade, Wis., and five nephews and one niece.

Submission by Kay Ehlers, July 7, 2005

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
April 10, 1939, p. 7 col. 6

Mrs. Ida Baker Rites Held Here; Burial at Elmwood Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Baker, 79, who died at a local hospital Friday morning, following an illness, were held at the chapel of the McAuley and Son funeral home Monday morning.

The Rev. William Galbreth, associate pastor of the First Methodist church, was in charge of services.

Pallbearers were Lester Lindsay, Eugene Gribben, Clyde Lindsay, and William Parker. Burial was at Elmwood cemetery.

Submission by Kay Ehlers, July 13, 2005